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BITS OF HISTORY Ordering Online Nearly Two Hundred Years Ago PLUS History Without Effort
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Britain: The Dragon Years (1915-2000), An Introduction
Two World Wars Led to Two Generations of Terrifying British Women. Let's get started on why that matters
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It's A Big Bed! And It's . . . Where?
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Democracy in Deep Doo-Doo 💩 (1)
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The Man Who Told the Puritans "Up Yours" (1)
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It Would Have Been Us
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A Difficult Woman Figures Things Out
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The Great Exhibition Is Open
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The Princess's Present
THROWBACK/BIT OF HISTORY Random Stuff From Annette's Collection: A Crowdfunded Royal Gift for Millions
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Labor Day, USA
Taking a break! But some joyous news.
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A Hymn for Historians, 2024
An allegory for history, long remembered from childhood
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That Was The Yearbook That Was
BITS OF HISTORY Notes on Two High School Yearbooks: 1982 and 1898 (not a typo) from one of the oldest high schools in the US West.
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Historian's Doomed Romance 💔
ANNETTE TELLS TALES Christine Heyrman's 19th Century Christian Love Triangle Scandal, plus Missionary Positions
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Logs and Mortar of the New Deal
ANNETTE ON THE ROAD/THROWBACK Pandemic Time Out In a Hotel Built By Desperately Poor Lads a Lifetime Ago,
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The Museum on the Freeway. Literally.
ANNETTE ON THE ROAD A fabulous location for a fabulous museum about people on the move across America, PLUS bonus for paid readers on taking kids to the…
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