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Now We See It!
FOR NONNIES Discovering what's under our noses, PLUS Farewell to a great friend of Non-Boring History
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How to Be Posh
ANNETTE TELLS TALES Poshness is always in style . . . Lessons from 18th Century Britain and British America
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The Final Frontier Guy
MEET THE HISTORIAN!/ANNETTE TELLS TALES Let's boldly go with Fred Turner, my ghostly historian neighbor, and seek out why history changes! Yes, it does
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Why Does American Schooling Suck?
No, I'm not here for a fight! I'm starting to unpack startling tales from education's own history
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How I Never Quite Met Mr. Jimmy Carter
But, yes, even Annette has Carter-Related Stories
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December 2024

2024 Was The NBH Year That Was!
And thank you for being here for Non-Boring History, and for me
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Royal Candids for Christmas
BIT OF HISTORY The Late Queen Alexandra graciously shares her personal family snapshots with us (and the profits go to charity!)
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Little Houses on the Prairie
ANNETTE ON THE ROAD A Shrinking American Dream in Nebraska: What the Homestead Act Was About, and How it Continues to Shape How We Live and Think
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Civilization in Ruins? Romans Speak!
ANNETTE ON THE ROAD Real People Hide Under Rocks In the Hills
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Making Great Exhibitions of Themselves
ANNETTE ON THE ROAD/THROWBACK Maybe we're harder to impress with spectacles in 2024 than people were in 1851. Maybe not. PLUS NBH Gifts!
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November 2024

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