The mystery of Stefan Mart and the 'Tales of the Nations'. "The Tales of Nations" was not an ordinary book that you could buy in a book store, and it's mysterious narrator/illustrator disappeared into the darkness of Hitler's Germany, seemingly without a trace. Learn the background, read the stories, and view all 150 fabulous colour illustrations — "small in size, but strong in expression, each a microcosm packed with action, each a feast for the eyes like a beautifully set jewel".
posted by taz
on Jan 9, 2005 -
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The Passport: the next step in its evolution may include
invisible information encoded into your mug shot, but if you are wondering where it all began, the Canadian
passport office identifies one Nehemiah of Persia, ca. 450 BC, as candidate for very first passport holder.
Some think that it was all downhill from there. Regardless, there might be very good
reasons for getting more than one passport, which you can do
legally, or
less so.
Lenin had a fake passport. So did
Hitler, though he didn't know it. (More inside.)
posted by taz
on Aug 10, 2002 -
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