Stories
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The unearthly children of science fiction’s Cold War
In the 1950s a new figure emerged in British novels, film and television: a disturbing young alien that revealed postwar society’s fear of the unruly power of teenagers.
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Lonely bodies are hungry for more than turkey
At Christmas, many charities provide dinners for homeless or isolated people. Food is central to festive celebrations, but it can also satisfy our hunger for belonging and community.
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Providing care across languages
When medics are taught in English but their patients speak other languages, effective communication becomes fraught. Niyoshi Shah explores the linguistic gaps between patient and doctor.
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Born different
For Chris North, being born intersex in the 1940s meant his many childhood hospital visits, tests and operations were not explained or discussed. As he reveals, doctors encouraged strict secrecy.
Catalogue
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Challenges of humanistic psychology / [edited by] James F.T. Bugental, Ph.D., Psychological Services Associates, Los Angeles.
Date: [1967]- Books
Alien technology : coping with modern mysteries / Ananda Mitra.
Mitra, Ananda, 1960-Date: 2010- Books
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Reflections on the most proper means of reducing the rebels, and what ought to be the consequence of our success. By an officer, who served last war in America.
Officer who served last war in America.Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Books
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A summary account of the marches, behaviour, and Plunders of the rebels, from the time of their coming into England, to the retaking of Carlisle by the King's Forces, under the Command of the Duke of Cumberland. By an eye witness of many of the facts herein related.
Savage, Thomas, active 1746.Date: 1746- Books
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The king of France's instructions to a French spy, faithfully translated from the original, found in the pocket of a prisoner taken on board a French ship by one of His Majesty's men of war.
Date: [1755]