Stories
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Belonging and why we long for it
Tanya Perdikou’s upbringing emphasised conventional respectability, but other influential family members embraced the bohemian life. Caught between two sets of values, she questions where, if anywhere, she fits in.
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Unravelling genetic origins from the potato to cinchona
Starting with the humble potato, Nataly Allasi Canales reveals how researchers unearth the genetic origins of modern plant varieties, and explains why their work is so important for biodiversity.
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Pain and the power of activism
Today, women with endometriosis have more access to better information than ever before. Jaipreet Virdi applauds the shared stories, online communities and self-help books empowering women in pain.
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How to play in secret
In secret games the strangers around you are playing too. They just don’t know it. Read on for some great ideas for undercover fun at work, school – or almost anywhere.
Catalogue
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Convents and the body politic in late Renaissance Venice / Jutta Gisela Sperling.
Sperling, Jutta Gisela.Date: 1999- Books
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Memoirs of missionary priests, as well secular as regular; and of other catholics, of both sexes, that have suffered death in England, on religious accounts, from the year of our Lord 1577, to 1684. Gathered, Partly from the Printed Accounts of their Lives and Sufferings, published by Cotemporary Authors, in divers Languages. And Partly from Manuscript Relations, kept in the Archives and Records of the English Colleges and Convents Abroad, and oftentimes Penned by Eye-Witnesses of their Death. Divided into Two Parts. Part. I. Containing an Account of those that Suffered from the Year 1577, till the End of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, who died in 1603.
Challoner, Richard, 1691-1781.Date: M.DCC.XLI. [1741]- Books
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An accurate description of the island and kingdom of Sicily; its provinces, towns and remarkable places, as well as the islands belonging to it: with an account of the public roads, for the benefit of Travellers; the Distance of one place from another, and what is worthy of Observation in each Place. Likewise, the origin and foundation of towns: - The Rarities which are to be seen in their Churches, Convents, Colleges, Hospitals, &c. Their Palaces described: And the Political Government of Sicily-The Names of the Great and Illustrious Men it produced, as well as of the present Principal Famalies residing in that Kingdom. To which is added, A narrative of the island and kingdom of Sardinia. The whole newly translated from the French, by D. Macnab, of His Majesty's Customs.
Avity, Pierre d', sieur de Montmartin, 1573-1635.Date: 1786- Books
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An exact description of the island and Kingdom of Sicily, its provinces, towns, and remarkable places: as well as the islands belonging to it. With an account of the public roads, for the Benefit of Travellers: The Distance of one Place from another: And what is worthy of Observation in each Place. Likewise the origin and foundation of towns: The Rarities which are to be seen in their Churches, Convents, Colleges, Hospitals, &c. Their Palaces described: And the Political Government of Sicily. The Names of the Great and Illustrious Men it produced: As well as of the present Principal Families residing in that Kingdom. To which is added, a short narrative of the island and Kingdom of Sardinia. The whole newly translated from the French, by D. Macnab, S. N. D. B.
Avity, Pierre d', sieur de Montmartin, 1573-1635.Date: M.DCC.LXXXIV. [1784]- Books
In the courts of religious ladies : art, vision, and pleasure in Italian Renaissance convents / Giancarla Periti.
Periti, Giancarla, 1966-Date: [2016]