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The ‘undesirable epileptic’
Abused in her marriage for being 'a sick woman', Aparna Nair looked to history to make sense of the response to her epilepsy. She discovered how centuries of fear and discrimination were often endorsed by science and legislation.
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The island of unclaimed bodies
In New York, those who live and die on the extreme edges of society are buried on an isolated island, often forgotten and unmourned. But recent legal changes aim to reduce stigma and restore their dignity.
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Intertwined with air
Siwakorn Odochao details his people’s way of perceiving trees and humans as intimately connected, and draws on the air as the element that weaves between them. Through the co-dependency of humans and trees to prepare the air for each other, he elaborates on the relationship between air, health and environment.
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Getting around the rules of sex education
What should we and shouldn’t we teach our teens about sex, inside and outside of the classroom?
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A new history of Greece; from its earliest establishment, until it was subjected to the Roman Empire: Containing AN Account Of The Wars, Revolutions; Progress In Arts And Sciences; Together with the Characters Of the most distinguished Generals, Legislators, And Philosophers, Whose Actions were the Ornaments of Greece.
Date: 1790- Books
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The french politick detected, with the characters of the French politicians display'd; in IV. parts. By way of allegory. Where the Maxims of both Governments of that Nation, Ecclesiastical and Civil, are prov'd Immutable from its Legislators, Druides or Priests of the Guals, to this Day; notwithstanding the usurp'd Name of Christian. By F. Gandouet. M.P.
Gandouet, Fr.Date: 1709- Books
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Address to the sovereigns of Europe etc. etc. In two parts. By Obadia Prim. Part second. The first part contains an Appeal to the Sovereigns of Europe, to Proprietors, Merchants and all Well - wishers of social order - with a sketch of the Conduct of the Legislators of France during the Revolution. The second part contains a Letter to Bnonaparte on his Military and Political Conduct - To which are annexed I0 The principles of morality as decreed and acknowledged by the different legislative bodies of France. II0 A summary, in order of dates, of the most remarkable crimes committeed since the beginning of the Revolution - a table of the contributions, requisitions, forced loans etc.
Winsor, F. A. (Frederick Albert), 1763-1830.Date: [1798]- Books
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A dictionary of the world: or, a geographical description of the Earth; with an historical and biographical account of its principal inhabitants, From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time. Including whatever is most useful in Geography, and most interesting in Sacred and Profane History. Containing a Description of the Continents, Islands, Empires, Kingdoms, States, Provinces, Mountains, Cities, Principal Towns, Seas, Lakes, Rivers, &c. Together with an Account of the Lives of the Patriarchs, Primitive Fathers, Emperors, Kings, Popes, Legislators, Great Generals, Admirals, Painters, Statuaries, Historians, Divines, Orators, Poets, Philosophers, Lawyers, Physicians, Learned Women, &c. With their principal Works and best Editions. The goegraphical part by R. Brookes, M.D. and the historical and biographical part by Joseph Collyer.
Brookes, R. (Richard), active 1721-1763.Date: MDCCLXXII. [1772]- Books
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A New historical biographical and classical dictionary. Containing a concise and alphabetical account of the most remarkable events recorded in ancient history. Extracted from the most celebrated classical writers: also the lives and characters of the most illustrious personages, among the Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Carthaginians, and other distinguished nations. Comprehending heathen deities. Patriots. Priests. Philosophers. Kings. Princes. Legislators. Statesmen. Generals. Celebrated ladies Orators. Poets. Historians. Painters. Physicians. Lawyers. Players. Artificers. And in short all who have signalized themselves by their virtue, courage, learning, or abilities. Calculated for the use of schools; and for such gentlemen and ladies, who not having had the happiness of a classical education, are desirous of being acquainted with the heathen mythology, and the most striking. Circumstances of ancient history.
Date: MDCCLXXI. [1771]