Stories
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Reassuring ghosts and haunted houses
Explore the perversely comforting appeal of a ghost in the house.
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Votive offerings for healing
Votive offerings, known as ex-votos, have been a vibrant part of devotional practice since ancient times and, Louisa McKenzie suggests, they still have a place in the secular world of today.
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Putti of science
Chubby little winged boys known as putti frequently adorn scientific illustrations. Sometimes portrayed as reverent and sometimes cheeky, they guide our pursuit of knowledge.
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What happy endings teach us in childhood
Kate Wilkinson explores why, in quest fiction, good must triumph over evil, and what that means both for childhood dreams and adult realities.
Catalogue
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Secularism, gender, and the state in the Middle East : the Egyptian women's movement / Nadje Al-Ali.
Al-Ali, Nadje SadigDate: 2000- Books
Victorian values : secularism and the size of families / J.A. Banks.
Banks, J. A. (Joseph Ambrose), 1920-2005.Date: 1981- Books
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Third annual report of the Williams Secular School.
Williams Secular School.Date: 1852- Books
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Fifth annual report of the Williams Secular School.
Williams Secular School.Date: 1854- Books
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Fourth annual report of the Williams Secular School.
Williams Secular School.Date: 1853