Stories
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Life before assistive technology
When an inherited condition caused Alex Lee’s vision to deteriorate, he began to discover the technologies that would help him navigate the world around him. Here he describes how his life began to change.
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The shape of thought
Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s description of the moment in 1887 when he saw a brain cell for the first time never fails to move neuroscientist Richard Wingate to tears. Here he captures that enduring sense of wonder.
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Would you like to buy a dinosaur?
Two remarkable letters and a drawing of a plesiosaur by Mary Anning offer a tantalising portal into the exciting world of fossil hunting and discovery of the 1800s.
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How architecture builds a profession of stress
Architects might produce buildings that enhance our health, but at what cost? Kristin Hohenadel explores architecture’s pressurised and stressful culture.
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The Young gentleman and lady's monitor, and English teacher's assistant; being a collection of select pieces from our best modern writers: calculated to eradicate vulgar prejudices and rusticity of manners; improve the understanding; rectify the will; purify the passions direct the minds of youth to the pursuit of proper objects; and to facilitate their reading, writing, and speaking the English language, with elegance and propriety. Particularly adapted for the use of our eminent schools ... By J. Hamilton Moore. Author of the Practical navigator, and Seaman's ne daily assistant.
Date: 1797- Books
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The friend: or, essays instructive and entertaining for youth of both sexes; on the most important subjects: exemplified with stories from real life.
Date: MDCCLXXIV. [1774]- Books
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Religious advices; or, an address to the young generation In general: and particularly, to young people, in these seven parishes, viz. Dunnipace, Cumbernauld, Monkland, Kirkintilloch, Campsie, Kilsyth, And Denny. In seven letters, On Different subjects.
Russell, James, active 1784.Date: M,DCC,LXXXIV. [1784]- Books
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The beauties of history; or, pictures of virtue and vice, drawn from real life; designed for the instruction and entertainment of youth. By L.M. Stretch, M.A.
Date: MDCCLXXXII. [1782]- Books
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The beauties of history; or, pictures of virtue and vice, drawn from real life; designed for the instruction and entertainment of youth. By L.M. Stretch, M. A. ...
Date: MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]