Stories
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Rejecting shame and a decade of change
Jess Thom spent years trying to ignore and suppress the tics of Tourette’s syndrome. Read what happened when she decided to celebrate them instead.
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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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A brief history of tattoos
The earliest evidence of tattoo art dates from 5000 BC, and the practice continues to hold meaning for many cultures around the world.
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Winter blues and the story of SAD
In ‘Chasing the Sun‘ Linda Geddes reveals why for some people, winter is literally depressing, showing how we first came to recognise seasonal affective disorder (SAD).
Catalogue
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Life of Learning: The Charles Homer Haskins Lectures of the American Council of Learned Societies
Date: [1994]- Books
A union list of printed Indic texts and translations in American libraries / compiled by M.B. Emeneau, by the aid of a grant from the American Council of Learned Societies.
Emeneau, M. B. (Murray Barnson), 1904-2005.Date: 1967, ©1935- E-books
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Constitutionalism and democracy : transitions in the contemporary world : the American Council of Learned Societies comparative constitutionalism papers / edited by Douglas Greenberg ... [et al.].
Date: 1993- Books
Karma and rebirth in classical Indian traditions / Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty, editor ; sponsored by the Joint Committee on South Asia of the Social Science Research Council and the American Council of Learned Societies.
Date: [1980], ©1980- Books
The social basis of health and healing in Africa / edited by Steven Feierman and John M. Janzen ; sponsored by the Joint Committee on African Studies of the American Council of Learned Societies and the Social Science Research Council.
Date: [1992], ©1992