Stories
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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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The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists
Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.
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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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How do advertisers get inside our heads?
Vance Packard exposed techniques of mass manipulation developed by 1950s advertisers that are still at work today in the age of big data.
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A seasonable check to the fury of an unfledg'd minister of the Gospel. In a letter to the Reverend Mr. T- - - - - - - A very young Glóstershire Clergyman. Written by Mr. J- - - - - - - - A very young Wiltshire Layman. Occasion'd by the former's falsly charging the latter with Atheism. In which are interspers'd some Observations on Atheism and Superstition, together with a Hint or two to the Professors of Christianity in general.
J- - - - - - - -, Mr.Date: MDCCXLVIII. [1748]- Books
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Philosophy no friend to atheism, or the certainty of a first cause impartially investigated. By G. Brown, Teacher of the Mathematics.
Brown, George, teacher of the mathematics.Date: 1797- Books
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Atheism, (or the living without God in the world) a commoner sin than thought of. The substance of three sermons, preached in the parish church of Bexley in Kent, in July, 1748. To which is prefixed, a preface: ... By Henry Piers, ...
Piers, Henry, 1695?-1769.Date: 1748- Books
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For God, or for Baal. The unreasonableness and absurdity of practical atheism, and occasional conformity, demonstrated in three sermons. By William Sworder, vicar of Great Samford and Hempsted in Essex.
Sworder, William.Date: MDCCXIV. [1714]- Books
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The folly of practical atheism. A discourse, delivered in the Chapel of Yale-College, on Lord's-Day, November 23, 1794. By James Dana, D.D. Pastor of the First Congregational Church in New-Haven.
Dana, James, 1735-1812.Date: [1795]