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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Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
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The tower in fiction, film and life
The high-rise estates born of postwar idealism soon became symbols of crime and squalor. But after one terrible tragedy, public bodies are being forced to rethink our towers.
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Thomas Sankara and the stomachs that made themselves heard
Thomas Sankara’s vision to transform farming and health in Burkina Faso turned to dust with his assassination. Perry Blankson highlights the considerable achievements of Sankara’s brief span in power.
Catalogue
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Rabbits for fur and flesh / by C.J. Davies.
Davies, C. J.Date: 1918- Books
Partridge disease and its causes : including the report and suggestions of the Country life committee of enquiry into the diseases of partridges during the season 1931-1932 / edited by Major M. Portal ... and Dr. Walter E. Collinge.
Date: [1932]- E-books
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Considerations on the present high prices of provisions, and the necessaries of life. By a West-Country maltster
West-Country maltster- Books
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French household cooking : with a number of recipes from the best Paris chefs, simple and inexpensive / by an Englishwoman in Paris (Mrs. Frances Keyzer).
Keyzer, Frances.Date: [1908?]- Books
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French household cooking : with a number of recipes from the best Paris chefs, simple and inexpensive / by an Englishwoman in Paris (Mrs. Frances Keyzer).
Keyzer, Frances.Date: [1913?]