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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Edward Fitzgerald, Esq; - - appellant. Thomas Fitzgerald, gent. - - respondent. The appellant's case.
Fitzgerald, Edward, active 1706-1731.Date: 1731]- Books
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Henry Gillies, and others, Magistrates, Councellors and Deacons of the Burrough of Linlithgow, - - - - appellants in the original, and respondents in the cross appeal. Allan Wauch, and others, pretended Magistrates, Councellors and Deacons of the said burrough of Linlithgow, - - - - - - - - respondents in the original, and appellants in the cross appeal. Case of Henry Gillies, and others.
Gillies, Henry.Date: 1756]- Books
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House of Lords. George Dun, - - - - - Appellant. Hugh M̀clure, - - - - Respondent. The Respondent's case.
McClure, Hugh, active 1774-1780.Date: 1780]- Books
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Debts due by George Hamilton
Smith, William, in Allerstocks.Date: 1762]- Books
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Abstract of the laws of the American states, now in force, relative to debts due to loyalists, subjects of Great Britain.
United States.Date: Printed in the year M,DCC,LXXXIX. [1789]