Stories
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Fantastic beasts and unnatural history
Find out how a 17th-century compendium of the natural world came to present fantastical beasts –like dragons – as real, living creatures.
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Natural eating in Jamaica and the Caribbean
Riaz Phillips is passionate about the Jamaican food he grew up with and plant-based Caribbean food he came to later, like roti, baiganee and vegan stews and curries. Here he explores the origins and surging popularity of these natural ‘health foods’.
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The extraordinary body of Evatima Tardo
Darling of 19th-century American freak shows, Evatima Tardo remained serene as she withstood crucifixion and the bites of poisonous snakes. But she took the secret behind her abilities to her grave.
Catalogue
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Fish from the Black Sea : classical Byzantium and the Greekness of trade / David Braund.
Braund, David.- Books
From a trade to a profession : byways in dental history / by J. Menzies Campbell ; with a foreword by Sir Wilfred Fish.
Campbell, J. Menzies (John Menzies), 1887-1974.Date: [1958]- Books
D.I.Y. as privilege : a manifesto / Richard Phoenix.
Phoenix, RichardDate: 2020- Books
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The right draft of the town of Gibaltar, with its explanation, which will give our readers an idea of the streingth [sic] of the place; and as the same is so advantageous and necessary for the security of our trade and commerce, there are none who wish the happiness of the nation, will be willing ever to see or hear of its being dismember.d from the crown of Great Britain bnt [sic] on the contrary, would gontribute [sic] to the utmost for the preservation thereof, &c,[.]
Date: [1727?]- Books
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A collection of plans of the capital cities of Europe, and some remarkable cities in Asia, Africa, & America: with a description of their most remarkable buildings, trade, situation, extent, &c. &c. Selected from the best authorities in two volumes by Jno. Andrews, land surveyor.
Andrews, John, 1736-1809.Date: [1771]