Stories
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The life and death of Tamagotchi and the virtual pet
Discover how the 1990s craze for Tamagotchis became a flood of robotic and virtual pets, sending their owners on an emotional rollercoaster ride.
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How my wheelchair changed my life
A young woman diagnosed with a disabling condition found her world shrank without the mobility aids she needed to get outside. Finally facing the stigma around using a wheelchair transformed her everyday life.
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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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Sex work and critical campaigners
When campaigners filmed secretly in the club where she worked, exotic dancer Ella Smith felt frightened and degraded. Here she speaks out about the attack on her livelihood.
Catalogue
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Yorick's sentimental journey through France and Italy, &c.
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.Date: M.DCC.XCI. [1791]- Books
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Yorick's sentimental journey, through France, Italy &c. Four volumes compleat in one, with continuation.
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.Date: 1792- Books
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A view of society and manners in Italy: with anecdotes relating to some eminent characters. By John Moore, M.D. [Two lines from Horace]
Moore, John, 1729-1802.Date: MDCCXCII. [1792]- Books
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Letters from Italy, describing the customs and manners of that country, in the years 1765, and 1766. To which is annexed, an admonition to gentlemen who pass the Alps, in their tour through Italy. By Samuel Sharp, Esq.
Sharp, Samuel, 1700?-1778.Date: [1767]- Books
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Letters from Italy, describing the customs and manners of that country, in the years 1765, and 1766. To which is annexed, An admonition to gentlemen who pass the Alps, in their tour through Italy. By Samuel Sharp, Esq.
Sharp, Samuel, 1700?-1778.Date: M.DCC.LXVII. [1767]