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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.
Catalogue
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Catalogue of Sarum and York missals.
Gough, Richard, 1735-1809.Date: 1780]- Books
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Missale Romanum, ex decreto sacrosancti concilii Tridentini restitutum, Pii V. pont. max. jussu editum, et Clementis VIII. primum, nunc denuo Urbani papæ VIII. auctoritate recognitum. Et novorum festorum missis hucusque concessis auctum. His accedunt festa, quæ ex indulto apostolico in regno hiberniæ celebrantur.
Catholic Church.Date: MDCCLXXVII. [1777]- Books
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Missale Romanum, ex decreto sacrosancti concilii Tridentini restitutum, piiv. pont. max. jussu editum, et clementis viii. primum, nunc denuo urbani papæ viii. auctoritate recognitum. Et novorum featorum missis hucusque concessis auctum. His accedunt festa, quæ ex indulto apostolico in regno Hiberniæ celebrantur.
Catholic Church.Date: M.DCC.XCV. [1795]- Books
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Instructions concerning an annual spiritual exercise.
Douai English College.Date: M.DCC.LIX. [1759]- Books
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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]