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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A glympse of paradise. A sermon preach'd by Thomas Baylye, B.A. of Brazen-Nose-College.
Baylye, Thomas.Date: 1710- Books
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La princesse de Babilone.
Voltaire, 1694-1778.Date: 1768- Books
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La princesse de Babilone.
Voltaire, 1694-1778.Date: MDCCLXVIII. [1768]- Books
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The history of paradise: or a discourse on the state of innocence and the fall of man. (wherein our Reflections are carried on to the Grace of our Redemption, by God manifested in the Flesh.) With some occasional Thoughts on a late Author or two's unhappy Notions in relation to this Subject. By a Presbyter of the Church of England
Presbyter of the Church of England.Date: 1713- 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]