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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An Attempt towards an improved version, a metrical arrangement, and an explanation of the twelve minor prophets. By William Newcome D.D. bishop of Waterford.
Date: MDCCLXXXV. [1785]- Books
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An Attempt towards an improved version, a metrical arrangement, and an explanation of the Prophet Ezekiel. By William Newcome D.D. bishop of Waterford, and member of the Royal Irish Academy.
Date: MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]- Books
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An impartial account of the prophets: in a letter to a friend.
Bulkeley, Richard, Sir, 1644-1710.Date: 1707- Books
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Seven prophetical periods; or, a view of the different prophetical periods mentioned by Daniel and Saint John: wherein The Events that have happened under each Period, are briefly stated from History, and compared with the Predictions. By the author of Speculum Britannicum.
Burton, Philip, -1792.Date: M.DCC.XC. [1790]- Books
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Dreadful tidings; or, an account of two wonderful prophets, who arriv'd at Cologn in Germany about the 14th instant, ... To which is added, Bishop Usher's prophecy, ...
Date: 1761?]