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.
Catalogue
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Feast & fast : the art of food in Europe, 1500 - 1800 / edited by Victoria Avery and Melissa Calaresu.
Date: 2019- Books
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An address to the present stewards and preachers of the Methodist Society, York, on the impropriety and injustice of their recent conduct. By a friend to religion.
Friend to religion.Date: M,DCC,XCII. [1792]- Books
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Dissertation sur la difference de deux anciennes religions, la grecque et la romaine. Par M. L'Abbé Coyer.
Coyer, Gabriel-François, 1707-1782.Date: M.D.CC.LV. [1755]- Books
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Thoughts upon calvinism; Or The Bible Christian: wherein the genuine Gospel is clearly pointed out, and who they are that with propriety may be said to embrace it. With a sincere address to every reader, By a Friend to real Bible religion, and common sense.
Friend to real Bible religion and common sense.Date: [1795?]- 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]