Stories
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The tower in fiction, film and life
The high-rise estates born of postwar idealism soon became symbols of crime and squalor. But after one terrible tragedy, public bodies are being forced to rethink our towers.
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Healthy scepticism
Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.
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The shifting shape of language
Author Jessica Andrews explores how her brother’s deafness has influenced her relationship with words and the world.
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The psychology of Ouija
Explore the science behind table tilting and Ouija boards, and discover how the unscrupulous still make money from exploiting the ‘ideomotor’ effect.
Catalogue
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Constitutionalism and democracy : transitions in the contemporary world : the American Council of Learned Societies comparative constitutionalism papers / edited by Douglas Greenberg [and others].
Date: 1993- Books
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Dissertation on first-principles of government. By Thomas Paine, Author of common sense, Rights of Man; age of reason, &c. Deputy to the convention, and secretary to the congress during the American War.
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.Date: 1795- Books
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The people's barrier against undue influence and corruption: or the Commons' House of Parliament according to the constitution. In which the Objections to an equal Representation and new Parliaments once in every year at least are answered: And a digested Plan for the Whole is submitted to the Public. By John Cartwright.
Cartwright, John, 1740-1824.Date: 1780- Books
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Politics and science in the Bush administration. prepared for Rep. Henry A. Waxman ; United States House of Representatives, Committee on Government Reform - Minority Staff, Special Investigations Division.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform - Minority Staff.Date: 2003- Books
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The rotten and tottering state of the popular part of the British constitution demonstrated - By J. Massie.
Massie, J. (Joseph), -1784.Date: 1761]