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Lonely bodies are hungry for more than turkey
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Delusional recycling and the problem with plastic
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The ancient doctors who refused payment
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Turkeys and hens on a farmyard. Etching.
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Turkey's terrific for healthy eating : nutritious, economical, delicious, versatile / British Turkey Information Service, Health Education Authority supported by the Department of Health.
Date: [approximately 1992?]
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Turkey's terrific for paella / Health Education Authority.
Date: [1992?]- Books
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The sportsman's dictionary; or, the gentleman's companion: for town and country. Containing full and particular Instructions for riding, hunting, fowling, setting, fishing, racing farriery, cocking, hawking, &c. With The various Methods to be observed in Breeding and Dieting of Horses both for the Road and Turf; also, the Management of Dogs, Game-Cocks, Dunghill Fowls, Turkeys, Geese, Ducks, Pigeons, Singing-Birds, &c. And the Manner of Curing their various Diseases and Accidents. Collected from the best authors, with very considerable additions and improvements by experienced gentlemen.
Date: MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]- Books
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The sportsman's dictionary; or, the gentleman's companion: for town and country. Containing full and particular Instructions for Riding, Hunting, Fowling, Setting, Fishing, Racing, Farriery, Cocking, Hawking, &c. With The various Methods to be observed in Breeding and Dieting of Horses both for the Road and Turf; also, the Management of Dogs, Game-Cocks, Dunghill Fowls, Turkeys, Geese, Ducks, Pigeons, Singing-Birds, &c. And the Manner of Curing their various Diseases and Accidents. Collected from the best authors; with very considerable additions and improvements, by experienced gentlemen. Illustrated with copper-plates, representing all the different Kinds of Nets, Snares, and Traps, that are now made Use of.
Date: M.DCC.LXXVIII. [1778]