Stories
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Rose Mackenberg’s deceptive activism
Discover how a New York private investigator became part of Houdini’s mission to expose the fraudulent mediums making money from their vulnerable, grieving clients.
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The evolution of war-zone medicine
The need to deal with battlefield injuries has led to inventive designs for extreme situations. Find out how camel-drawn ambulances and flat-pack hospitals have helped casualties survive.
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The psychological impact of nuclear war
How would you hold up psychologically if a nuclear bomb was dropped? Discover the British government’s secret predictions from the 1980s.
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Inside the Cold War mind
Martin Sixsmith explores the competing national psyches of Russia and America, and a world divided between their irreconcilable visions of human nature.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Social Conditions (inc. The Beginnings of Modern Science, Wars of the Roses)
Date: c.1960sReference: GC/119/B.1/2Part of: MacNalty, Sir Arthur Salusbury (1880-1969)- Books
Shakespeare, genetics, malformations, and the Wars of the Roses : hereditary themes in Henry IV and Richard III / E.B. Hook.
Hook, E. B.Date: 1987- Books
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The hip hop wars : what we talk about when we talk about hip hop--and why it matters / Tricia Rose.
Rose, TriciaDate: [2008], ©2008- Books
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State of the demands of John Rose, Esq; counsellor of justice to His Prussian Majesty; upon the crown of Great-Britain, for forage, meal, sacks, &c. delivered to the British combined army, and taken by the enemy during the late war in Germany.
Date: Printed in the Year MDCCLXVII. [1767]- Books
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The history of Martin. Being a proper sequel to The tale of a tub. With a digression concerning the nature, usefulness, and necessity of wars and quarrels. By the Rev. D-n S-t. To which is added, a dialogue between A- Pe, Esq; and Mr. C-s C-Ffe, poets, in St. James's Park.
Date: MDCCXLII. [1742]