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Eating their own kind
In his grisly history of cannibalism, zoologist Bill Schutt asks what drives an animal to feast on its own flesh and blood.
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Beautiful bedding and how to die well
When you are unwell, your bed can be both a refuge and a prison. Discover how artist Poppy Nash created a bed-centred artwork inspired by her own chronic illness and depictions of ill health from history.
Catalogue
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Bills of mortality [London].
Date: [1843?]- Books
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Bills of mortality / by William A. Brend.
Brend, William Alfred, 1873-Date: 1908- Books
Bills of mortality : disease and destiny in plague literature from early modern to postmodern times / Patrick Reilly.
Reilly, PatrickDate: [2015]- Digital Images
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Bills of Mortality: Plague, disease and casualties
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Bill[s] of mortality, for Portsmouth, Newhampshire, for A.D. 1801[-1811] / [Lyman Spalding].
Spalding, Lyman, 1775-1821Date: [1802-1812]