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The end of the beginning.
Date: 1993- Books
The age of extremes : a history of the world, 1914-1991 / Eric Hobsbawm.
Hobsbawm, E. J. (Eric J.), 1917-2012.Date: 1996- Audio
Images that changed the world. Parts 1-5.
Date: 2010- Books
The mushroom at the end of the world : on the possibility of life in capitalist ruins / Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing.
Tsing, Anna LowenhauptDate: 2017- Books
A short history of drunkenness / Mark Forsyth.
Forsyth, MarkDate: 2017- Books
Darwin in Ilkley / Mike Dixon & Gregory Radick.
Dixon, Michael F. (Michael Frederick), 1941-Date: 2009- Books
Plagues upon the earth : disease and the course of human history / Kyle Harper.
Harper, Kyle, 1979-Date: [2021]- Archives and manuscripts
A History of the Journal International Abstracts of Biological Sciences
Date: 1953-1973Reference: GC/266/2Part of: <i>International Abstracts of Biological Sciences</i> and <i>Archives of Oral Biology</i>- Books
A curious history of sex / Kate Lister.
Lister, Kate, 1981-Date: 2020- Books
Milk of paradise : a history of opium / Lucy Inglis.
Inglis, LucyDate: 2018- Books
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The end of the world : Apocalypse and its aftermath in Western culture / Maria Manuel Lisboa.
Lisboa, Maria Manuel, 1963-Date: [2011], ©2011- Books
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A catalogue of the genuine and curious library; Of the late Reverend Mr. John Jackson, Master of Wigston's-Hospital in Leicester: consisting Of several Elegant, very Scarce, and Valuable Books, In Critical Literature, History, Divinity, &c. In Different Languages; Amongst which, are some of the Oldest and Extreme Scarce Editions of the Classicks: Also many Beautiful Copies of Books, Printed by Aldus Elzevir, Stephens, Colinaeus, and others, the best and most eminent Printers. Which will be Sold, by Order of the Executors, For Ready Money only. Commissions taken in from the Time of Delivering the Catalogues till the end of July, and will be executed in the Order they come to Hand: By John Gregory, Bookseller in Leicester. Catalogues to be had at the place of Sale, of Mr. Field, Bookseller in Paternoster-Row, and Mr. Blythe, Bookseller in Cornhill London. - The Books may be seen during the Month of June.
Gregory, John, -1789.Date: M.DCC.LXIV. [1764]- Books
The uninhabitable earth : a story of the future / David Wallace-Wells.
Wallace-Wells, DavidDate: 2019- Books
Fighting proud : the untold story of the gay men who served in two world wars / Stephen Bourne.
Bourne, Stephen, 1957 January 4-Date: 2018- Books
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Visions of the end : apocalyptic traditions in the Middle Ages / Bernard McGinn.
Date: [1979], ©1979- Audio
Voice of Lord Florey.
Florey, Howard, Baron Florey, 1898-1968.Date: 1969- Books
Apocalypse delayed : the story of Jehovah's Witnesses / M. James Penton.
Penton, M. James, 1932-Date: 2015- Books
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The new and complete life of our blessed Lord and saviour, Jesus Christ: that great example, as well as saviour of mankind. Containing a More Complete, Authentic, Ample, Accurate, Instructive, Universal, and Full Account (freed from Popish Superstition, and other Errors) than was ever before Published, of all the Real Facts, relating to the Exemplary Life, Meritorious Sufferings, and Triumphant Death of Our Glorious Redeemer, Who took upon himself our Sinful Nature, Was Crucified for our Sins, Rose Again for our Justification, Ascended into Heaven, and now Sitteth at the Right-Hand of God, making Intercession for Us; Particularly his Incarnation, Nativity, Genealogy, Baptism, Preservation, Circumcision, Presentation, Early Transactions, Divine Mission, Fasting, Ministry, Temptation, Doctrines, Calling and Appointment of the Apostles, Miracles, Parables, Travels, Humility, Charity, Patience, Meekness, Sufferings, Transfiguration, Passion, Institution of the Sacraments; Crucifixion, Burial, Resurrection, Appearance, and Ascension, &c. &c. &c. To which is Added, A New, Complete, and Authentic History of the Lives, Transactions, Sufferings, and Deaths, of his Holy Apostles, Evangelists, Disciples, And other Eminent Persons and Primitive Christians, who first Propagated the Christian Religion, and to cruel Persecutors laid down their Lives in the Glorious Cause of Jesus Christ; particularly St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke, St. John, St. Peter, St. Paul, St. Andrew, St. James the Great, St. Philip, St. Bartholomew, St. Thomas, St. James the Less, St. Simon, St. Jude, St. Matthias, St. Barnabas, St. Stephen, Timothy, Silas, Mary Magdalene, Mary Sister of Lazarus, Mary of Cleophas, Mary of Salome, Trophimus, Tychicus, Tertius, Linus, Onesiphorus, Stephanus, Phebe, Sosipater, Clement, Ananias, Nicolas, Nicodemus, Joseph, Philemon, Priscilla, Titus, &c. Also, A New, Useful, and Interesting Account of the Life of the Messiah's great Forerunner John the Baptist; And likewise the Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Together with A Faithful Account of the Successors of the Apostles, for Three Hundred Years after the Crucifixion, in the five great Apostolical Churches. Comprehending, The Whole Doctrine of Christianity, the Evidences fairly stated upon which it is founded, and the Manner of its Establishment in different Parts of the World. - Including a Complete Defence of Christianity, containing Plain and Satisfactory Answers to all the Objections made against our Holy Religion, by Jews, Turks, Atheists, Deists, Infidels, and Free-Thinkers of the present Age, who are a Disgrace to Human Nature, and strive to level Mankind with the Brute Creation; whereby the Religion of the great Redeemer of Mankind is proved to be Genuine and truly Divine. The Whole Interspersed with Practical Improvements, and Useful Remarks, Familiarly Adapted to every Capacity, and designed to Promote, in every Christian, the necessary Practice of Faith and Repentance, as the only appointed Means whereby God can be Reconciled with Man. This Complete Work being the Result of long Study and Experience, and not a hasty Performance, has been regularly digested and collected, not only from the Evangelists, Epistles, &c. but also from Josephus, the most judicious Ecclesiastical Historians, and other Books as well as Manuscripts (ancient and modern) of Undoubted Authority. It will therefore comprise a great Variety of the most Important, Valuable, and Curious Matter relating to the Life and Death of our Blessed Saviour and his Apostles, &c. not to be found in any other Work of the Kind whatever. By Paul Wright, D. D. Vicar of Oakley, &c. in Essex, late of Pembroke-Hall, Cambridge; And Author of the Christian's New and Complete British Family Bible;-of the New and Complete Edition of Fox's Original Book of Martyrs;-And of The New Edition of the Whole Book of Common Prayer, with Notes, and other necessary Illustrations;-All of which respective Works are universally approved of in every Respect, by the Public in general, who have perused the Numbers already published. Embellished with the most elegant, valuable, and numerous set of large copper-plate prints ever published in a work of this kind; finely engraved from the original Drawings of Hamilton, Chalmers, West, Samuel Wale, Esq. &c. by those ingenious and celebrated Artists, Messrs. Pollard, Rennoldson, Taylor, Tookey, Smith, Page, Granger, Morris, Royce, Golder, Collier, Parker, and Other Eminent Masters.
Fleetwood, John.Date: [1790?]- Books
Museums and migration : history, memory and politics / edited by Laurence Gourievidis.
Date: 2014- Books
Foreign bodies : pandemics, vaccines and the health of nations / Simon Schama.
Schama, SimonDate: 2023- Videos
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The story of the Wellcome Foundation Ltd.
Date: 1955- Archives and manuscripts
Beckenham Photograph Library - Negatives & Finding Aids
Date: c1945-c1996Reference: WF/M/I/BPart of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
The lonely city : adventures in the art of being alone / Olivia Laing.
Laing, OliviaDate: 2016- Pictures
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A fiery demon representing the chaos of the Paris Commune and more generally, the infernal results of the ideals of the French Revolution. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1871.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: June 1871Reference: 18167i- Pictures
The dance of death. Oil painting.
Reference: 45066i