The first ordinary woman in English literature. The life and legacy of the Wife of Bath.
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The real nature of Thomas Edison’s genius
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
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Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice, & 150 years of gay vampires
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‘The Book of Disquiet’ is the weirdest autobiography ever
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Forgotten archive of medieval books and manuscripts discovered in Romanian church
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Don’t feel like a dummy for loving the Dummies guides: The history of the Dummies guides
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The economist who knows the miracle is over
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‘I just wanted my life to end’: The mystery of Agatha Christie’s disappearance
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Is alternate history science fiction?
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The book that sank on the Titanic and burned in the Blitz
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Book review of A Square Meal: A Culinary History of the Great Depression
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To break a book: Bibliophiles as book enemies
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Welcome to Arrakis - Dune lore explained
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A story about living in nature and the value of culture captures the spirit of Finland – Lizzie Enfield explores the remarkable legacy of 'Seitsemän veljestä'
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Announcing Headstamp Publishing's new Kickstarter book | Pistols of the Warlords: Chinese domestic handguns, 1911 - 1949
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Charles I's travelling library
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Have a flick through Isaac Newton's notebook
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The most expensive books and manuscripts in history
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Modern classics summarized: All Quiet on the Western Front
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A small collection of novels — some great, some not so great — appeared in just the right form at just the right moment to effect lasting changes
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Eight surprising literary Easter eggs
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16th century bookwheels, the e-readers of the Renaissance, get brought to life by 21st century designers
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Algonquin Round Table: How the group of writers became a symbol of the roaring twenties
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The National Library of Scotland has digitized the first eight editions of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, issued between 1768 and 1860
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Growing up in Quarantineland: Childhood nightmares in the age of germs prepared me for coronavirus
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Book Review: Hoover
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"Pyke notte thy nostrellys." A 15th-century guide on children's manners has been digitized for first time
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Secret Alliances: Special Operations and Intelligence in Norway, 1940–1945 – Tony Insall
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Tight breeches and loose gowns: Going deep on the fashion of Jane Austen
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How to live like Jane Austen
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Book Review: French Tanks of the Great War
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Stieg Larsson and the unsolved murder case of Olof Palme
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John W. Campbell Award is renamed after winner criticizes him
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Disappointed love and dangerous temptations: Textile factories and true crime
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Despite being a best-selling author, Jane Austen was paid very little
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Rebuilding Jane Austen’s library
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Ten surprising facts about books of beasts from the European middle ages
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Nothing but the truth: The legacy of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Christopher Columbus' son had an enormous library. Its catalog was just found
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Oh no! The depressing truth about the Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory workers
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Top ten books about building cities. From Mary Beard’s Roman history to Kim Stanley Robinson’s science fiction, Jonathan Carr chooses the best writing about citizens’ eternal challenges
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Leo Tolstoy on finding meaning in a meaningless world
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The secret histories of secondhand books
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Near the end of the Middle Ages a device came into service that helped avid readers: the book carousel or book wheel
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Ten books that defined the 1910s
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The 19th century best-selling author excluded by the Brazilian Academy of Letters
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When pop-up books taught popular science
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A graphic history of the rise of the Nazis
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British Library acquires the St Cuthbert Gospel – the earliest intact European book
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