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New College School is one of the oldest continually functioning schools in the United Kingdom and, indeed, the world. It was founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, to provide choristers for the chapel of New College, Oxford. ...

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New College School is one of the oldest continually functioning schools in the United Kingdom and, indeed, the world. It was founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, to provide choristers for the chapel of New College, Oxford. ...

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This book, beautifully illustrated with specially commissioned photography, is a celebration of UCL''s unique collections, with leading academics from the university invited to select and write about an object each found inspiring. From a jar of m...

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This book, beautifully illustrated with specially commissioned photography, is a celebration of UCL''s unique collections, with leading academics from the university invited to select and write about an object each found inspiring. From a jar of m...

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The Airstream is an eye-catching vintage classic. First appearing on American highways in the early 1930s, these sleek aluminum icons were compact, cozy spaces that could be hitched to the family car and taken out on the open road ? and nearly a c...

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The Airstream is an eye-catching vintage classic. First appearing on American highways in the early 1930s, these sleek aluminum icons were compact, cozy spaces that could be hitched to the family car and taken out on the open road ? and nearly a c...

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The White House is the most famous house in the world ? yet its 18 acres of perfectly manicured grounds and magnificent gardens, much beloved by the Presidents and their families, are rarely seen by the public. This book is a horticultural celebra...

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The White House is the most famous house in the world ? yet its 18 acres of perfectly manicured grounds and magnificent gardens, much beloved by the Presidents and their families, are rarely seen by the public. This book is a horticultural celebra...

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Patchwork quilts are hugely evocative emblems of our domestic past. With no two quite the same, each example hints both at the story of the particular household in which it was produced and at a larger piece of social history. But quilting is by n...

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Patchwork quilts are hugely evocative emblems of our domestic past. With no two quite the same, each example hints both at the story of the particular household in which it was produced and at a larger piece of social history. But quilting is by n...

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Executions have played a crucial ? if grisly and controversial ? part in British history and provided the bloody climax to many a life, from Mary, Queen of Scots, Charles I and Dick Turpin to untold thousands of anonymous wretches whose names are ...

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Executions have played a crucial ? if grisly and controversial ? part in British history and provided the bloody climax to many a life, from Mary, Queen of Scots, Charles I and Dick Turpin to untold thousands of anonymous wretches whose names are ...

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Though there have never been many Quakers, these small numbers belie the sect''s tremendous impact, both historical and contemporary. Quakerism has produced an astonishing and disproportionate number of eminent thinkers, scientists, industrialists...

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Though there have never been many Quakers, these small numbers belie the sect''s tremendous impact, both historical and contemporary. Quakerism has produced an astonishing and disproportionate number of eminent thinkers, scientists, industrialists...

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At the dawn of the Victorian age there was effectively no police detective force in Britain and detecting methods were rudimentary; by the end of Victoria''s reign the Criminal Investigation Department had been established and basic forensic tests...

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At the dawn of the Victorian age there was effectively no police detective force in Britain and detecting methods were rudimentary; by the end of Victoria''s reign the Criminal Investigation Department had been established and basic forensic tests...

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The Salvation Army is a byword for philanthropy and charitable work, with its brass bands and uniformed officers indelible parts of the fabric of British life ? yet many may not be aware of the real extent of its work and influence. This is the st...

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The Salvation Army is a byword for philanthropy and charitable work, with its brass bands and uniformed officers indelible parts of the fabric of British life ? yet many may not be aware of the real extent of its work and influence. This is the st...

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Britain''s towns and cities were famously transformed in the nineteenth century by the coming of the railways, turning their fortunes around and giving urban dwellers new opportunities to travel across the country ? yet the effect on the rural pop...

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Britain''s towns and cities were famously transformed in the nineteenth century by the coming of the railways, turning their fortunes around and giving urban dwellers new opportunities to travel across the country ? yet the effect on the rural pop...

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Reading Blue Coat School was opened in 1660 to teach twenty ''children of honest poore men'', according to the bequest of merchant Richard Aldworth. Despite his and subsequent bequests, the school was initially housed in a dilapidated former inn, ...

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Reading Blue Coat School was opened in 1660 to teach twenty ''children of honest poore men'', according to the bequest of merchant Richard Aldworth. Despite his and subsequent bequests, the school was initially housed in a dilapidated former inn, ...

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The Rowntree name is linked to some of the most iconic and well-loved brands of the 20th century, including the KitKat, Aero and Fruit Pastilles. On the way he transformed a small factory in York into a global business. But there is much more to t...

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The Rowntree name is linked to some of the most iconic and well-loved brands of the 20th century, including the KitKat, Aero and Fruit Pastilles. On the way he transformed a small factory in York into a global business. But there is much more to t...

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The Great Gatsby is that rare classic that inescapably defines the age from which it sprang: the Roaring ''20s, an era of economic boom, stylish excess and above all an explosion of new and exciting fashions. This book chronicles the sparkling spe...

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The Great Gatsby is that rare classic that inescapably defines the age from which it sprang: the Roaring ''20s, an era of economic boom, stylish excess and above all an explosion of new and exciting fashions. This book chronicles the sparkling spe...

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This book tells the dramatic story of how the Royal Navy transformed ordinary citizens into first-rate sailors and navy personnel during the Second World War. It covers how they were recruited and trained and how they endured life at sea in hostil...

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This book tells the dramatic story of how the Royal Navy transformed ordinary citizens into first-rate sailors and navy personnel during the Second World War. It covers how they were recruited and trained and how they endured life at sea in hostil...

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The medieval wall paintings that remain in English churches are for the most part shadows of their former selves ? the rare fragments of this beautiful art to have survived not only the Reformation but also successive waves of iconoclastic zeal an...

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The medieval wall paintings that remain in English churches are for the most part shadows of their former selves ? the rare fragments of this beautiful art to have survived not only the Reformation but also successive waves of iconoclastic zeal an...

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