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  • An account of English ants : which contains I. Their different species and mechanism. II. Their manner of government, and a description of their several queens. III. The production of their eggs, and process of the young. IV. The incessant labours of the workers or common ants : with many other curiosities observable in these surprising insects / by the Rev. William Gould ..

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  • A taste of history : 10,000 years of food in Britain / Peter Brears ... et al. ; introduction by Maggie Black ; illustrated by Peter Brears

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  • The genesis of an Orientalist : Thomas William Rhys Davids and Buddhism in Sri Lanka / Ananda Wickremeratne

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  • The post-Darwinian controversies : a study of the Protestant struggle to come to terms with Darwin in Great Britain and America, 1870-1900 / James R. Moore

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