An enjoyable read that will add to your trivia collection rather than your historical understanding.
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Book Review: Manure Matters: Historical, Archaeological and Ethnographic Perspectives by Richard Jones (ed)
You mightn't think a book about the history of manure is to your taste - but you might be surprised.
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How families and revolutions can tear individuals apart.
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The community and natural world of an Italian mountain village in Liguria are brought vividly into your life.
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The question of "how" birds migrate - that's one of many still up for grabs.
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There are some signs of sense returning to agricultural and gardening practice. But not nearly enough.
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A colourful, thoughtful History 1.3 version of this turbulent, unfinished period.
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The accumulation of the statistics about the decline of the place of the working person is impressive, and depressing.
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True-life family history and relationships on stage. By the people concerned. Is anyone else?
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It's simple really: Workers stopped getting a fair share of productivity increases, profits rose, finance became a gigantic boil on the world economy.
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