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Correspondence of John Wallis (1616-1703): Volume III (October 1668-1671)
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Correspondence of John Wallis (1616-1703): Volume III (October 1668-1671)

Containing many previously unpublished letters, this third volume of a six volume collection of the complete correspondence of John Wallis (1616-1703), documents an important period in the history of the Royal Society and the University of Oxford. By providing access to these letters, this painstakingly crafted edition will enable readers to gain a deeper and richer awareness of the intellectual culture on which the growth of scientific knowledge in early modern Europe was based.
 
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Tags: 1616-1703, Wallis, volume, letters, growth
Rumpole Misbehaves
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Rumpole Misbehaves

Rumpole Misbehaves - John Mortimer

Horace Rumpole, Hero of the Downtrodden, Returns to Fight the Good Fight--For Anti-Social Behavior!
Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) may be the pride and joy of the New Labour Party, but they don't cut much ice with Horace Rumpole--he takes the old-fashioned view that if anyone is going to be threatened with a restriction of their liberty then some form of legal proceeding ought to be gone through first.

Narrator: Bill Wallis

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Tags: Rumpole, Mortimer, Misbehaves, Narrator, Wallis, Horace, Anti-Social, restriction, legal
That Woman - The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor
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That Woman - The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor

The first full scale biography of Wallis Simpson to be written by a woman, exploring the mind of one of the most glamorous and reviled figures of the Twentieth Century, a character who played prominently in the blockbuster film The King’s Speech.This is the story of the American divorcee notorious for allegedly seducing a British king off his throne. 
 
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Tags: Wallis, Simpson, divorcee, notorious, American