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Blind Alleys And Dead Ends Off The Main Road

John Michell THE UNDERGROWTH OF SCIENCE by Walter Gratzer OUP, £18.99, pp. 328 R eligious people are always being reminded of the dreadful things that have been done on behalf......

Aiming High, Scoring Low

Nicholas Fearn THE BOOK OF KINGS by James Thackara Duckworth, £19.99, pp. 773 T he Book of Kings is written as a great novel in the old-fashioned way. It belongs to the period......

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