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The Body in the Library: An investigative celebration of deviation, hesitation, and lack of closure [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The unexpected, if still clichéd, discovery of a body in the library introduces Agatha Christie’s plot starring the genius amateur detective, elderly Miss Marple.
Kociatkiewicz, J., Kostera, M.
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“The Crime Scene as Museum: The (Re)construction in the Bresciano Series of a Historical Gibraltarian Past” [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The “Bresciano” series of seven historical detective novels (2010-2015) by Sam Benady and Mary Chiappe set in a period of four decades early in the British imperial history of Gibraltar from the 1780s to the 1820s provides an excellent opportunity not ...
Stotesbury, John
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Cosmopolitan nationalism and the cultural reach of the white British [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
In recent years, strong claims have been made for the breakdown of national boundaries and the reformation of national identities in an increasingly interconnected global world – driven in large part by the possibilities and limitations that emerge from ...
Albrow   +43 more
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Summer loving? Female orientated comedy drama, ITV and seasonal performance. [PDF]

open access: yes
British summer broadcasting has traditionally been (light) entertainment focused and has been the subject of lower expectations from producers, reviewers and audiences, to the extent that a summer broadcasting slot might be considered to impair the ...
Knowles, J
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The lobster and the maid: scenario-dependence and reader manipulation in Agatha Christie [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Readers of detective fiction deliberately seek to be deceived by the stories they read; in this manner, the genre forms a series of texts that aim to manipulate and persuade.
Alexander, M.
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"Mrs Harvey came home from Norwich ... her pocket picked at the station and all her money stolen”:using life writing to recover the experience of travel in the past [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
In most societies the ability to move easily from place to place is a taken-for-granted aspect of twenty-first century life, but much less is known about such mobility in the past with a tendency for accounts to focus on the exceptional rather than the ...
Pooley, Colin, Pooley, Marilyn
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Advancement, Fall 1998 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
Advancement, a supplement to Bostonia magazine, provided updates on BU development activities, including major gifts and ...
Boston University Office of Development and Alumni Relations
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Advancement, Fall 2000 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Advancement, a supplement to Bostonia magazine, provided updates on BU development activities, including major gifts and ...
Boston University Office of Development and Alumni Relations
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Representing older people: towards meaningful images of the user in design scenarios [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Designing for older people requires the consideration of a range of difficult and sometimes highly personal design problems. Issues such as fear, loneliness, dependency, and physical decline may be difficult to observe or discuss in interviews.
A. Dearden   +16 more
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Advancement, Fall 2004 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Advancement, a supplement to Bostonia magazine, provided updates on BU development activities, including major gifts and ...
Boston University Office of Development and Alumni Relations
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