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For hundreds of years, Andean people recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them?

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Across more than 100 pages an unnamed author explored the qualities, processes, and cultures of British cheese, making it Britain’s earliest-known book on the subject. The University of Leeds ...

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Second World War veteran Frank Griffiths from West Kirby is described as a 'family legend' in a debut book by his great-grandson.