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Leukocyte culture conferences have a long pedigree. This volume records some of the scientific hi...

This volume contains the contributions to the workshop 'The Semiotics of Cellular Communication i...

The Big House is a children's book with much to say to adult readers. On one level it is a charmi...

This is Naomi Mitchison's least successful novel, and new readers should not start here! It is sh...

'The Bull Calves' was researched and written during the Second World War. This is very surprising...

The writing career of Naomi Mitchison (1897-1999) stretched over some seventy years, encompassing...

Her touch is sure, her description admirable. The reader gets a whiff of crushed thyme and of dew...

On February 24th, 1934- shortly after the civil war in Austria and the defeat of the Socialists...

When Naomi Mitchison, queen of the historical novel, undertook Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, already...

In this unusual and accomplished novel Naomi Mitchison retells in realistic terms and colloquial ...

Ancient Greek history and politics fascinated Naomi Mitchison, and in particular the long antagon...