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The secret is out, you can be Asian and gay : rejected by my family for not being straight, loved by my boyfriend for being gay / The Naz Project London ; photography by: Parminder Sekhon.

Anatomical figures (top); a physician takes the pulse of a sick man while the next two generations attend (bottom left); surgeons perform operations on a child and a woman. Etching by D. Berger, 1774, after D. Chodowiecki.

Elkanah and Hannah discuss the weaning of Samuel. Mezzotint by G. Graham, 1815.

Hagar and Ishmael saved by an angel. Coloured mezzotint by R. Dunkarton, 1798, after J.S. Copley.

The foundling Moses is brought to Pharoah's daughter. Engraving by W. Hogarth and L. Sullivan, 1752, after the former, c. 1746.

The massacre of the innocents. Etching by F.P. Massau after J.F. Overbeck, 1843.

The young Christ lectures the doctors of the Temple. Engraving by E. Rouargue.

Healthy parents with healthy children, representing benefits of the National Socialist policy on the struggle against inherited diseases. Colour lithograph after F.Th. Würbel, 1936.

The child Aaron being led away by Moses' father, after abandoning Moses in the bullrushes. Etching by C. Bouzonnet-Stella, 1672, after N. Poussin, 1654.

The complete book of mothercraft : a collection of expert advice for successful parenthood / by twenty-five leading specialists ; edited by B.G. Spiers.

The mothers of schizophrenic patients : a study of the personality and the mother-child relationship of 100 mothers and the significance of these factors in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia in comparison with heredity / by Yrjö O. Alanen ; translated by Jaakko Railo.

Parents and Children : a sequel to "Home Education." / by Charlotte M. Masson.

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Hagar and Ishmael saved by an angel. Coloured mezzotint by R. Dunkarton, 1798, after J.S. Copley.

The complete book of mothercraft : a collection of expert advice for successful parenthood / by twenty-five leading specialists ; edited by B.G. Spiers.

The secret is out, you can be Asian and gay : rejected by my family for not being straight, loved by my boyfriend for being gay / The Naz Project London ; photography by: Parminder Sekhon.

The mothers of schizophrenic patients : a study of the personality and the mother-child relationship of 100 mothers and the significance of these factors in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia in comparison with heredity / by Yrjö O. Alanen ; translated by Jaakko Railo.

Parents and Children : a sequel to "Home Education." / by Charlotte M. Masson.