Spontaneous or voluntary recreational activities pursued for enjoyment and accessories or equipment used in the activities; includes games, toys, etc.
    

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Play and health in medical literature / Alessandro Arcangeli.

Helping hands : a booklet of guidance for parents of very young children showing how to use their hands for fun as well as developmental skills : subtitles: finger plays; handling toys and materials; bricks and building; a ball; a doll; books; tools / by Francesca B. Leechman.

Childwatching at playgroup and nursery school / Kathy Sylva, Carolyn Roy, and Marjorie Painter.

Choosing toys for children / Sten Hegeler ; ill. by Mary Waldron ; translated from the Danish by Maurice Michael.

The quality of early learning, play and childcare services in Sure Start local programmes : national evaluation summary / by Angela Anning, Elizabeth Chesworth and Lucy Spurling.

An immaculate misconception : sex in an age of mechanical reproduction / Carl Djerassi.

Proof : a play / by David Auburn.

Volpone, or The fox / Ben Jonson ; edited by Brian Parker.

The dramatic and poetical works of Joanna Baillie : complete in one volume.

Medea : and other plays / Euripides ; translated with an introduction by Philip Vellacott.

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An immaculate misconception : sex in an age of mechanical reproduction / Carl Djerassi.

Proof : a play / by David Auburn.

Volpone, or The fox / Ben Jonson ; edited by Brian Parker.

The dramatic and poetical works of Joanna Baillie : complete in one volume.

Medea : and other plays / Euripides ; translated with an introduction by Philip Vellacott.