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Dark Archives
- A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
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On bookshelves around the world, surrounded by ordinary books bound in paper and leather, rest other volumes of a distinctly strange and grisly sort: those bound in human skin. Would you know one if you held it in your hand?
In Dark Archives, Megan Rosenbloom seeks out the historic and scientific truths behind anthropodermic bibliopegy - the practice of binding books in this most intimate covering. Dozens of such books live on in the worlds most famous libraries and museums. Dark Archives exhumes their origins and brings to life the doctors, murderers, innocents, and indigents whose lives are sewn together in this disquieting collection. Along the way, Rosenbloom tells the story of how her team of scientists, curators, and librarians test rumored anthropodermic books, untangling the myths around their creation and reckoning with the ethics of their custodianship.
A librarian and journalist, Rosenbloom is a member of The Order of the Good Death and a cofounder of their Death Salon, a community that encourages conversations, scholarship, and art about mortality and mourning. In Dark Archives - captivating and macabre in all the right ways - she has crafted a narrative that is equal parts detective work, academic intrigue, history, and medical curiosity: a book as rare and thrilling as its subject.
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The summer before his senior year in college, Greg Melville worked at the cemetery in his hometown, and thanks to hour upon hour of pushing a mower over the grassy acres, he came to realize what a rich story the place told of his town and its history. Thus was born Melville’s lifelong curiosity with how, where, and why we bury and commemorate our dead. Melville’s Over My Dead Body is a lively (pun intended) and wide-ranging history of cemeteries, places that have mirrored the passing eras in history but have also shaped it.
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excellent read!
- De KJ en 03-05-23
De: Greg Melville
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Without a Prayer
- The Death of Lucas Leonard and How One Church Became a Cult
- De: Susan Ashline
- Narrado por: Hillary Huber
- Duración: 13 h y 39 m
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Teenager Lucas Leonard made shocking admissions in front of the altar - he'd practiced witchcraft, conspired to murder his parents, and committed unspeakable crimes. The confessions earned him a brutal beating by a gang of angry church members, including his parents and sister. Lucas was brought to the hospital dead, awakening the sleepy community of Chadwicks, New York, to the horror that had been lurking next door. Nine members of Lucas' church would eventually find themselves facing murder-related charges. But how did they get to that point? And what made Lucas confess?
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The Depravity of the Human Soul
- De J. Miller en 01-31-20
De: Susan Ashline
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All the Living and the Dead
- From Embalmers to Executioners, an Exploration of the People Who Have Made Death Their Life's Work
- De: Hayley Campbell
- Narrado por: Hayley Campbell
- Duración: 8 h y 57 m
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Fueled by a childhood fascination with death, journalist Hayley Campbell searches for answers in the people who make a living by working with the dead. Along the way, she encounters mass fatality investigators, embalmers, and a former executioner who is responsible for ending sixty-two lives. She meets gravediggers who have already dug their own graves, visits a cryonics facility in Michigan, goes for late-night Chinese with a homicide detective, and questions a man whose job it is to make crime scenes disappear.
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Excellent
- De Noelle en 09-01-22
De: Hayley Campbell
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The Day I Die
- The Untold Story of Assisted Dying in America
- De: Dr. Anita Hannig
- Narrado por: Linda Jones
- Duración: 7 h y 33 m
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In this groundbreaking book, Anita Hannig brings us into the lives of ordinary Americans who go to extraordinary lengths to set the terms of their own death. Faced with a terminal diagnosis and unbearable suffering, they decide to seek medical assistance in dying—a legal option now available to one in five Americans. The Day I Die tackles one of the most urgent social issues of our time: how to restore dignity and meaning to the dying process in the age of high-tech medicine.
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Honest, Revealing
- De Mark L en 08-26-22
De: Dr. Anita Hannig
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Goodbye Hello
- Processing Grief and Understanding Death Through the Paranormal
- De: Adam Berry
- Narrado por: Adam Berry
- Duración: 7 h
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Death affects us all—not just at the end of our lives, but every day. And yet, it’s one of the most feared and misunderstood things we face. But what if there was a way to know more and use that knowledge to inform our daily lives? The first of its kind, Goodbye Hello blends supernatural research with psychology to explore death and grief. Written by paranormal investigator and star of Kindred Spirits and Ghost Hunters Adam Berry, this book will not only entertain but offer comfort to those struggling to come to terms with loss, grief, and the end of life.
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Entertaining and informative
- De Rebecca en 09-27-23
De: Adam Berry
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Hell in the Heartland
- Murder, Meth, and the Case of Two Missing Girls
- De: Jax Miller
- Narrado por: Amy Landon
- Duración: 11 h y 40 m
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On December 30, 1999, in rural Oklahoma, 16-year-old Ashley Freeman and her best friend, Lauria Bible, were having a sleepover. The next morning, the Freeman family trailer was in flames and both girls were missing. While rumors of drug debts, revenge, and police collusion abounded in the years that followed, the case remained unsolved, and the girls were never found.
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Remember it's unsolved
- De Carol en 09-16-20
De: Jax Miller
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Pathogenesis
- A History of the World in Eight Plagues
- De: Jonathan Kennedy
- Narrado por: Jonathan Kennedy
- Duración: 9 h y 23 m
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According to the accepted narrative of progress, humans have thrived thanks to their brains and brawn, collectively bending the arc of history. But in this revelatory book, Professor Jonathan Kennedy argues that the myth of human exceptionalism overstates the role that we play in social and political change. Instead, it is the humble microbe that wins wars and topples empires.
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Devolves into political advocacy
- De Mark Fackler en 04-29-23
De: Jonathan Kennedy
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Gory Details
- De: Erika Engelhaupt
- Narrado por: Mari Weiss
- Duración: 8 h y 33 m
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Filled to the brim with far-out facts, this wickedly informative narrative from the author of National Geographic's popular Gory Details blog takes us on a fascinating journey through an astonishing new reality. Blending humor and journalism in the tradition of Mary Roach, acclaimed science reporter Erika Engelhaupt investigates the gross, strange, and morbid absurdities of our bodies and our universe.
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Feels like old school Discovery channel
- De Anonymous User en 02-15-23
De: Erika Engelhaupt
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The Education of a Coroner
- Lessons in Investigating Death
- De: John Bateson
- Narrado por: Kirby Heyborne
- Duración: 11 h y 24 m
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Ken Holmes worked in the Marin County Coroner's Office for 36 years, starting as a death investigator and ending as the three-term, elected coroner. As he grew into the job - which is different from what is depicted on television - Holmes learned a variety of skills, from finding hidden clues at death scenes, interviewing witnesses effectively, managing bystanders and reporters, preparing testimony for court, to notifying families of a death with sensitivity and compassion.
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Excellent read. What an Education.
- De Amazon Customer en 11-10-17
De: John Bateson
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Nine Pints
- A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood
- De: Rose George
- Narrado por: Karen Cass
- Duración: 12 h y 41 m
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Blood carries life, yet the sight of it makes people faint. It is a waste product and a commodity pricier than oil. It can save lives and transmit deadly infections. Each one of us has roughly nine pints of it, yet many don’t even know their own blood type. And for all its ubiquitousness, the few tablespoons of blood discharged by 800 million women are still regarded as taboo: menstruation is perhaps the single most demonized biological event.
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Author goes on long unnecessary tangents
- De Jonathan Malzone en 03-03-19
De: Rose George
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Tremors in the Blood
- Murder, Obsession, and the Birth of the Lie Detector
- De: Amit Katwala
- Narrado por: Paul Bellantoni
- Duración: 10 h y 35 m
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As new forms of lie detection gain momentum in the present day, Tremors in the Blood reveals the incredible truth behind the creation of the polygraph, through gripping true-crime cases featuring explosive gunfights, shocking twists, and high-stakes courtroom drama. Touching on psychology, technology, and the science of the truth, Tremors in the Blood is a vibrant, atmospheric thriller and a warning from history: beware what you believe.
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Incredible Book
- De Christine en 01-04-24
De: Amit Katwala
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The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth
- And Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine
- De: Thomas Morris
- Narrado por: Thomas Morris, Ruper Farley
- Duración: 9 h y 7 m
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A puzzling series of dental explosions beginning in the 19th century is just one of many strange tales that have long lain undiscovered in the pages of old medical journals. Award-winning medical historian Thomas Morris delivers one of the most remarkable, cringe-inducing collections of stories ever assembled.
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Boring Toilet Humor
- De Nemo en 01-30-20
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Waiting for an Echo
- The Madness of American Incarceration
- De: Christine Montross
- Narrado por: Christine Montross
- Duración: 10 h y 8 m
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Dr. Christine Montross has spent her career treating the most severely ill psychiatric patients. Several years ago, she set out to investigate why so many of her patients got caught up in the legal system when discharged from her care - and what happened to them therein. Waiting for an Echo is a riveting, rarely seen glimpse into American incarceration. It is also a damning account of policies that have criminalized mental illness, shifting large numbers of people who belong in therapeutic settings into punitive ones.
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life changing
- De Diana Kiesel en 08-05-20
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- Jessica Jackson
- 02-24-23
Wonderfully researched and read perfectly
I know I would’ve loved the extensive research on a very sensitive topic but the book was enhanced by the reading as the author dealt with people from different countries and cultures, both living and dead.
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- Abbey Pflegl
- 11-21-21
Fascinating
What most would consider a macabre subject, I truly enjoyed the journey with the author through finding out more about these interesting and dark books.
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- Paula
- 05-24-21
An intelligent and empathetic look at both books and death
Despite the sensationalism of the title, this book is extraordinarily well researched, and is written very thoughtfully and empathetically. It is a book that immediately piqued my interest, since I not only am drawn to macabre subjects, but I also work in the library field. It touches on issues of censorship, research ethics, conservatism, dehumanization, consent, and death positivity. As long as you’re not super squeamish, I would recommend this book to any adult.
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- Melanie-mae Lavoie
- 01-25-23
accents
narrator is good until they start doing accents to match the quotes. otherwise fine.
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- Catherine McMahon
- 07-14-21
Slow read
I found this book pretty boring. I felt like the topic could have been covered in one chapter.
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-05-21
Armchair Psychology with Nothing Gained
The narrator, Justis, has an amazing voice! Her cadence was soothing but kept the story feeling personal. She made it feel like a conversation between friends.
Except, I am not a very good friend of this book...
Maybe if I didn't have a heavy interest in morbid history this book would've been more insightful. Unfortunately, all I really learned is that the French don't like sharing. There wasn't a real deep insight or introspection behind the idea of why human skin books create such interest and controversy. The deep religious, cultural and emotional undertones of how the human body is used after death was only brushed against--outside of one incredibly pompous interview with a fellow librarian (the one who likened skin books to sexual assault). As for the practice itself... I learned the proper names for bookbinding, so there's that.
All in all, I don't regret the read but I won't recommend it.
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