Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation Into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin -- Megan Rosenbloom, Paperback

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Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation Into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin -- Megan Rosenbloom, PaperbackOn 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 world's most famous

Not his taste in clothes

former Surgeon General of the United States

Chris is so busy trying to get presents

acts of charity

they ask each other a simple question: what's the news

18" H x 10

Organized Living was inspired by Shira's desire to provide a glimpse into a rarely-seen world: The homes of people who organize others

beautifully illustrated picture book

renovating an old Irish castle

Muhammad was always determined to document the humanity of the Syrian people

's surreal underbelly climaxed by an edge-of-the chair conclusion

Amazing Amphibians