Morbid Curiosities
Title | Morbid Curiosities PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Gambino |
Publisher | Hachette UK |
Total Pages | 338 |
Release | 2023-05-04 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | 139961522X |
A fascinating insight into the strange world of collectors of the macabre, Morbid Curiosities features 18 unique collections and an extensive interview with each collector, explaining how and why they collect, and showcasing the most remarkable pieces from each collection. The collections include skulls, mummified body parts, taxidermy, occult objects and various carnival, and side-show and criminal ephemera. Detailed captions tell the curious stories behind each object, many of which are being shown outside the private world of their collections for the first time. Morbid Curiosities includes stunning, specially commissioned photography of both the individual objects and the context of how the collector exhibits their work, forming a unique showcase of the bizarre and the intriguing.
Morbid Curiosities
Title | Morbid Curiosities PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel J.M.M. Alberti |
Publisher | OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011-04-07 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780199584581 |
An in-depth study of the variety of collections of human remains in Britain in the long nineteenth century
Morbid Curiosities: An Anthology of Unconventional Horror Stories
Title | Morbid Curiosities: An Anthology of Unconventional Horror Stories PDF eBook |
Author | AT Writing Workshop & Publication 2019 |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Total Pages | 174 |
Release | 2019-04-15 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0359533469 |
Vampires? Werewolves? Ghosts? Not quite. This anthology of horror peels back the veneer of normalcy to uncover the strange and spine-tingling fears lurking behind. Created by the minds of Singapore American School's Advanced Topic Writing Workshop and Publication students, this collection of twenty-five oddly specific horrors will make you look twice at everything from a Barbie doll to a ball of twine.
Morbid Curiosity Cures the Blues
Title | Morbid Curiosity Cures the Blues PDF eBook |
Author | Loren Rhoads |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 320 |
Release | 2009-09-29 |
Genre | Humor |
ISBN | 9781439136454 |
For ten years, Morbid Curiosity was a one-of-a-kind underground magazine that gained a devoted following for its celebration of absurd, grotesque, and unusual tales -- all true -- submitted from contributors around the country and across the world. Loren Rhoads, creator and editor of the magazine, has compiled some of her favorite stories from all ten issues in this sometimes shocking, occasionally gruesome, always fascinating anthology. This quirky book is filled with tales from ordinary people -- who just happen to have eccentric, peculiar interests. Ranging from the outrageous (attending a Black Mass, fishing bodies out of San Francisco Bay, making fake snuff films) to the more "mundane" (visiting a torture museum, tracking real vampires through San Francisco), this curiously enjoyable collection of stories, complete with illustrations and informative asides, will entertain and haunt readers long after the final page is turned.
The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead
Title | The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead PDF eBook |
Author | David Shields |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Total Pages | 194 |
Release | 2011-03-03 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0141961651 |
Mesmerized and somewhat unnerved by his 97-year-old father's vitality and optimism, David Shields undertakes an original investigation of our flesh-and-blood existence, our mortal being. Weaving together personal anecdote, biological fact, philosophical doubt, cultural criticism, and the wisdom of an eclectic range of writers and thinkers - from Lucretius to Woody Allen - Shields expertly renders both a hilarious family portrait and a truly resonant meditation on mortality.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
Title | Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine PDF eBook |
Author | George Milbry Gould |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1008 |
Release | 1901 |
Genre | Abnormalities, Human |
ISBN |
Let's Do
Title | Let's Do PDF eBook |
Author | Rebecca Meacham |
Publisher | University of North Texas Press |
Total Pages | 191 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1574411853 |
Winner of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction, 2004. In the nine stories of Let's Do, various calamities strike ordinary Midwesterners, who cope with a mixture of good intentions and ineptitude. Balancing humor with painful clarity, author Rebecca Meacham pulls readers into the lives of characters who struggle with--and more often against--change.