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Author: Paul Gambino Publisher: Hachette UK ISBN: 139961522X Category : Antiques & Collectibles Languages : en Pages : 338
Book Description
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.
Author: Paul Gambino Publisher: Hachette UK ISBN: 139961522X Category : Antiques & Collectibles Languages : en Pages : 338
Book Description
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.
Author: Alan W. Petrucelli Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101140496 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 224
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"It's shocking and sinful, and I couldn't put it down!" -Joan Rivers The strange, startling, and utterly fascinating stories behind the world's most notorious celebrity deaths. Was Jayne Mansfield really decapitated? Which manly appendage of Napoleon's was cut off during his autopsy? (And where did it go?) What went to the grave (literally) with River Phoenix, Frank Sinatra, and Princess Diana? Death is fascinating. Just think about the last time you slowed down as you passed the scene of a car accident. When a public figure bites the dust, the curiosity only increases. From Attila the Hun to Marie Antoinette, from Heath Ledger to Anna Nicole Smith, the deaths of the rich and famous spark endless speculation and tabloid fodder. Their lives-and deaths-are grave matters.
Author: AT Writing Workshop & Publication 2019 Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 0359533469 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 174
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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.
Author: Loren Rhoads Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 9781439136454 Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 320
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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.
Author: Rebecca Meacham Publisher: University of North Texas Press ISBN: 1574411853 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 191
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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.
Author: David Shields Publisher: Penguin UK ISBN: 0141961651 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 194
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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.
Author: Mary Roach Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company ISBN: 0393324826 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 305
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A look inside the world of forensics examines the use of human cadavers in a wide range of endeavors, including research into new surgical procedures, space exploration, and a Tennessee human decay research facility.
Author: Mike Dubisch Publisher: ISBN: 9780977929580 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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A retrospective of the work of illustrator and artist Mike Dubisch, this book displays an eclectic range of styles and mediums. Beginning with his teen years, this survey chronicles his raw and often outrageous early work and student art and moves on to professional commissions evoking a myriad of imagery—encompassing aliens, creatures, demons, dragons, faeries, mad scientists, mythology, sorcery, and vampires. Among the collection are drawings featured in Leading Edge, Realms of Fantasy, and Science Fiction Age magazines and Dungeons and Dragons. In a style that builds on classical art, Heavy Metal comics, Conan cover art, horror movies, and comics of the fifties, this book is a safari through the artist's development and wild obsessions.
Author: Paul Gambino
Author: Paul Gambino
Author: Samuel J.M.M. Alberti
Author: Alan W. Petrucelli
Author: AT Writing Workshop & Publication 2019
Author: Loren Rhoads
Author: George Milbry Gould
Author: Rebecca Meacham
Author: David Shields
Author: Mary Roach
Author: Mike Dubisch