From a cultural historian and the acclaimed author of Ghostland comes a history of Americas obsession with secret societies and the conspiracies of hidden power. From beloved cultural historian and acclaimed author of Ghostland, a hi...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 20-Jul-2021, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Penguin USA, ISBN-13: 9780525557586)
Americas favorite cultural historian and author of Ghostland takes a thought-provoking and delicoiusly unsettling (Publishers Weekly) tour of the countrys most persistent unexplained phenomenaIn a world where ratio...Loe edasi...
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The co-editor of The Morbid Anatomy Anthology and author of Ghostland examines the world’s most persistent unexplained phenomena, from Atlantis and alien encounters to Flat Earth and the Loch Ness monster, to explore their origins and historical endu...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 03-Oct-2017, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Penguin USA, ISBN-13: 9781101980200)
One of NPRs Great Reads of 2016“A lively assemblage and smart analysis of dozens of haunting stories… absorbing…( and) intellectually intriguing.”—The New York Times Book Review...Loe edasi...
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An intellectual feast for fans of offbeat history, Ghostland takes readers on a road trip through some of the countrys most infamously haunted places--and deep into the dark side of our history.Colin Dickey is on the trail of A...Loe edasi...
Colin Dickey, David L. Martin, Jonathan P. Eburne, Judith Roof, Beth A. McCoy, Robin Blyn, Grant Farred, Seth Morton, Atia Sattar, Charles M. Tung...
Sari: The Year's Work: Studies in Fan Culture and Cultural Theory
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Feb-2016, Hardback, Kirjastus: Indiana University Press, ISBN-13: 9780253018359)
The modern age is no stranger to the cabinet of curiosities, the freak show, or a drawer full of odds and ends. These collections of oddities engagingly work against the rationality and order of the conventional archive found in a university, a co...Loe edasi...
The modern age is no stranger to the cabinet of curiosities, the freak show, or a drawer full of odds and ends. These collections of oddities engagingly work against the rationality and order of the conventional archive found in a university, a co...Loe edasi...
Presents a eclectic collection of essays on death and the intersection of anatomy and medicine, including pieces on such topics as post-mortem photography, books bound in human skin, eroticized anatomical wax models, and taxidermied humans....Loe edasi...
Afterlives of the Saints is a woven gathering of groundbreaking essays that move through Renaissance anatomy and the Sistine Chapel, Borges Library of Babel, the history of spontaneous human combustion, the dangers of masturbation, the pleasures...Loe edasi...
The after-death stories of Franz Joseph Haydn, Ludwig Beethoven, Swedenborg, Sir Thomas Browne and many others have never before been told in such detail and vividness.Fully illustrated with some surprising images, this is a fascinating...Loe edasi...
Presents a history of cranioklepty, the desire to possess the skulls of the brilliant and famous, either for study, for sale, or for display. Includes the after-death stories of Haydn, Beethoven, Emanuel Swedenborg, Thomas Browne, and others....Loe edasi...
Collects four stories of love and romance from a mans point of view, including tales of love and committment, unexpected affections, romantic triangles, and adventure. Four popular African-American authors--E. Lynn Harris, Eric Jerome Dickey...Loe edasi...
