A book bound in the skin of one of the UK's most notorious murderers is to go on display after being found in a museum's ...

The good thing about getting to read a lot of books for work is that I'm constantly ... behavioral economist Dan Ariely argues that human motivation is a lot more complex than we might be inclined ...

and 16th-century Belgian anatomist Andreas Vesalius’ On the Fabric of the Human Body, the oldest book on anatomy, located at Brown University. But it gets creepier. Joseph Leidy, a surgeon for ...

binding books in human skin. Corder’s execution for the killing of his lover was swift and spectacular. Thousands gathered to watch the hanging. His body, like those of many condemned men under ...

The book can be thoroughly recommended as a guide to the student in the dissecting-room. A Manual of Practical Anatomy: A Guide to the Dissection of the Human Body. By. In 3 parts. Part 3 ...

Berkeley writer Bonnie Tsui, acclaimed for her unique title "Why We Swim," takes on the human body again in her new book. "On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters" (Algonquin Books, 256 ...