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Dark Archives: A Librarian’s Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin

27/03/2024

Read, If You Like… Death Rituals & Questionable Medical Ethics Edition

I can’t remember the last time I did a Read, If You Like (I think it was for Gideon the Ninth? We may be seeing a theme emerge) and I have been reading some absolutely tip top non fiction lately. Quite a bit of it is about death. Rituals, evolving attitudes to human remains, death… Continue reading

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When I began this blog in 2009, I was a teenager. That’s why you’ll find some posts have been hidden behind a paywall. I was an incredibly different, less eloquent person when I was a teen, so if you want to read the thoughts of that teenager, you can join the No. 1 Readers’ Club for access.

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Dark Archives: A Librarian’s Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin

Read, If You Like… Death Rituals & Questionable Medical Ethics Edition