A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities, Paperback - Jan Bondeson

Reducere. In this book of amazing oddities, Jan Bondeson explores unexpected, gruesome, and bizarre aspects of the history of medicine. He regales us with st...

Reducere. Dogs have a cherished role as close companions, and their sometimes startling abilities have been a never-ending source of fascination for their ob...

The arrangement of the material, indicated by the chapter headings, draws attention to a variety of areas not normally associated with dominant per...

Quoting hundreds of passages from Greek and Roman authors, this light-hearted book gives a vividly direct picture of the origins of modern medicine...

Reducere. Hurtling through the atmosphere, in a blaze of light and reverberating percussions, the arrival of a meteorite on Earth is a magical, rare, and pre...

This handsome gift volume celebrates a world-famous temple to taxidermy and the natural world, where extraordinary curiosities highlight the inters...

Reducere. A successor to his popular book A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities, this new collection of essays by Jan Bondeson illustrates various anomalies of hu...

Reducere. CABINET OF CURIOSITIES The History of the Supernatural in 20 Objects BY TROY TAYLOR During all of recorded history, man has been fascinated with th...

What can a pesticide pump, a jar full of sand, or an old calico print tell us about the Anthropocene--the age of humans? Just as paleontologists lo...

Reducere. In one of NPR's 100 Best Thrillers Ever, FBI agent Pendergast discovers thirty-six murdered bodies in a New York City charnel house . . . and now, ...

Reducere. A collection of thirty-six forty eerie, mysterious, intriguing, and very short stories by the acclaimed authors Stefan Bachmann, Katherine Catmull,...

A book of mathematical oddities, including games, puzzles, facts, numbers and delightful maths-based nibbles for the curious mind. Features how to ...

Reducere. CABINET OF CURIOSITIES 4 20 KEYS TO HAUNTED HOTEL ROOMS BY TROY TAYLORA hotel room is supposed to be your "home away from home" when you travel - a...

Which of Edinburgh's most gruesome murders has happened in your street? And were they committed by Burke and Hare, by the Stockbridge Baby-Farmer, ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Douglas PrestonAuthor: Lincoln ChildIn an ancient tunnel underneath New York City a charnel house is discovered. Inside are...

Reducere. Knowing that the most exciting math is not taught in school, Professor Ian Stewart has spent years filling his cabinet with intriguing mathematical...

Reducere. Cabinets of curiosities were private collections of curious objects that were put together by aristocrats, rich merchants and travellers. Over the ...

Weird, decadent, degenerate, racially mixed, superstitious, theocratic, effeminate, and even hyper-literate, Byzantium has long been regarded by ma...

Reducere. Known in Britain at least since the 1730s, Newfoundland dogs have been highly regarded for their bravery, intelligence and water rescue ability. Th...

Publisher: Stenlake PublishingAuthor(s): Jan BondesonIllustration(s): 64 colourNumber of pages: 48Publication date: 2020Dimensions: 176 x 242 x 3Co...

The ghoulish handiwork of nineteenth-century London - the rivals of the Ripper.Illustrations: 171 Illustrations, black and white

One of the most notorious Victorian murders was committed by Dr George Henry Lamson, who stood trial in 1882 for poisoning his crippled brother-in-...

DescriptionThis book makes use of a privately held archive of Illustrated Police News to describe strange, macabre, and uncanny episodes from the V...

Reducere. This text exaimines the medical, historical and folklore literature on the subject of being buried alive and explores why fears of premature burial...

Reducere. An innovative and appealing way for the layperson to develop math skills--while actually enjoying it Most people agree that math is important, but ...

Publisher: Guernica Editions, CanadaAuthor(s): Asa BoxerNumber of pages: 100Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 127 x 204 x 11Cover type: Paperback /...

Fill your year with flavour. The official The Kitchen Cabinet compendium is here at last, with over 100 hours of dinner table talk distilled into t...

Reducere. The Art And Craft Of Cabinet-Making: A Practical Handbook To The Construction Of Cabinet Furniture; The Use Of Tools, Formation Of Joints, Hints On...

Help students make the most of what they've learned inBrunner & Suddarths Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing, 15th Edition, with this easy-to-use...

Lord Crawford was the only Cabinet level politician to serve 'in the ranks' during WW1as a private. A gifted author and diarist, his daily entries ...

Reducere. "I think you're tempting fate when you say that you will never go back to Danesborough." Chloe laughed, suddenly, frankly. Her eyes were black agai...

Reducere. Charlie is gone, and Lincoln finds that Lichfield Towers offers no sanctuary. With reminders of her at every turn, and employees threatening to mut...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Marcia BjornerudIllustration(s): 49 b/w illus.Number of pages: 200Collection: Pedia BooksPublicatio...

Publisher: CornerstoneAuthor(s): John SutherlandNumber of pages: 560Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 128 x 195 x 41Cover type: Paperback / softbac...

From aardvark to zenzizenzizenzic, Word Drops collects a thousand obscure words and language facts in one fascinating chain of word associations. D...

Personalized Anaesthesia: Targeting Physiological Systems for Optimal Effect - Pedro L. Gambus, Jan F. A. Hendrickx

Reducere. Marie Rutkoski's startling debut novel, the first book in the Kronos Chronicles, about the risks we take to protect those we love, brims with magic...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Fascinatia sangelui ne arata cum, de-a lungul istoriei, sangele a avut puterea de a ne captiva. In cadrul textului sau provocator si bine documenta...

Come home to 59 Memory Lane with a new novel from the top Kindle and USA Today bestselling author Celia Anderson!

Publisher: Hawkwood BooksAuthor(s): Ellis DelmonteNumber of pages: 176Collection: The Cabinet of WondersPublication date: 2016Dimensions: 132 x 197...

A unique insight into the eclectic collection of the `curious' archaeology, geography, geology and genealogy of Argyll