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Book Synopsis Original Skin by : Maryrose Cuskelly
Download or read book Original Skin written by Maryrose Cuskelly and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Like the air we breathe, we take our skin for granted . . . Yet it is remarkable; it mitigates and ameliorates the sometimes harsh world we dwell in, and is at the interface of so much of what we encounter. It is our border, the edge of ourselves, the point where we meet our universe." Original Skin is at times a scientific study, remarking on the biological magic behind the human body's largest organ. At others it becomes an anthropological survey, dissecting separate societies' attitudes towards bare bodies, and the motives behind cultural rituals such as tattoos. However, Original Skin is, above all, a celebration of the human body; its tone one of absolute awe for the simultaneously protective and fragile membrane that divides us all from the world that surrounds us. Maryrose Cuskelly's book—in its examinations of everything from tickling to Botox to books bound in human derma—is a delightful meditation on skin.
Download or read book Original Skin written by David Mark and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-05-16 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times hails David Mark's work as "in the honorable tradition of Joseph Wambaugh and Ed McBain." ORIGINAL SKIN is the second installment of the internationally acclaimed Detective Sergeant Aector McAvoy series. When “swinger” Simon Appleyard is found strung-up and naked in his apartment, the authorities are only too happy to chalk it up to suicide. After all, a new gang has taken over the local drug trade, and Detective Superintendant Trish Pharaoh’s Serious and Organized Crime Unit is run ragged. A murder investigation is the last thing they need. But more bodies begin to surface, and all are somehow connected to the underground erotic scene. Although Detective Sargeant Aector McAvoy would be perfectly content to stay home with his wife and their newborn baby, he begins to suspect that murder is just the beginning. As his investigation brings him uncomfortably close to the local political elite, McAvoy realizes he is hunting a sadistic killer with a lust that won’t be satisfied until the River Humber runs red. David Mark’s latest Detective Sergeant McAvoy novel, CRUEL MERCY, is on-sale February 2017.
Book Synopsis The Bones Beneath My Skin by : TJ Klune
Download or read book The Bones Beneath My Skin written by TJ Klune and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2022-09-01 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spine-tingling standalone novel by bestselling author TJ Klune—a supernatural road-trip thriller featuring an extraordinary young girl and her two unlikely protectors on the run from cultists and the government. There's nothing more human than a broken heart. In the spring of 1995, Nate Cartwright has lost everything: his parents are dead, his only brother wants nothing to do with him, and he's been fired from his job as a journalist in Washington, DC. With nothing left to lose, he returns to his family's summer cabin outside the small mountain town of Roseland, Oregon, to try and find some sense of direction. The cabin should be empty. It's not. Inside is a man named Alex. And with him is an extraordinary ten-year-old girl who calls herself Artemis Darth Vader. Artemis, who isn't exactly as she appears. Soon it becomes clear that Nate must make a choice: let himself drown in the memories of his past, or fight for a future he never thought possible. Because the girl is special. And forces are descending upon them who want nothing more than to control her. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book Vintage Tattoos written by Carol Clerk and published by Universe. This book was released on 2009-02-17 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tattoos have gone from badges of rebellion to fashion statements fully absorbed into mainstream culture. They are enjoying a renaissance, with graphic designers and artists creating specialty tattoos for a growing audience, unleashing a revival of interest in the bawdy vintage tattoo. Old school tattoos are being rediscovered (sometimes ironically, sometimes not) by a new generation. Originally embraced by rebels, sailors, and gangsters, these tattoos—broken hearts, naked girls, floral motifs, and maritime emblems—are now showing up on the fashion runway and in music videos. This book chronicles vintage motifs in thematic chapters interspersed with profiles of influential tattoo artists and their distinctive designs: Sailor Jerry Collins, Don Ed Hardy ("the Godfather of Tattoos"), Mike "Rollo Banks" Malone, Bert Grimm, Japan’s Horiyoshi III, and Shanghai’s Pinky Yun.
Book Synopsis Kissing the Witch by : Emma Donoghue
Download or read book Kissing the Witch written by Emma Donoghue and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1999-02-27 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen tales are unspun from the deeply familiar, and woven anew into a collection of fairy tales that wind back through time. Acclaimed Irish author Emma Donoghue reveals heroines young and old in unexpected alliances--sometimes treacherous, sometimes erotic, but always courageous. Told with luminous voices that shimmer with sensuality and truth, these age-old characters shed their antiquated cloaks to travel a seductive new landscape, radiantly transformed.Cinderella forsakes the handsome prince and runs off with the fairy godmother; Beauty discovers the Beast behind the mask is not so very different from the face she sees in the mirror; Snow White is awakened from slumber by the bittersweet fruit of an unnamed desire. Acclaimed writer Emma Donoghue spins new tales out of old in a magical web of thirteen interconnected stories about power and transformation and choosing one's own path in the world. In these fairy tales, women young and old tell their own stories of love and hate, honor and revenge, passion and deception. Using the intricate patterns and oral rhythms of traditional fairy tales, Emma Donoghue wraps age-old characters in a dazzling new skin. 2000 List of Popular Paperbacks for YA
Download or read book Skin Folk written by Nalo Hopkinson and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-01-27 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The SFWA Grand Master’s award-winning collection “combines a richly textured multicultural background with incisive storytelling” (Library Journal). In Skin Folk, with works ranging from science fiction to Caribbean folklore, passionate love to chilling horror, Nalo Hopkinson is at her award-winning best, spinning tales like “Precious,” in which the narrator spews valuable coins and gems from her mouth whenever she attempts to talk or sing. In “A Habit of Waste,” a self-conscious woman undergoes elective surgery to alter her appearance; days later she’s shocked to see her former body climbing onto a public bus. In “The Glass Bottle Trick,” the young protagonist ignores her intuition regarding her new husband’s superstitions—to horrifying consequences. Hopkinson’s unique pacing and vibrant dialogue sets a steady beat for stories that illustrate why she received the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Entertaining, challenging, and alluring, Skin Folk is not to be missed. Praise for Nalo Hopkinson and the World Fantasy Award–winning Skin Folk “Hopkinson’s prose is vivid and immediate.” —The Washington Post Book World “An important new writer.” —The Dallas Morning News “Her descriptions of ordinary people finding themselves in extraordinary circumstances ring true, the result of her strong evocation of place and her ear for dialect.” —Publishers Weekly “A marvelous display of Nalo Hopkinson’s talents, skills and insights into the human conditions of life, especially of the fantastic realities of the Caribbean . . . Everything is possible in her imagination.” —Science Fiction Chronicle
Book Synopsis The Wild Ass's Skin by : Honoré de Balzac
Download or read book The Wild Ass's Skin written by Honoré de Balzac and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The first lines of the practice of surgery ... The third edition, thoroughly revised, carefully corrected, and considerably enlarged by : Samuel COOPER (Senior Surgeon to University College Hospital.)
Download or read book The first lines of the practice of surgery ... The third edition, thoroughly revised, carefully corrected, and considerably enlarged written by Samuel COOPER (Senior Surgeon to University College Hospital.) and published by . This book was released on 1826 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dark Archives written by Megan Rosenbloom and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On bookshelves around the world, surrounded by ordinary books bound in paper and leather, rest other volumes of a distinctly strange and grisly sort: those bound in human skin. Would you know one if you held it in your hand? In Dark Archives, Megan Rosenbloom seeks out the historic and scientific truths behind anthropodermic bibliopegy—the practice of binding books in this most intimate covering. Dozens of such books live on in the world’s most famous libraries and museums. Dark Archives exhumes their origins and brings to life the doctors, murderers, and indigents whose lives are sewn together in this disquieting collection. Along the way, Rosenbloom tells the story of how her team of scientists, curators, and librarians test rumored anthropodermic books, untangling the myths around their creation and reckoning with the ethics of their custodianship. A librarian and journalist, Rosenbloom is a member of The Order of the Good Death and a cofounder of their Death Salon, a community that encourages conversations, scholarship, and art about mortality and mourning. In Dark Archives—captivating and macabre in all the right ways—she has crafted a narrative that is equal parts detective work, academic intrigue, history, and medical curiosity: a book as rare and thrilling as its subject.
Book Synopsis The First Lines of the Practice of Surgery Designed as an Introduction for Students and a Concise Book of Reference for Practitioners by : Samuel Cooper (Surgeon.)
Download or read book The First Lines of the Practice of Surgery Designed as an Introduction for Students and a Concise Book of Reference for Practitioners written by Samuel Cooper (Surgeon.) and published by . This book was released on 1826 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Aircraft Structural Maintenance, NAVPERS 10329 by : Bureau of Naval Personnel
Download or read book Aircraft Structural Maintenance, NAVPERS 10329 written by Bureau of Naval Personnel and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-09-17 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with a discussion of Aircraft Structural Elements, Basic Stresses, and the various properties of Aircraft Materials, this book continues with explanations of Blueprint Reading and Layout, the Uses of Aircraft Tootls and Equipment, Fabrication Procedures, Aircraft Riveting, Fasteners, Structural Repairs, Repairs of Tanks and Tubing, and the Repair and Maintenance of Rubberized Equipment, Plastics, and Fabric Coverings. It concludes with a section on Metalite.
Book Synopsis Aircraft Structural Maintenance by : United States. Navy. Naval Air Technical Training Command
Download or read book Aircraft Structural Maintenance written by United States. Navy. Naval Air Technical Training Command and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Aviation Unit and Intermediate Maintenance for Army UH-60A and EH-60A Helicopters by :
Download or read book Aviation Unit and Intermediate Maintenance for Army UH-60A and EH-60A Helicopters written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 1062 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Surgery ... Second edition by : Sir Astley Paston COOPER
Download or read book Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Surgery ... Second edition written by Sir Astley Paston COOPER and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Dictionary of Practical Surgery by : Cooper
Download or read book A Dictionary of Practical Surgery written by Cooper and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Handbook of Research on Human-Computer Interfaces and New Modes of Interactivity by : Blashki, Katherine
Download or read book Handbook of Research on Human-Computer Interfaces and New Modes of Interactivity written by Blashki, Katherine and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2019-05-31 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Due to its versatility and accessibility, individuals all around the world routinely use various forms of technology to interact with one another. Over the years, the design and development of technologies and interfaces have increasingly aimed to improve the human-computer interactive experience in unimaginable ways. The Handbook of Research on Human-Computer Interfaces and New Modes of Interactivity is a collection of innovative research on the methods and applications of interactive technologies in the modern age. Highlighting topics including digital environments, sensory applications, and transmedia applications, this book is ideally designed for academicians, researchers, HCI developers, programmers, IT consultants, and media specialists seeking current research on the design, application, and advancement of different media technologies and interfaces that can support interaction across a wide range of users.
Book Synopsis A Treatise on the Blood, Inflammation, and Gunshot Wounds by : John Hunter
Download or read book A Treatise on the Blood, Inflammation, and Gunshot Wounds written by John Hunter and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
