Author: Erika Engelhaupt
Publisher: National Geographic
ISBN: 1426220979
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
"Erika Engelhaupt, founding editor of National Geographic's Gory Details blog, explores oft-ignored but alluring facets of biology, anatomy, space exploration, nature, and more. Featuring reporting and interviews with leading researchers in the field, Gory Details illuminates the world's most intriguing real-world applications of science"--
Gory Details
Author: Erika Engelhaupt
Publisher: National Geographic
ISBN: 1426220979
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
"Erika Engelhaupt, founding editor of National Geographic's Gory Details blog, explores oft-ignored but alluring facets of biology, anatomy, space exploration, nature, and more. Featuring reporting and interviews with leading researchers in the field, Gory Details illuminates the world's most intriguing real-world applications of science"--
Publisher: National Geographic
ISBN: 1426220979
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
"Erika Engelhaupt, founding editor of National Geographic's Gory Details blog, explores oft-ignored but alluring facets of biology, anatomy, space exploration, nature, and more. Featuring reporting and interviews with leading researchers in the field, Gory Details illuminates the world's most intriguing real-world applications of science"--
Gory Details
Author: Erika Engelhaupt
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1426220987
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Using humour and real science in the tradition of Mary Roach, this groovy narrative from the author of National Geographic's popular Gory Details blog illuminates the gross, strange, morbid, and outright absurd realities of our bodies, our earth, and our universe. Filled to the brim with far-out facts, this wacky, funny, and informative narrative takes us on a fascinating journey through the astonishing world of science. With Erika Engelhaupt, founding editor of National Geographic's Gory Details blog, as your guide, all your weirdest and wildest fascinations will be illuminated. From the biologist who endured countless honeybee stings to test which spot was the most painful to the dollhouse-sized replicas of crime scenes built to analyze blood splatter to NASA's enduring dilemma--do women need to have their periods in space?--this entertaining book explores oft-ignored but alluring facets of biology, anatomy, space exploration, nature, and more. Featuring top-notch reporting, interviews with leading researchers in the field, and a healthy dose of wit, Gory Details depicts the world's most intriguing real-world applications of science in all their glory--making geekiness cool all over again!
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1426220987
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Using humour and real science in the tradition of Mary Roach, this groovy narrative from the author of National Geographic's popular Gory Details blog illuminates the gross, strange, morbid, and outright absurd realities of our bodies, our earth, and our universe. Filled to the brim with far-out facts, this wacky, funny, and informative narrative takes us on a fascinating journey through the astonishing world of science. With Erika Engelhaupt, founding editor of National Geographic's Gory Details blog, as your guide, all your weirdest and wildest fascinations will be illuminated. From the biologist who endured countless honeybee stings to test which spot was the most painful to the dollhouse-sized replicas of crime scenes built to analyze blood splatter to NASA's enduring dilemma--do women need to have their periods in space?--this entertaining book explores oft-ignored but alluring facets of biology, anatomy, space exploration, nature, and more. Featuring top-notch reporting, interviews with leading researchers in the field, and a healthy dose of wit, Gory Details depicts the world's most intriguing real-world applications of science in all their glory--making geekiness cool all over again!
Urban Social Space
Author: Mark La Gory
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Australian Autopsy
Author: Jarrod Kimber
Publisher: Pitch Publishing
ISBN: 9781908051028
Category : Test matches (Cricket)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
English cricket fans will love Jarrod Kimber’s second Ashes book Australian Autopsy. Using his own unique brand of dry humor, this Australian author tells the story of the events of the winter 2010-2011 series and England’s record breaking 3-1 victory in Australia. Kimber travels around his homeland staying in flea-bitten motels, getting whispered at by Cricket Australia officials, and bonding in a beautiful bromance with fellow cricket writer Sam Collins. When his book isn’t chronicling his dreams about Alastair Cook, it is watching England cut deep into the Australian cricket system.
Publisher: Pitch Publishing
ISBN: 9781908051028
Category : Test matches (Cricket)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
English cricket fans will love Jarrod Kimber’s second Ashes book Australian Autopsy. Using his own unique brand of dry humor, this Australian author tells the story of the events of the winter 2010-2011 series and England’s record breaking 3-1 victory in Australia. Kimber travels around his homeland staying in flea-bitten motels, getting whispered at by Cricket Australia officials, and bonding in a beautiful bromance with fellow cricket writer Sam Collins. When his book isn’t chronicling his dreams about Alastair Cook, it is watching England cut deep into the Australian cricket system.
Murder & Mayhem in Nashville
Author: Brian Allison
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439657726
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
From post–Civil War political feuds to Depression-era mass murder—explore the criminally fascinating secret history of Music City, USA. Nashville is known for its bold, progressive flair, but few are aware of its malevolent past. Now, historian Brian Allison sheds light on some of Nashville’s darkest deeds in this compulsively readable chronicle of turn-of-the-century bad behavior. Included here are tales of infamous bar brawls, escaped fugitives, and deadly duels instigated (and won) by legendary hothead Andrew Jackson; a tour of the notorious red-light district of Smokey Row, where one of the largest congregations of prostitutes in the country was at the service of 1000s of beleaguered boys in gray; a killer temptress with a penchant for poison who strolled the city streets looking for victims; a grisly—and true—local legend known as the Headless Horror; the facts behind the macabre 1938 Marrowbone Creek cabin murders; and much more. Vividly capturing the outlandish mischief, shocking crimes, and political powder kegs of an era, Murder and Mayhem in Nashville lifts the veil on a great city’s sordid secrets.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439657726
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
From post–Civil War political feuds to Depression-era mass murder—explore the criminally fascinating secret history of Music City, USA. Nashville is known for its bold, progressive flair, but few are aware of its malevolent past. Now, historian Brian Allison sheds light on some of Nashville’s darkest deeds in this compulsively readable chronicle of turn-of-the-century bad behavior. Included here are tales of infamous bar brawls, escaped fugitives, and deadly duels instigated (and won) by legendary hothead Andrew Jackson; a tour of the notorious red-light district of Smokey Row, where one of the largest congregations of prostitutes in the country was at the service of 1000s of beleaguered boys in gray; a killer temptress with a penchant for poison who strolled the city streets looking for victims; a grisly—and true—local legend known as the Headless Horror; the facts behind the macabre 1938 Marrowbone Creek cabin murders; and much more. Vividly capturing the outlandish mischief, shocking crimes, and political powder kegs of an era, Murder and Mayhem in Nashville lifts the veil on a great city’s sordid secrets.
How They Croaked
Author: Georgia Bragg
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1547614536
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
This award-winning book for reluctant readers is a fascinating collection of remarkable deaths--and not for the faint of heart. Over the course of history, men and women have lived and died. In fact, getting sick and dying can be a big, ugly mess--especially before the modern medical care that we all enjoy today. From King Tut's ancient autopsy to Albert Einstein's great brain escape, How They Croaked contains all the gory details of the awful ends of nineteen awfully famous people. Don't miss the companion, How They Choked!
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1547614536
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
This award-winning book for reluctant readers is a fascinating collection of remarkable deaths--and not for the faint of heart. Over the course of history, men and women have lived and died. In fact, getting sick and dying can be a big, ugly mess--especially before the modern medical care that we all enjoy today. From King Tut's ancient autopsy to Albert Einstein's great brain escape, How They Croaked contains all the gory details of the awful ends of nineteen awfully famous people. Don't miss the companion, How They Choked!
Past Mortems
Author: Carla Valentine
Publisher: Sphere
ISBN: 9780751565348
Category : Autopsy
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
A day in the life of Carla Valentine - curator, pathology technician and 'death professional' - is not your average day. She spent ten years training and working as an Anatomical Pathology Technologist: where the mortuary slab was her desk, and that day's corpses her task list. Past Mortems tells Carla's stories of those years, as well as investigating the body alongside our attitudes towards death - shedding light on what the living can learn from dead and the toll the work can take on the living souls who carry it out. Fascinating and insightful, Past Mortems reveals the truth about what happens when the mortuary doors swing shut or the lid of the coffin closes.
Publisher: Sphere
ISBN: 9780751565348
Category : Autopsy
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
A day in the life of Carla Valentine - curator, pathology technician and 'death professional' - is not your average day. She spent ten years training and working as an Anatomical Pathology Technologist: where the mortuary slab was her desk, and that day's corpses her task list. Past Mortems tells Carla's stories of those years, as well as investigating the body alongside our attitudes towards death - shedding light on what the living can learn from dead and the toll the work can take on the living souls who carry it out. Fascinating and insightful, Past Mortems reveals the truth about what happens when the mortuary doors swing shut or the lid of the coffin closes.
Gorgeous and Gory
Author: Jessica Rajs
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
ISBN: 9780764347849
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Zombie Pinup Collection is a compendium of inventive photography from Gorgeous & Gory. For years their photography has helped the world to plan for the Apocalypse--and other daily occurrences--with their signature style: Dangerously deadly pinups are imagined in the fantastical balance between glamorous and gruesome. The picturesque undead are fashioned with both vintage precision and sensuous abandon. Set in a vibrant, surreal landscape, the locations range from agelessly elegant to decrepit decay. Now, all of the exquisitely bizarre beauty has been compiled into one essential anthology of over 200 photos. Included are images from all four calendars, plus many additional photos that have never been seen before. A special behind the scenes look has also been added. Lustfully arousing and surprisingly fun, this collection is essential for undead enthusiasts and pinup admirers alike.
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
ISBN: 9780764347849
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Zombie Pinup Collection is a compendium of inventive photography from Gorgeous & Gory. For years their photography has helped the world to plan for the Apocalypse--and other daily occurrences--with their signature style: Dangerously deadly pinups are imagined in the fantastical balance between glamorous and gruesome. The picturesque undead are fashioned with both vintage precision and sensuous abandon. Set in a vibrant, surreal landscape, the locations range from agelessly elegant to decrepit decay. Now, all of the exquisitely bizarre beauty has been compiled into one essential anthology of over 200 photos. Included are images from all four calendars, plus many additional photos that have never been seen before. A special behind the scenes look has also been added. Lustfully arousing and surprisingly fun, this collection is essential for undead enthusiasts and pinup admirers alike.
A Human Interest Story (or the Gory Details and All)
Author: Carlos Murillo
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN: 9780822222835
Category : Television broadcasting of news
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
THE STORY: Somewhere in America, a man fantasizes about his best friend's wife. In another city, a young housewife momentarily loses sight of her children. Elsewhere, a politician relives a tragic second that forever changed his life, and a mother
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN: 9780822222835
Category : Television broadcasting of news
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
THE STORY: Somewhere in America, a man fantasizes about his best friend's wife. In another city, a young housewife momentarily loses sight of her children. Elsewhere, a politician relives a tragic second that forever changed his life, and a mother
Tropical Secrets
Author: Margarita Engle
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1429919817
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Daniel has escaped Nazi Germany with nothing but a desperate dream that he might one day find his parents again. But that golden land called New York has turned away his ship full of refugees, and Daniel finds himself in Cuba. As the tropical island begins to work its magic on him, the young refugee befriends a local girl with some painful secrets of her own. Yet even in Cuba, the Nazi darkness is never far away . . .
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1429919817
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Daniel has escaped Nazi Germany with nothing but a desperate dream that he might one day find his parents again. But that golden land called New York has turned away his ship full of refugees, and Daniel finds himself in Cuba. As the tropical island begins to work its magic on him, the young refugee befriends a local girl with some painful secrets of her own. Yet even in Cuba, the Nazi darkness is never far away . . .