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Cranioklepty
Cranioklepty: Grave Robbing and the Search for Genius | Colin Dickey
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Presents a history of cranioklepty, the desire to possess the skulls of the brilliant and famous for study, for sale, or for display, and includes the after-death stories of such notables as Haydn, Beethoven, and Thomas Browne.
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sarahljensen
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Bailedbailed

I love this author, and I wrote about graverobbing and resurrectionists in my dissertation, so this should be a book I love. But I don't. A friend gave me a late birthday gift book, and I just sorta forgot about this one. That's about the most damning thing possible. Oh, well. I left the bookmark in place, so I can come back.

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bookdrunkard78
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Book haul #1! These just came from thrift books! I'm excited because I'm on a mission to own all of Neil Gaiman's books so I was able to get three at a good price. But, that copy of Cranioklepty is signed!! Bonus! It didn't say that when I ordered!

mjdowens Can I just say how much I love your Litsy name👏👏👏 8y
bookdrunkard78 @mjdowens thank you!! It's pretty much my handle on most social media sites (or some form of it!) 8y
Jess_Read_This I am reading Shadow and Bone right now. Absolutely loving it! 8y
bookdrunkard78 @Jess_Read_This my friend @patrella has been telling me how much she loves it too! I can't wait to start it but I have a few other books lined up ahead of it. 8y
Jess_Read_This @bookdrunkard78 I've had it sitting on the TBR pile since Nov/Dec... I grabbed it today as I was running out of the house for work so I'd have something to read at lunch. So glad I did. 😊 I can't wait to hear what you think of it when you read it. (edited) 8y
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capriciousreader
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The heads that have been stolen y'all. Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart, and more. Craziness.

BethFishReads Huummmm I think I own this. Must dig it out 8y
CherylDeFranceschi @BethFishReads Ha! Dig it out. Very appropriate! 8y
capriciousreader @BethFishReads Bahaha! Excellent punnage. 8y
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