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WARNING: Contains discussion of death, murder, and mutliation which some listeners may find disturbing. Who even wants to think about this? A lot of people, it turns out. This would have been well-suited for a Halloween release. Oh well. Enjoy this weird survey of books held together by peices of people.
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- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETDr8PQ00ag
- https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27903742
- http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/30815
- https://library.law.hawaii.edu/2019/10/29/these-book-covers-have-been-judged-anthropodermic-bibliopegy-or-books-bound-in-human-skin/#:~:text=People%20bound%20books%20in%20human,was%20a%20highwayman%20or%20thief.
- https://anthropodermicbooks.org/
- https://listverse.com/2023/01/27/10-books-bound-in-human-skin/
- http://www.princeton.edu/~needham/Bouland.pdf
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WARNING: Contains discussion of death, murder, and mutliation which some listeners may find disturbing. Who even wants to think about this? A lot of people, it turns out. This would have been well-suited for a Halloween release. Oh well. Enjoy this weird survey of books held together by peices of people.
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- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETDr8PQ00ag
- https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27903742
- http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/30815
- https://library.law.hawaii.edu/2019/10/29/these-book-covers-have-been-judged-anthropodermic-bibliopegy-or-books-bound-in-human-skin/#:~:text=People%20bound%20books%20in%20human,was%20a%20highwayman%20or%20thief.
- https://anthropodermicbooks.org/
- https://listverse.com/2023/01/27/10-books-bound-in-human-skin/
- http://www.princeton.edu/~needham/Bouland.pdf
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