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Jaima Fixsen
Based loosely on the true case of the Burke and Hare murders, this is the story of a man who terrorized the streets of Edinburgh... and the woman determined to…
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Mairi Kidd
Up the close and down the stair, meet the women of Burke and Hare
A 1,500-page compendium containing nearly five decades of remarkable print ephemera from a trailblazing digital type foundry
Emigre is a graphic design and digital type foundry based in Berkeley, California…
Back in a new compact edition, this field guide to our new world of hybrid specimens--gorgeously printed in silver ink on black paper--catalogs the conflation of the technosphere and the…
Lisa Towles
Thea Riggs is shocked by a dead body in the empty house she was summoned to. It feels like a setup, like she's being framed for murder. By the time…
"The Specimen is a fantastic read! Tense, gripping and full of fabulous characters ... I devoured it in two sittings." - Gareth Brown, bestselling author of The Book of Doors
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Enid Cotter
Following the death of his mentor, scientist Alastair Scully finds that there was more to the man who had been like a father to him than he thought. As he…
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Michael Cunningham
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of ‘The Hours’, time, technology and love are the central concerns of a provocative novel that calls to mind David Mitchell’s ‘Cloud Atlas’.
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Thomas Ewbank
Reprint of the original, first published in 1845.
George Gilfillan
"Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-Known British Poets" is a collection of poetry compiled by George Gilfillan. George Gilfillan (1813-1878) was a Scottish author, poet, and literary critic known for…
Anonymous
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
W Walter Merry
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Specimens
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have…
Title: Specimens of the Classic Poets in a Chronolgical Series From Homer to Tryphiodorus. Tr. Into Engl. Verse, With Biogr. and Critical Notices by C.a. Elton General Books publication date…
Lucian Bernhard (1883-1972) was a luminary of 20th-century graphic design and typography in Germany and the US, known especially for his advertising work and posters. This volume gathers an exquisite…
Roger Excoffon (1910-83) was an iconic French designer, painter and philosopher, best known for his typeface designs. This volume celebrates the beloved designer's oeuvre through a selection of his foundry…
Aldo Novarese (1920-95) is widely considered to be one of the most influential Italian type designers of the 20th century, best known for his work with the Nebiolo Foundry in…
A Boucard
Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
Eugenia Pacitti
Offering insight into nineteenth- and early twentieth-century medical school dissecting rooms and anatomy museums, this book explores how collected human remains have shaped Western biomedical knowledge and attitudes towards the…
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Josiah Shippey
Specimens, or Leisure Hours Poetically Employed, on Various Subjects, Moral, Political, Religious is a collection of poems that touch on a wide range of subjects, from politics to spirituality. Shippey's…
Madison Hamill
A father rollerblading to church in his ministerial robes, a university student in a leotard sprinting through fog, a trespass notice from Pak'nSave, a beautiful unborn goat in a jar…
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the public…
James MacDonald Oxley
Publisher: London: Religious Tract Society Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books…
Allen Rogers Benham,Albert S 1853-1927 Cook
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
Melissa Bell
Taylor works for a cutting edge company but is oblivious to the Company's more secretive patents. She has no idea that the CEO is weaponizing DNA by creating hybrids. Until…
Kate Westlake 1856-1906 Yeigh
Peter Bowen
Barroom fiddler and Metis Indian Gabriel Du Pre is swept up in a mystery at the nation’s capital after a run-in with an egomaniacal anthropologist leads him to discover a…
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