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Dying for Victorian Medicine

English Anatomy and its Trade in the Dead Poor, c.1834 - 1929

by E. Hurren ...

Series series History (R0)
The first book to provide a detailed analysis of the body-trafficking networks of the dead poor that underpinned the expansion of medical education from Victorian times. With an even-handed approach to the business of anatomy, Hurren uses remarkable case histories which still echo a vibrant body-business on the internet today in a biomedical age. ... Read more

$89.09 USD

The first book to provide a detailed analysis of the body-trafficking networks of the dead poor that underpinned the expansion of medical education from Victorian times. With an even-handed approach to the business of anatomy, Hurren uses remarkable case histories which still echo a vibrant body-business on the internet today in a biomedical age.
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Death Du Jour

A Novel

by Kathy Reichs ...

Narrated by Bonnie Hurren ...

Series series A Temperance Brennan Novel
Unabridged

12 hours 51 min

When a recent skeleton among ancient bones raises questions—and danger—forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan is the only one who can solve the case in this “triumphant second appearance” (Publishers Weekly) from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs.Tempe Brennan is stuck teaching an archaeology field school for students at UNCC in Charleston, South Carolina.When she stumbles upon ... Read more

$26.99 USD

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When a recent skeleton among ancient bones raises questions—and danger—forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan is the only one who can solve the case in this “triumphant second appearance” (Publishers Weekly) from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs.Tempe Brennan is stuck teaching an archaeology field school for students at UNCC in Charleston, South Carolina.When she stumbles upon
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The Pauper Body in England and Wales 1750 to 1914

Histories of Nobody

by Elizabeth T. Hurren ...

The Pauper Body in England and Wales 1750 to 1914 is based on a unique collection of 8 million words of pauper letters. It features fascinating body biographies of ordinary people living in deepest poverty who used their voices to secure welfare support. The Old and New Poor Law authorities often tried, and frequently failed, to label the poorest of people 'Nobodies'. The bodies of paupers were ... Read more

$121.49 USD

The Pauper Body in England and Wales 1750 to 1914 is based on a unique collection of 8 million words of pauper letters. It features fascinating body biographies of ordinary people living in deepest poverty who used their voices to secure welfare support. The Old and New Poor Law authorities often tried, and frequently failed, to label the poorest of people 'Nobodies'. The bodies of paupers were
... Read more
Fair of Face

by Rosemary Hurren ...

Welcome to Edenvale, a small town … with big secrets.When Private Investigator Kit Kotcka arrives in Edenvale, Ontario, to look into the background of a teenage mother whose infant child recently died of starvation, an ethereal smell of smoke haunts her. Kit’s task should be straightforward: to find the family and friends of the young mother, Fiona Orth, and find out what sort of person she is. ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Welcome to Edenvale, a small town … with big secrets.When Private Investigator Kit Kotcka arrives in Edenvale, Ontario, to look into the background of a teenage mother whose infant child recently died of starvation, an ethereal smell of smoke haunts her. Kit’s task should be straightforward: to find the family and friends of the young mother, Fiona Orth, and find out what sort of person she is.
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Hidden Histories of the Dead

Disputed Bodies in Modern British Medical Research

by Elizabeth T. Hurren ...

In this discipline-redefining book, Elizabeth T. Hurren maps the post-mortem journeys of bodies, body-parts, organs, and brains, inside the secretive culture of modern British medical research after WWII as the bodies of the deceased were harvested as bio-commons. Often the human stories behind these bodies were dissected, discarded, or destroyed in death. Hidden Histories of the Dead recovers ... Read more

$27.89 USD

In this discipline-redefining book, Elizabeth T. Hurren maps the post-mortem journeys of bodies, body-parts, organs, and brains, inside the secretive culture of modern British medical research after WWII as the bodies of the deceased were harvested as bio-commons. Often the human stories behind these bodies were dissected, discarded, or destroyed in death. Hidden Histories of the Dead recovers
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Poverty and Sickness in Modern Europe

Narratives of the Sick Poor, 1780-1938

Edited by Andreas Gestrich, Elizabeth Hurren, Steven King ...

This book provides a genuinely pan-European analysis of pauper narratives, focusing on the experiences of the sick poor in England, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Wales. The contributions highlight the value of pauper narratives for exploring the agency, rhetoric and experiences of the poor and sick poor, significantly enhancing our understanding of ... Read more

$39.69 USD

This book provides a genuinely pan-European analysis of pauper narratives, focusing on the experiences of the sick poor in England, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Wales. The contributions highlight the value of pauper narratives for exploring the agency, rhetoric and experiences of the poor and sick poor, significantly enhancing our understanding of
... Read more
Contemplating Curriculum

Genealogies/Times/Places

Edited by Wanda Hurren, Erika Hasebe-Ludt ...

Series series Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
Contemplating Curriculum takes up world-renowned curricular scholar, teacher, and mentor Ted T. Aoki’s invitation to contemplate where curriculum scholars situate themselves in their work. At the same time it probes into the historical and present conditions that make it both possible and impossible to attend to this work in classrooms and communities in mindful, embodied, and aesthetic ways, both ... Read more

$76.99 USD

Contemplating Curriculum takes up world-renowned curricular scholar, teacher, and mentor Ted T. Aoki’s invitation to contemplate where curriculum scholars situate themselves in their work. At the same time it probes into the historical and present conditions that make it both possible and impossible to attend to this work in classrooms and communities in mindful, embodied, and aesthetic ways, both
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Dissecting the Criminal Corpse

Staging Post-Execution Punishment in Early Modern England

by Elizabeth T. Hurren ...

Series series History (R0)
Those convicted of homicide were hanged on the public gallows before being dissected under the Murder Act in Georgian England. Yet, from 1752, whether criminals actually died on the hanging tree or in the dissection room remained a medical mystery in early modern society. Dissecting the Criminal Corpse takes issue with the historical cliché of corpses dangling from the hangman’s rope in crime ... Read more

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Those convicted of homicide were hanged on the public gallows before being dissected under the Murder Act in Georgian England. Yet, from 1752, whether criminals actually died on the hanging tree or in the dissection room remained a medical mystery in early modern society. Dissecting the Criminal Corpse takes issue with the historical cliché of corpses dangling from the hangman’s rope in crime
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Deja Dead

A Novel

by Kathy Reichs ...

Narrated by Amy Irving ...

Series series A Temperance Brennan Novel
Abridged

4 hours 59 min

From the New York Times bestselling author of Speaking in Bones, the first Temperance Brennan novel in the “cleverly plotted and expertly maintained series” (The New York Times Book Review).Her life is devoted to justice—even for those she never knew.In the year since Temperance Brennan left behind a shaky marriage in North Carolina, work has often preempted her weekend plans to explore Quebec. ... Read more

$17.99 USD

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From the New York Times bestselling author of Speaking in Bones, the first Temperance Brennan novel in the “cleverly plotted and expertly maintained series” (The New York Times Book Review).Her life is devoted to justice—even for those she never knew.In the year since Temperance Brennan left behind a shaky marriage in North Carolina, work has often preempted her weekend plans to explore Quebec.
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Bare Bones

A Novel

by Kathy Reichs ...

Narrated by Michele Pawk ...

Series series A Temperance Brennan Novel
Unabridged

9 hours 37 min

“Fans of TV’s CSI: Crime Scene Investigation should be in heaven.” —PeopleA gripping forensic thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs, Bare Bones brings Dr. Temperance Brennan back to the page in a chilling investigation that will captivate fans of Bones, CSI, and the very best in medical suspense.In the scorching Charlotte summer, forensic anthropologist Dr. Temp... ... Read more

$25.99 USD

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“Fans of TV’s CSI: Crime Scene Investigation should be in heaven.” —PeopleA gripping forensic thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs, Bare Bones brings Dr. Temperance Brennan back to the page in a chilling investigation that will captivate fans of Bones, CSI, and the very best in medical suspense.In the scorching Charlotte summer, forensic anthropologist Dr. Temp...
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Seizure

A Virals Novel

by Kathy Reichs ...

Narrated by Cristin Milioti ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Virals
Unabridged

10 hours 48 min

The second novel in the Virals trilogy from #1 bestselling author and inspiration for the TV series Bones - Kathy Reichs!Ever since Tory Brennan and her friends rescued Cooper, a kidnapped wolf pup with a rare strain of canine parvovirus, they've turned from regular kids into a crime-solving pack! But now the very place that brought them together - the Loggerhead Island Research Institute - is out ... Read more

$25.00 USD

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The second novel in the Virals trilogy from #1 bestselling author and inspiration for the TV series Bones - Kathy Reichs!Ever since Tory Brennan and her friends rescued Cooper, a kidnapped wolf pup with a rare strain of canine parvovirus, they've turned from regular kids into a crime-solving pack! But now the very place that brought them together - the Loggerhead Island Research Institute - is out
... Read more

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Speaking in Bones

A Novel

by Kathy Reichs ...

Narrated by Katherine Borowitz ...

Series Audiobook 18 - Temperance Brennan
Unabridged

9 hours 58 min

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNo one speaks the language of suspense more brilliantly than Kathy Reichs, author of the acclaimed Temperance Brennan series. In Speaking in Bones, the forensic anthropologist finds herself drawn into a world of dark secrets and dangerous beliefs, where good and evil blur.Professionally, Temperance Brennan knows exactly what to do—test, analyze, identify. Her personal life ... Read more

$20.00 USD

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNo one speaks the language of suspense more brilliantly than Kathy Reichs, author of the acclaimed Temperance Brennan series. In Speaking in Bones, the forensic anthropologist finds herself drawn into a world of dark secrets and dangerous beliefs, where good and evil blur.Professionally, Temperance Brennan knows exactly what to do—test, analyze, identify. Her personal life
... Read more

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