Spring Overstock Sale–Save 70%
04/01/2010
It's a beautiful day (at least in Philadelphia) and the perfect time for the Penn Press Spring Overstock Sale to begin. Hundreds of titles have been marked down by 70… READ MORE
Category: History of Science
Bloody Valentines: Two UK reviews of The Anatomy Murders
02/15/2010
This past weekend, both the Scotsman and BBC History Magazine showed some love for Lisa Rosner's The Anatomy Murders: Being the True and Spectacular History of Edinburgh's Notorious Burke and… READ MORE
Rosner’s The Anatomy Murders Talk on ForumNetwork
11/20/2009
Video of Lisa Rosner's The Anatomy Murders talk at the Harvard Book Store is now available on ForumNetwork. In the ForumNetwork clip, Rosner discusses the Burke and Hare murders and… READ MORE
The Anatomy Murders Corpse of the Day–Mary Paterson
10/30/2009
Mary Paterson's corpse was, as historian Lisa Rosner put it, "the most notorious cadaver." Her murder at the hands of William Burke and William Hare, and the subsequent preservation of… READ MORE
The Anatomy Murders Corpse of the Day–James Wilson, alias Daft Jamie
10/27/2009
One of the most despicable acts in the series of Burke and Hare murders was the killing of Daft Jamie. Young James Wilson wandered the streets of Edinburgh "barefoot and… READ MORE
The Anatomy Murders Corpse of the Day–Abigail Simpson
10/26/2009
Whether Abigail Simpson or Joseph the Miller was the first person to be murdered is still a matter of controversy. Historian Lisa Rosner, author of The Anatomy Murders: Being the… READ MORE
The Anatomy Murders Corpse of the Day–Donald
10/23/2009
With Halloween approaching, and historian Lisa Rosner on the road discussing her latest book, The Anatomy Murders: Being the True and Spectacular History of Edinburgh's Notorious Burke and Hare and… READ MORE
True and Spectacular Burke & Hare Events with Historian Lisa Rosner
10/22/2009
Tomorrow Lisa Rosner kicks of a series of events in support of her new book The Anatomy Murders: Being the True and Spectacular History of Edinburgh's Notorious Burke and Hare,… READ MORE
Do Museums Still Need Objects?–Now Available
10/14/2009
Do Museums Still Need Objects? Steven Conn 272 pages | 6 x 9 | 34 illus. Cloth 2009 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4190-7 | $39.95 | £26.00 A volume in the Arts… READ MORE
The Anatomy Murders—Now Available
10/08/2009
The Anatomy Murders: Being the True and Spectacular History of Edinburgh's Notorious Burke and Hare and of the Man of Science Who Abetted Them in the Commission of Their Most… READ MORE
