Each human “book” represents a lived experience that has been stigmatized or misunderstood, and those people have signed up to have frank conversations with members of the public about it. “Readers” ...

These books do their part in clearing up the mysteries of human behavior. Reading them may help you make sense of another’s ...

Books bound in human skin — and the sometimes sensational stories surrounding them — have long occupied an odd place in the annals of the rare book world. Over the years, ...

Covering books in human skin is known as anthropodermic bibliopegy. Books were often created in the 19th Century to punish executed prisoners or by doctors who wanted a keepsake.

A new book proposes that human memory is like a Lego tower, built from the ground up, broken down, put away and rebuilt each time it’s called to mind. LeventKonuk/iStock Editorial/Getty Images Plus.

Seven Books That Demystify Human Behavior. Other people can be baffling; these titles attempt to unravel a bit of their mystery. By Chelsea Leu. Archive Holdings Inc. / Getty. September 5, 2024.