“I am a collector; a curator of feathers, stones, pinecones, and bones. I love going out into the natural world and bringing a piece of its beauty and intrigue back indoors with me. Alan Dudley is a fellow collector, only he’s taken it far beyond my wildest dreams. Through the pages of this marvelous book …
Leave it to Simon Winchester to unearth the story of Alan Dudley (and his massive skull collection) as well the history and importance of skulls in science, art, culture, and history. Amazing photos accompany! Skulls was a newsletter staff pick from Paulina Springs Books, with stores in Sisters and Redmond, Oregon. Buy Skulls from Paulina Springs.
“Many people think that hallucinations happen only to ‘crazy’ people. Wrong, of course. They happen to people who are suffering from sensory deprivation (this is what a ‘vision quest’ is). They happen to people who are ill, or injured, or having migraine headaches. They happen to those who are intoxicated. They happen when certain drugs …
