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Researchers say they've confirmed a 19th century French book that resides at an elite American university has a cover made from human skin. Here is the macabre story of how it came to be.

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AFTER LIVES: On Biography and the Mysteries of the Human Heart | By Megan Marshall | Mariner Books | 208 pp. | $29.99 Alexandra Jacobs is a Times book critic and occasional features writer. She ...