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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers - Roach, Mary
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What happens to your body after you have died? Fertilizer? Crash Test Dummy? Human Dumpling? Ballistics Practise? Life after death is not as simple as it looks. Mary Roach's Stiff lifts the lid off what happens to our bodies once we have died. Bold, original and with a delightful eye for detail, Roach tells us everything we wanted to know about this new frontier in medical science. Interweaving present-day explorations with a history of past attempts to study what it means to be human Stiff is a deliciously dark ...

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    • Title: Stiff: the Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
    • Publisher: W. W. Norton
    • Print ISBN: 9780393881721, 0393881725
    • eText ISBN: 9780393069198
    • Edition: 2021
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All Editions of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

2021, Trade paperback

ISBN-13:

9780393881721

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

2004, Trade paperback

ISBN-13:

9780393324822

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

2004, Mass-market paperback

ISBN-13:

9780141007458

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

2003, Hardcover

ISBN-13:

9780393050936

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

2003, Audiobook CD

ISBN-13:

9781400100972

Books by Mary Roach

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Dean S

Jul 19, 2013

Bought Three Copies

I picked up one for my daughter, who works in a hospital, one for myself, and one for a friend. The friend finished it first and was a bit grossed out by the last few chapters.

It is a grim topic, but handled with Mary Roach's arch humor. She holds her own with John Steward and Steven Colbert.

words1

Oct 28, 2010

surprisingly entertaining

This is a fascinating and well written book about a subject one would not think to be fascinating. The book is very respectful of the dead but amusingly entertaining about the subject as a whole. It is also a very informative book.

Chiroptera

Sep 24, 2009

Fascinating

What more can I say? Whether you've been struck with a morbid curiosity for the fate of corpses or a writer doing research on the effects of death on a body, you'll find just as much insight into the living as you will into the dead in this well-researched book.

Tammy2

Feb 2, 2009

Hilarious yet Informative!

Mary Roach is such a great author. I've also read her other book, Spook, about what happens when we die, spiritually. She's hilarious, I found myself literally laughing out loud while reading this book. Not only is she funny, but very, very informative. The book gives us an in-depth idea of what would happen to us if we donated our bodies to science and what an impact we can have on the future of it. Cadavers are used for so much more than we can think of! I strongly recommend this book, Mary Roach won't dissappoint you.

tbattey

Jan 29, 2009

Humor & Mayhem

This book held my interest thru the reading & had a good amount of humor in it. I recommend this book for a good read and something to put you in a good mood.

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