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Stiff by Mary Roach (2004, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393324826
ISBN-139780393324822
eBay Product ID (ePID)2422135

Product Key Features

Book TitleStiff
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicForensic Medicine, Ethics, Death & Dying, Journalism, Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology, Anatomy
Publication Year2004
GenreLanguage Arts & Disciplines, Social Science, Science, Medical
AuthorMary Roach
FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight9.5 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsAs weird as the book gets, Roach manages to convey a sense of respect and appreciation for her subjects., A laugh-out-loud funny book... one of those wonderful books that offers up enlightenment in the guise of entertainment., Roach writes in an insouciant style and displays her métier in tangents about bizarre incidents in pathological history. Death may have the last laugh, but, in the meantime, Roach finds merriment in the macabre., 'Uproariously funny' doesn't seem a likely description for a book on cadavers. However, Roach... has done the nearly impossible and written a book as informative and respectful as it is irreverent and witty., This quirky, funny read offers perspective and insight about life, death and the medical profession.... You can close this book with an appreciation of the miracle that the human body really is., Roach is authoritative, endlessly curious and drolly funny. Her research is scrupulous and winningly presented., Mary Roach is one of an endangered species: a science writer with a sense of humor. She is able to make macabre funny without looting death of its dignity., Roach writes in an insouciant style and displays her mtier in tangents about bizarre incidents in pathological history. Death may have the last laugh, but, in the meantime, Roach finds merriment in the macabre., Roach seems intent on helping us (and herself) get a better handle on the meaning of death, or, at least, on making one's own death meaningful.
Dewey Decimal611
Synopsis"One of the funniest and most unusual books of the year....Gross, educational, and unexpectedly sidesplitting."--Entertainment Weekly, Stiff is an oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem. For two thousand years, cadavers--some willingly, some unwittingly--have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. In this fascinating account, Mary Roach visits the good deeds of cadavers over the centuries and tells the engrossing story of our bodies when we are no longer with them.
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