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ASIN: 0393050939
ID #115053
Product Type: Book
Reviewer: CandyStaiNeCane Author Icon
Review Rated: E
Amazon's Price: $ 8.32
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Summary of this Book...
"Uproariously funny" doesn't seem a likely description for a book on cadavers. However, Roach, a Salon and Reader's Digest columnist, has done the nearly impossible and written a book as informative and respectful as it is irreverent and witty.
This type of Book is good for...
Anyone who is curious.
I especially liked...
The gore, I learned things I'll never forget.
When I finished reading this Book I wanted to...
Find out more I'm hooked.
The author of this Book...
Mary Roach
225 pages
I recommend this Book because...
We all need to learn and have some laughs along the way.
I don't recommend this Book because...
Stiff is a great book but a feared and often understood subject matter.
Further Comments...
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. They've tested France's first guillotines, ridden the NASA Space Shuttle, been crucified in a Parisian laboratory to test the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin, and helped solve the mystery of TWA Flight 800. For every new surgical procedure, from heart transplants to gender reassignment surgery, cadavers have been there alongside surgeons, making history in their quiet way.
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