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  | | Gulp(1st Edition) Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2014 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-34874-3, ISBN: 0-393-34874-1 "The irresistible, ever-curious, and always best-selling Mary Roach returns with a new adventure to the invisible realm we carry around inside. “America’s funniest science writer” (Washington Post) takes us down the hatch on an unforgettable tour. The alimentary canal is classic Mary Roach terrain: the questions explored in Gulp are as taboo, in their way, as the cadavers in Stiff and every bit as surreal as the universe of zero gravity ..." |
 | | Stiff(1st Edition) The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2004 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-32482-2, ISBN: 0-393-32482-6 ""One of the funniest and most unusual books of the year....Gross, educational, and unexpectedly sidesplitting."—Entertainment WeeklyStiff 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 Spa ..." |
 | | Stiff(1st Edition) The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach Hardcover, 303 Pages, Published 2003 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-05093-6, ISBN: 0-393-05093-9 ""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. They've tested France's first guillotines, ridden the NASA Sp ..." |
 | | Grunt(1st Edition) The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2017 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-35437-9, ISBN: 0-393-35437-7 "A New York Times / National Bestseller "America's funniest science writer" (Washington Post) Mary Roach explores the science of keeping human beings intact, awake, sane, uninfected, and uninfested in the bizarre and extreme circumstances of war.Grunt tackles the science behind some of a soldier's most challenging adversaries―panic, exhaustion, heat, noise―and introduces us to the scientists who seek to conquer them. Mary Roach dodges ho ..." |
 | | Grunt(1st Edition) The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2016 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-24544-8, ISBN: 0-393-24544-6 "A New York Times / National Bestseller "America's funniest science writer" (Washington Post) Mary Roach explores the science of keeping human beings intact, awake, sane, uninfected, and uninfested in the bizarre and extreme circumstances of war.Grunt tackles the science behind some of a soldier's most challenging adversaries―panic, exhaustion, heat, noise―and introduces us to the scientists who seek to conquer them. Mary Roach dodges ho ..." |
 | | Bonk(1st Edition) The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2008 by W. W. Norton & Co. ISBN-13: 978-0-393-06464-3, ISBN: 0-393-06464-6 "The best-selling author of Stiff turns her outrageous curiosity and infectious wit on the most alluring scientific subject of all: sex.The study of sexual physiology—what happens, and why, and how to make it happen better—has been a paying career or a diverting sideline for scientists as far-ranging as Leonardo da Vinci and James Watson. The research has taken pla ..." |
 | | Spook(1st Edition) Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach Paperback, 311 Pages, Published 2006 by W. W. Norton & Company Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-393-32912-4, ISBN: 0-393-32912-7 "If author Mary Roach was a college professor, she'd have a zero drop-out rate. That's because when Roach tackles a subject--like the posthumous human body in her previous bestseller, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, or the soul in the winning Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife--she charges forth with such zeal, humour, and ingenuity that her students (er, readers) feel like they're witnessing the most interesting thing on E ..." |
 | | Packing for Mars(1st Edition) The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach, Packing For Mars Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2010 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-06847-4, ISBN: 0-393-06847-1 "Amazon Best Books of the Month, August 2010: With her wry humor and inextinguishable curiosity, Mary Roach has crafted her own quirky niche in the somewhat staid world of science writing, showing no fear (or shame) in the face of cadavers, ectoplasm, or sex. In Packing for Mars, Roach tackles the strange science of space travel, and the psychology, technology, and politics that go into sending a crew into orbit. Roach is unfailingly inq ..." |
 | | Gulp(1st Edition) Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2013 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-08157-2, ISBN: 0-393-08157-5 "The irresistible, ever-curious, and always best-selling Mary Roach returns with a new adventure to the invisible realm we carry around inside. “America’s funniest science writer” (Washington Post) takes us down the hatch on an unforgettable tour. The alimentary canal is classic Mary Roach terrain: the questions explored in Gulp are as taboo, in their way, as the cadavers in Stiff and every bit as surreal as the universe of zero gravity ..." |
 | | Spook(1st Edition) Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach Hardcover, 311 Pages, Published 2005 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-05962-5, ISBN: 0-393-05962-6 "If author Mary Roach was a college professor, she'd have a zero drop-out rate. That's because when Roach tackles a subject--like the posthumous human body in her previous bestseller, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, or the soul in the winning Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife--she charges forth with such zeal, humour, and ingenuity that her students (er, readers) feel like they're witnessing the most interesting thing on E ..." |
 | | The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011(1st Edition) by Mary Roach, Tim Folger, Ian Frazier, Oliver Sacks, Amy Irvine, Malcolm Gladwell Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2011 by Mariner Books Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-547-35063-9, ISBN: 0-547-35063-5 " The Best American Series® First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series ..." |
 | | Thorndike Nonfiction Ser.(1st Edition) Stiff : The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach Hardcover, 453 Pages, Published 2003 by Thorndike Press Large Print ISBN-13: 978-0-7862-5853-6, ISBN: 0-7862-5853-5 "A New York Times Bestseller For two thousand years, cadavers have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. Mary Roach's fascinating account visits their good deeds over the centuries, telling, in her droll voice, the story of our bodies when we are no longer with them." |
 | | Stiff(1st Edition) by Mary Roach Paperback, 303 Pages, Published 2003 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-9657382-3-1, ISBN: 0-9657382-3-X "Paperback, 2003 Copyright. Stiff, The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach." |
 | | Science Ink(1st Edition) Tattoos of the Science Obsessed by Carl Zimmer, Mary Roach Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2011 by Sterling ISBN-13: 978-1-4027-8360-9, ISBN: 1-4027-8360-4 "Body art meets popular science in this elegant, mind-blowing collection, written by renowned science writer Carl Zimmer. This fascinating book showcases hundreds of eye-catching tattoos that pay tribute to various scientific disciplines, from evolutionary biology and neuroscience to mathematics and astrophysics, and reveals the stories of the individuals who chose to inscribe their obsessions in their skin. Best of all, each tattoo prov ..." |
 | | My Planet(1st Edition) Finding Humor in the Oddest Places by Mary Roach Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2013 by Reader's Digest ISBN-13: 978-1-62145-071-9, ISBN: 1-62145-071-6 "From acclaimed, New York Times best-selling author Mary Roach comes the complete collection of her "My Planet" articles published in Reader's Digest. The quirky, brilliant author takes a magnifying glass to everyday life, exposing moments of hilarity in the mundane. Best-selling author Mary Roach was a hit columnist in the Reader's Digest magazine, and this book features the articles she wrote in that time. Insightful and hilarious, Mar ..." |
 | | Fiambres(1st Edition) La fascinante vida de los cadáveres (Maledicta) (Spanish Edition) by Mary Roach, Alex Gibert Paperback, 344 Pages, Published 2007 by Global Rhythm Press ISBN-13: 978-84-96879-08-9, ISBN: 84-96879-08-9 "Las macabras entidades que integran el dramatis personae de la última obra de Mary Roach figurarían, sin lugar a dudas, entre las más infelices que pueda concebir la fantasía si no fuera por la penosa circunstancia de que no son hijas de la imaginación. Pese al escalofrío o el desaliento que invade al delicado lector tras un primer acercamiento a tan lúgubre materia, la lectura de estas páginas acaba provocando involuntarias sonrisas y ..." |
 | | Glup(1st Edition) by Mary Roach, Julia Alquézar, M. Simone Roach Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2014 by Editorial Crítica ISBN-13: 978-84-9892-685-9, ISBN: 84-9892-685-8 "Mary Roach nos lleva a un viaje inolvidable? a través del tubo digestivo, esa partefundamental de nuestro cuerpo que a veces se convierte en un tabú. ¿Por qué la comida crujiente nos resulta tan atractiva? ¿Por qué es tan difícil encontrar palabraspara defi nir sabores y olores? ¿Por qué el estómago no se digiere a sí mismo? ¿Cuánto se puede comer antes de ?explotar?? ¿Puede matar el estreñimiento? ¿Mató a Elvis?? Lleno de curiosidade ..." |
 | | Proxima Parada(1st Edition) Marte (Em Portugues do Brasil) by Mary Roach, Donaldson M. Garschagen Paperback, 280 Pages, Published 2013 by Paralela ISBN-13: 978-85-65530-25-5, ISBN: 85-65530-25-6 "O espaço é um lugar desprovido de absolutamente tudo que precisamos para viver e prosperar: gravidade, oxigênio, banhos quentes, produtos frescos, privacidade... A exploração do espaço é, de certa forma, uma exploração dos limites humanos e do que, de fato, significa ser humano. De que luxos podemos abrir mão? Por quanto tempo? O que acontece com nosso corpo se ficarmos sem andar por um ano? Nem ter relações sexuais? Para responder ..." |
 | | Sztywniak(1st Edition) osobliwe życie nieboszczyków by Mary Roach, Maciek Sekerdej Paperback, 296 Pages, Published 2010 by Znak ISBN-13: 978-83-240-1302-9, ISBN: 83-240-1302-4 "A look inside the world of forensics examines the use of human cadavers in a wide rangeof endeavors, including research into new surgical procedures, space ..." |
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