Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers


Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
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Stiff by Mary Roach

4 years, 5 months ago at Nov 27 2:18
And you thought death was boring!

What do you want to do with your death? Who knew we would still have such a wide variety of career choices? In Stiff, Mary Roach educates us on all the possibilities.

Interested in having plastic surgery? It costs the cadaver nothing!

Ever wanted to be a car crash test dummy? It’s not too late!

Join la... read more
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Description: "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 involve ... (more)
Manufacturer : W. W. Norton & Company
Release date : 1 May 2004
ISBN-10 : 0393324826 | ISBN-13: 9780393324822
Corpse (2), Death (2), Medical (2), Non-fiction (2), Burial (1), Cadavers (1), Vivisection (1), TSP (1), Swap Shelf (1), PC (1), Biology (1), Anatomy (1), Cremains (1), Absolutely Vital (1), Cremation (1), Nonfiction (1), Mary Roach (1), Necropsy (1), Cadaver (1), Autopsy (1)
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Stiff by Mary Roach

“And you thought death was boring!

What do you want to do with your death? Who knew we would still have such a wide variety of career choices? In Stiff, Mary Roach educates us on all the possibilities.

Interested in having plastic surgery? It costs the cadaver nothing!

Ever wanted to be a car crash test dummy? It’s not too late!

Join law enforcement and commune with nature working on the infamous body farm.

Speaking of nature, how about giving back to the environment as compost? You can do it! No previous experience required!

All these and many more options await you in Stiff.

Written in a conversational tone for the layperson, Roach asks all the questions you would want to ask but would feel stupid doing so. She asks” read more

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