| Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (MP3) |  | Author: Mary Roach
Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc.
Category: Book
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Rating:  419 reviews
Sales Rank: 560,184
Format: Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged
Media: MP3 CD
Edition: Unabridged,MP3 - Unabridged CD
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 1400150973
Dewey Decimal Number: 610
EAN: 9781600836626
ASIN: 1400150973
Publication Date: August 10, 2003
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Unabridged Audiobook - 1 MP3 CD - Read by Shelly Frasier This audiobook is on one CD, encoded in MP3 format and will only play on computers and CD players that have the ability to play this unique format.
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 After reading PACKING FOR MARS, I had to check out this author's other books! September 6, 2010
ANGELEYES (USA)
After reading Roach's PACKING FOR MARS, I had to check out other books of hers. I'm so glad I did! She can take a challenging subject and find ways to make you laugh out loud. Her humor is bold, but not disrespectful. She can laugh at the absurdity, yet still appreciate the pain dying brings. She must be a joy to live with! Also recommend, PACKING FOR MARS, THE PASSAGE, RUNNING SCARED, EXPLOSION IN PARIS, and THE GLASS RAINBOW.
 How long can it take to get a book! August 14, 2010
peanut
0 out of 17 found this review helpful
I think the book was good.
However I orderd this book to take on my vacation.
This was two weeks in advance on my departure date.
When I left I still did not have the book.
This book took FOREVER to get to me!
Death need not be the end....Its the start of a amazing, gross, and sometimes strange journey in the mortal world August 7, 2010
Elaine Rising (Eastern Washington, USA)
I love this book.
Can I say it any other way?
Yes, it can be gross and Mrs Roach does not mince the details...but hay, someone's got to tell it as it is! If your squeamish just don't eat before you read.
Personally as a deer hunter, vet for my own personal animals, and the fact I used to volunteer for the "road reclamation committee"(road kill clean up) I have a very strong stomach.
I also tend to be a tomboyish type of girl too sooooooooo.
This book takes you an an amazing journey that you will not experience personally when you die..but what your relatives (or you) could experience in your family.
This book helps you see
The pros and cons of scientific body donation
The history of the cadaver
What your dead decomposing body can tell the CSI folk
What happens when you die "all natural" in the woods
What you will experience in the undertakers office
Different types of burial practices, and new age ideas
and last but not least...(my favorite) how they will analyze your body in a plane (or car) crash.
Who said being dead was no fun?
You will never look at flies the same way again
(nor the maggot ridden dear on the side of the road, you can hear them at work!)
So grab some Petroleum Jelly (smell), wear disposable book covers (slime and ick), and have a shower handy.
For after you read this book you will probably have family gathering on exactly how you want to go.....but have the lawyer present because once you go....they don't have to "listen or do" as you told them to any more..........;)
Morbidly Awesome July 26, 2010
Doghill (Central NY)
I'm reading this book for the second time... sure, it's morbid but the author throws in funny quips that lighten the mood at times- and it IS super-informative about how your body dies, how you decompose, etc. Her adventures visiting cosmetic surgery schools, the Body Farm in Tenessee, etc are really interesting. Great read (just not at the dinner table LOL).
Very interesting July 16, 2010
Indian Prairie Public Library (Darien, IL)
Roach has written a very interesting, while not too ghoulish, book about the uses of human cadavers. She traveled the world to research the book and provides the reader with information from different cultures as well as the sciences.
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