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Stiff, by Mary Roach

Stiff

A book about the many fascinating uses of human cadavers. Packed so full of interesting scientific and historical trivia that even if you only remember half of it, you’ll be the life of dinner parties for years. Not great to read during actual dinners, though – as I learned at my own expense

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Book: 68/52

52/52: An ongoing project to read one book a week and document those books with reviews of 52 words each.
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Posted Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 at 11:37 am and in 52 Books/52 Weeks. You can follow responses through the RSS 2.0 feed.



One Response to “Stiff, by Mary Roach”

  1. Sam Costello - Writer | Editor | Web Consultant | Graphic Novelist says:
    July 9, 2009 at 2:23 am

    [...] – are always fascinating and funny and full of terrific trivia. I liked this book less than Stiff, primarily because there’s a little less inherent in the subject here (there’s just not that [...]

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