Looking for interesting medicalrelated books like those by mary roach. The curious science of life in the void by mary roach grunt. Mary roach has a way of turning scientific facts and wonky research into funny, surprising romps. If you like mary roach you might like similar authors sam kean, bill hayes, a. Adventures on the alimentary canal with books like stiff and spook, roach has built a reputation for making unpalatable subjects entertaining. What mary chooses to write about is unique and frequently engrossing. Not as engaging as roach, but the subject human mutations is fascinating. Click on a title, author name or category to see similar books. The curious lives of human cadavers from the worlds largest community of readers. Mary roach is the author of the new york times bestsellers stiff. Feature articles include information about why readers like an author.
Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. Its about sisterhood and toppling power structures and about voice and fury and. It means that the author of stiff and spook has plastered another snappy, oneword title onto another of her. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read gulp. The closer two writers are, the more likely someone will like both of them.
So we are excitedly awaiting the release of her new book, gulp, in which she explores the eccentricities of the digestive system. You might enjoy jeff lindseys dexter series darkly dreaming dexter is the first or kathy reichs temperance brennan series deja dead is the first. If youve never read her books, roach writes humorous, quirky, and. October 4, 2016 book list, history, humor, nonfiction, readalikes, science, wpl book blog. Seven for a secret is a revenge story masquerading as a murder mystery. The curious science of humans at war on apple books. Bonk is about sex and spook is about the spiritual aspects of death. Mary roach, whose books mix facts and fun, speaks in. Check out more on mary roach wiki, bio, age, books, author, husband, net worth, and children. She is the author of inspired jewish leadership, a national jewish book award finalist, and a. Top 9 books by mary roach best book recommendations, best. She is a microbiologist and works in a hospital lab, and i know shes enjoyed books by mary roach, stiff in particular. Her books are fascinating examinations of subjects that range from the science of human cadavers, supernatural connections to the afterlife, or even people and war as a.
Journalist and former columnist mary roach didnt leave readers and critics cold with her first book, stiff. Looking for interesting medicalrelated books like those. Theres a quality ive long appreciated in mary roachs writing. If you would like more information about what the book that landed me my agent is about, check out the tweets below. I read the last dance and it really enlightened me. Discount prices on books by mary roach, including titles like life at high tide. Journalist and former columnist mary roach didnt leave readers and critics cold with her first book. Apr 02, 2010 does anyone know of some books similar to stiff by mary roach.
Certainly any of roachs other booksgulp is her newest, but spook is my personal favorite. This married woman lives a happy life with her husband and children in the united states of america. Erica brown is a writer and educator who works as the scholarinresidence for the jewish federation of greater washington. Author mary roach talks to tyler cowen about fear, acclimating to grossness, chatting with the dead, freezing ones head, why bedpans can kill. Bibliography popular works space flight psychological aspects manned space flight astronauts training of space biology. Mary roach born march 20, 1959, is an american author, specializing in popular science and humor. The curious lives of human cadavers by mary roach packing for mars. Acclaimed journalist mary roachs bestselling book stiff offers an inside look through the through the weird world of human cadavers.
Here, the author of stiff and gulp turns her evercurious eye to the seemingly endlessand somewhat absurdistresearch operations housed within the u. Mary roach is the kind of journalist who gets excited about the details of embalming, court cases involving ghosts and the mechanics of how exactly one uses the bathroom in space. Adventures on the alimentary canal, packing for mars. She writes about exactly the things that fascinate them. Science tackles the afterlife 2005 published in some markets as six feet over.
Chances are, if you loved the martian it was probably due to the realistic and exciting concept of living in space and on new planets. Im a nurse with many medical and death related books. It is astounding to me, and achingly sad, that with eighty thousand people on the waiting list for donated hearts and livers and kidneys, with sixteen a day dying there. The curious lives of human cadavers, author mary roach researched what happens to human bodies that are serving science. Mary roach books list of books by author mary roach. Id also suggest david sedaris, bernard cooper and david rakoff if youd like to branch out into humor memoir. The curious coupling of science and sex 2008, packing for mars. The curious science of humans at war, packing for mars. Like all of roachs books, gulp is as much about human beings as it is about human bodies. Throughout the holiday season, were gathering books that make the perfect gifts for everyone on your listfrom your mother and the teen in your life to your foodie friend and the coworker who loves harry potter. Books iil nonfiction books like stiff by mary roach and. Her passion is writing thrillers about furious, powerful girls, climbing mountains shes never climbed before, and hipthrowing men in her dojang. Mary roach books list of books by author mary roach thriftbooks.
Jun 27, 2016 theres a quality ive long appreciated in mary roachs writing. We all have that friend who just loooves mary roach. Mary roach, author of packing for mars, stiff, spook and bonk. In fact, the comicalyetscientific look at the life of the dead body throughout history earned her a spot in the. The curious lives of human cadavers by mary roach online at alibris. Adventures on the alimentary canal ebook written by mary roach. Mary roach wiki, bio, age, books, author, husband, net. Roach is a young adult author, teacher, and martial arts instructor. When i finished the current book id been reading at the end of december and realized that my next one would probably carry me through to be my first finished book of the new year, i thought a while and then picked one i was pretty sure would get me. Ive never found a more delightful personality in nonfiction. I love how wellresearched and widereaching she is in her books. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read stiff. See all books authored by mary roach, including stiff.
Theres also armand marie lerois mutants for sciencereading. I love learning about space and it was great to read about how much effort and thought is involved with putting live beings mostly people in space for a long period of. Certainly any of roach s other books gulp is her newest, but spook is my personal favorite. Her books which include the science of sex in bonk, the science of human decomposition in stiff, and the. Nov 19, 20 throughout the holiday season, were gathering books that make the perfect gifts for everyone on your listfrom your mother and the teen in your life to your foodie friend and the coworker who loves harry potter.
The curious coupling of science and sex, and packing for mars. Looking for interesting medicalrelated books like those by. Her writing has appeared in outside, wired, national geographic, and the new york times magazine, among others. The curious lives of human cadavers by mary roach 2. If you liked packing for mars by mary roach, here are some books like this. This book covers the science and anthropology of how we eat with fun historical tidbitslike the tale of how, before egg timers, people used to. We learned about the people and experiments trying to come up with apocalypseproof fabrics, a cure for. I read through the list and found a lot of interesting books, one of which was stiff, so i bought about 5 of the 26 and started to read them. Her first book, stiff, was an offshoot of a column she wrote for. Its about sisterhood and toppling power structures and about voice and fury and memory and loss.
If you are interested please subscribers and comment, like. This is my favorite of the mary roach books that ive read. This globespanning story is deeply informative, surprisingly funny, and occasionally disgusting. Dec 10, 2015 chances are, if you loved the martian it was probably due to the realistic and exciting concept of living in space and on new planets. Mary roach, whose books mix facts and fun, speaks in eugene. She resides in new hampshire and has appeared on television many times.
The curious lives of human cadavers ebook written by mary roach. Bed number ten sue baier smoke gets in your eyes caitlin doughty gulp mary roach a thousand naked strangers kevin hazzard ghost boy martin pistorius mop men alan emmins death becomes them alix strauss the dead janitors club jeff klima. Readers of mary roachs first two books know what bonk means. With the smallest shift in marketing, mary roach could singlehandedly triple the rate of pleasure reading among teenage boys. Share mary roach quotations about books, heart and writing. Mary roach tackles questions on what makes living in the void. Sep 21, 2018 check out more on mary roach wiki, bio, age, books, author, husband, net worth, and children.
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