Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

By
Mary Roach
Mary Roach
2003 • 303 pages

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81 books

Science

Patuleia
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Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax"
A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really thought This Through?
Einstein: His Life and Universe
Before The Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe and What Lies Beyond
Rise of the Machines: A Cybernetic History
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

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37 books

Libby

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Win at All Costs: Inside Nike Running and Its Culture of Deception
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Neuromancer
A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really thought This Through?
That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea
Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story
Of Mice and Men

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166 books

2024

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Win at All Costs: Inside Nike Running and Its Culture of Deception
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Neuromancer
A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really thought This Through?
That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea
Of Mice and Men
Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story

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13 books

Year 2004

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The War on the Bill of Rights—and the Gathering Resistance
Legends II
Monstrous Regiment
The Wee Free Men
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

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6 books

Journalistic Nonfiction

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Katina
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Like a Mother
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time
Inequality in the Promised Land: Race, Resources, and Suburban Schooling
Sticky: The Secret Science of Surfaces

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94 books

Non Fiction

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Physics of the Impossible
The First War of Physics
The quantum story : a history in 40 moments
Connectome: How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We Are
Quantum Physics for Poets
Unknown Quantity

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38 books

History Of Science

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The Price of Altruism
Battle Of Wits: The Complete Story of Codebreaking in World War II
The Secret Lives of Codebreakers: The Men and Women Who Cracked the Enigma Code at Bletchley Park
The Dancing Plague
Uncertainty
Quantum Physics for Poets
The First War of Physics

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36 books

Humor

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Whiter Shades of Pale: The Stuff White People Like, Coast to Coast, from Seattle's Sweaters to Maine's Microbrews
Pawnee
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide: Five Complete Novels and One Story
Stuff White People Like
Bossypants
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
The Bedwetter

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25 books

Favorites

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The Devil's Alternative
Sisterhood of Spies: The Women of the OSS
Manchurian Candidate
Girl in Landscape
A Wrinkle in Time
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
House of Leaves

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11 books

Pop Science

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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus
Salt: A World History
Why beautiful people have more daughters

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172 books

Audiobooks Scribed

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Uprooted
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Shakespeare's Landlord
The Well of Lost Plots
A Darker Shade of Magic
Bone Crossed
The Wishing Spell

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64 books

One Pov

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Obsidian
Insurgent
Divergent
Ready Player One
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Daimon

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153 books

Read In 2018

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A Gathering of Shadows
Year One
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Historical

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Sang Golem dan Sang Jin
The sixty-minute Shakespeare--Twelfth night
A Curious Beginning
The Salt Roads
The Counterfeit Heiress
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Portal Through Time
From Time to Time

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Nonfiction

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Visits from the Afterlife: The Truth About Hauntings, Spirits, and Reunions with Lost Loved Ones
Growing Up Psychic: My Story of Not Just Surviving but Thriving--and How Others Like Me Can, Too
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
Signs From The Afterlife: Identifying Gifts From The Other Side
Life Is Not a Stage: From Broadway Baby to a Lovely Lady and Beyond
24-Hour Crochet Projects

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9 books

Medical

Joyce
Joyce
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Postmortem
Silver Borne
All That Remains
Aromatherapy: Harness the Power of Essential Oils to Relax, Restore, and Revitalize
Carved in Bone
Artificial Condition

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35 books

Popular Science

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A Short History of Nearly Everything
Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
E=mc²: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation
The God Delusion
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

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70 books

Favorites

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To Kill a Mockingbird
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
A Dirty Job
The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings
Garden Spells

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Non Fiction

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When God Was a Woman
The Red Queen
Diplomacy
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams

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206 books

Science

Traveller
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The Red Queen
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
A Crack in the Edge of the World
Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior
The Grand Design

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20 books

Halloween

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Strange Angel : The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons
Sex and Rockets
Voodoo Queen
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

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121 books

Non Fiction

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Bitters: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All, with Cocktails, Recipes, and Formulas
The Boozy Baker
My Drunk Kitchen
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Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang
My Horizontal Life

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13 books

Science

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Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon
Hidden Figures
How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming
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The Pluto Files
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

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450 books

Non Fiction

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The Princess Bride
The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
Marie Antoinette: The Journey
The City of Falling Angels
Two Histories of England (Child's History of England / History of England)
Becoming Jane Austen

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18 books

Faves

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Bless Me, Ultima
Alan Paton's Cry, the beloved country
The Constant Gardener
The Poisonwood Bible
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
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