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Mary Roach
Mary Roach is the author of Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War, Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void, Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife, and Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers. Her writing has appeared in... show more



Mary Roach is the author of Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War, Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void, Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife, and Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers. Her writing has appeared in Outside, Wired, National Geographic, and the New York Times Magazine, among others. She lives in Oakland, California.

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Mary Roach's Books
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers - Mary Roach Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex - Mary Roach Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void - Mary Roach Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal - Mary Roach Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife - Mary Roach My Planet: Finding Humor in the Oddest Places - Mary Roach Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed - Carl Zimmer, Mary Roach Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War - Mary Roach The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011 - Mary Roach, Tim Folger Days Like This: Good Writers on Bad Luck... Days Like This: Good Writers on Bad Luck, Bum Deals, and Other Torments - Samantha Schoech, Mary Roach, Anne Lamott, Brian Doyle, Yiyun Li, James Patterson, Chris Collins, Novella Carpenter, Bonnie Tsui, Caroline Paul, Kathryn Ma, Lavinia Spalding, Chloe Caldwell, Janice Cooke-Newman, Megan Daum, Peter Hoffmeister, Rachel Levin, Scott McClanaha Inside Animal Minds: The New Science of Animal Intelligence - Virgina Morell, Mary Roach, Peter Miller Rarity - D.A. Roach Rarity - D.A. Roach 13 Deja Vu: An Anthology of Horror and D... 13 Deja Vu: An Anthology of Horror and Dark Fiction - Sara Schoen, Taylor Henderson, Erin Lee, Carissa Ann Lynch, Bradon Nave, Luke Swanson, Marissa Farrar, Jackie Sonnenberg, Elizabeth Roderick, Samie Sands, S. Valentine, D.A. Roach, Thomas S. Flowers
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Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War - Mary Roach
13 Deja Vu: An Anthology of Horror and D... 13 Deja Vu: An Anthology of Horror and Dark Fiction - Sara Schoen, Taylor Henderson, Erin Lee, Carissa Ann Lynch, Bradon Nave, Luke Swanson, Marissa Farrar, Jackie Sonnenberg, Elizabeth Roderick, Samie Sands, S. Valentine, D.A. Roach, Thomas S. Flowers
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War - Mary Roach
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers - Mary Roach
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers - Mary Roach, Shelly Frasier, Tantor Audio
Die fabelhafte Welt der Leichen - Mary Roach, Michaela Grabinger
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers - Mary Roach
Gulp - Adventures on the Alimentary Canal - Mary Roach
My Planet: Finding Humor in the Oddest Places - Mary Roach
Mary Roach's readers
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Murder by Death
Murder by Death rated it 7 years ago
text Gulp.
Where to start? This was the book chosen (by popular vote) as The Flat Book Society's first official read. Opinions seem to be firmly split down the middle, and while possibly an inauspicious start to our fledgling club, it definitely generated a lot of discussion. My personal feelings abou...
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Elentarri's Book Blog
Elentarri's Book Blog rated it 7 years ago
text GULP by MARY ROACH
TITLE: Gulp: Adventures of the Alimentary Canal AUTHOR: Mary Roach FORMAT: e-book ISBN-13: 978-0-393-24030-6 ______________________________________________________________________ NOTE: The Flat Book Society Book Club selected Gulp by Mary Roach as the book to read for September and ...
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Tannat
Tannat rated it 7 years ago
text Gulp by Mary Roach
Although not quite entirely devoid of interesting content, it was pretty close. Instead of fact-based discussion about our digestive system with some humour sprinkled along the way, we're treated to 19th century experiments that the author admits did not contribute anything to the advancement of sci...
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BrokenTune
BrokenTune rated it 7 years ago
text Gulp.
DNF @ 34%. I looked at my current reads this morning and just cannot bear the thought of spending more time on a book I evidently don't enjoy when there are so many awesome reads to be gotten into. Gulp was not the book I expected, even tho I had no idea what to expect. Maybe I had my hopes set ...
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JLee22
JLee22 rated it 7 years ago
text Stiff
Listened to the audiobook version. The book itself: do not listen or read it on a full stomach. Do not listen or read it when you are about to eat. Just... do not. There were times when some of the details had me staring in horror at my audio device. A few times I felt my stomach turn. It is like ...
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