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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers Hardcover - 2003
by Mary Roach
In her droll, intimate voice, Roach conducts an oddly compelling, often hilarious forensic exploration of the strange lives of bodies postmortem. 13 illustrations.
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The human head is of the same approximate size and weight as a roaster chicken.
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- Title Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
- Author Mary Roach
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, New York
- Date 2003-04-17
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated
- ISBN 9780393050936 / 0393050939
- Weight 1.08 lbs (0.49 kg)
- Dimensions 8.47 x 5.94 x 1.12 in (21.51 x 15.09 x 2.84 cm)
- Reading level 1230
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Themes
- Topical: Death/Dying
- Library of Congress subjects Dead, Human experimentation in medicine
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002152908
- Dewey Decimal Code 611
Media reviews
Citations
- ALA Best Books Young Adults, 03/15/2004, Page 1280
- Booklist, 03/15/2003, Page 1263
- Booklist Ed Choice Adu Bk YA's, 01/01/2004, Page 778
- BookPage, 05/01/2003, Page 13
- Entertainment Weekly, 04/18/2003, Page 75
- Kirkus Reviews, 02/01/2003, Page 216
- Library Journal, 03/01/2003, Page 113
- Library Journal Prepub Alert, 12/01/2002, Page 96
- People Weekly, 06/02/2003, Page 44
- Publishers Weekly, 02/24/2003, Page 60
- School Library Journal, 07/01/2003, Page 153
- SLJ's Best Books, 12/01/2003, Page 51
- Voice of Youth Advocates, 02/01/2004, Page 514
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