Pub Date: August 31, 2021
Dewey: 611
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.93" H x 8.31" L x 5.56" W ( 0.56 lbs) 320 pages
BISAC Categories:
Science | History | Medical | Forensic Medicine | Anatomy | Nature | General | Life Sciences | Human Anatomy and Physiology | Social Science | Death and Dying
Description: Beloved, best-selling science writer Mary Roach's "acutely entertaining, morbidly fascinating" (Susan Adams, Forbes) classic, now with a new epilogue.
Brief description: Mary Roach is the author of eight best-selling works of nonfiction, including Grunt, Stiff, and, most recently, Fuzz. Her writing has appeared in National Geographic and the New York Times Magazine, among other publications. She lives in California.
Review Quotes: This quirky, funny read offers perspective and insight about life, death and the medical profession.... You can close this book with an appreciation of the miracle that the human body really is.--Tara Parker-Pope "Wall Street Journal"