Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Mary Roach with Shelly Frasier (Narrator)

8 hours, 4 minutes first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history science dark funny informative medium-paced
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For 2,000 years, cadavers---some willingly, some unwittingly---have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. In this fascinating, ennobling account, Mary Roach visits the good deeds of cadavers over the centuries and, ...

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informative: 95%

funny: 65%

dark: 42%

reflective: 30%

lighthearted: 15%

challenging: 12%

adventurous: 7%

emotional: 6%

inspiring: 6%

hopeful: 4%

sad: 2%

mysterious: 1%

relaxing: 1%

tense: 1%


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