Stiff: The Curious Lives Of Human Cadavers

from TheAmpersand

Mary Roach's "Stiff" is ostensibly a study of the various ways that human cadavers are used in scientific research, but Roach's book also serves another purpose: it consistently reminds the reader that the body they inhabit will one day be a corpse. We all know this already, of course, but, as Ro...

from Katie_H

Whether you are wanting to donate your organs, become an anatomy class cadaver, be a crash test dummy, get a post-mortem face lift, or let your body rot away in a coffin when you die, be sure to read this book first! Yes, it's 100% morbid, but it's hilarious at the same time, and extremely inform...

from Lauren2013

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers4 StarsAn oddly fascinating and highly amusing yet also somewhat disturbing and often sickening account of the various uses of human cadavers. As a reader of mysteries and thrillers that often involve forensic details, I am no stranger to gritty descripti...

from msjoanna

Mary Roach is an irreverent and funny writer. This book is light on the science and heavy on the penis inquiries, but it worked for me. Roach is absolutely correct that the subject of what happens to cadavers is one that's a little gross, a little weird, and a little difficult to think and talk a...

from nancynova

a good amount of macabre dry humor, which kept this book light. The author investigates all sorts of things that no one else ask. Now I know how the cadaver dogs are trained and how they find the deceased in a disaster. I also learned more information on the difference between cremation and other...