Mary Roach
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Etna, New Hampshire, The United States
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Mary Roach is the author of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers and Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife. Her writing has appeared in such publications as Salon, GQ, Vogue, and the New York Times Magazine. She lives in Oakland, California.
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach avg rating 4.05 — 11,399 ratings — published 2003 14 editions |
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Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach avg rating 3.75 — 3,272 ratings — published 2008 13 editions |
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Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach avg rating 3.38 — 2,967 ratings — published 2005 13 editions |
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The Ultimate Guide to Fellatio: How to Go Down on a Man and Give Him Mind-Blowing Pleasure by Violet Blue, Mary Roach avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2010 |
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セックスと科学のイケない関係 by メアリー ローチ, Mary Roach , 池田 真紀子 avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2008 |
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霊魂だけが知っている by メアリー ローチ, Mary Roach , 殿村 直子 avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2006 |
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Crossed Genres Issue 11: Horror by Richard S Levine, M. Palmer, Barbara Ann Wright, K. Eason, Lawrence Conquest, Cynthia Jerkins, Mary Roach, Bart R Leib more... avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2009 |
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"The way I see it, being dead is not terribly far off from being on a cruise ship. Most of your time is spent lying on your back. The brain has shut down. The flesh begins to soften. Nothing much new happens, and nothing is expected of you. "
— Mary Roach (Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers)
— Mary Roach (Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers)
"The human head is of the same approximate size and weight as a roaster chicken. I have never before had occasion to make the comparison, for never before today have I seen a head in a roasting pan."
— Mary Roach (Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers)
— Mary Roach (Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers)
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"The paper does not provide the exact number of penises eaten by ducks, but the author says there have been enough over the years to prompt the coining of a popular saying: 'I better get home or the ducks will have something to eat.'"
— Mary Roach (Bonk)
— Mary Roach (Bonk)
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