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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
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Feb 06, 2013 rated it it was ok
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I had been wanting to read this for a while and knowing that nonfiction is not usually my thing, I had high hopes for it. It caught my eye and I was very interested in reding it. With that being said, I was bored. Bored mainly due to the language. But the information was interesting but I did struggle through it.
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I read this a few months ago, but never reviewed it as my husband passed away in an accident just a short time later. I would have never picked up the book afterwards, and yet I can say that this was an intriguing book that my husband would have loved. He was very scientific in nature, and this book gives you the science of what happens to our bodies or how they can be used to help others in a humorous yet informative way. I wish the whole book was as humorous as its opening, but it still is uni ...more
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