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The funniest book about dead people I've ever read!
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This has to be one of the most interesting, funny, entertaining, and fascinating books that I have read in a while, and it's a non-fiction book to top it all off. In this book, Mary Roach takes us on a journey exploring the "lives" of human cadavers. She describes, in detail, what you may face after death if you (a) choose to donate your body to science (including, but not limited to, taking a human anatomy class, living on the body farm, being a car crash dummy, and even working to discover the
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Reading this book opened up my view about death, most especially from a scientific viewpoint. Through the exploration about the past, present and possible future of cadavers, it makes me better understand accepting about the 'life' after death. Each chapter are full of fascinating details, even though it can be a little disorganized with the inserted facto, but does not put off for the readers who's information-oriented. It took me a bit longer than expected to finish it, but I am already thinki
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Completely funny, and only mildly irreverant. One of the more interesting informative books I've read in a long time.
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Easy read, enjoyed every bit of it. Humurous, educational and entertaining.
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