Journalist and former Salon.com columnist Mary Roach didn't leave readers and critics cold with her first book, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers. In fact, the comical-yet-scientific look at the ""life"" of the dead body throughout history earned her a spot in the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers program.
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
$3.99 - $22.70
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife
$4.19 - $41.31
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
$4.19 - $41.05
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
$4.79 - $21.71
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
$3.99 - $24.09
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
$5.99 - $34.99
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
$4.89 - $53.89
My Planet
$5.59 - $12.29
Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011: The Best American Series
$4.59 - $19.95
Packing for Mars for Kids
$5.19 - $14.66
What to Eat with What You Read: A Guide for Book Clubs and Other Literary Gatherings
Out of Stock
Days Like This: Good Writers on Bad Luck, Bum Deals, and Other Torments
$6.99 - $7.09
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
$9.99