FACE IT. WE CAN GO ANYTIME. BUT IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS! Death becomes you, and it's just another fact of life explored in Cause of Death, a revealing abundance of startling data, false perceptions, bizarre fallacies, and some totally unexpected statistics about how, why, when, and where we all bite the dust, check out, buy the farm, kick the bucket, and all those other euphemisms for perishing after falling out of bed (roughly 1,800 fitful sleepers...
I liked this book, but I am having trouble reading it through. It's not in a story form so it's just a ton of random facts and hard to just sit there and read it. It was very interesting though and it might sound silly, but I like the way the book looks and the way it's illustrated. Has alot of good conversation starters... of course they would all be pretty morbid since they are all about ways you die. If you haven't seen...
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Call me morbid if you like [I loved Mary Roach's book 'Stiff' as well] but it's not only me. I have this book sitting on my coffee table and not one person who has picked it up has been able to put it down. It's hard to say what it is, really, but I would suggest anyone who has an interest in science, forensics, medicine, nursing, or living in general should order it and just flip through it. There is something on literally...
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This book is facinating enough, in deriving it's facts from the top sources that track data on death world wide, like the World Health Organization, (WHO) or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (CDC). Other US National organizations are referenced as well, for accuracy - and the years in discussion are 2001 and 2002, unless otherwise stated. That being said, there are many topics being dissected in detail about...
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This fascinating and indispensable volume is an absorbing look at how we die, why we die, and the odd ways we can - and do - die. While it sounds an appropriately morbid tome, Cause of Death is actually a very accessible and pragmatic look at a subject most of us like to avoid whenever we can. Impressively and exhaustively researched, Cause of Death is utterly engrossing and almost impossible to put down. I defy you not to...
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