The Nonfiction Book Club at the Ipswich Public Library selects nonfiction works to read and discuss in subject areas such as memoir/biography, United States and world history, scientific information, social justice, and a diverse range of other subjects. Titles are selected based on popularity, critical acclaim, awards, relevancy to current events, and suggestions by book club members/library staff.
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadaverous by Mary Roach
“A head is a terrible thing to waste : practicing surgery on the dead — Crimes of anatomy : body-snatching and other sordid tales from the dawn of human dissection — Life after death : on human decay and what can be done about it — Dead man driving : human crash test dummies and the ghastly, necessary science of impact tolerance — Beyond the black box : when the bodies of the passengers must tell the story of the crash –The cadaver that joined the army : the sticky ethics of bullets and bombs — Holy cadaver : the crucifixion experiments — How to know if your dead : beating-heart cadavers, live burial, and the scientific search for the soul — Just a head : decapitation, reanimation, and the human head transplant — Eat me : medicinal cannibalism and the case of the human dumplings — Out of the fire, into the compost bin : and other new ways to end up — Remains of the author : will she or won’t she?.”
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