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Gulp

Adventures on the Alimentary Canal

Gulp( )
Author: Roach, Mary
ISBN:978-1-85168-993-4
Publication Date:Mar 2013
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:Oneworld
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $24.99
Book Description:

Shortlisted for the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2014

In her fantastically disgusting international bestseller, Mary Roach dives into the strange wet miracles of science that operate inside us after every meal 

Book Details
Pages:352
Detailed Subjects: Medical / Gastroenterology
Science / Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):13.6 x 21.8 x 2.3 cm
Book Weight:0.384 Kilograms
Author Biography
Roach, Mary (Author)
Mary Roach was born and raised in Etna, New Hampshire. She has a BA degree in psychology from Wesleyan University. She spent a few years as a free-lance copy editor before she landed a job at the San Francisco Zoological Society turning out press releases. She then moved on to write humor pieces for such periodicals as The New York Times Magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle and Sports Illustrated. Her article "How to Win at Germ Warfare" was a National Magazine Award Finalist, in 1995. In 1996, her article on earthquake-proof bamboo houses took the Engineering Journalism Award. She published several books such as Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (2003) and Packing for Mars (2010).

Mary's title Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War, made the New York Times Bestseller list in 2016.

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