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Grunt - The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach
$27.99 AUD
Category: Science | Reading Level: good-very good
grunt n. informal a low-ranking soldier At a converted movie studio amputee actors help prepare army medics for the shock and gore of combat wounds, while at the base for anti-terror operations in East Africa diarrhoea threatens national security. Beyond weapons and strategy, this is about the other sid ...Show more
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach
$24.95 AUD
Category: Health
Eating is the most pleasurable, gross, necessary, unspeakable biological process we humans undertake. But very few of us realise what strange wet miracles of science operate inside us after every meal. In her trademark style, Mary Roach breaks bread with spit connoisseurs and enema exorcists, stomach sl ...Show more
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach
$29.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction
Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh produce, privacy, beer. Space exploration is in some ways an exploration of what it means to be human. How much can a person give up? How much weirdness can they take? What happens to you when you can t wa ...Show more
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science | Reading Level: very good
An oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem. For 2,000 years, cadavers-some willingly, some unwittingly-have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. They've tested France's first guillotines, ridden the NASA Space Shuttle, ...Show more
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