Mary Roach
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Mary Roach is the author of Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War, Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void, Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife, and Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers. Her writing has appeared in Outside, Wired, National Geographic, and the New York Times Magazine, among others. She lives in Oakland, California.
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    • Replaceable You

    • Adventures in Human Anatomy
    • By: Mary Roach
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    • The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
    • By: Mary Roach
    • Narrated by: Shelly Frasier
    • Length: 8 hrs
    • Release date: 02-26-04
    • Language: English
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    • When Nature Breaks the Law
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    • Release date: 09-14-21
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    • Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
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    • Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
    • Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 04-02-13
    • Language: English
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    • The Curious Science of Humans at War
    • By: Mary Roach
    • Narrated by: Abby Elvidge
    • Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 06-07-16
    • Language: English
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    • Science Tackles the Afterlife
    • By: Mary Roach
    • Narrated by: Bernadette Quigley
    • Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 05-07-08
    • Language: English
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    • The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
    • By: Mary Roach
    • Narrated by: Sandra Burr
    • Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 05-12-08
    • Language: English
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    • The Curious Science of Life in the Void
    • By: Mary Roach
    • Narrated by: Sandra Burr
    • Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 08-02-10
    • Language: English
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    • Finding Humor in the Oddest Places
    • By: Mary Roach
    • Narrated by: Angela Dawe
    • Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 08-12-13
    • Language: English
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