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Six Feet Over: Adventures in the Afterlife
Mary Roach
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Description for Six Feet Over: Adventures in the Afterlife
Paperback. Helps in seeking answers from a varied crew of contemporary and historical soul-searchers: scientists, schemers, engineers, mediums, all trying to prove (or disprove) that life goes on after we die. Num Pages: 320 pages, ill. BIC Classification: VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
Does the light just go out and that's that - the million-year nap? Or will some part of my personality, my me-ness, persist? What will that feel like? What will I do all day? Is there a place to plug in my laptop? Mary Roach trains her considerable humour and curiosity on the human soul, seeking answers from a varied and fascinating crew of contemporary and historical soul-searchers: scientists, schemers, engineers, mediums, all trying to prove (or disprove) that life goes on after we die. Along the way she encounters electromagnetic hauntings, out-of-body ... Read more
Does the light just go out and that's that - the million-year nap? Or will some part of my personality, my me-ness, persist? What will that feel like? What will I do all day? Is there a place to plug in my laptop? Mary Roach trains her considerable humour and curiosity on the human soul, seeking answers from a varied and fascinating crew of contemporary and historical soul-searchers: scientists, schemers, engineers, mediums, all trying to prove (or disprove) that life goes on after we die. Along the way she encounters electromagnetic hauntings, out-of-body ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847670809
SKU
V9781847670809
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About Mary Roach
Mary Roach is a journalist who has contributed to GQ, Vogue and New York Times Magazine and is contributing editor for the science magazine Discover. All of her books have been huge bestsellers in America. She lives in San Francisco.
Reviews for Six Feet Over: Adventures in the Afterlife
Surprising and highly enjoyable. Mary Roach is a wonderfully dry, funny, trustworthy tour guide.
Jon Ronson
Very funny, and the dottier examples of human resistance to the idea of terminal mortality make fascinating reading.
Salley Vickers
The Times
A perfect balance of objectivity and cynicism
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Jon Ronson
Very funny, and the dottier examples of human resistance to the idea of terminal mortality make fascinating reading.
Salley Vickers
The Times
A perfect balance of objectivity and cynicism
... Read more