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Author: Mary RoachFormat: --
Publisher: Brilliance AudioISBN: 159737881X
ISBN-13: 9781597378819Length: Unabridged
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In STIFF, Mary Roach examined what happens to the body when a person dies. Now she takes the next logical step, and undertakes a humorous, skeptical, but ultimately hopeful search for verifiable scientific evidence of the afterlife and the soul, studying historical accounts and investigating current research into reincarnation and near-death experiences, and weighing or measuring the soul (on a scale, with X-rays, with quantum physics). She also examines a piece of "alleged ectoplasm" (it's actually regurgitated cotton cloth) stored at the Cambridge University Library, enrolls in a seminar for mediums, and goes ghost-hunting.

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Narrated by:Bernadette Quigley
Edition Description:Unabridged

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Height:4.8 in.
Width:5.8 in.
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Weight:5.6 oz.

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Draws on the beliefs and achievements of a range of contemporary and historical scientists, engineers, and mediums to consider the feasibility of life after death, from a reincarnation researcher's experimentation with out-of-body experiences to laboratory investigations into ghosts and the nature of consciousness. By the author of Stiff. Simultaneous.

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"For all Roach's skeptical and often hilarious accounts, she is an eager volunteer and ready to accept evidence if evidence there be....Truly deft handling of the (mostly) daft."
Kirkus  (08/01/2005)

"[A] smart, quirky, hilarious look at whether there is a soul that survives our physical demise. Roach perfectly balances her skepticism and her boundless curiosity with a sincere desire to know....She is an original who can enliven any subject with wit, keen reporting and a sly intelligence." (starred review)
Publishers Weekly  (08/22/2005)

"[D]ependably witty, especially when it ventures far into the ether....[P]opulated by vividly evoked oddballs....SPOOK has great appeal on the basis of Ms. Roach's droll research....Ms. Roach makes herself a wry, enjoyable character throughout the book's escapades....In SPOOK, she makes a clever investigator and a thoroughly entertaining, if skeptical, tour guide."
New York Times - Janet Maslin (10/06/2005)

"Roach is a wonderfully vivid writer....And as a reporter, Roach has a keen eye for the perfect detail, an ear for the zinging quotation and a finely tuned sense of the preposterous."
New York Times Book Review - Kate Zernike (10/09/2005)

"...Roach is...a smart and breezy companion."
 (11/21/2005)


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