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Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife Hardback - 2005
by Mary Roach
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In an attempt to find out what happens when people die, the author of "Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers" brings her tireless curiosity to bear on an array of contemporary and historical soul-searchers: scientists, schemers, engineers, mediums, all trying to prove (or disprove) that there is an afterlife.
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I DON'T RECALL my mood the morning I was born, but I imagine I felt a bit out of sorts.
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- Title Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife
- Author Mary Roach
- Binding Hardback
- Edition 1st/1st
- Pages 312
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, New York
- Publication date 2005-09-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780393059625 / 0393059626
- Weight 1.04 lbs (0.47 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 6.34 x 1.1 in (22.61 x 16.10 x 2.79 cm)
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Themes
- Topical: New Age
- Category New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit
- Library of Congress subjects Future life, Religion and science
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2005014450
- Dewey Decimal Code 129
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- Booklist, 09/01/2005, Page 23
- Booksense '76 October 2005, 10/01/2005, Page 1
- Discover, 03/01/2006, Page 70
- Entertainment Weekly, 10/21/2005, Page 79
- Ingram Advance, 10/01/2005, Page 43
- Kirkus Reviews, 08/01/2005, Page 835
- Library Journal, 09/01/2005, Page 174
- Library Journal Prepub Alert, 06/01/2005, Page 102
- New York Times, 10/09/2005, Page 9
- Newsweek, 10/10/2005, Page 63
- People Weekly, 10/31/2005, Page 56
- Publishers Weekly, 08/22/2005, Page 54
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