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Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
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Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal Hardback - 2013

by Mary Roach

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The irresistible, ever-curious, and always bestselling Roach returns with a new adventure to the invisible realm that people carry around inside.

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"America's funniest science writer" (Washington Post) takes us down the hatch on an unforgettable tour. The alimentary canal is classic Mary Roach terrain: the questions explored in Gulp are as taboo, in their way, as the cadavers in Stiff and every bit as surreal as the universe of zero gravity explored in Packing for Mars. Why is crunchy food so appealing? Why is it so hard to find words for flavors and smells? Why doesn't the stomach digest itself? How much can you eat before your stomach bursts? Can constipation kill you? Did it kill Elvis? In Gulp we meet scientists who tackle the questions no one else thinks of--or has the courage to ask. We go on location to a pet-food taste-test lab, a fecal transplant, and into a live stomach to observe the fate of a meal. With Roach at our side, we travel the world, meeting murderers and mad scientists, Eskimos and exorcists (who have occasionally administered holy water rectally), rabbis and terrorists--who, it turns out, for practical reasons do not conceal bombs in their digestive tracts.

Like all of Roach's books, Gulp is as much about human beings as it is about human bodies.

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  • Title Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
  • Author Mary Roach
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, New York, NY
  • Publication date 2013-04-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780393081572 / 0393081575
  • Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 5.7 x 1.3 in (21.34 x 14.48 x 3.30 cm)
  • Reading level 1100
  • Category Science
  • Library of Congress subjects Digestive organs, Gastrointestinal system
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2012050391
  • Dewey Decimal Code 612.3

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Citations

  • Booklist, 03/01/2013, Page 10
  • Booklist Editors Choice/Adult, 01/01/2014, Page 9
  • Entertainment Weekly, 03/22/2013, Page 67
  • Kirkus Reviews, 01/15/2013, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 11/15/2012, Page 58
  • New York Times Book Review, 04/28/2013, Page 19
  • New Yorker (The), 05/06/2013, Page 75
  • People Weekly, 04/15/2013, Page 56
  • Publishers Weekly, 01/21/2013, Page 55
  • Publishers Weekly Best Books, 11/04/2013, Page 32
  • Shelf Awareness, 04/09/2013, Page 0

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