Today's book 📖🤓
RamsFan1963 One of my all time favorite non-fiction books. 11h
Today's book 📖🤓
pickI enjoyed this book. If you are interested in Astrobiology, this book explains that there might be life under the oceans of Enceladus!
Worth a reading
pickFrom coast redwoods to olives to baobabs, this book looks at (yup) 12 trees around the world, focusing largely on our human interaction with these species. I found this really interesting with cool facts (the baobab has no hardwood) and engaging writing. There‘s no hard science here, so it‘s accessible to the science-averse.
pickThis is a very clearly written narrative about our earth, our home, and what we need to do to preserve her. It lays out the prehistory and history of the changes our world had already experienced and spells out recurring cycles, but clearly shows that the human influence is accelerating the natural cycles of climate change. Is it already too late? We had better hope not. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
so-soI‘m a huge fan of Roach‘s, but I admit that the subject matter is why it was the last one of hers on my TBR… it‘s my least favorite of hers for sure. The humor that I usually chuckle along with falls flat & disrespectfully here. Plus, the research here feels redundant across her other books— from bird strikes & other animal testing like in Fuzz, cadaver handling in Stiff, fabrics & extreme temperatures in Packing for Mars & smells & poo in Gulp!
pickOn the whole, Stiff has held up well, and remains an excellent read for anyone who‘s curious about the macabre (or simply has the stomach for the more gruesome aspects of medical history). Full review: https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/stiff-mary-roach/
Don‘t know if this is based on the book, BUT have any of y‘all watched this? It is EXCELLENT. If you love octopuses, it‘s a must see! 🐙 ♥️ @TheBookHippie @Soubhiville @DebinHawaii (tagging y‘all since you‘ve posted about that incredible octopus, etc book that I‘ve yet to read!)
This is a hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem. I do not care what happens to me, blow me up, dissect, experiment, learn or plasticized me. A good read.
pickAuthor Mary Roach does a deep dive into the “careers” of human and animal cadavers. Ranging from the obvious medical anatomy cadavers for education to crash testing cars and planes for safety to organ and tissue donation, Roach really went out of her way to find both modern and medieval knowledge on how societies have used the bodies of the dead to help the living. Roach writes with an edge of humor to soften the blow of a couple of topics here.
