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Gulp adventures on the alimentary canal

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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; o...

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Main Author: Roach, Mary
Corporate Author: Tantor Media
Other Authors: Zeller, Emily Woo (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:English
Published: [Old Saybrook, CT] : Tantor Media, p2013.
Edition:Unabridged.
Subjects:
Digestive organs.
Alimentary canal.
Gastrointestinal tract.
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Title from container.
Compact discs.
Duration: 8:30:00.
Physical Description:7 sound discs (8.50 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience:General adult.
ISBN:9781452613420 (retail ed.)
1452613427 (retail ed.)
Author Notes:Mary Roach was born and raised in Etna, New Hampshire. She has a BA degree in psychology from Wesleyan University. She spent a few years as a free-lance copy editor before she landed a job at the San Francisco Zoological Society turning out press releases. She then moved on to write humor pieces for such periodicals as The New York Times Magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle and Sports Illustrated. Her article "How to Win at Germ Warfare" was a National Magazine Award Finalist, in 1995. In 1996, her article on earthquake-proof bamboo houses took the Engineering Journalism Award. She published several books such as Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (2003) and Packing for Mars (2010).

Mary's title Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War, made the New York Times Bestseller list in 2016.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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