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005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780393881721
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0393881725
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)1233266662
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency YDX
Language of cataloging eng
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050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number R853.H8
Item number R635 2021
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 611
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Roach, Mary,
Relator term author.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Stiff :
Remainder of title the curious lives of human cadavers /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Mary Roach.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement Norton paperback [edition].
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture New York, NY :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice [2021]
264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice �2021
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 311 pages :
Other physical details illustrations ;
Dimensions 21 cm
336 ## - CONTENT TYPE
Content type term text
Content type code txt
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337 ## - MEDIA TYPE
Media type term unmediated
Media type code n
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338 ## - CARRIER TYPE
Carrier type term volume
Carrier type code nc
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500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note "With a new epilogue" -- Cover.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Originally published �2003.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Includes a reading group guide.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Introduction -- A head is a terrible thing to waste : practicing surgery on the dead -- Crimes of anatomy : body snatching and other sordid tales from the dawn of human dissection -- Life after death : on human decay and what can be done about it -- Dead man driving : human crash test dummies and the ghastly, necessary science of impact tolerance -- Beyond the black box : when the bodies of passengers must tell the story of a crash -- The cadaver who joined the army : the sticky ethics of bullets and bombs -- Holy cadaver : the crucifixion experiments -- How to know if you're dead : beating-heart cadavers, live burial, and the scientific search for the soul -- Just a head : decapitation, reanimation, and the human head transplant -- Eat me : medicinal cannibalism and the case of the human dumplings -- Out of the fire, into the compost bin : and other new ways to end up -- Remains of the author : will she or won't she? -- Epilogue -- Bibliography.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. "For two thousand years, cadavers-- some willingly, some unwittingly-- have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. They've tested France's first guillotines, been crucified in a Parisian laboratory to test the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin, and helped solve the mystery of TWA Flight 800. For every new surgical procedure, from heart transplants to bunion surgery, cadavers have helped make history in their quiet way. 'Delightful--though never disrespectful' (Les Simpson, Time Out New York), Stiff investigates the strange lives of our bodies postmortem and answers the question: What should we do after we die?" -- Back cover.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Human experimentation in medicine.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Human decomposition.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Dead.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Human dissection.
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Dead
Source of heading or term fast
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Human dissection
Source of heading or term fast
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Human experimentation in medicine
Source of heading or term fast
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Source of classification or shelving scheme Dewey Decimal Classification
Koha item type Book - training
948 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC); SERIES PART DESIGNATOR (RLIN)
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Non-fiction Training Library Training Library 12/03/2025   611 Roa 12/03/2025 12/03/2025 Book - training