Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Author: Mary Roach

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2004-04-27

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0393324826

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A look inside the world of forensics examines the use of human cadavers in a wide range of endeavors, including research into new surgical procedures, space exploration, and a Tennessee human decay research facility.


Stiff Them!

Stiff Them!

Author: Gary S. Goodman

Publisher: Gildan Media LLC aka G&D Media

Published: 2018-10-09

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 1722521694

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Stiff Them! is a practical guide to paying ZERO dollars on your student loans, credit cards, medical debts and other financial obligations. Read it before you make another minimum payment or communicate with any debt collectors. It is your cure for “wrongful spending” and for “wrongful lending!” *** Are you, or someone you love, burdened by debts that seem impossible to pay off? Do you struggle to make minimum payments on credit cards? Did you borrow a small fortune to pay for college? Is your FICO score underwater, making credit too expensive or impossible to get? Is the IRS hounding you for back taxes that are now bloated with interest and penalties? Are you paying off mountains of medical debt because your insurance was inadequate or nonexistent? Does it seem you’ll never get a mortgage? Are you tired of forking over all of your income for purchases that have lost their sheen and for services that were overpriced to begin with? Are bill collectors badgering you, day after day? Then this book is for you. Stiff Them! helps you to negotiate your way out of debt, irrespective of its source. You’ll learn the truth about bankruptcy, and why for many it should be used first, and not last; how it may be the fastest way out of debt and the smoothest way to get new credit. You’ll learn how handling your own tax resolution and debt resolution can save you big money. When you seek professional help, you’ll learn to do it smartly.


Working Stiff

Working Stiff

Author: Judy Melinek

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2014-08-12

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1476727279

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“Fun…and full of smart science. Fans of CSI—the real kind—will want to read it” (The Washington Post): A young forensic pathologist’s “rookie season” as a NYC medical examiner, and the hair-raising cases that shaped her as a physician and human being. Just two months before the September 11 terrorist attacks, Dr. Judy Melinek began her training as a New York City forensic pathologist. While her husband and their toddler held down the home front, Judy threw herself into the fascinating world of death investigation—performing autopsies, investigating death scenes, counseling grieving relatives. Working Stiff chronicles Judy’s two years of training, taking readers behind the police tape of some of the most harrowing deaths in the Big Apple, including a firsthand account of the events of September 11, the subsequent anthrax bio-terrorism attack, and the disastrous crash of American Airlines Flight 587. An unvarnished portrait of the daily life of medical examiners—complete with grisly anecdotes, chilling crime scenes, and a welcome dose of gallows humor—Working Stiff offers a glimpse into the daily life of one of America’s most arduous professions, and the unexpected challenges of shuttling between the domains of the living and the dead. The body never lies—and through the murders, accidents, and suicides that land on her table, Dr. Melinek lays bare the truth behind the glamorized depictions of autopsy work on television to reveal the secret story of the real morgue. “Haunting and illuminating...the stories from her average workdays…transfix the reader with their demonstration that medical science can diagnose and console long after the heartbeat stops” (The New York Times).


Frozen Stiff

Frozen Stiff

Author: Sherry Shahan

Publisher: Yearling

Published: 2011-08-31

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 0307794075

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What begins as a two-night camping and kayaking trek in the untamed Alaskan wilderness turns into a test of survival for Cody and her cousin Derek. While their mothers are in Juneau picking up supplies for Yakutat Lodge, the cousins sneak off in an old pickup. The taste of freedom is soon tainted when Cody's kayak is lost on the rising tide, washing away her life vest and precious supplies.


Stiff

Stiff

Author: Stephanie Nicole Norris

Publisher:

Published: 2021-03-29

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13:

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Three friends experiencing life's uncertain changes decide they need relaxation beyond the usual girls' night out. A friend tells them about, The Den, an upscale male strip club. They find out the club is a shell of what really lies beneath--and soon, the ladies are venturing into their mind and body's wildest desires.This is Asia McClendon's story.


Be Stiff

Be Stiff

Author: Richard Balls

Publisher: Soundcheck Books

Published: 2014-10-30

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 0957570066

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More Than Just A Record Label! Told here for the first time, the complete story of the legendary Stiff Records


Board Stiff

Board Stiff

Author: Annelise Ryan

Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.

Published: 2013-03-19

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 1617730319

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A rest home makes a coroner-turned-sleuth restless in this hard-boiled mystery by the USA Today–bestselling author of Dead Ringer. Sorenson, Wisconsin’s deputy coroner Mattie Winston is back on the job . . .in a nursing home examining the body of Bernie Chase—the now former president of the Twilight Home’s board of directors—who is covered in a powder used to turn liquids to solids. The home's residents are certain Bernie was offing the patients who cost him too much . . .and the patient that found him can’t remember a thing. Between her ongoing tug of war with Detective Hurley, fulfilling her new job requirement of seeing a shrink, and wrangling with the Twilight Home’s board of directors, Mattie’s got her scrubbed hands full. She’ll need all of her outside-the-box forensic skills to crack a case that’s turning out to be stranger—and more dangerous—than anything she’s seen before! Praise for Annelise Ryan and her Mattie Winston series “The funniest deputy coroner to cut up a corpse since, well, ever.”—Laura Levine “A puzzler of a mystery. What a thrill ride!”—Jenn McKinlay “Has it all: suspense, laughter, a spicy dash of romance.”—Tess Gerritsen “Another winning mystery!”—Leann Sweeney


Lucky Stiff

Lucky Stiff

Author: Annelise Ryan

Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.

Published: 2012-03-01

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 0758286023

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In this hard-boiled mystery by the USA Today–bestselling author of Dead Even, a coroner investigates a suspicious house fire. It’s Christmas Day in the sleepy town of Sorenson, Wisconsin, but instead of unwrapping presents, deputy coroner Mattie Winston is at the burnt remains of a house, where a charred body has been found. The victim is none other than Jack Allen—a paraplegic who recently won a huge casino jackpot. Upon closer inspection, Mattie and detective Steve Hurley are convinced Jack was murdered to steal his winnings, giving the phrase Black Jack a whole new meaning . . . But as Mattie investigates, even her cutting-edge forensic skills keep coming up short in a case with as many suspects as twists. After her odds-on-favorite turns up dead, Mattie and Hurley must race to find a killer before another victim cashes in his chips. “A puzzler of a mystery. What a thrill ride!”—New York Times–bestselling author Jenn McKinlay Praise for Annelise Ryan and her Mattie Winston series “Has it all: suspense, laughter, a spicy dash of romance.”—New York Times–bestselling author Tess Gerritsen “[Ryan] smoothly blends humor, distinctive characters, and authentic forensic detail.”—Publishers Weekly “The forensic details will interest Patricia Cornwell readers . . .while the often slapstick humor and the blossoming romance between Mattie and Hurley will draw Evanovich fans.”—Booklist


Working Stiff

Working Stiff

Author: Annelise Ryan

Publisher: Kensington Books

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 0758234538

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Ryan's new cozy mystery series introduces wisecracking nurse-turned-coroner Mattie Winston and the eccentric inhabitants of her small Wisconsin town.


Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves

Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves

Author: Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 0743204107

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Fate conspires to draw Bertie Wooster back to Totleigh Towers and the clutches of Madeline Bassett.