Spook
Science Tackles the Afterlife
Échec de l'ajout au panier.
Échec de l'ajout à la liste d'envies.
Échec de la suppression de la liste d’envies.
Échec du suivi du balado
Ne plus suivre le balado a échoué
Spook
Acheter pour 26,00 $
Aucun mode de paiement valide enregistré.
Nous sommes désolés. Nous ne pouvons vendre ce titre avec ce mode de paiement
-
Narrateur(s):
-
Bernadette Quigley
-
Auteur(s):
-
Mary Roach
À propos de cet audio
In an attempt to find out, Mary Roach brings her tireless curiosity to bear on an array of contemporary and historical soul-searchers: scientists, schemers, engineers, mediums, all trying to prove (or disprove) that life goes on after we die. She begins the journey in rural India with a reincarnation researcher and ends up in a University of Virginia operating room where cardiologists have installed equipment near the ceiling to study out-of-body near-death experiences. Along the way, she enrolls in an English medium school, gets electromagnetically haunted at a university in Ontario, and visits a Duke University professor with a plan to weigh the consciousness of a leech. Her historical wanderings unearth soul-seeking philosophers who rummaged through cadavers and calves' heads, a North Carolina lawsuit that established legal precedence for ghosts, and the last surviving sample of "ectoplasm" in a Cambridge University archive.
©2005 Mary Roach (P)2005 Brilliance AudioVous pourriez aussi aimer...
-
Stiff
- The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
- Auteur(s): Mary Roach
- Narrateur(s): Shelly Frasier
- Durée: 8 h
- Version intégrale
-
Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 114
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 98
-
Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 98
For two thousand years, cadavers have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. They've tested France's first guillotines, ridden the NASA Space Shuttle, 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 gender reassignment surgery, cadavers have been there alongside surgeons, making history in their quiet way.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Interesting, respectful yet funny
- Écrit par ROBN29 le 2018-03-19
Auteur(s): Mary Roach
-
Fuzz
- When Nature Breaks the Law
- Auteur(s): Mary Roach
- Narrateur(s): Mary Roach
- Durée: 9 h et 17 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 39
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 33
-
Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 33
What’s to be done about a jaywalking moose? A bear caught breaking and entering? A murderous tree? Three hundred years ago, animals that broke the law would be assigned legal representation and put on trial. These days, as New York Times best-selling author Mary Roach discovers, the answers are best found not in jurisprudence but in science: the curious science of human-wildlife conflict, a discipline at the crossroads of human behavior and wildlife biology.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
An amazing book !
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2023-06-18
Auteur(s): Mary Roach
-
All That Remains
- A Renowned Forensic Scientist on Death, Mortality, and Solving Crimes
- Auteur(s): Sue Black
- Narrateur(s): Angela Dawe
- Durée: 10 h et 22 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 37
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 33
-
Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 33
Dame Sue Black is an internationally renowned forensic anthropologist and human anatomist. She has lived her life eye to eye with the Grim Reaper, and she writes vividly about it in this book, which is part primer on the basics of identifying human remains, part frank memoir of a woman whose first paying job as a schoolgirl was to apprentice in a butcher shop, and part no-nonsense but deeply humane introduction to the reality of death in our lives. It is a treat for CSI junkies, murder mystery and thriller fans, and anyone seeking a clear-eyed guide to a subject that touches us all.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
narration ruined it for me
- Écrit par robkamm le 2022-06-10
Auteur(s): Sue Black
-
Bonk
- The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
- Auteur(s): Mary Roach
- Narrateur(s): Sandra Burr
- Durée: 9 h et 29 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global4 out of 5 stars 31
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 29
-
Histoire4 out of 5 stars 29
The study of sexual physiology has been a paying career or a diverting sideline for scientists as far-ranging as Leonardo da Vinci and James Watson. The research has taken place behind the closed doors of laboratories, brothels, MRI centers, pig farms, sex-toy R&D labs, and Alfred Kinsey's attic.
Mary Roach, "The funniest science writer in the country", devoted the past two years to stepping behind those doors. In Bonk, Roach shows us how and why sexual arousal and orgasm can be so hard to achieve and what science is doing to slowly make the bedroom a more satisfying place.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Fantastic
- Écrit par sebastian le 2020-01-31
Auteur(s): Mary Roach
-
My Planet
- Finding Humor in the Oddest Places
- Auteur(s): Mary Roach
- Narrateur(s): Angela Dawe
- Durée: 4 h et 41 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 3
-
Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 2
-
Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 2
Follow New York Times best-selling author Mary Roach - but be careful not to trip - as she weaves through personal anecdotes and everyday musings riddled with her uncanny wit and amazingly analytical eye. These essays, which found a well-deserved home within the pages of Reader's Digest as the column "My Planet," detail the inner workings of hypochondriacs, hoarders, and compulsive cheapskates. (Did we mention neurotic interior designers and professional list makers?) For Roach, humor is hidden in the most unlikely places, which means that nothing is off limits.
Auteur(s): Mary Roach
-
Gulp
- Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
- Auteur(s): Mary Roach
- Narrateur(s): Emily Woo Zeller
- Durée: 8 h et 21 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 23
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 20
-
Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 20
Best-selling author Mary Roach returns with a new adventure to the invisible realm we carry around inside. Roach 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?
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Disgusting and Enthralling
- Écrit par Leo le 2022-09-14
Auteur(s): Mary Roach
-
Stiff
- The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
- Auteur(s): Mary Roach
- Narrateur(s): Shelly Frasier
- Durée: 8 h
- Version intégrale
-
Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 114
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 98
-
Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 98
For two thousand years, cadavers have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. They've tested France's first guillotines, ridden the NASA Space Shuttle, 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 gender reassignment surgery, cadavers have been there alongside surgeons, making history in their quiet way.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Interesting, respectful yet funny
- Écrit par ROBN29 le 2018-03-19
Auteur(s): Mary Roach
-
Fuzz
- When Nature Breaks the Law
- Auteur(s): Mary Roach
- Narrateur(s): Mary Roach
- Durée: 9 h et 17 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 39
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 33
-
Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 33
What’s to be done about a jaywalking moose? A bear caught breaking and entering? A murderous tree? Three hundred years ago, animals that broke the law would be assigned legal representation and put on trial. These days, as New York Times best-selling author Mary Roach discovers, the answers are best found not in jurisprudence but in science: the curious science of human-wildlife conflict, a discipline at the crossroads of human behavior and wildlife biology.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
An amazing book !
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2023-06-18
Auteur(s): Mary Roach
-
All That Remains
- A Renowned Forensic Scientist on Death, Mortality, and Solving Crimes
- Auteur(s): Sue Black
- Narrateur(s): Angela Dawe
- Durée: 10 h et 22 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 37
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 33
-
Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 33
Dame Sue Black is an internationally renowned forensic anthropologist and human anatomist. She has lived her life eye to eye with the Grim Reaper, and she writes vividly about it in this book, which is part primer on the basics of identifying human remains, part frank memoir of a woman whose first paying job as a schoolgirl was to apprentice in a butcher shop, and part no-nonsense but deeply humane introduction to the reality of death in our lives. It is a treat for CSI junkies, murder mystery and thriller fans, and anyone seeking a clear-eyed guide to a subject that touches us all.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
narration ruined it for me
- Écrit par robkamm le 2022-06-10
Auteur(s): Sue Black
-
Bonk
- The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
- Auteur(s): Mary Roach
- Narrateur(s): Sandra Burr
- Durée: 9 h et 29 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global4 out of 5 stars 31
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 29
-
Histoire4 out of 5 stars 29
The study of sexual physiology has been a paying career or a diverting sideline for scientists as far-ranging as Leonardo da Vinci and James Watson. The research has taken place behind the closed doors of laboratories, brothels, MRI centers, pig farms, sex-toy R&D labs, and Alfred Kinsey's attic.
Mary Roach, "The funniest science writer in the country", devoted the past two years to stepping behind those doors. In Bonk, Roach shows us how and why sexual arousal and orgasm can be so hard to achieve and what science is doing to slowly make the bedroom a more satisfying place.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Fantastic
- Écrit par sebastian le 2020-01-31
Auteur(s): Mary Roach
-
My Planet
- Finding Humor in the Oddest Places
- Auteur(s): Mary Roach
- Narrateur(s): Angela Dawe
- Durée: 4 h et 41 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 3
-
Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 2
-
Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 2
Follow New York Times best-selling author Mary Roach - but be careful not to trip - as she weaves through personal anecdotes and everyday musings riddled with her uncanny wit and amazingly analytical eye. These essays, which found a well-deserved home within the pages of Reader's Digest as the column "My Planet," detail the inner workings of hypochondriacs, hoarders, and compulsive cheapskates. (Did we mention neurotic interior designers and professional list makers?) For Roach, humor is hidden in the most unlikely places, which means that nothing is off limits.
Auteur(s): Mary Roach
-
Gulp
- Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
- Auteur(s): Mary Roach
- Narrateur(s): Emily Woo Zeller
- Durée: 8 h et 21 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 23
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 20
-
Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 20
Best-selling author Mary Roach returns with a new adventure to the invisible realm we carry around inside. Roach 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?
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Disgusting and Enthralling
- Écrit par Leo le 2022-09-14
Auteur(s): Mary Roach
Ce que les auditeurs disent de Spook
Moyenne des évaluations de clientsÉvaluations – Cliquez sur les onglets pour changer la source des évaluations.
-
Au global4 out of 5 stars
- Pamela Kerr
- 2021-11-12
Poor narration
The narration was poor - it was like she was reading a child's book. I felt like she was mocking people when she did accents.
Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.
Vous avez donné votre avis sur cette évaluation.
Vous avez donné votre avis sur cette évaluation.
-
Au global3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance2 out of 5 stars
-
Histoire4 out of 5 stars
- Michael Bowles
- 2022-07-09
Entertaining content, strange performance
I like Mary Roach's approach to these subjects, which got me through this book.
The narrator has a good voice and reads well, but when quoting people, her impressions are overdone to the point of clownishness. Where she chooses to mimic accents, she even crosses the line into offensiveness.
Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.
Vous avez donné votre avis sur cette évaluation.
Vous avez donné votre avis sur cette évaluation.
-
Au global3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance1 out of 5 stars
-
Histoire4 out of 5 stars
- Fatima
- 2020-08-17
The readers accents were extremely distracting
I found the reader to be extremely obnoxious when she did accents. Especially as some “foreign” accents came off as borderline offensive.
It just took me out of the narration each time because the accents were so BAD and extremely obnoxious! Would have preferred the audio book much more if she didn’t do ridiculous accents.
Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.
Vous avez donné votre avis sur cette évaluation.
Vous avez donné votre avis sur cette évaluation.
1 personne a trouvé cela utile
-
Au global4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance2 out of 5 stars
-
Histoire4 out of 5 stars
- AK
- 2023-12-08
Topic
Narration was overdone which made it less pleasant to listen to … accents were offensive. better read by author
Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.
Vous avez donné votre avis sur cette évaluation.
Vous avez donné votre avis sur cette évaluation.
-
Au global3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance1 out of 5 stars
-
Histoire3 out of 5 stars
- marts
- 2020-07-12
Annoying Narration
I'm a couple of hours in and returning it although I'm curious about the rest. The narrator puts on a mocking accent whenever quoting a doctor in India. It's annoying and offensive enough to have made it unlistenable for me. I'm surprised the publisher and author would not have exercised better judgment in having the material read in such a manner.
Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.
Vous avez donné votre avis sur cette évaluation.
Vous avez donné votre avis sur cette évaluation.
1 personne a trouvé cela utile
-
Au global2 out of 5 stars
-
Performance1 out of 5 stars
-
Histoire2 out of 5 stars
- Simon B
- 2023-02-16
Borderline Untolerable
If it weren't for the fact that I had to finish this for a book club, I would've turned this off within the first ten minutes of narration. Her accents are idiotic and ignorant at best, overtly racist at worst. I believe the narrator is trying to come across as sarcastically funny, however the tone is so arrogant and condescending I am having a hard time separating the tone of the narration from the tone of the book.
Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.
Vous avez donné votre avis sur cette évaluation.
Vous avez donné votre avis sur cette évaluation.
-
Au global2 out of 5 stars
-
Performance1 out of 5 stars
-
Histoire3 out of 5 stars
- Jen Costa
- 2022-11-09
Interesting Content but Unnecessary Accents
I do love Mary Roach's writing but the East Indian accents used by the narrator in this recording are really distracting and extremely unnecessary and offensive. I understand that this book was first released in 2006 so this might be an older recording that was brought to Audible, but ultimately it wasn't acceptable then and certainly isn't acceptable now. A re-record is needed.
I'm trying to get through it b/c the content is interesting but ultimately I'll probably end up skipping chapters to escape some of the narration.
Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.
Vous avez donné votre avis sur cette évaluation.
Vous avez donné votre avis sur cette évaluation.
-
Au global1 out of 5 stars
-
Performance1 out of 5 stars
-
Histoire2 out of 5 stars
- S
- 2021-08-25
Wow awful
The worst performance I’ve ever heard in my life. This narrator should be totally ashamed of herself. The imitations of Indian dialects was so unbearably cringe worthy I couldn’t finish the book. My advice - buy the physical copy.
Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.
Vous avez donné votre avis sur cette évaluation.
Vous avez donné votre avis sur cette évaluation.
-
Au global2 out of 5 stars
-
Performance1 out of 5 stars
-
Histoire3 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 2022-01-13
Narration is not ok. Audible - please re-record
I wish I could have finished this, or should not have bought this as an audio book. The content is interesting but the narrator is over-the-top, deeply snide and worst of all - puts on a fake accent in parts. This is not appropriate. Audible - I would seriously consider having this re-recorded. This narration is giving a terrible impression of the book and the author herself. It doesn't reflect well on Audible to have this included either, to be honest.
Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.
Vous avez donné votre avis sur cette évaluation.
Vous avez donné votre avis sur cette évaluation.
-
Au global1 out of 5 stars
-
Performance1 out of 5 stars
-
Histoire4 out of 5 stars
- Court
- 2023-06-22
Please Re-record
I love this author, I have so many of her books, but I have zero space for more physical books. This topic matter is very interesting to me I was so excited to listen. However, her trying to mimic an Indian accent takes away from all of that. I actually ended up not making it past chapter 3 because the accent was so distracting and terrible. If I was Dr. Rawat I would be horrified by how she, basically, mocked me. I ended up deleting the download and I’ll probably just buy the book because I can’t with that narration. Please re-record this. Thanks.
Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.
Vous avez donné votre avis sur cette évaluation.
Vous avez donné votre avis sur cette évaluation.