My Planet, Mary Roach
My Planet, Mary Roach
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My Planet
Finding Humor in the Oddest Places

Author: Mary Roach

Narrator: Angela Dawe

Unabridged: 4 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/01/2013

Categories: Nonfiction, Humor

Synopsis

From acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author Mary Roach comes the complete collection of her “My Planet” articles published in Reader’s Digest. She was a hit columnist in the magazine, and this audiobook features the articles she wrote in that time. Insightful and hilarious, Mary explores the ins and outs of the modern world: marriage, friends, family, food, technology, customer service, dental floss, and ants—she leaves no element of the American experience unchecked for its inherent paradoxes, pleasures, and foibles.

About Mary Roach

Mary Roach is the bestselling author celebrated for transforming the strangest corners of science into irresistible reading adventures. With a mix of fearless curiosity and laugh-out-loud humor, she takes readers behind the scenes of subjects most of us wouldn't dare to ask about-from the fate of cadavers in Stiff to the science of sex in Bonk, the logistics of space travel in Packing for Mars, and the eccentricities of the human body in Gulp.

A master at turning rigorous research into page-turning stories, Roach has built a devoted following by making science both accessible and delightfully weird. Her books, which include multiple New York Times bestsellers, combine meticulous reporting with her trademark wit, proving that no topic is too taboo or too obscure to explore.

Whether she's investigating the digestive tract, military field research, or the quirks of life beyond Earth, Mary Roach entertains as much as she informs-reminding us that science is not only fascinating but also endlessly fun.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nancy on April 12, 2013

I had mixed feelings while reading these essays by Mary Roach. First, I was incredibly amused. She is hilarious and honest yet clean. CLEAN. Did I mention hilarious? That's where the mixed feelings come in. Mary is funnier than I am. So I have to hate her just a little bit. Still, her writing is so h......more

Goodreads review by Jim on May 07, 2013

I first read Roach's columns in Reader's Digest (RD) & loved them, so when a friend told me she had written a book about bodies after death, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, I was immediately interested, read it, loved it & have loved every book since. As they originally appeared, each col......more

Goodreads review by Kkraemer on July 22, 2013

Mary Roach has taught me about germs, sex, and death, so when I saw that she had written a compendium about the planet, I felt that nirvana was at hand. However. This is a collection of 500 word essays written for Reader's Digest. They fit perfectly: all about Life in these United States, all perky, a......more

Goodreads review by Tania on July 12, 2015

From acclaimed, New York Times best-selling author Mary Roach comes the complete collection of her “My Planet” articles published in Reader’s Digest. I did not expect to enjoy this title so much, but I really related to almost all the stories in here, and was giggling throughout the book, which I re......more

Goodreads review by Kayt on June 12, 2019

From one of my all-time favorite authors (and people-surrounding-me's least-favorite authors, due to her incredible read-out-loudability) comes something that...well, I wasn't sure what it was at first, but it had Mary Roach's name on it so it had to be good. And it was, though not quite like I expec......more

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