News & Events from Mary Roach http://maryroach.net/blog News & Events from Mary Roach Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:54:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 April Tour for GULP! http://maryroach.net/blog/?p=212 http://maryroach.net/blog/?p=212#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2013 01:44:18 +0000 admin http://maryroach.net/blog/?p=212 San Francisco
Thursday, April 25 – 7:00 p.m.
Bookshop West Portal
80 West Portal Avenue
http://bookshopwestportal.com/

San Francisco
Friday, April 26 – 6:00 p.m.
Book Passage
S.F. Ferry Building
http://bookpassage.com/event/mary-roach-gulp

Chicago
Monday, April 29 – 6:00 p.m.
Chicago Public Library
w/ Rebecca Skloot
Author, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Harold Wash Library Center
400 South State Street
www.chipublib.org

Steamboat Springs
Tuesday, April 30 – 6:30 p.m.
Bud Warner Memorial Library
1289 Lincoln Avenue
http://bit.ly/Yv9nXx

Denver
Wednesday, May 1 – 7:30 p.m.
Tattered Cover
2526 East Colfax Avenue
http://www.tatteredcover.com/

Berkeley
Friday, May 3 – 7:30 p.m.
Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore
2904 College Avenue
http://bit.ly/YuYSA4

Menlo Park
Monday, May 6 – 6:00 p.m.
Kepler’s Books
1010 El Camino Real
http://bit.ly/ZTYe0g

Berkeley
Thursday, May 9 – 7:00 p.m.
The Bone Room
1569 Solano Avenue
http://www.boneroom.com/

Oakland
Saturday, May 18 – 6:00 p.m.
Notes and Words
Fox Theater
1801 Telegraph Avenue
http://bit.ly/WZAQBp

]]> http://maryroach.net/blog/?feed=rss2&p=212 0 Mary Roach with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show http://maryroach.net/blog/?p=64 http://maryroach.net/blog/?p=64#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:36:58 +0000 admin http://maryroach.net/blog/?p=64 Mary Roach on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart www.thedailyshow.com

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About Packing for Mars:
Packing for Mars book coverSpace is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh produce, privacy, beer. Space exploration is in some ways an exploration of what it means to be human. How much can a person give up? How much weirdness can they take? What happens to you when you can’t walk for a year? have sex? smell flowers? What happens if you vomit in your helmet during a space walk? Is it possible for the human body to survive a bailout at 17,000 miles per hour? To answer these questions, space agencies set up all manner of quizzical and startlingly bizarre space simulations. As Mary Roach discovers, it’s possible to preview space without ever leaving Earth. From the space shuttle training toilet to a crash test of NASA’s new space capsule (cadaver filling in for astronaut), Roach takes us on a surreally entertaining trip into the science of life in space and space on Earth. Learn More…

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]]> http://maryroach.net/blog/?feed=rss2&p=64 0 Video! http://maryroach.net/blog/?p=59 http://maryroach.net/blog/?p=59#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:33:33 +0000 admin http://maryroach.net/blog/?p=59 Here is a video that captures the essence of Packing for Mars. My wonderful publisher, W.W. Norton, had it made. It made me laugh out loud, something my own books only rarely do. Feel free to post, forward, blog about, tweet about, or ignore. Thanks, guys.

]]> http://maryroach.net/blog/?feed=rss2&p=59 6 My TED “pig orgasm” talk is up! http://maryroach.net/blog/?p=8 http://maryroach.net/blog/?p=8#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 16:23:15 +0000 admin http://maryroach.net/blog/?p=8

Or go to TED.com, or use the direct link, below:

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/mary_roach_10_things_you_didn_t_know_about_orgasm.html

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