About this title: In this professional memoir, a forensic scientist details how her daily detective work--studying bones to determine the cause of death--fascinates, disturbs, and inspires her.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780140291926ISBN:014029192X
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Very clean pages, no spinecreases, just some light shelvewear/edgewear. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 160 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Date Published: 2000-06-01
ISBN-13:9780140291926ISBN:014029192X
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780140291926ISBN:014029192X
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780140291926ISBN:014029192X
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Edition: Reissue
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PENGUIN GROUP
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780140291926ISBN:014029192X
Description: New. THE RIVETING TALE OF A TRUE-LIFE CRIME-FIGHTING SCIENTIFIC SLEUTH When a skeleton is all that's left to tell the story of a crime, Mary Manhein, otherwise known as "the bone lady", is called in. For almost two decades, Manhein has used her expertise... read more
"While there are a few interesting technical bits, in general this lacks depth. In many places it reads like an advertisement - either for the author's profession, or for her laboratory."
"Manhein reports on some of her cases as a forensic anthropologist.
I was disappointed with the book. Very little detail. But more importantly - the 'so what' of each chapter was very light. Her tone is friendly. And I'm sure she makes an interesting dinner table companion. But the stories were just not strong enough."
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