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Spook: Science Tackles the AfterlifeWhat happens when we die? Does the light just go out and that's thatthe million year nap? Or will some part of my personality, my me ness persist? What will that feel like? What will I do all day? Is there a place to plug in my lap top?" 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
What happens when we die? Does the light just go out and that's thatthe million-year nap? Or will some part of my personality, my me-ness persist? What will that feel like? What will I do all day? Is there a place to plug in my lap-top?" 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.Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 09/17/2005
ISBN: 9780393059625
Pages: 311
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.34w x 1.10d
Award: Macavity Award - Nominee
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2005 pg. 835
Publishers Weekly 08/22/2005 pg. 54
Library Journal 09/01/2005 pg. 174
Ingram Advance 10/01/2005 pg. 43
Booklist 09/01/2005 pg. 23
Newsweek 10/10/2005 pg. 63
New York Times 10/09/2005 pg. 9
Entertainment Weekly 10/21/2005 pg. 79
People Weekly 10/31/2005 pg. 56
Library Journal Prepub Alert 06/01/2005 pg. 102
Discover 03/01/2006 pg. 70
Booksense '76 October 2005 10/01/2005 pg. 1
Entertainment Weekly 04/18/2008 pg. 68
Entertainment Weekly 03/22/2013 pg. 67
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Work great, no morning groggy, made in USA
Flavor Name: Peppermint
These make me sleep like a baby! I am 52 and often could not turn my brain off to go to sleep or stay asleep at night. About 30-45 minutes after taking these my head hits the pillow and I’m out! I take 3 tablets / 15 mg. No groggy feeling in the morning. My previous experience with melatonin had been gummies - 10-12 mg and did not work as well. Taste was also inconsistent. These are a nice peppermint, like the circle-O candies we ate as a kid. A little chalky but not bad. They don’t dissolve as fast as I thought but directions say ok to chew so then they dissolve very quickly. I also like that company is fully USA for development and manufacture. Many of gummies are not. The tablet format is also very convenient to pack for travel. I have not tried full pill format by any manufacturer.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2021
★★★★★ 5
Flavor is great, works well!
Flavor Name: Peppermint
Excellent when using 2, great flavor/taste. Thank you!
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Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Like the dissolvable feature
Flavor Name: Peppermint
Cardiologist recommended one tablet nightly 30 minutes before bed to protect the lungs from covid. His other recommendations were standard protocol. Had never heard of this but know that melatonin is supposed to help with sleep. Had tried melatonin for sleep, at higher strength, but effect wore off after a week. Suprisingly, this seems to help with sleep as well. Large count at reasonable price.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2021
★★★★★ 4
Sleep aid that helpd.
Flavor Name: Peppermint
I purchased these because I understand that the natural production of melatonin decreases drastically after the age of 40. I have been using another brand that much more expensive for a lower dosage.
I read the other reviews and decided to give these a try. I have been taking them for about 30 days. I think, I have a good understanding of the pills.
It appears that the other brand had a more consistent effect. They sublingual and you would feel drowsy after about 20 minutes. These are slow desolve and take effect after 30 minutes or so.
My only issue was consistency. I would say that 90% of the time I would be drowsy. Once or twice a month they would have a minimal effect. They are a stronger dose, 5 mg versus 3 mg of the other product. They are less expensive and they work most of the time.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2024
★★★★★ 5
No after taste
Flavor Name: Peppermint
Easy on digestive system
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