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Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach debuts this week on The New York Times bestseller list.

Open-minded author travels the world in search of our souls

A review of Spook from the Cleveland Plain Dealer:

“Like “Stiff,” this book is a witty exploration of a subject that doesn’t easily lend itself to lightness.”

How To Reduce Your Garbage Footprint

Garbage is a problem, but in a newly posted article Garbage Land author Elizabeth Royte says, “It is not hopeless!” And she offers up 10 ways you can help reduce your garbage footprint now.

Clara Bingham and Laura Leedy Gansler’s book Class Action hit the trifecta: optioned, put into development, and made into a Silkwood meets Erin Brokovich-esque movie starring Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson. The studio called the movie North Country, and changed the narrative here and there, but this is still the story of the first class-action sex discrimination law suit ever filed in the United States. Word on the movie is that it’s great; Booknoise is going to see it next week and will report back. But we can tell you that the book is amazing! Check it out.

“Well, just between you and me …”: Beyond Death

Plans for an autopsy on a dead rat named Fatty, all in the cause of advancing science. Mary Roach would surely be pleased. She was an inspiration.