Gulp : Adventures on the Alimentary Canal W. Timothy Gallwey So when her best friend

So when her best friend invites her to Mexico for a week of margaritas and men

Bruce Barnbaum is recognized as one of the world's finest landscape and architectural photographers

Also explores the concept of "advocacy advertising" -- campaigns that ally the company with political

but on learning to stomach lemons better

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Gulp : Adventures on the Alimentary Canal W. Timothy Gallwey So when her best friend"America's funniest science writer" (Washington Post) takes us down the hatch on an unforgettable tour. The alimentary canal is classic Mary Roach terrain: the questions explored in Gulp are as taboo, in their way, as the cadavers in Stiff and every bit as surreal as the universe of zero gravity explored in Packing for Mars. Why is crunchy food so appealing? Why is it so hard to find words for flavors and smells? Why doesn't the stomach digest itself?