Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Cadavers are our superheroes.  They brave fire without flinching, withstand falls from tall buildings and head-on car crashes into walls.  You can fire a gun at them or run a speedboat over their legs, and it will not faze them.  Their heads can be removed with no deleterious effect.  They can be in six places at once.  I take the Superhuman point of view.  What a shame to waste these powers, to not use them for the betterment of humankind.

— Mary Roach (Author of Stiff)