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All That Remains

A Life in Death
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Length 11 hours 20 minutes
Language English
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of All That Remains by Professor Sue Black, read by the author.

Sue Black confronts death every day. As Professor of Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology, she focuses on mortal remains in her lab, at burial sites, at scenes of violence, murder and criminal dismemberment, and when investigating mass fatalities due to war, accident or natural disaster. In All that Remains she reveals the many faces of death she has come to know, using key cases to explore how forensic science has developed, and what her work has taught her.

Do we expect a book about death to be sad? Macabre? Sueโ€™s book is neither. There is tragedy, but there is also humour in stories as gripping as the best crime novel. Our own death will remain a great unknown. But as an expert witness from the final frontier, Sue Black is the wisest, most reassuring, most compelling of guides.

โ€˜Dame Sue Black writes about life and death with great tenderness but no nonsense, with impeccable science lucidly explained, and with moral depths humanely navigated, so that we can all feel better about the path we must all inevitably follow. I am genuinely glad I read this book.โ€™ โ€“ Lee Child

โ€˜Compelling, brave and extremely accessible... A must for anyone who thinks about the basics of living and dying. And there are jokes as well.โ€™ โ€“ Rachel Joyce

Sue Black (Author)
Professor Dame Sue Black is one of the worldโ€™s leading anatomists and forensic anthropologists. She is also the Pro-Vice Chancellor for Engagement at Lancaster University. She was the lead anthropologist for the British Forensic Team's work in the war crimes investigations in Kosovo, and she was one of the first forensic scientists to travel to Thailand following the Indian Ocean tsunami to provide assistance in identifying the dead. Sue is a familiar face in the media, where documentaries have been filmed about her work, and she led the highly successful BBC 2 series History Cold Case.

Sue was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2016 Queenโ€™s Birthday Honours for services to forensic anthropology.

She is the author of the critically acclaimed Sunday Times bestseller All That Remains.

Sue Black (Reader)
Saving Bletchley Park is Sue's first book. At the time of funding it was the fastest crowdfunded book in the world EVER!

Dr Sue Black left home and school at 16, married at 20 and had 3 children by the age of 23. At 25, a single parent living on a council estate in Brixton, she decided to get an education. Sue studied maths at Southwark College, then gained a degree in computing and a PhD in software engineering at London South Bank University.

In 2001 Sue set up the UK's first online network for women in tech, BCSWomen. It was this that led her in 2003 to Bletchley Park for the first time, and to starting her campaign to save it in 2008.

Passionate about the way that technology and education can change lives Sue is now a social entrepreneur, "tech...", writer and public speaker who has won numerous awards including being one of the '50 most inspiring women in European tech'. Her start-up, #techmums works with disadvantaged families, teaching mums tech skills to empower them, build their confidence and get them excited about technology. Sue writes regularly in the UK national press about technology.

Sue would love to know if you enjoyed reading Saving Bletchley Park, so please do tweet her @Dr_Black and let her know using the Twitter ID @savingbletchley.

Sue Black (Author)
Professor Dame Sue Black is one of the worldโ€™s leading anatomists and forensic anthropologists. She is also the Pro-Vice Chancellor for Engagement at Lancaster University. She was the lead anthropologist for the British Forensic Team's work in the war crimes investigations in Kosovo, and she was one of the first forensic scientists to travel to Thailand following the Indian Ocean tsunami to provide assistance in identifying the dead. Sue is a familiar face in the media, where documentaries have been filmed about her work, and she led the highly successful BBC 2 series History Cold Case.

Sue was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2016 Queenโ€™s Birthday Honours for services to forensic anthropology.

She is the author of the critically acclaimed Sunday Times bestseller All That Remains.

Sue Black (Reader)
Saving Bletchley Park is Sue's first book. At the time of funding it was the fastest crowdfunded book in the world EVER!

Dr Sue Black left home and school at 16, married at 20 and had 3 children by the age of 23. At 25, a single parent living on a council estate in Brixton, she decided to get an education. Sue studied maths at Southwark College, then gained a degree in computing and a PhD in software engineering at London South Bank University.

In 2001 Sue set up the UK's first online network for women in tech, BCSWomen. It was this that led her in 2003 to Bletchley Park for the first time, and to starting her campaign to save it in 2008.

Passionate about the way that technology and education can change lives Sue is now a social entrepreneur, "tech...", writer and public speaker who has won numerous awards including being one of the '50 most inspiring women in European tech'. Her start-up, #techmums works with disadvantaged families, teaching mums tech skills to empower them, build their confidence and get them excited about technology. Sue writes regularly in the UK national press about technology.

Sue would love to know if you enjoyed reading Saving Bletchley Park, so please do tweet her @Dr_Black and let her know using the Twitter ID @savingbletchley.

Audiobook details

Author:

Narrator:
Sue Black

ISBN:
9781473559257

Length:
11 hours 20 minutes

Language:
English

Publisher:
Transworld

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Edition:
Unabridged

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Reviews

One might expect [this book] to be a grim read but it absolutely isnโ€™t. I found it invigorating! Blackโ€™s utterly gripping account of her life and career as a professor of anatomy and forensic anthropology manages to be surprisingly life-affirming. As she herself says, it is โ€œas much about life as about deathโ€. An engrossing memoir ... an affecting mix of the personal and professional. A model of how to write about the effect of human evil without losing either objectivity or sensitivity ... Heartening and anything but morbid... Leaves you thinking about what kind of human qualities you value, what kinds of people you actually want to be with. For someone whose job is identifying corpses, Sue Black is a cheerful soul ... All That Remains feels like every episode of Silent Witness, pre-fictionalized. Except, you know, really good. This fascinating look by a world-leading forensic scientist at what the dead can tell us is a real eye-opener... Sue Black must be one of the most unusual people in Britainโ€ฆ extraordinaryโ€ฆpart meditation, part popular science and part memoir...the book offers a close-up and startlingly clear view of a subject that makes most of us look away. The real thing here is not the cause of death, but the nature of the life. Black is genuinely moving about the respect we should have for the dead โ€ฆ There is much to admire in this book. Poignant and thoughtprovokingโ€ฆ it is the bookโ€™s humanity which will connect with readers. Let [Sue Black] take you by the hand and lead you on a journey which will inspire your awe and devotion โ€ฆ A wonderful surprise of a book. Most of us are terrified of death, but Sue Black shows us that death is in fact a wondrous process, intimately tied with life itself. Written with warmth and humanity, All That Remains reveals her life among the dead, who can surely count her as their best friend. Expand reviews
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