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New York: Public Affairs, 2011. xiv, 297p., first printing, dj., Public Affairs, 2011, *The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - 9781400052189-New York: Broadway paperbacks New York, 2010… Mehr…

New York: Public Affairs, 2011. xiv, 297p., first printing, dj., Public Affairs, 2011, *The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - 9781400052189-New York: Broadway paperbacks New York, 2010. paperback. Good +. this was originally published in hardcover in a slightly different form in the United States by Crown publishers, the imprint of the Crown publishing group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York in 2010. It is an oversized book measuring approximately 5.125 x 8 x 1" thick. It's in relatively good shape is part of the use of a common book 2011 with think the world the edges of the pages have some shell where and if you little spots the covers in good shape front and back however there is some wearing of the corners.this is the book about the talk tours that took herself without asking. The cells never died. They launched a medical revolution in a multibillion dollar industry. More than 20 years later, her children found out. Their lies would never be the same. From the back cover her name was Henrietta lacks, but scientists know her as HDL eight she was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells were taken without her knowledge in 1951 became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine,cloning, gene mapping, and more. Henrietta cells have been bought and sold by billions, yet she remains virtually unknown, and her family can't afford health insurance. This phenomenal New York Times bestseller tells a riveting story of the collision between ethics, race, and medicine. Of scientific discovery and faith healing and a daughter consumed with questions about the mother she never knew. Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cellstaken without her knowledgebecame one of the most important tools in medicine. The first immortal human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. If you could pile all HeLa cells ever grown onto a scale, theyd weigh more than 50 million metric tonsas much as a hundred Empire State Buildings. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and the atom bombs effects; helped lead to important advances like in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions.Yet Henrietta Lacks remains virtually unknown, buried in an unmarked grave-Now Rebecca Skloot takes us on an extraordinary journey, from the colored ward of Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s to stark white laboratories with freezers full of HeLa cells; from Henriettas small, dying hometown of Clover, Virginiaa land of wooden slave quarters, faith healings, and voodooto East Baltimore today, where her children and grandchildren live and struggle with the legacy of her cells.Henriettas family did not learn of her immortality until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists investigating HeLa began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. And though the cells had launched a multimillion-dollar industry that sells human biological materials, her family never saw any of the profits. As Rebecca Skloot so brilliantly shows, the story of the Lacks familypast and presentis inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of. Over the decade it took to uncover this story, Rebecca became enmeshed in the lives of the Lacks familyespecially Henriettas daughter Deborah, who was devastated to learn about her mothers cells. She was consumed with questions: Had scientists cloned her mother? Did it hurt her when researchers infected her cells with viruses and shot them into space? What happened to her sister, Elsie, who died in a mental institution at the age of fifteen? And if her mother was so important to medicine, why couldnt her children afford health insurance? Intimate in feeling, astonishing in scope, and impossible to put down, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks captures the beauty and drama of scientific discovery, as well as its human consequences., Broadway paperbacks New York, 2010, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£14.99) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around subject's portrait colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Top edge with some light grubbing/thumbing at head of spine/backstrip - else bright and clean,fore-edges bright and cleaner; contents bright,tight,clean - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original, plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1- 252pp [paginated] includes an introduction,Pts 1-3 comprising 8,5,5 chapters respectively,8pp contemporary b/w auto+biographical photographs in 1 block,between pp124/5,an appendix,a biblio and acknowledgements,plus [unpaginated] title page,and contents list/table. The all-rounder.The captain.The rebel.Tony Greig is remembered as the captain who led cricket into its biggest crisis of the last century.An all- rounder who mixed boldness with belligerence,he had become the first South African to skipper England,restoring national pride with victory in India after poundings at the hands of Australia and the West Indies.A controversial and charismatic figure whose 'make them grovel' comment about the West Indies typified his ability to talk himself into trouble,he lost the captaincy when it transpired that he was recruiting players for Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket.More than three decades later,now a leading television commentator,Greig has never been fully absolved. Tony Greig is more than just a biography of a fierce competitor who never backed down from a challenge; whether it was dealing with epilepsy,facing up to Dennis Lillee or confronting the authorities. Featuring many new interviews,including with Greig himself,it examines why he remains largely unforgiven,asks whether off-field activities have condemned his career to be forever under-appreciated and offers a compelling portrait of a fascinating cricketing era. Since April 2013,and again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, UK.DURRINGTON,WEST SUSSEX.PITCH PUBLISHING (BRIGHTON) LTD.,2011.<