Powerfully involving narrative and incisive detail, clarity and inherent drama: Blood offers in abundance the qualities that define the best popular science writing. Here is the sweeping story of a substance that has been feared, revered, mythologized, and used in magic and medicine from earliest times--a substance that has become the center of a huge, secretive, and often dangerous worldwide commerce.
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Blood was described by judges as "a gripping page-turner, a significant contribution to the history of medicine and technology and a cautionary tale. Meticulously reported and exhaustively documented."
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Powerfully involving narrative and incisive detail, clarity and inherent drama: Blood offers in abundance the qualities that define the best popular science writing. Here is the sweeping story of a substance that has been feared, revered, mythologized, and used in magic and medicine from earliest times--a substance that has become the center of a huge, secretive, and often dangerous worldwide commerce.
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Blood was described by judges as "a gripping page-turner, a significant contribution to the history of medicine and technology and a cautionary tale. Meticulously reported and exhaustively documented."
Imprint | HarperCollins Childrens Book Group |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | March 2000 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | March 2000 |
Authors | Douglas Starr |
Dimensions | 235 x 156 x 32mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 449 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-688-17649-5 |
Barcode | 9780688176495 |
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LSN | 0-688-17649-6 |