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Автор: Anonymous Название: Woman in Berlin ISBN: 1844087972 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781844087976 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 1668.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A startling account of a German survivor of the Second World War: `One of the most extraordinary and moving books I have ever read` Antonia Fraser
Автор: Anonymous, Skloot Rebecca Название: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks ISBN: 1400052181 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781400052189 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1563.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "The story of modern medicine and bioethics--and, indeed, race relations--is refracted beautifully, and movingly."--Entertainment WeeklyNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM HBO(R) STARRING OPRAH WINFREY AND ROSE BYRNE - ONE OF THE "MOST INFLUENTIAL" (CNN), "DEFINING" (LITHUB), AND "BEST" (THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) BOOKS OF THE DECADE - ONE OF ESSENCE'S 50 MOST IMPACTFUL BLACK BOOKS OF THE PAST 50 YEARS - WINNER OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE HEARTLAND PRIZE FOR NONFICTIONNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review - Entertainment Weekly - O: The Oprah Magazine - NPR - Financial Times - New York - Independent (U.K.) - Times (U.K.) - Publishers Weekly - Library Journal - Kirkus Reviews - Booklist - Globe and Mail 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 cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine: The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, which are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and the atom bomb's 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. Henrietta's 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 family--past and present--is 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 family--especially Henrietta's daughter Deborah. Deborah was consumed with questions: Had scientists cloned her mother? Had they killed her to harvest her cells? And if her mother was so important to medicine, why couldn't 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.
Автор: Fukuyama, Ryoko Название: Anonymous Noise, Vol. 3 ISBN: 1421594226 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781421594224 Издательство: Viz Media Рейтинг: Цена: 1153.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Music and longing collide in this ballad of unrequited love!
Автор: , Fukuyama Ryaoko Название: Anonymous Noise, Vol. 1 ISBN: 142159420X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781421594200 Издательство: Viz Media Рейтинг: Цена: 1318.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Music and longing collide in this ballad of unrequited love!
Автор: Fukuyama Ryoko Название: Anonymous Noise, Vol. 2 ISBN: 1421594218 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781421594217 Издательство: Viz Media Рейтинг: Цена: 1318.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Music and longing collide in this ballad of unrequited love!
Автор: Anonymous Название: The Underground RailRoad ISBN: 0385542364 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780385542364 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 2570.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, the #1 New York Times bestseller from Colson Whitehead, a magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. Life is hell for all the slaves, but especially bad for Cora; an outcast even among her fellow Africans, she is coming into womanhood--where even greater pain awaits. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape. Matters do not go as planned--Cora kills a young white boy who tries to capture her. Though they manage to find a station and head north, they are being hunted. In Whitehead's ingenious conception, the Underground Railroad is no mere metaphor--engineers and conductors operate a secret network of tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil. Cora and Caesar's first stop is South Carolina, in a city that initially seems like a haven. But the city's placid surface masks an insidious scheme designed for its black denizens. And even worse: Ridgeway, the relentless slave catcher, is close on their heels. Forced to flee again, Cora embarks on a harrowing flight, state by state, seeking true freedom. Like the protagonist of Gulliver's Travels, Cora encounters different worlds at each stage of her journey--hers is an odyssey through time as well as space. As Whitehead brilliantly re-creates the unique terrors for black people in the pre-Civil War era, his narrative seamlessly weaves the saga of America from the brutal importation of Africans to the unfulfilled promises of the present day. The Underground Railroad is at once a kinetic adventure tale of one woman's ferocious will to escape the horrors of bondage and a shattering, powerful meditation on the history we all share.
Many of today's organizations "live in public"; they devote extensive resources to branding, catching the public eye, and capitalizing on the age of transparency. But, at the same time, a growing number of companies and other collectives are flying under the radar, concealing their identities and activities.
This book offers a framework for thinking about how organizations and their members communicate identity to relevant audiences. Considering the degree to which organizations reveal themselves, the extent to which members express their identification with the organization, and whether the audience is public or local, author Craig R. Scott describes collectives as residing in "regions" that range from transparent to shaded, from shadowed to dark. Taking a closer look at groups like EarthFirst!, the Church of Scientology, Alcoholics Anonymous, the KKK, Skull and Bones, U.S. special mission units, men's bathhouses, and various terrorist organizations, this book draws attention to shaded, shadowed, and dark collectives as important organizations in the contemporary landscape.
Автор: Anonymous Mead, George Robert Название: Pistis sophia ISBN: 1908388218 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781908388216 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2630.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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The 'Pistis Sophia' is arguably the most important Gnostic document we possess. Dated as early as the second century AD, this Coptic manuscript was found in Egypt and, until the discovery of the Nag Hammadi Library, constituted the major source of unbiased knowledge on the Gnostic faith. This ancient text relates that Jesus remained in the world for a further eleven years after his resurrection, and taught his disciples the secret doctrine of initiation, in obedience to the Divine Will, which instructed Him to reveal the highest mysteries of salvation to humanity. The book is remarkable for its deeply mystical teaching, its description of the spiritual hierarchies, its belief in reincarnation, and the comprehensive account it gives of the ascent and descent of the human soul. It is an extraordinarily comprehensive body of doctrine and, among a host of other insights, grants us a new perspective on Baptism, the Psalms, the role of women in the church, and the basic teachings of the New Testament.
Описание: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Автор: Anonymous, Wyatt James Название: The Art of Magic: The Gathering(r): Zendikar ISBN: 142158249X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781421582498 Издательство: Viz Media Рейтинг: Цена: 4620.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Hundreds of pages of breathtaking artwork collected together for the first time!
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