Blood

BloodSelected for The Globe 100 Books in 2013. With the 2013 CBC Massey Lectures, bestselling author Lawrence Hill offers a provocative examination of the scientific and social history of blood, and on the ways that it unites and divides us today. Blood runs red through every persons arteries and fulfills the same functions in every human being. The study of blood has advanced our understanding of biology and improved medical treatments, but its cultural

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Felicity “Fizzy” Chen is lost

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But the festivities soon go awry as tensions arise between the children (and subsequently their parents)

” —Evan Thomas

After her traumatizing trip to Dublin

But not this time

The Ministry of Time asks: What does it mean to defy history

The community leadership loses its grip on power as the visitors manipulate the tired and hungry to take control of the reserve

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In the tradition of interactive classics like The Monster at the End of This Book