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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Explores the science, traditions, and myths surrounding blood, from ancient bloodletting practices to the development of mass blood donations during the Blitz, and from researchers working on synthetic blood to the lucrative business of plasma transfusions.
2) Red Queen
Author
Series
Red queen (Victoria Aveyard) volume 1
Language
English
Description
Mare Barrow's world is divided by blood -- those with common, Red blood serve the Silver-blooded elite, who are gifted with superhuman abilities. Mare is a Red, scraping by as a thief in a poor, rural village, until a twist of fate throws her in front of the Silver court. Before the king, princes, and all the nobles, she discovers she has an ability of her own. To cover up this impossibility, the king forces her to play the role of a lost Silver princess...
4) Glass sword
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Series
Red queen (Victoria Aveyard) volume 2
Language
English
Description
Mare's blood is red -- the colour of common folk -- but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control. The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, but as she makes her escape from the prince and friend who betrayed her, Mare uncovers something startling: she is not the only one of her kind. Pursued by the Silver king, Mare sets out to find and recruit other Red and Silver fighters...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Language
English
Description
Offers guidelines on how to regulate blood sugars while preventing or reversing long-term complications of diabetes, offering coverage of dietary options, new products, medications, and supplements, all based on the latest medical research.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 338 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Here, Dr. Mark Hyman reveals a scientifically and clinically proven program that will help you not only achieve fast and sustained weight loss but also say good-bye to chronic health complaints, including type 2 diabetes, asthma, joint pain, digestive problems, autoimmune disease, headaches, brain fog, allergies, acne, eczema, and even sexual dysfunction. At the root of all of these problems is insulin imbalance, which is triggered by addiction to...
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Language
English
Description
"In THE BLOOD SUGAR SOLUTION, Dr. Mark Hyman reveals that the secret solution to losing weight and preventing not just diabetes but also heart disease, stroke, dementia, and cancer is balanced insulin levels. Dr. Hyman describes the seven keys to achieving wellness-nutrition, hormones, inflammation, digestion, detoxification, energy metabolism, and a calm mind-and explains his revolutionary six-week healthy-living program. With advice on diet, green...
8) King's cage
Author
Series
Red queen (Victoria Aveyard) volume 3
Language
English
Description
"Mare Barrow is a prisoner, powerless without her lightning, tormented by her lethal mistakes. She lives at the mercy of a boy she once loved, a boy made of lies and betrayal. Now a king, Maven Calore continues weaving his dead mother's web in an attempt to maintain control over his country--and his prisoner"--
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Language
English
Description
How can you know someone you've never met? Justin Hitchcock is divorced, lonely and restless. He arrives in Dublin to give a lecture on art and meets an attractive doctor, who persuades him to donate blood. It's the first thing to come straight from his heart in a long time. When Joyce Conway leaves the hospital after a terrible accident, with her life and her marriage in pieces, she moves back in with her elderly father. All the while, a strong sense...
11) Blood
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Series
Publisher
Copper Beech Books
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explains what blood is, what it does, and how it circulates in the human body.
13) Broken throne
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Series
Language
English
Description
Return once more to the deadly and dazzling world of Red Queen in Broken Throne, a beautifully designed, must-have companion to the chart-topping series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Aveyard. The perfect addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling Red Queen series, this gorgeously designed package features three brand-new novellas, two previously published novellas, Steel Scars and Queen Song, and never-before-seen maps, flags,...
Author
Publisher
Square One Publishers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xii, 351 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
A blood test can tell you many important facts about the state of your health. And yet, most of us cannot decipher these results ourselves, nor can we formulate the right questions to ask about them. LaValle explains all the information found on a typical lab report, and makes it accessible to you, so that you can take control of your life.
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Language
English
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True Blood is the blockbuster paranormal drama, created by Alan Ball, set in Louisiana's bayou country, in the fictional town of Bon Temps. From its first season, True Blood has been a runaway success internationally; a massive 1.6 million people switched on for the show's Channel 4 premier and now, in its 4th season, averages around 200,000 viewers in the UK alone. The series has 275,000 followers on Twitter and 8.4 million fans on Facebook. The...
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