{"product_id":"blood-douglas-starr-9780688176495","title":"Blood: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce","description":"\u003cp\u003ePowerfully involving narrative and incisive detail, clarity and inherent drama: \u003cem\u003eBlood\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times Book\u003c\/em\u003e Prize, \u003cem\u003eBlood\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas Starr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0688176496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780688176495\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/07\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.14w x 1.29d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/1998 pg. 47","brand":"Douglas Starr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988211433727,"sku":"9780688176495","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_97ac71db-3101-42a9-8295-bb87d92a2f2e.jpg?v=1683293239","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blood-douglas-starr-9780688176495","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}