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Mary Shelley: Frankenstein (2002, J.M. Dent & Sons, E.P. Dutton) No rating

Frankenstein

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Obsessed with creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks into life with electricity. But his botched creature, rejected by Frankenstein and denied human companionship, sets out to destroy his maker and all that he holds dear. Mary Shelley's chilling …

Peter Gelderloos: Anarchy Works (Paperback, 2010, Ardent Press)

Anarchy Works

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Rebecca Skloot: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Paperback, 2011, Pan Publishing, PAN)

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells—taken without her knowledge in 1951—became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, in vitro fertilization, and more. Henrietta’s cells have …