#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The story of modern medicine and bioethics—and, indeed, race relations—is refracted beautifully, and movingly.”—Entertainment Weekly NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM HBO® 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 NONFICTION NAMED 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.

The fact cannot be overlooked that we are in the midst of a sociological crisis of orientation on the grand scale. New problems and needs have become insistent, new fears and longings have come to light. Many are looking for a new foothold, a fundamental certainty, a compass for their life and the life of other human beings. The inconsistencies and ambivalence of the phenomena cannot conceal the fact that religion is attracting greater attention: the old religion and many new ones, the Christian religion as well as the Islamic, Hindu, and Buddhist religions. In East and West anyway the God Progress seems to have lost rapidly something of its credibility; belief in a continually better life with the aid of science and technology and also through revolution and socialism has been shaken by serious doubts. And, while the elderly have not been able - with all the aids of psychology - to come to terms with the meaning of death, younger people - supposedly a Òno futureÓ generation, apathetic, noncommittal, nervous, and self-destructive - are asking afresh about the missing sense of life. Meanwhile, though science did the most in the last century to destroy belief in immortality and made stupendous efforts to prolong life, it is medicine today that has broken through the taboos in regard to death and with its research into dying has given new life to the question of death and survival. But has medicine - or perhaps parapsychology - proved that there is life after death?

Current trends in anti-ageing medicine and how they can protect you against degenerative diseases are explained in layman's language.

"Most of the articles have appeared in Foundation newsletters (GOMf news, February 1979 to February 1984, and Macrobiotics today, March 1984 to July 1985) and ... in Macromuse"--P. v.

DigiCat presents to you a meticulously edited Florence Scovel Shinn collection. This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Content: The Game of Life and How to Play It Your Word is Your Wand The Secret Door to Success The Power of the Spoken Word

This is a discussion laced with divinely inspired solutions to the disease problem. It discusses not only types of healthcare institutions, services, and locations but also the role that each of us is to play in bringing success to God's inspired plan. Emphasis is placed on prevention, simple remedies readily available, and ministry motivated workers and institutions rather than for profit. CONTENTS: THE PROBLEM: A HEALTHCARE CRISIS The Ills of Mankind The Source of the Solutions Who Man Is Natural Law Disobedience A Devil to Fight The Problem of Sin THE SOLUTION: HEAVEN’S PLAN Knowledge Essential to Success Health Reform Three Main Purposes Anatomy and Physiology Knowledge That Motivates Will Power That Is Effective Readily Available Remedies The Source of Healing Remedy Relationships A Wholistic Work Heaven’s Healthcare Workers Medical-Missionary Training Christian Philanthropists Heaven’s Financial Methods Volunteer Work Heaven’s Health Institutions Institutional Workers Institutional Location City Centers Size and Number of Institutions The Benefits of Right Doing Satan’s Interference The Effectiveness of Heaven’s Plan The Impact on the Workers Relations Between Prevention and Acute Care THE ROLE AND RESPONSE OF CHRIST’S FOLLOWERS A Special Task Concentrated Effort The Spirit of Reformers The Lord’s Methods God’s Instructions Unchanged Instructions Not Outdated by Science Our Obligation Success Assured

A daily dose of truth, morality, and biblical wisdom from A&E Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson in this 100-day devotional. There is a war being waged on the soul of America, but Phil Robertson believes there is hope. In this compilation of 100 days of readings taken from his bestselling books The Theft of America’s Soul and Jesus Politics, now with newly added prayers and Bible verses, he shows how Americans can turn away from the lies of the devil and embrace the life-giving, healing, and wholly transforming love of God, helping to bring the kingdom of heaven to our homes, neighborhoods, churches, communities, and country. These 100 devotionals cover God-honoring principles, including committing to the life of Christ and his words; understanding the importance of kindness, respect, hard work, and financial stewardship; enjoying God’s creation—Earth, animals, and each other. Written with captivating storytelling and unflinching honesty, this book is a call for Christians to wake up and use their time, talents, resources, influence, and votes to protect and advance the policies of King Jesus—the only policies that will truly heal the soul of America.

Hello there. When I was thirty-eight years old, I discovered that I am the original Jesus Christ, and when that happened, I knew for sure that this was the greatest discovery that was a culmination of every great discovery and accomplishment that came before. At that point, as the scientist that I am, I knew that my duty to the world was to write down every one of my thoughtforms to share with humanity because my thoughtforms allow all to live their Christ-selves effortlessly because they actually make up the divine superstructure of the universe. So in reading these thoughtforms, they are being activated in your true awareness so that you are able to consciously understand what makes up the original Christ mind and what bridges the gap into your real Christ-self. This book is part 1 of the construction of the fifth dimension because as Christ, I was able to defeat Satan in the Battle of Armageddon. I will describe in depth how that happened, and that started the fifth dimension, of which these thoughtforms are the divine bolts that were invented by me to allow us effortless divinity.