Five Quarts
A Personal and Natural History of Blood
$32.52
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
15 February 2006
Summary
An utterly original cultural, historical, scientific, and personal perspective on a vital subject–a memoir with a twist from the author of the national bestseller Sleep Demons: An Insomniac’s Memoir–for readers interested in science, history, and the best narrative nonfiction.
“This beguiling brew of fascinating scientific facts and illuminating, poignant anecdotes makes Five Quarts something like blood itself–vital and pulsing with energy.”–Entertainment Weekly<…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780345456885 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0345456882 |
| Author: | Bill B. Hayes |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 15 February 2006 |
| Weight: | 265g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 133mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
“Playful and powerful …profoundly moving … Hayes writes with so much panache that reading this book is thrilling.”
–The Boston Globe
“Bill Hayes is on his way to becoming one of those rare authors who can tackle just about any subject in book form, and make you glad he did… . [Five Quarts is] a breezy ride of a book that … equips even a casual reader with the knowledge to gain new insights into life.”
–San Francisco Chronicle
“Hayes’s fascination with scientific discovery is matched by his unerring sense for the right phrase, the right anecdote, to draw others into his delight and wonder.”
–The Advocate
“The perfect gift for the phlebotomist in your life.”
–Newsweek (Top Pick of the Week)
About The Author
Bill B. Hayes
Bill Hayes is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in nonfiction, a frequent contributor to The New York Times, and the author of four books: Sleep Demons: An Insomniac’s Memoir, Five Quarts: A Personal and Natural History of Blood, The Anatomist: A True Story of Gray’s Anatomy, and Insomniac City: New York, Oliver, and Me. He is currently at work on a new book, Sweat: A History of Exercise.
A photographer as well as a writer, his photos have appeared in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Granta, The Wall Street Journal, and on CBS Evening News. His portraits of his partner, the late Oliver Sacks, appear in the collection of Dr. Sacks’s final essays, Gratitude.
Hayes has been a visiting scholar at the American Academy in Rome, the recipient of a Leon Levy Foundation grant, and a Resident Writer at Blue Mountain Center. He has also served as a guest lecturer at Stanford, NYU, UCSF, University of Virginia, and the New York Academy of Medicine.
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