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Blood money : the story of life, death, and profit inside America's blood industry / by McLaughlin, Kathleen(Journalist),author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Bad Blood meets Dreamland in this kaleidoscopic investigation into the shadowy and vampiric blood business and the dangerous limits of demand for the crucial resource that runs through our very veins. Every year, about twenty million Americans sell blood plasma for cash in a barely regulated market dominated by private industry and off-the-grid trafficking. These commercial efforts prey on an insatiable market for medical and scientific innovation fed from the veins of some of the country's most marginalized communities, such as undocumented immigrants and residents of poverty-stricken Flint, Michigan. We are often told that "blood donations" are used to save lives, but blood plasma, a component of whole blood, has become a precious commercial good. Blood plasma is collected and marketed by private industry, with the United States one of just five nations on the planet that have not yet banned the practice of pay-for-plasma giving. This precious resource is used for everything from expensive and unproven age-reversing treatments to costly and experimental cures for novel diseases like COVID-19. Based on a cross-country investigation into the plasma-giving capitals of the country, in-depth research into the blood industry, and her personal experience as a beneficiary of plasma-derived treatment for a rare condition, Kathleen McLaughlin's Blood Money reveals the underhanded machinations and unbalanced power structures of the blood industry. Taking us from China's blood black market to Silicon Valley's shadowy tech startups, this is an unforgettable inside look at an industry many of us had no idea even existed. Blood Money is an electrifying exposé that demonstrates the shadowy overlap between big medicine and big business and paints a searing portrait of the extent to which American industry feeds on the country's most vulnerable"--
Subjects: Blood banks; Blood products;
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Help wanted : a novel / by Waldman, Adelle,author.;
A group of misfit, big-box store employees working the overnight shift in a small upstate New York town vie for the stability, salary and possibility of a new job when their store manager announces he is leaving.
Subjects: Black humor.; Satirical literature.; Social problem fiction.; Novels.; Retail trade; Retail trade;
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America the beautiful? : one woman in a borrowed Prius on the road most traveled / by Roberson, Blythe,author.;
"The author of How to Date Men When You Hate Men examines Americans' obsession with freedom, travel, and the open road in this funny, entertaining travelogue that blends the humorous observations of Bill Bryson with the piercing cultural commentary of JiaTolentino"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Roberson, Blythe; Automobile travel; National parks and reserves;
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The man who broke Capitalism : how Jack Welch gutted the heartland and crushed the soul of corporate America--and how to undo his legacy / by Gelles, David(Business journalist),author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.In 'The Man Who Broke Capitalism', NYT reporter and Corner Office columnist David Gelles reveals legendary GE CEO Jack Welch to be the root of all thats wrong with capitalism today and offers advice on how we might right those wrongs.
Subjects: Welch, Jack, 1935-2020.; Business ethics; Capitalism;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Smokejumper : a memoir by one of America's most select airborne firefighters / by Ramos, Jason A.; Smith, Julian,1972-;
Subjects: Ramos, Jason A.; Smokejumpers; Smokejumping;
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Juvenile crime : opposing viewpoints / by Nakaya, Andrea C.,1976-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Juvenile justice, Administration of; Juvenile delinquency; Juvenile delinquency;
© 2005., Greenhaven,
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Big weed : an entrepreneur's high-stakes adventures in the budding legal marijuana business / by Hageseth, Christian,1968-; D'Agnese, Joseph.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Hageseth, Christian, 1968-; Marijuana industry; Marijuana; Marijuana;
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Kate's story, 1914 / by Whitby, Adele.;
Subjects: Family secrets; Cousins; Heirlooms; Historical fiction, American.;
© 2014., Simon Spolight,
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Poverty, by America / by Desmond, Matthew,author.;
"The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of Evicted reimagines the debate on poverty, making a new and bracing argument about why it persists in America: because the rest of us benefit from it. The United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why? Why does this land of plenty allow one in every eight of its children to go without basic necessities, permit scores of its citizens to live and die on the streets, and authorize its corporations to pay poverty wages? In this landmark book, acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond draws on history, research, and original reporting to show how affluent Americans knowingly and unknowingly keep poor people poor. Those of us who are financially secure exploit the poor, driving down their wages while forcing them to overpay for housing and access to cash and credit. We prioritize the subsidization of our wealth over the alleviation of poverty, designing a welfare state that gives the most to those who need the least. And we stockpile opportunity in exclusive communities, creating zones of concentrated riches alongside those of concentrated despair. Some lives are made small so that others may grow. Elegantly written and fiercely argued, this compassionate book gives us new ways of thinking about a morally urgent problem. It also helps us imagine solutions. Desmond builds a startlingly original and ambitious case for ending poverty. He calls on us all to become poverty abolitionists, engaged in a politics of collective belonging to usher in a new age of shared prosperity and, at last, true freedom"--
Subjects: Poor; Poverty; Poverty;
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House fires / by Franta, Connor,1992-author.;
Writing about confusion and clarity, loneliness and whirlwind romances, despair and elation - and everything in between - Connor Franta invites readers into the intimacy of his mind. 'House Fires' magnifies Franta's emotional warfare with his past, the daze of wandering through modern times in search of purpose, and the electricity flying from tomorrows potential. From the author of 'A Work in Progress' and 'Note to Self'.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Franta, Connor, 1992-; Actors; Philanthropists; Businesspeople;
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