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A remarkable, uplifting story about one of the greatest medical breakthroughs of the 20th century In 1951 in Sydney, Australia, a 14-year-old boy named James Harrison was near death when he received a transfusion of blood that saved his life. A few years later, and half a world away, a shy young doctor at Columbia University realized he was more comfortable in the lab than in the examination room. Neither could have imagined how their paths wo...

A remarkable, uplifting story about one of the greatest medical breakthroughs of the 20th century.In 1951 in Sydney, Australia, a fourteen-year-old boy named James Harrison was near death when he received a transfusion of blood that saved his life. A few years later, and half a world away, a shy young doctor at Columbia University realized he was more comfortable in the lab than in the examination room. Neither could have imagined how their pa...

A remarkable, uplifting story about one of the greatest medical breakthroughs of the 20th century.In 1951 in Sydney, Australia, a fourteen-year-old boy named James Harrison was near death when he received a transfusion of blood that saved his life. A few years later, and half a world away, a shy young doctor at Columbia University realized he was more comfortable in the lab than in the examination room. Neither could have imagined how their pa...

A remarkable, uplifting story about one of the greatest medical breakthroughs of the 20th century.In 1951 in Sydney, Australia, a fourteen-year-old boy named James Harrison was near death when he received a transfusion of blood that saved his life. A few years later, and half a world away, a shy young doctor at Columbia University realized he was more comfortable in the lab than in the examination room. Neither could have imagined how their pa...

Everyone's blood has an Rh factor, positive or negative. But during pregnancy, if a mother's Rh factor is not matched by the baby's, her immune system can mistake the baby for a foreign body and attack it. This book tells the gripping story of the race for a cure. This set off a globespanning hunt for a person with the right blood, who turned out to be James Harrison. So for sixty years, James has given his blood--1, 175 donations--and helped ...

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Alpha Girls is reporter Julian Guthrie's powerful account of four women pioneers in the field of venture capital who bucked the system and found ways to survive and thrive in the cutthroat, high-stakes, male-dominated world of Silicon Valley.The closed-doors investment decisions made by venture capitalists have the power to fund new startups and shape our economy, our technology, and our world. They have enabled the very existence of many of t...

Alpha Girls will be a story to make you laugh and cry. It will inspire and infuriate you. It will be a must-read for women of all ages.' - Arianna Huffington For all its trailblazing, world-shaping innovation, Silicon Valley has long been a mysterious, male-dominated world and, at its worst, a toxic environment in which to be a woman. Recent exposés have revealed sexist 'bro-cultures' at top tech companies, ranging from sexual harassment lawsu...

A New York Times bestseller! The historic race that reawakened the promise of manned spaceflightWinner of the 2016 Eugene E. Emme Award for Astronautical LiteratureA Finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardAlone in a Spartan black cockpit, test pilot Mike Melvill rocketed toward space. He had eighty seconds to exceed the speed of sound and begin the climb to a target no civilian pilot had ever reached. He might not make...

Details the partnership between Larry Ellison, billionaire CEO of Oracle Corrporation, and blue-collar mechanic Norbert Bajurin, offering a glimpse into their runs for the America's Cup and the design and building of these boats.

A New York Times bestseller! The historic race that reawakened the promise of manned spaceflightA Finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Alone in a Spartan black cockpit, test pilot Mike Melvill rocketed toward space. He had eighty seconds to exceed the speed of sound and begin the climb to a target no civilian pilot had ever reached. He might not make it back alive. If he did, he would make history as the world's fir...

Featuring a foreword by Richard Branson and an afterword by Stephen Hawking, it explores how a historic race led to private space flight and how this began the foundations for a new industry.

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Der America's Cup, erstmals 1851 ausgelobt, ist die älteste internationale Sporttrophäe - und bis heute heiß begehrt. Bis auf einen Schweizer "Ausrutscher" waren es in den letzten Jahrzehnten vor allem die Neuseeländer, die eine Art Daueranspruch auf den Pokal des America's Cup anmeldeten. Bis ... ja, bis Larry Ellison, milliardenschwerer Mitbegründer und Geschäftsführer des Softwareimperiums Oracle, sich im Jahr 2000 entschloss, die Trophäe n...

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Examines a "historic race that reawakened the promise of manned spaceflight"--Dust jacket flap.