{"product_id":"five-quarts-a-personal-and-natural-history-of-blood-9780345456885","title":"Five Quarts: A Personal and Natural History of Blood","description":"\"This beguiling brew of fascinating scientific facts and illuminating, poignant anecdotes makes Five Quarts something like blood itself: vital and pulsing with energy.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Entertainment Weekly \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom ancient Rome, where gladiators drank the blood of vanquished foes to gain strength and courage, to modern-day laboratories, where machines test blood for diseases and scientists search for elusive cures, Bill Hayes takes us on a whirlwind journey through history, literature, mythology, and science by way of the great red river that runs five quarts strong through our bodies. Hayes also recounts the impact of the vital fluid in his daily life, from growing up in a household of five sisters and their monthly cycles to his enduring partnership with an HIV-positive man. As much a biography of blood as it is a memoir of how this rich substance has shaped one man's life, Five Quarts is by turns whimsical and provocative, informative and moving.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bill B. Hayes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Trade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/14\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780345456885\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in nonfiction, Bill Hayes is a frequent contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of four books: \u003ci\u003eSleep Demons: An Insomniac's Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFive Quarts: A Personal and Natural History of Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Anatomist: A True Story of Gray's Anatomy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eInsomniac City: New York, Oliver, and Me \u003c\/i\u003e(coming February 2017), and is currently at work on a new book \u003ci\u003eSweat: A History of Exercise.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A photographer as well as a writer, his photos have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and on CBS Evening News. His portraits of his partner, the late Oliver Sacks, appear in the recent collection of Dr. Sacks's suite of final essays \u003ci\u003eGratitude\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Trade","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43781802885235,"sku":"9.78035E+12","price":24.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_4261d221-61b5-4e0e-9862-489b4c9c6628.jpg?v=1757595499","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/five-quarts-a-personal-and-natural-history-of-blood-9780345456885","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}