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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Title: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Author: Rebecca Skloot Publisher:  Broadway Call number: RC265.6.L24 S55 2011 From the Publisher: 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 …

Posted 19 months ago by egrunes

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Charting Columbus

The dock is our compass, our legs, the arrows facing west. Staring up into the inky blackness, we draw a path from star to star resembling the hull of a ship, as little waves lap the salty posts like a cat licking a bowl of cream. The harbor is quiet, but for the soft purr …

Posted 31 months ago by Jennifer Govan

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Cave Visit

The long, jagged crystals look like light blue icicles, hanging there from the roof of the cave as they reflect the watery depth of 55 feet. It is beautiful, delicate, and eerie at the same time – a subterranean palace of precious mineral nestled beneath the warm, pink sands of Bermuda. Though they were visited by …

Posted 32 months ago by Jennifer Govan

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