According to law you dont actually own your own body & you might be shocked by the cunning ways everyone from researchers & entrepreneurs to doctors insurers & governments are using that fact to their advantage. Thanks to developments in biotechnology & medicine cells tissues & organs are now viewed as both a valuable source of information & as the raw material for new commercial products. This currency of the future might be fueling the new biotechnology industry but the former owners of that flesh & bone arent entitled to one fraction of the proceeds. In Body Shopping" award-winning writer Donna Dickenson makes a case against the newfound rights of businesses to harvest body parts & gain exclusive profit from the resulting products & processes. To illustrate her case she presents a series of compelling stories of individuals injured or abused by the increasingly rapacious biotechnology industry. Some cases have become public scandals such as the illicit selling of the late broadcaster Alastair Cookes bones by a body parts ring involving surgeons & undertakers. Others are hardly known at all including the way in which for-profit umbilical cord blood banks target pregnant women with offers of a service that professional obstetrics bodies view as dangerous the leukemia patient who tried & failed to claim property rights in a $3 billion cell line created from his tissue & the real risks facing women who provide eggs for the global market in baby-making. " Body Shopping" offers a fresh international & completely up-to-date take on the evolving legal position the historical long view & the latest biomedical research
- an approach that goes beyond a mere recital of horror stories to suggest a range of new strategies to bring the biotechnology industry to heel. The result is a gripping powerful book that is essential reading for everyone from parents to philosophers & from scientists to lawmakers
- everyone who believes that no human should ever be reduced to the sum of their body parts."

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The first of its kind Body Space Image is a remarkable book about improvisation
- a narrative of discovery that sets the mind loose
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Mo Rossers unique bestselling text has been fully updated to reflect the latest standards in Beauty Therapy with new photographs & a wealth of learning features to reinforce study & place the theory in the context of the salon. In order to provide the most effective treatments for their clients students & practitioners of beauty therapy need to fully comprehend the science that underpins each treatment. This book enables you to understand the scientific aspects of both body & facial therapy explaining the theory in an accessible yet comprehensive manner. Therapies covered include: mechanical massage vacuum suction galvanic treatment electro-muscle stimulation micro-current treatments micro-dermabrasion infra-red & ultraviolet & heat therapy treatments. ...

Club Gouge: Chicagos edgiest night spot where a woman calling herself the Body Artist invites the audience to use her naked body as a canvas. The show attracts all kinds of people from a menacing cop to Ukrainian mobsters & Iraq war veterans. A tormented young painter comes too & the designs she creates on the Body Artist drive one of the soldiers into a violent rage. When the painter is shot the police assume the shell-shocked veteran went off the rails. But his family hires V.I. to clear his name
- & the detective discovers a chain of ugly truths stretching from Iraq to Chicagos South Side.
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This work is aimed at bodybuilders strength training enthusiasts & as a reference for fitness professionals. It is a new addition to the best-selling Anatomy" series. The original text " Strength Training Anatomy" has sold over 500 000 copies worldwide & has been translated into over 20 languages. This book has enough detail for any serious strength training enthusiast with training for specific body image goals & key emphasis on technique to avoid injury. It is a combination of top medical & anatomical knowledge with 280 illustrations to guide the reader. Organised by muscle group each body part is subdivided into muscle target zones allowing the reader to select the specific exercises they need to emphasise hard-to-hit target spots in their physique. Each chapter

Includes:: detailed variations on modifying grip body position exercise trajectory & range of motion in order to emphasise different muscle groups."

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Craig Summers had one of the most dangerous jobs in television. His task? Keeping adventurous celebrities alive! Summers was the BBCs security adviser a job which took him to war zones scenes of natural disaster & big international sporting events as well as on undercover operations involving child trafficking football hooliganism & narcotics. Using his extensive military experience
- he served with the British forces in both the Falklands War in 1982 & the Balkans Conflict in Bosnia & Herzegovina
- he has been the right hand man confidant & enforcer to many adventurous celebrities including Sir Ranulph Fiennes Gary Lineker John Simpson & Matthew Pinsent. In Bodyguard Summers talks extensively about these relationships & how he helps make demanding television look so easy to the viewer back home demonstrating how his knowledge & experience have been vital in keeping BBC casualties to a minimum a fact directly acknowledged by John Simpson among others. From Kabul to Gaza to Zimbabwe Summers has escorted & protected some of our biggest stars through testing & hazardous conditions
- always remaining a stalwart reassuring presence behind the camera. Bodyguard tells the unknown stories behind some of the biggest news & sports events of our time from the inside out. This is not just another book about life in the danger zones; it is much much more.


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In a dangerous world everyone needs protection. Bodyguard: Hostage" is the new thriller from Chris Bradford bestselling author of " Young Samurai". " Bodyguard" is a bulletproof action-adventure series that fans of Cherub & Alex Rider will love. This is Lee Child for younger readers
- Jason Bourne for the next generation. With the rise of teen stars the intense media focus on celeb families & a new wave of billionaires adults are no longer the only target for hostage-taking blackmail & assassination
- kids are too. That's why they need a young bodyguard like Connor Reeves to protect them. Recruited into the ranks of a covert young bodyguard squad 14-year-old Connor Reeves embarks on a rigorous close protection course. Training in surveillance anti-ambush exercises hostage survival & unarmed combat he's put through his paces & wonders if he will actually survive the course. But when the US President summons Connor to protect his impulsive teenage daughter Connor's training is put to the ultimate test. For Connor discovers that the First Daughter Alicia doesn't want to be guarded. She just wants to have fun. & with no clue Connor is her bodyguard Alicia tries to elude her Secret Service agents & lead Connor astray. But unknown to her a terrorist sleeper cell has been activated. Its mission: to take the president's daughter Hostage... And don't miss " Bodyguard: Ransom" coming soon."

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In 1932 Englands cricket team led by the haughty Douglas Jardine had the fastest bowler in the world: Harold Larwood. Australia boasted the most prolific batsman the game had ever seen: the young Don Bradman. He had to be stopped. The leg-side bouncer onslaught inflicted by Larwood & Bill Voce with a ring of fieldsmen waiting for catches caused an outrage that reverberated to the back of the stands & into the highest levels of government. Bodyline as this infamous technique came to be known was repugnant to the majority of cricket-lovers. It was also potentially lethal
- one bowl fracturing the skull of Australian wicketkeeper Bert Oldfield
- & the technique was outlawed in 1934. After the death of Don Bradman in 2001 one of the most controversial events in cricketing history
- the Bodyline technique
- finally slid out of living memory. Over seventy years on the 1932-33 Ashes series remains the most notorious in the history of Test cricket between Australia & Engl&. David Friths gripping narrative has been acclaimed as the definitive book on the whole saga: superbly researched & replete with anecdotes Bodyline Autopsy is a masterly anatomy of one of the most remarkable sporting scandals.



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This fresh analysis of the England
- Australia ' Bodyline Controversy' of 1932-33 uncovers hypocrisy on both sides of the furore
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In the 20 years since the publication of the first edition of Bodyspace" the knowledge base upon which ergonomics rests has increased significantly. The need for an authoritative contemporary & above all usable reference is therefore great. This third edition maintains the same content & structure as previous editions but updates the material & references to reflect recent developments in the field. The book has been substantially revised to include new research & anthropometric surveys the latest techniques & changes in legislation that have taken place in recent years. New coverage in the third edition
Includes:: Guidance on design strategies & practical advice on conducting trials; overview of recent advances in simulation & digital human modes; dynamic seating; recent work on hand/handle interface; computer input devices; laptop computer use & childrens use of computers; design for an aging population & accessibility for people with disabilities; and; new approaches to risk management & new assessment tools legislation & standards. As the previous two editions have shown " Bodyspace" is an example of the unusual: a text that is a favourite among academics & practitioners. Losing none of the features that made previous editions so popular the author skilfully integrates new knowledge into the existing text without sacrificing the easily accessible style that makes this book unique. More than just a reference text this authoritative book clearly delineates the field of ergonomics."
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