Shapeshifters : a journey through the changing human body / Gavin Francis.
Shapeshifters : a journey through the changing human body / Gavin Francis.
Shapeshifters : a journey through the changing human body / Gavin Francis.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Basic Books, 2018.
Call Numbers
G 2018/4246
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
282 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Transformation -- Werewolves: agitation at the full moon -- Conception: the first and second reason for existing -- Sleep: the chamber of dreams -- Bodybuilding: unhelmed by fury -- Scalp: of horns, terror and glory -- Birth: reshaping the heart -- Rejuvenation: an alchemy of youth and beauty -- Tat...
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Basic Books, 2018.
Edition
First US edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2018.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"From birth to death, a lyrical exploration of the role of transformation in human life. To be alive is to be in perpetual metamorphosis: growing, healing, learning, aging. In Shapeshifters, physician and writer Gavin Francis considers the inevitable changes all of our bodies undergo-such as birth, puberty, and death, but also laughter, sleeping, a...
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Full title
Shapeshifters : a journey through the changing human body / Gavin Francis.
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-261) and index.
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Date Copyright
©2018
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Call Numbers
G 2018/4246
Record Identifier
74VKVkqo5eAM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVkqo5eAM
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ISBN
9781541697522 hardcover
1541697529 hardcover
DDC
612
MMS ID
991024179908202626
