Books by H.P. Newquist
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review 1: Why would anybody enjoy reading a compendium of ways to die, in detail, with horribleness ratings?I do not know.However, this was my bedside book for quite a while, and I enjoyed it. I found it more intriguing than amusing. Reading about ways of dying is probably a kind of innocu...
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review 1: I was drawn to The Book Of Blood by HP Newquist initially by the intriguing cover which is dripping blood. By the title, I expected the book to be about blood. The subtitle From Legends and Leeches to Vampires and Veins threw me off a little. Since it was in the 600s section of...
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review 1: Great narrative nonfiction for middle or high school. Traces the history of blood, including religious beliefs, superstitions and the possible origins of those beliefs. The middle half of the book traces blood and its purpose throughout the body. The last section of the book deal...