LSC-Kingwood Common Read 2013-2014: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Related Books | Timelines | About the Author & Henrietta Lacks | Instructor Resources | Videos
Common Book for Fall 2013
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Skloot, Rebecca. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Broadway Paperbacks, 2011.. RC265.6.L24 S55 2009 (also on reserve*) -----. ----- (sound recording). RC265.6.L24 S55 2010ab (one copy on reserve. Find it at the LSC-Kingwood circulation desk.)
Download an eCopy of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Available in Kindle, Overdrive, and EPUB versions. Login with your LSCS or Harris County barcode number and PIN to checkout or place on hold.
*LSC-Kingwood Library has a number of copies of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks on reserve for short-term (out of the library) checkout. Ask at the circulation desk. |
Related Books
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Jones, James H. Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment. New York: Free Press, 1982, c1981. LSC-Kingwood. R853.H8 .J66 1982. Ask at the LSC-Kingwood Library circulation desk about copies available on reserve.
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Hornblum, Allen M., Judith L. Newman & Gregory J. Dober. Against Their Will: The Secret History of Medical Experimentation on Children in Cold War America. Macmillan, 2013. LSC-Kingwood - 2 copies. RJ85 .H67 2013. Also available upon request from MCML Library. | |
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Katz, Ralph V. & Rueben C. Warren, eds. The Search for the Legacy of the USPHS Syphilis Study of Tuskegee. Lexington Books, 2011. LSC-Kingwood - 2 copies. R853.H8 S43 2013. Also available upon request from LSC-North Harris. | |
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Kutcher, Gerald. Contested Medicine: Cancer Research and the Military. U of Chicago Press, 2009. LSC-Kingwood. RC267 .K88 2009. | |
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Lederer, Susan E. Subjected to Science: Human Experimentation in America Before the Second World War. Johns Hopkins U Press, 1995. LSC-Kingwood - 2 copies. R853.H8 L43 1997. Also available upon request from LSC-Tomball. |
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Mnookin, Seth. The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science and Fear. Simon & Schuster, 2011. LSC-Kingwood. RA638 .M675 2011. | |
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Mukherjee, Siddhartha. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer. New York: Scribner, 2010. LSC-Kingwood. RC275 .M85 2010. |
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Shilts, Randy. And the Band Played On. St. Martins, 1988. LSC-Kingwood - 2 copies. RA644.A25 S48 2007. Search the catalog for this title to find several copies available from other LSCS, and HCPL libraries. ---. ----. Videorecording. [2001]. LSC-Kingwood. DVD. RA644.A25 A5 2001. | |
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Tucker, Holly. Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution. W.W. Norton, 2011. LSC-Kingwood - 2 copies. RM171 .T787 2012. Available from MCML and HCPL library branches. | |
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Washington, Harriet. Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans From Colonial Times to the Present. Doubleday, 2006. LSC-Kingwood. R853.H8 W37 2006. |
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Timelines
- Henrietta Lacks - timelines
- Research Ethics Timeline
- Medical Ethics Timelines
- Genetics Research Timeline
About the Author & Henrietta Lacks
- Author's page
- Lacks Family
- Foundation
- HeLa cells in the News: 2013 updates
- "A New Chapter In The Story Of Henrietta Lacks" (NPR, March 26, 2013)
- "For Henrietta Lacks' famous cells, new and unique protection" (Reuters, August 7, 2013)
Instructor Resources & Links
- Bioethics resources from National Institutes of Health
- Faculty may join the ANGEL community group, LSC-Kingwood Book in Common, for more links to author and book information, suggested videos and links and other instructor resources. Email Thilo Schimmel for a PIN to join and instructions.
- The LSC-Kingwood Library has prepared a research guide for use with students. If you have a specific assignment that requires additional resources, email the librarians and they can create a custom assignment guide.
- The LSCS Libraries databases include streaming video from Films on Demand. Embed full-length educational videos - or selected short segments - in your online class or stream to your traditional class. Collection includes the 1997 BBC documentary on the history of the HeLa cells, Cancer Cell Research: The Way of All Flesh. (Off-campus access requires your 14-digit barcode number)
- LSC-Kingwood Librarians have created a Pinterest board of links and images.
Videos
A Conversation with Rebecca Skloot
Harriet Washington
Author of Deadly Monopolies & Medical Apartheid - interview