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The Red Market: On the Trail of the World's Organ Brokers, Bone Thieves, Blood Farmers, and Child Traffickers - Scott Carney
The Red Market: On the Trail of the World's Organ Brokers, Bone Thieves, Blood Farmers, and Child Traffickers
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“An unforgettable nonfiction thriller, expertly reported….A tremendously revealing and twisted ride, where life and death are now mere cold cash commodities.”—Michael Largo, author of Final ExitsAward-winning investigative journalist and contributing Wired editor Scott Carney leads readers on a... show more
“An unforgettable nonfiction thriller, expertly reported….A tremendously revealing and twisted ride, where life and death are now mere cold cash commodities.”—Michael Largo, author of Final ExitsAward-winning investigative journalist and contributing Wired editor Scott Carney leads readers on a breathtaking journey through the macabre underworld of the global body bazaar, where organs, bones, and even live people are bought and sold on The Red Market. As gripping as CSI and as eye-opening as Mary Roach’s Stiff, Carney’s The Red Market sheds a blazing new light on the disturbing, billion-dollar business of trading in human body parts, bodies, and child trafficking, raising issues and exposing corruptions almost too bizarre and shocking to imagine.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780061936463 (0061936464)
ASIN: 61936464
Publisher: William Morrow
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
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Kaethe
Kaethe rated it
5.0 The Red Market: On the Trail of the World's Organ Brokers, Bone Thieves, Blood Farmers, and Child Traffickers - Scott Carney
I wouldn't call it a fun read, not like Mary Roach's Stiff, but it is significant. Someone has to think about where bodies and their parts come from, and how best to limit coercion. And really, as long as there is money to be made, from selling blood, from international adoption fees, from skeletons...
Veritatem Facientes In Caritate
Veritatem Facientes In Caritate rated it
3.0 The Red Market: On the Trail of the World's Organ Brokers, Bone Thieves, Blood Farmers, and Child Traffickers
An interesting book, but I think Carney bit off more than he could chew. The topic was so vast, it was almost like he didn't have a topic, just a bunch of briefly covered topics. However, it was informative.
Bright and Shiny Shiny
Bright and Shiny Shiny rated it
4.0
Makes you think about the haves and have-nots and the direcions our society is heading. Will we in the western world continue to allow the third world to be exploited for every resource available-up to and including their bodies and all the parts contained therein for our own benefit.
Bright and Shiny Shiny
Bright and Shiny Shiny rated it
4.0 The Red Market: On the Trail of the World's Organ Brokers, Bone Thieves, Blood Farmers, and Child Traffickers
Makes you think about the haves and have-nots and the direcions our society is heading. Will we in the western world continue to allow the third world to be exploited for every resource available-up to and including their bodies and all the parts contained therein for our own benefit.
willemite
willemite rated it
UPDATED - 7/17/12 - see link at bottomHow can I sell thee? Let me count the ways. Actually, I don’t need to. In The Red Market investigative journalist Scott Carney seems to have taken care of that. He covers the wealth of ways in which business people in the people business sell parts of people to ...
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