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Author: Richard E. LeakeyCondition: NewFormat: HardbackPages: 207Publisher: Salem House, Salem, NHYear: 1984ISBN: 0881620556
Condition notes: this book is in moderately aged condition (there is some foxing to the reading block), but there is little real damage other than some tiny tears to the dustjacket
Richard Leakey recounts his childhood, spent exploring the African wilds with his parents, his involvement in the study of human ancestry, and his struggle against a kidney disease which required a life-saving kidney transplant
An extraordinary, evocative investigation into the legacy of the controversial one-child policy across all of Chinese society
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