Winner of the Pulitzer Prize; and now a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS; The Emperor of All Maladies is a magnificent; profoundly humane “biography†of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure; control; and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence.Physician; researcher; and award-winning science writer; Siddhartha Mukherjee examines cancer with a cellular biologist’s precision; a historian’s perspective; and a biographer’s passion. The result is an astonishingly lucid and eloquent chronicle of a disease humans have lived with—and perished from—for more than five thousand years.The story of cancer is a story of human ingenuity; resilience; and perseverance; but also of hubris; paternalism; and misperception. Mukherjee recounts centuries of discoveries; setbacks; victories; and deaths; told through the eyes of his predecessors and peers; training their wits against an infinitely resourceful adversary that; just three decades ago; was thought to be easily vanquished in an all-out “war against cancer.†The book reads like a literary thriller with cancer as the protagonist. From the Persian Queen Atossa; whose Greek slave may have cut off her diseased breast; to the nineteenth-century recipients of primitive radiation and chemotherapy to Mukherjee’s own leukemia patient; Carla; The Emperor of All Maladies is about the people who have soldiered through fiercely demanding regimens in order to survive—and to increase our understanding of this iconic disease. Riveting; urgent; and surprising; The Emperor of All Maladies provides a fascinating glimpse into the future of cancer treatments. It is an illuminating book that provides hope and clarity to those seeking to demystify cancer.
#6453201 in Books Sims Edward Jr Snowden Thomas Gayle Sims Edward 2008-11-15Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x .58 x 6.00l; .84 #File Name: 1436333482256 pagesBlack Family Rituals
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Not what I as expecting.By HadeenWith a title like Black Family Rituals: Rites of passage for the African American Family one would think that the book would provide the history behind ritual celebrations. But it did not. This book is more of a how to guide; which I thought was misleading. It's more instructional then cultural. The information in the book was not written in a easy to read essay format. It lists a lot of activities to do and how to do them. Nice list of bibliography at the end of each section. I would like to see this book rewritten with more emphasis on more history and general information surrounding each ritual without so much emphasis on the activities. I am looking to add something like this to my collection.Summing Up: Optional
