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This is the fourth book in the Temeraire series. It is the story of a navy man who, after rescuing a dragon egg, unwittingly forms a bond between himself and the dragon. They become part of England’s elite dragon unit sent to defeat Napoleon. It is an interesting premise and by taking events from actual history and adding a fantasy element they seem more realistic that some other fantasy novels. It relies heavily on military matters and yet I like these books. Though I like dragon books, I am not usually big on the military angle. Novik has managed to create an intriguing mess of characters that makes you want to keep reading to find out what is going to happen. There are also broader issues such as slavery, rights for dragons, and the stigma of being a dragon fighter that come to the forefront of some of the books. This series is unlike anything I have ever read.
By: Rebecca,
on 10/1/2007
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Earlier today, Mary Ann Cohen, co-editor of the Comprehensive Textbook of AIDS Psychiatry helped us better understand the AIDS epidemic in young American men. Cohen’s book (with Jack M. Gorman), navigates the ample evidence supporting the fact that psychiatric treatment can decrease transmission, diminish suffering, improve adherence, and decrease morbidity and mortality in AIDS patients. In the excerpt below, Jimmie Holland, MD the Wayne E. Chapman Chair in Psychiatric Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and a Professor of Psychiatry at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University provides a forward which puts the Comprehensive Textbook of AIDS Psychiatry into historical perspective.
The publication of the Comprehensive Textbook of AIDS Psychiatry, edited by two psychiatrists who have ‘‘been there’’ since the beginning of the epidemic, is a benchmark for the field —it has come of age. (more…)
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By: Rebecca,
on 5/14/2007
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Earlier today we posted an excerpt from When A Gene Makes You Smell Like a Fish…and Other Tales about the Genes in Your Body, by Lisa Seachrist Chiu. Now we are going to delve deeper into the book with an excerpt that looks at a specific genetic disease, Marfan syndrome.
On January 24,1986, U.S. Olympic volleyball player Flo Hyman took a well-earned breather during a game her team was playing in Matsue, Japan. It was the third game of the evening, and Hyman rotated out on a routine substitution. She sat on the bench and within seconds slid to the floor. Just two years after her team made history winning a silver medal in Los Angeles, the woman touted as the best female volleyball player ever was dead. (more…)
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