![]() The audiobook is like a literary thriller with cancer as the central character.įrom the Persian Queen Atossa, whose Greek slave may have cut off her diseased breast, to the 19th-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 toxic, bruising, and draining regimens in order to survive - and to increase the store of human knowledge. ![]() ![]() Mukherjee writes that he felt, inescapably, as if he were writing not about some thing but some one. 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. This question comes to mind almost immediately upon reading the title of Siddhartha Mukherjee’s The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer. This film tells the comprehensive story of cancer, from its. The story of cancer is a story of human ingenuity, resilience, and perseverance but also of hubris, arrogance, paternalism, and misperception, all leveraged against a disease that, just three decades ago, was thought to be easily vanquished in an all-out "war against cancer". Ken Burns presents CANCER: THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES, a film by Barak Goodman, a three-part, six-hour documentary series. The Emperor of All Maladies reveals the many faces of an iconic, shape-shifting disease that is the defining plague of our generation. A magnificent, beautifully written "biography" of cancer - from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() The Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, was his godfather. He was named after his paternal grandmother, Julia Lennon, who died five years before his birth. Julian Lennon was born John Charles Julian Lennon, on 8 April 1963 at Sefton General Hospital in Liverpool to John Lennon and Cynthia Powell. In 2020, Lennon was executive producer of the Netflix documentary Kiss the Ground about regenerative agriculture. In 2018, Lennon was executive producer of the documentary film Women of the White Buffalo, which chronicles the lives of women living on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. In 2007, he founded The White Feather Foundation (TWFF), whose stated mission goal is to address "environmental and humanitarian issues". In 2006, Lennon produced the environmental documentary film WhaleDreamers, which won eight international awards. He has held exhibitions of his fine-art photography and has had several children's books published. Lennon started a music career in 1984 with the album Valotte, best known for its lead single " Too Late for Goodbyes", and has since released six more albums. His parents divorced in 1968 after his father had an affair with Yoko Ono. Julian inspired three Beatles songs: " Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (1967), " Hey Jude" (1968) and " Good Night" (1968). He is the son of Beatles member John Lennon and his first wife, Cynthia, and he is named after his paternal grandmother, Julia Lennon. ![]() ![]() Julian Charles John Lennon (born John Charles Julian Lennon 8 April 1963) is an English musician, photographer, and philanthropist. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s one of my favourite novellas I’ve ever read. I’m so excited that we’re getting a full length book and get to see more of Ty and Kate, but even if we weren’t this novella stands on its own. It’s finally confronting demons of his past for Ty as he rediscovers the city that broke his heart, through new eyes. It gave me all the feelings of the city and that was just the backdrop to a beautiful story of a soul searching 12 hours between 2 strangers. Especially when it doesn’t just give a nod to, but really taps into those nostalgic feelings for me of the City I adore so much. ![]() I have a love affair with New York and I love when books or films are set in New York. When she's not writing, she's busy being inspired, traveling, or planning her next book-with one hand on her laptop and the other balancing a latte.īone Island: Book of Danvers (coming fall of 2021) In this case, she will lose track of time and will have to be dragged away. She's a rule breaker who cannot be confined in a box, except when she's in the writing cave. Her writing style and stories are known to evoke imagery and emotion, varying across all sub-genres, settings, and time periods due to her ambition to live a thousand lives. She has four published titles, all translated into multiple languages. ![]() ![]() Nicole Fiorina is the #1 Best Selling Author in Poetry for her debut trilogy, Stay with Me, and Amazon’s #1 Best Selling Author in Gothic Romance for Hollow Heathens. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When I sat down with him, the story I wanted to tell, I knew this great story of grace, and conversion, how the Capuchin friars had a big impact on him, so I wanted to emphasize all of that, and indeed that's what about 92% of the interview is about. In it, the actor highlighted the role which the Latin Mass played in his conversion.įounder, Word on Fire Catholic Ministries In just two weeks, his more than hour-long interview to discuss Shia LeBeouf's conversion story to Catholicism has received more than 1.5 million views on YouTube. ![]() Word on Fire, produces podcasts, videos, books, and more to evangelize through engaging content on goodness, truth, and beauty. Robert Barron is bishop of Winona-Rochester in Minnesota, but each year he reaches millions through his Catholic media ministry. ![]() ![]() Crossing the Atlantic aboard the luxurious Queen Mary, Audrey meets James and Violet Hawthorne, who will draw her into a sophisticated circle of artists and expatriates. As the 1930s unfold, alone, camera in hand, she will shock friends and outrage family as she plunges headlong into the wider world. Sheltered yet restless, responsible beyond her years yet hungering for experience, Audrey is hopelessly bound until she herself makes the daring decision to leave. Orphaned young, Audrey has grown up caring for her eccentric millionaire grandfather and her demanding younger sister, Annabelle, who assume she will always be there for them. ![]() Wanderlust is the story of Audrey Driscoll. ![]() Max & Martha Children’s Books In Publication Order ![]() Passion’s Promise / Golden Moments (1976). ![]() ![]() ![]() Fans of the Clique books or other rich girl series who are ready for something a little deeper. ![]() Who will like this book?: Celebrity-obsessed teens. I can’t believe this is the first Meg Cabot book I’ve read – I’ll be sure to check out more of them, including the upcoming sequel to this book, called Being Nikki. Can she learn how to model, dodge the paparazzi, and juggle multiple love interests, not to mention figure out a way to finish high school and reconnect with Christopher, who doesn’t even know she is still alive? This is a fun, fast read, with a great fantasy twist. ![]() Through a freak accident, she now has the body – and face – of the hottest teen supermodel on the planet, Nikki Howard.Įm is the now queen of the Walking Dead. She and Christopher have a nickname for the mean girls and the boys that drool after them: ‘The Walking Dead.’ When she takes her Walking Dead-wannabe little sister to a grand opening of the new Stark superstore, Em’s life is turned outside-in. Summary: Em Watts is your typical tomboy – she’d rather play Journeyquest online with her best friend (and secret crush) Christopher than spend time perfecting her hair and makeup like the popular girls at her school. ![]() ![]() ![]() LGBTQ+ Resources in Business and the WorkplaceĪ guide to sources of information for those researching the issues that affect the economic circumstances of the LGBTQ+ community. This survey (PDF) brings together some of the highlights from these holdings, providing an opportunity to learn more about LGBTQ+ creators and to recognize and celebrate their artistic achievements. ![]() The Music Division holds a wealth of information about these LGBTQ+ artists in its performing arts special collections, which contain musical scores, correspondence, scripts, photographs and other documents of their lives and careers. The artistic community has always had many LGBTQ+ members, including musicians, dancers, choreographers, writers, directors, designers, and other creators. LGBTQ+ Artists Represented in the Performing Arts Special Collections in the Library of Congress Music Division The Library provides on-site access to a number of relevant databases and electronic resources in LGBTQ+ Studies as well. In addition to high profile collections like the Frank Kameny Papers, the Library also owns a number of LGBTQ+ periodicals and primary source materials. This research guide serves as an introduction into the excellent collection of LGBTQ+ resources available at the Library of Congress. Research Guides LGBTQ+ Studies: A Resource Guide ![]() Blog posts from across the Library related to LGBTQ history. ![]() ![]() ![]() More than a memoir of friendship and first love, My Soul Looks Back is a carefully crafted, intimately understood homage to a bygone era and the people that made it so remarkable. Harris RELEASE DATE: An African-American culinary scholar remembers the years she spent among an extraordinary circle of friends that included James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, and Nina Simone. The book is framed by Harris' relationship with Sam Floyd, a fellow professor at Queens College, who introduced her to Baldwin. MY SOUL LOOKS BACK A MEMOIR by Jessica B. ![]() Buy a discounted Paperback of My Soul Looks Back online from Australias leading online. Harris describes her role as theater critic for the New York Amsterdam News and editor at then burgeoning Essence magazine star-studded parties in the South of France drinks at Mikell's, a hip West Side club and the simple joy these extraordinary people took in each other's company. Booktopia has My Soul Looks Back, A Memoir by Jessica B. Harris paints evocative portraits of her illustrious friends: Baldwin as he read aloud an early draft of If Beale Street Could Talk, Angelou cooking in her California kitchen, and Morrison relaxing at Baldwin's house in Provence. My Soul Looks Back is her paean to that fascinating social circle and the depth of their shared commitment to activism, intellectual engagement, and each other. Harris debated, celebrated, and danced her way from the jazz clubs of the Manhattan's West Side to the restaurants of the Village, living out her buoyant youth alongside the great minds of the day - luminaries like Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison. ![]() In the Technicolor glow of the early 70s, Jessica B. ![]() ![]() ![]() Uncover the mystery in the complete Taken trilogy and companion e-novella, Stolen. Forged (Taken 3) (Paperback) By Erin Bowman 10. Don't miss Vengeance Road and Retribution Rails, two gritty tales of justice and revenge set in the Wild West.Įvery boy in Claysoot vanishes on his eighteenth birthday. This second book in Erin Bowman's gripping Taken trilogy will thrill fans of dystopian sci-fi series like Michael Grant's Gone and James Dashner's Maze Runner. Learn More The Girl and the Witch's GardenĪvailable for purchase as an e-book or paperback, don't miss this thrilling novella that bridges the gap between Vengeance Road and Retribution Rails.Īfter receiving a distress call from a drill team on a distant planet, a skeleton crew is sent into deep space to perform a standard search-and-rescue mission in this the Edgar Award-nominated sci-fi horror duology. ![]() The Secret Garden meets Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children in this charming middle grade adventure about a girl determined to infiltrate her grandmother’s enchanted garden with the help of some magically gifted friends. Delta of Dead River sets out to rescue her family from a ruthless dictator rising to power in the Wastes and discovers a secret that will reshape her world in this postapocalyptic Western mashup for fans of Mad Max and The 100. ![]() ![]() ![]() Playing outside Brad Barritt and Farrell, he was the menace in England’s midfield.Īgainst Wales at Twickenham - the match in which Lancaster’s team came alive - Tuilagi showed himself an equal to Wales’ own crash-ball carrying centre, Jamie Roberts. Under Lancaster this spring, however, Tuilagi appeared revitalised. Then, the day after England went out the tournament, Tuilagi summed up the lads-on-tour indiscipline that characterised the whole squad by jumping off a ferry into Auckland harbour. ![]() He was fined for breaking rules by wearing a sponsored gumshield. His partnerships in the centre with Mike Tindall, Shontayne Hape and Toby Flood looked stodgy and guileless. He scored a couple of tries in England’s wins over Georgia and Romania but for the rest of the tournament he symbolised everything rotten about Martin Johnson’s England. Tuilagi (right) had a rum old time in New Zealand. ![]() New West End Company BRANDPOST | PAID CONTENT. ![]() |