In the author’s note to The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, Siddhartha Mukherjee notes that “Cancer is not one disease, but many diseases.” It anticipates Mukherjee’s history, a look at cancer starting in the ages and proceeding forward to the modern day. It’s a 4,000 year history, and Mukherjee tells it well. The […]
Archives for April 2013
Review | Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber
2013-04-04 · by ·
David Graeber is an anthropologist and anarchist, an early member of the Occupy Wall Stree movement. He’s so “out there” that even Yale decided not to renew his contract as an assistant professor in 2005. If he’s too liberal for Yale, then…well, you know. Probably too liberal for me, too, right? Or maybe not. If just […]
Review | Crafty Chloe by Kelly DiPucchio and Heather Ross
2013-04-03 · by ·
Description: Crafty Chloe is about a young girl who is very creative decides to make a special birthday gift for her friend. Story: As someone who considers themselves relatively crafty, there were so many things about this story that I appreciated. I loved the message of the book. In looking for the perfect gift to give her […]
Review | Ballistics by Billy Collins
2013-04-02 · by ·
Did you know that April is National Poetry Month? To celebrate the beginning of National Poetry Month, and the letter B for the A to Z Challenge, I’d like to introduce you to one of my favorite poets, Billy Collins, Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003. The New York Times has […]
April is A – Z Challenge Month
2013-04-01 · by ·
Beginning today, Attack of the Books is part of the Blogging from A to Z Challenge. Started in 2010 by Arlee Bird in an effort to force himself to post everyday (except Sunday), it has grown to include 1,758 blogs. The challenge requires participants to draft posts thematically with the corresponding day of the month. Sort […]
