I'm thinking 50 books won't happen this year either, but I heard on the radio today that 1 in 4 people haven't read a SINGLE BOOK in the last year. I'm doing a little better than that.
It was pretty good. It starts out "The human head is of the same approximate size and weight as a roaster chicken..." and that first chapter was hysterical to me, because I've been on the ordering side of things like this (thankfully not human heads, but I know where you can get eyeballs and any number of non-human cadavers). The rest of the book was interesting, but by the end her little asides got annoying rather than funny.
I heard on the radio today that 1 in 4 people haven't read a SINGLE BOOK in the last year.
That makes me want to cry.
I'm almost done with Public Radio: Behind the Voices if you'd like my copy once I'm done. It's been a fun read but doesn't hold much rereading value for me.
i heard that on the radio this morning, too. very sad.
ebola is so awesome. i haven't read 'hot zone' yet, but i do have a decent collection of books on infectious disease. i love that stuff :)
i think i am the only person that truly can't stomach anthony bourdain. saw a piece on nova last night about typhoid mary, and he was one of the interviewees (and i wondered why) ... he seems to be extremely sympathetic to her, and critical of the public health system. she was a threat to public health if she cooked, which she refused to stop doing, and though treatments and cures were right around the corner, i think the public health system was justifiably alarmed (though they were certainly lacking in any compassion).
Man, I wish I had known that was going to be on, I definitely would have watched it! AB is sympathetic to her, although he does say that what she did was undefendable.
I'm not going to re-read Hot Zone, and it's falling apart, but you're welcome to have it if you want just a reading copy.
thanks, but i know i'll need my own copy. they are books i keep forever ;)
the book i was trying to think of earlier was "the coming plague" by laurie garrett. quite a tome, but full of great info. if you're interested in reading more in the vein of epidemiology, you're welcome to check out my books :)
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and that first chapter was hysterical to me, because I've been on the ordering side of things like this (thankfully not human heads, but I know where you can get eyeballs and any number of non-human cadavers). The rest of the book was interesting, but by the end her little asides got annoying rather than funny.
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That makes me want to cry.
I'm almost done with Public Radio: Behind the Voices if you'd like my copy once I'm done. It's been a fun read but doesn't hold much rereading value for me.
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ebola is so awesome. i haven't read 'hot zone' yet, but i do have a decent collection of books on infectious disease. i love that stuff :)
i think i am the only person that truly can't stomach anthony bourdain. saw a piece on nova last night about typhoid mary, and he was one of the interviewees (and i wondered why) ... he seems to be extremely sympathetic to her, and critical of the public health system. she was a threat to public health if she cooked, which she refused to stop doing, and though treatments and cures were right around the corner, i think the public health system was justifiably alarmed (though they were certainly lacking in any compassion).
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I'm not going to re-read Hot Zone, and it's falling apart, but you're welcome to have it if you want just a reading copy.
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the book i was trying to think of earlier was "the coming plague" by laurie garrett. quite a tome, but full of great info. if you're interested in reading more in the vein of epidemiology, you're welcome to check out my books :)
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