5/23/2023 0 Comments Demon under the microscope![]() Human had looked for the remedy of infections for a very long time, yet the insight of this ‘magic’ remedy was achieved through a team of scientists in Bayer pharmaceutical industry, Germany. Alas, almost all of sulfa’s inventors suffered from tragic fate during WWII, despite the fact that they were the most meritorious people who ‘saved’ a lot of people during WWII.Īnd in this blog, I want to go into a more detail story about this sulfa drugs. And thanks to sulfa that the FDA gained its position as the ‘powerful’ drug regulatory agency nowadays. ![]() Sulfa is also the drug that underlies the principle of pharmacology and toxicity tests before a drug can be launched to the market. Sulfa-class drugs were the first antibiotic (even before the famous penicillin) widely used to treat various infections, from the infection of childbirth (which could kill more than 50% of mothers giving birth during its epidemic) to the war-related infections during WWII. I think this book should be a mandatory reading for anyone interested in medical and drug development, as this sulfa drugs were the first drug that confirmed the possibility of a ‘magic bullet’ (specific drug) for a disease (in this case, infection). ![]() ![]() Thomas Hager wrote the biography of sulfa drugs in a novelette-like story, which is amazing! There are inspirations and tragic stories in the way of searching the cure for infections, the great maladies haunting human lives for centuries. ![]()
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5/23/2023 0 Comments The bad queen by carolyn meyer![]() Will she be able keep her place by Henry’s side? Her first child is a daughter, Elizabeth, an upset for Anne, but she believes that she will have a son. Now Anne must have a son, or face banishment-or worse. She is not as supported as Catherine, the ex-queen and ex-wife of King Henry. They marry, but the people of England are not very enthusiastic with Anne as their queen. Anne and Henry end finally end up together. She flirts and is elusive, making King Henry want her even more.Īfter a while, Henry is able to rid himself (for the most part) of Catherine, his wife. She finally captures the attention of the king. When sent to live at court to be a lady-in-waiting to Catherine, she catches the eyes of several men, but won’t settle for anything less than the king. ![]() The king was already married, but Anne knows that he may tire of his current wife because she has only bore him a daughter and no sons. ![]() Anne was not as pretty as her older sister was, but she had a bigger ambition than to be the King’s mistress-she wanted to be King Henry’s wife. But what is her side of the story? Was the mother of later Queen Elizabeth really a witch?Īnne lived part of her life in the shadow of her older sister who was the King's mistress. ![]() Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII, was beheaded on charges of adultery. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Sally mann autobiography![]() ![]() This is the stuff of which Greek dramas are made: impatience, terror, self-discovery, self-doubt, pain, vulnerability, role-playing and a sense of immortality, all of which converge in these astonishing photographs. With sublime dignity, acute wit and feral grace, Sally Mann's pictures explore the eternal struggle between the child's simultaneous dependence and quest for autonomy-the holding on and the breaking away. Taken against the Arcadian backdrop of her woodland summer home in Virginia, Sally Mann's extraordinary, intimate photographs of her children reveal truths that embody the individuality of her own family yet ultimately take on a universal quality. ![]() ![]() First published in 1992, Immediate Family has been lauded by critics as one of the great photography books of our time, and among the most influential. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Nemesis dreadnought![]() ![]() Nemesis series ĭaniels' first book, Dreadnought, introduces a girl named Danny Tozer who inherits the mantle of her world's foremost superhero -the eponymous Dreadnought-which gives her powers like flight and the feminine body she has wanted ever since she realized she was transgender, and thrusts her into confrontation with a trans-exclusionary radical feminist (TERF) witch and other supervillains. ![]() ![]() Daniels is also a contributor to The Mary Sue. She graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a degree in literature. She was homeless in San Francisco for a time, and currently lives in Portland, Oregon. April Daniels is an American author of the Nemesis superhero trilogy.ĭaniels lived in Ashland, Oregon until she was ten years old, where she was exposed to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, before her family moved to Los Angeles, California. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Cold sassy tree![]() Not pandering opera, but theater pieces strapped tight with technical virtuosity, yet sounding innocent and natural." Carlisle Floyd comments that "In dramatizing the book for the stage, there were two undergirding themes in particular from the novel that I wanted to deal with. ![]() According to Daniel Webster, "Floyd writes popular opera. Like all the work that preceded it, the music is about expressive clarity, lyricism and the value of song. ![]() Like five of the six Floyd operas that preceded it, Cold Sassy Tree is about American attitudes, characters - and the joy of language. As always, he has written his own libretto, drawing upon his own theatrical instincts that have been nourished simultaneously with his music. Cold Sassy Tree, Carlisle Floyd's first crack at writing a comic opera, is taken from Olive Ann Burns' delightful exploration of youthful old age and set in an America affectionately drawn. ![]() A first recording from the Houston Grand Opera. Go Back > Carlisle Floyd's first comic opera. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Anna todd books in order![]() ![]() This collection includes the four titles, After, After We Collided, After We Fell and After Ever Happy, as well as the prequel novella Before. It follows the dramatic relationship between naïve college freshman Tessa and 19-year-old Hardin – attractive and daring but with a dark streak – as revelations about their families test their bond. The slightly longer answer is that Anna Todd wrote two additional books in the Hessa world: Nothing More and Nothing Less. ![]() ![]() ![]() 519933 Anna Todd's After Series - 5 books 12.99 12.99 GBP InStock /Postscript collections /New arrivals Following its sensational reception among new adult readers on Wattpad, Anna Todd’s series became an international bestseller and has been adapted for film. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Heartburn by Nora Ephron![]() Both he and Wilde vehemently denied all this. ![]() “Took her salad and dressing and left them,” was what the nanny then claimed Sudeikis texted her. ![]() In a desperate bid to stop the dressing from reaching Styles, Sudeikis purportedly “lay under her car” to stop her driving away from him and their kids. Wilde, the nanny claimed, had been mixing up her “special salad dressing” in their kitchen – but when Sudeikis learnt that the dressing was intended for Harry Styles (who was to become, for a while, Wilde’s boyfriend), he was outraged. In an interview with the Daily Mail (which was subsequently taken down), the former nanny of ex-couple Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis conjured an indelible scene. ![]() Last autumn, Nora Ephron’s go-to vinaigrette recipe became a major player in a celebrity scandal. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Icons by Margaret Stohl![]() ![]() She is also the narrator of the story and her parents are among those killed on The Day which describes the fateful day of attack. The main character is Doloria (dol) who is much reserved and holds everything to herself. They nearly destroy all humanity and a few survivors are captured and taken to the embassy. Icons basically involves an attack on the earth by alien beings sent to conquer and colonize. This book series features various out of the world settings and practices that drift the reader through imaginations and relatable experiences. ![]() In Icons, she introduces a torrid world enslaved after The Day which is described as humanity’s doom as Lords take control and make all decisions in the land. Besides writing, Margret also enjoys working in the video gaming industry. ![]() Margret, a US born writer, is also the co-author of another book series called Caster Chronicles. Authored by Margret Stohl, this book describes a world enslaved and controlled by Lords, who came from a far away solar system, and needs to be saved. ![]() Icons book series is however one of the few fiction books that introduces a characteristic distinct world with dynamic characters. When it comes to book writing, science fiction has always been less exploited and left for movies. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Book atonement![]() ![]() London: Vintage, 2005.įind citation guides for additional books linked here. ![]() McEwan, I., Atonement Vintage: London, 2005. Here are Atonement citations for 14 popular citation styles including Turabian style, the American Medical Association (AMA) style, the Council of Science Editors (CSE) style, IEEE, and more. Ian McEwan, Atonement (London: Vintage, 2005). Here are Atonement citations for five popular citation styles: MLA, APA, Chicago (notes-bibliography), Chicago (author-date), and Harvard style. If you are looking for additional help, try the EasyBib citation generator. Atonement is cited in 14 different citation styles, including MLA, APA, Chicago, Harvard, APA, ACS, and many others. Learn how to create in-text citations and a full citation/reference/note for Atonement by Ian McEwan using the examples below. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Baker's Magic by Diane Zahler![]() ![]() Agent: Jennifer Laughran, Andrea Brown Literary Agency. Bee and her companions are quick-thinking and determined heroes, and their journey to right wrongs should appeal to a broad range of readers. Zahler ( Sleeping Beauty’s Daughters) has created a cozy fantasy adventure with tension, twists, and sweet treats. As Bee, Anika, and their friend Wil attempt to find a way to unseat Master Joris, they discover the trees the mage removed from Aradyn, find lost family members, and make new friends. ![]() Bee’s talent comes in handy when the kingdom’s orphaned princess, Anika, is forced to flee the evil mage who has taken over (Bee bakes fatigue into sweet buns, which puts the castle guards to sleep and allows Anika to escape). ![]() Each kingdom in Bee’s world has a mage, a powerful wizard who assists the king, and Bee discovers that she has the ability to bake her feelings into the pastries she creates. When a new friend desperately needs her help against an evil mage, Bee wonders what. As she learns to bake, Bee discovers that she has a magical power. To Bee's surprise, the baker offers her a place at his shop. In desperation, she steals a bun from a bakery. When 12-year-old runaway Bee is caught stealing a sweet bun from a bakery, the proprietor allows her to work off her debt, then invites her to stay on as his helper. Bee is an orphan, alone in a poor, crumbling kingdom. ![]() |