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Author: Michael T. Ashworth, MD Publisher: Cambridge University Press – 348 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani In recent years, there have been: An explosion of pediatric transplant programs Enormous developments in genetics Surging knowledge-understanding of fetal cardiac pathology and congenital heart disease The emergence of a flourishing cardiac imaging discipline Despite these strides, there have been no books published on pediatric cardiac pathology, the author points out. This book is Dr. Ashworth’s contribution to fill that gap. He provides you the readers, the benefit of his knowledge, experience, and insight with this book, with coverage of the following...

Editor: Michael McCormick Publisher: Cambridge University Press – 1,101 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram This book has been described on its introductory page as: “the first comprehensive analysis of the economic transition from antiquity to the Middle Ages in over sixty years. It brings fresh evidence to bear on the fall of the Roman Empire and the origins of the medieval economy. The book uses new material from recent excavations, and develops a new method for the study of hundreds of travelers to reconstitute the communications infrastructure that conveyed those travelers–ship sailings, overland routes–linking Europe to Africa and...

Author: Felicitas Becker Publisher: Cambridge University Press – 372 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram The gross domestic product of Tanzania is $61 billion, ranking No. 75 and being in the second lowest quintile in a 2019 list of 186 countries compiled by the International Monetary Fund. A better measure is GDP per capita (average annual economic product per person) and in that respect, the average Tanzanian produced just $1,134 of economic value in 2019, ranking No. 158 and being in the lowest quintile (Nos.150-187) in the IMF list of 187 countries for this measure. Why Tanzania is among...