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5 Fascinating Books to Skim Through This Week


Mon 16 Sep 2019 | 01:06 PM
Ahmed Yasser

You still have plenty of time to start reading  good and entertaining books . There are 5 books that beg you to skim through this week. there are plenty of highly-anticipated books releases on the way.

1- Undisputed Truth by Mike Tyson

"Mike Tyson" has defied stereotypes, expectations, and a lot of conventional wisdom during his three decades in the public eye. Tyson grew up to become one of the most ferocious boxers of all time and the youngest heavyweight champion ever. But his brilliance in the ring was often compromised by reckless behavior. Yet even after hitting rock bottom the man who once admitted being addicted to everything fought his way back and achieved triumphant success.

2- United Nations and Changing World Politics

The United Nations is built around three critical themes in international relations ''peace and security, human rights and humanitarian affairs and sustainable human development'' the eighth edition of The United Nations and Changing World Politics guides students through the seven turbulent decades of UN politics.

This new edition is fully revised to incorporate recent developments on the international stage including new peace operations in Mali and the Central African Republic; ongoing UN efforts to manage the crises in Libya, Syria, and Iraq, the Iran Nuclear Deal and the new Sustainable Development Goals.

The authors discuss how international law frames the controversies at the UN and guides how the UN responds to violence and insecurity, gross violations of human rights, poverty, underdevelopment and environmental degradation.

3- Radical New History of Life by David Quammen

David Quammen explains how recent discoveries in molecular biology can change our understanding of evolution and life’s history with powerful implications for human health and even our own human nature.

In The Tangled Tree David Quammen, one of that rare breed of science journalists who blends exploration with a talent for synthesis and storytelling "Nature", chronicles these discoveries through the lives of the researchers who made themsuch as ''Carl Woese'' the most important little-known biologist of the twentieth century, ''Lynn Margulis'', the notorious maverick whose wild ideas about “mosaic” creatures proved to be true.

4-Falconer by Dana Czapnik

Novelist ”Ann Patchett” Co-owner of ”Parnassus” Books in Nashville, Tennessee, praised debut novel ”Falconer” by Dana Czapnik. Patchett reported that we’re excited about so many books in 2019, but one that I particularly love is ”Dana Czapnik’s” first novel. The Falconer that’s being published by ”Atria”, the story of a girl basketball player in her senior year of high school ”New York City”, the novel is openhearted, fiercely intelligent and has restored my faith in pretty much everything.

5- “You Can Stop Humming Now” by Daniela Lamas

“Lamas” was the one resident who refused to let her patients die. This seems like a low bar but as Dr. Lamas enters the world of critical care it becomes harder than she realizes.

Through Lamas’ eyes we learn about a woman whose blood is oxygenated outside of her body and a man who plugs into a wall every night to keep his heart beating and offering compelling portraits of the thin line between life and death.