In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) included AMR in the 10 most urgent threats that will demand attention from WHO and health partners. This makes infections harder to control and increases the chances of disease spreading, leading to higher risks of severe illnesses and death. AMR refers to bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites changing over time and no longer responding to available drugs or treatments. RaDAR’s objective is to strengthen health systems by improving their resilience and reinforcing their preparedness and response capacity to tackle Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). The project was presented to the EU Officials by María Sanchis, Health Innovation Project Manager at AQuAS – Agència de Qualitat i Avaluació Sanitàries de Catalunya, who highlighted how the pandemic has taught us the relevance of these issues, and how a timely and effective response system will be key for tackling future health emergencies. On February 15 th 2022, the EU project RaDAR – Rapid Detection and control system for Antimicrobial Resistance, financed in the framework of the COSME Call 2020 for the co-financing of public procurement of innovation consortia, was officially launched by the European Commission.
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Verdict: Part unreliable nightmare, part dysfunctional confession, part eco-parable, Schweblin’s slim title should prove irresistible to contemporary world literature aficionados. Saving his body cleaves his soul, the consequences of which lead inexplicably to Amanda’s daughter Nina. This is a short book and really is like living a fever dream. Amanda adds another narrative layer, sharing Carla’s story from six years previous when David fell devastatingly ill after drinking from a poisoned stream. Fever dream by Samantha schweblin Just wanted to bring up this book again, as I just found out it is being made into a Netflix movie, releasing in the US 10/13. Worms, migrating souls, unseen toxins, and deformed children punctuate a mysterious dialog between Amanda, a dying woman in an emergency clinic, and David, a boy not her son. The print version uses italics to distinguish David’s part of the conversation from Amanda’s here, veteran narrator Hillary Huber impressively, instantly, adapts her voice as necessary.Īmanda and David take turns reconstructing an elliptical recent past that begins “a few days ago” when Amanda met David’s mother, Carla, at a lake house. Samantha Schweblin, who is Buenos Aires-born and now lives in Berlin, makes her English-language novel debut, thanks to McDowell’s crisp translation. Verity Jane, gifted app whisperer, takes a job as the beta tester for a new product: a digital assistant, accessed through a pair of ordinary-looking glasses. " Now Gibson is back with Agency -a science fiction thriller heavily influenced by our most current events. Cory Doctorow raved that The Peripheral is "spectacular, a piece of trenchant, far-future speculation that features all the eyeball kicks of Neuromancer. 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Towards the very end of his entertaining and sympathetic biography of Friedrich Engels, Tristram Hunt cites the comparison made by a Chinese scholar, Ching Kwan Lee, between the horrific working conditions in an 1840s Manchester cotton mill described by Engels in his seminal work, The Condition of the Working Class in England, and the factory experiences of a migrant worker in Shenzen 160 years later. His influence continues to be an inspiration for artists and illustrators today. Eric Carle, 91 years old, died in May 2021. In 2002, Eric and his wife, Barbara, cofounded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (in Amherst, Massachusetts, a 40,000-square-foot space dedicated to the celebration of picture books and picture book illustrations from around the world, underscoring the cultural, historical, and artistic significance of picture books and their art form. In 2003, Carle was awarded the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award (now the Children’s Literature Legacy Award), for his lifetime achievements in children’s literature. More than 170,000,000 copies of his books have been sold worldwide. Carle illustrated over 70 books, many of which were also his best-sellers. It has been translated into over 70 languages and sold more than 55 million copies. The Very Hungry Caterpillar is his most well-known work. Eric Carle is beloved and admired for his innovatively designed and brilliantly illustrated picture books for young children. The story of Sylvia, August, Gigi, and Angela – the fiction. My guest Jacqueline Woodson won a National Book Award for her. Hence, the very minimalist and intentional language and white space – the poetry. Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson Hardcover, 175 pages purchase TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I also wanted to see if I could combine many genres in one book. When I saw how the Bushwick of my childhood was becoming a hipster neighborhood that was often referred to as ‘newly discovered’, I knew I wanted to put the Bushwick of the 70s and 80s on the page – so that it wouldn’t be forgotten. The Bushwick section of Brooklyn and in the fictional town of Sweet Grove, Tennessee. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read Another Brooklyn: A Novel. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Another Brooklyn is a novel about love and memory. Another Brooklyn is a novel about love and memory. Another Brooklyn: A Novel - Ebook written by Jacqueline Woodson. An anthropologist looks back on her past to understand the death of her mother and the loss of her closest friends. Suddenly, to save her own life, Barbara has no choice but to risk the duke's terrifying displeasure and discover the truth of Lucrezia's death-or she will share her fate. Barbara asks questions-a dangerous mistake for a duchess of Ferrara. Yet wherever she turns she hears whispers of the first duchess's wayward life and mysterious death. The Story of Barbara of Austria & Alfonso dEste, the fifth and last Borgia duke of Ferrara. At first determined to ignore the rumors about her new husband, Barbara embraces the pleasures of the Ferrarese court. But no one dares accuse him, and no one has proof-least of all his second duchess, the far less beautiful but delightfully clever Barbara of Austria. Half of Europe is certain he murdered his first wife, Lucrezia, the luminous child of the Medici. In a city-state known for magnificence, where love affairs and conspiracies play out amidst brilliant painters, poets and musicians, the powerful and ambitious Alfonso d'Este, duke of Ferrara, takes a new bride. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read The Second Duchess. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. A rich, compelling historical novel-and a mystery of royal intrigue. The Second Duchess - Ebook written by Elizabeth Loupas. Well, I will start with these words: OUTSTANDING! WOW! AWESOME! K.A. I am not even sure where to begin on this book. **Warning - This is a Mature YA/New Adult book. Seemingly perfect Trent has an unforgiveable past of his own one that, when discovered, will shatter Kacey’s newly constructed life and send her back into suffocating darkness. Maybe she’s not beyond repair.īut Kacey isn’t the only one who’s broken. She starts to believe that maybe she can leave the past where it belongs and start over. But sexy Trent finds a way into her numb heart, reigniting her ability to love again. What she can’t handle is Trent Emerson in apartment 1D. Armed with two bus tickets and dreams of living near the coast, Kacey and Livie start their new lives in a Miami apartment complex, complete with a grumpy landlord, a pervert upstairs, and a neighbor with a stage name perfectly matched to her chosen “profession.” But Kacey’s not worried. She just needs to keep it together until Livie is no longer a minor, and then they can get the hell out of Grand Rapids, Michigan.īut when Uncle Raymond slides into bed next to Livie one night, Kacey decides it’s time to run. Kacey can swallow the constant disapproval from her born-again aunt Darla over her self-destructive lifestyle she can stop herself from going kick-boxer crazy on Uncle Raymond when he loses the girls’ college funds at a blackjack table. Now she’s working hard to bury the pieces left behind-all but one. Kacey Cleary’s whole life imploded four years ago in a drunk-driving accident. |