Next Meeting: Thursday, April 17 (The Constant Gardener)

April 13, 2008 at 8:50 pm | In Pre-meeting reading | Leave a Comment

There is an interesting piece in The Nation entited “The Constant Gardener”: What the Movie Missed which looks at the pharmaceutical industry and clinical trials.

Salon.com has a fairly scathing review of the book and the New York Times (there is no charge to login) review made comparisons to Dickens’ attempts to right some of society’s ills.

You can also find some recent articles such as: Peer review. Pfizer denied access to journals’ files (Science) and Guinea-pigging: healthy human subjects for drug safety trials are in demand. But is it a living?  (New Yorker).

Le Carre also wrote the forward to “The Body Hunters: Testing New Drugs on the World’s Poorest Patients” by Sonia Shah.

NPR has an interview with the author.

Save the Date: Sandy Tolan speaking at the Cambridge Public Library

April 5, 2008 at 6:41 pm | In Author appearances | Leave a Comment

 Book Reading and Presentation with Sandy Tolan, author of  The Lemon Tree: An Arab, A Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East
May 13th, 2008 - YMCA 820 Mass. Ave. Central Square, Cambridge 7:00-8:30 pm
Reading, remarks and question and answer. Reception and book-signing to follow.
Free and Open to the Public. Tickets available in advance at:
Cambridge Library Main Branch: 359 Broadway
Harvard Book Store: 1256 Mass. Ave.


“At a time when peace seems remote and darkness deepens, this lucid, humane, hopeful book shines like a ray of light.”- The Times “Tolan’s narrative provides a much-needed, human dimension to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”- Washington Post”
For more information or reservations, call the Cambridge Peace Commission, 617-349-4694 or email, peace@cambridgema.gov
Sponsored by : Cambridge Peace Commission Co-sponsored by: Cambridge Public Library With thanks to Harvard Book Store
Thanks to Mary Robinson for pointing out this event.

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