This is an account of the practice of neurosurgery and, equally interesting, the lifestyle of a neurosurgeon. There is some interesting technical detail here about what it is in fact that “brain surgery” consists of, and I will say that I learned some things about neuroanatomy, disease, and surgical technique.
For me, the more intriguing material [...]
This book is the story of a Scotsman who walked across central Afghanistan, 800 kilometers from Heart to Kabul, in January of 2002. He writes of his various adventures, including the peasants, soldiers, village headman, imam and Taliban that he meets, and he discusses the complex history of each place he passes. He visits ancient [...]
Nowhere, notime, but they sure keep it clean.
My phone tells me it is 5:40 AM, but that’s on a different continent. There is a dull winter afternoon light streaming in through the windows, but I have to leave the concourse area to see it. My body is telling me that it’s no time at all.
