[2010-12-20 13:00:00] From the archives: How is language changing and what do we lose when a language disappears forever? In July we talked with linguist and author David Crystal. His latest work is "A Little Book of Language" (Yale, 2010).Download the podcast here. Other books by David Crystal: How Language Works
, Begat: The King James Bible and the English Language
, Words Words Words
, Txtng: The Gr8 Db8
, The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language
Oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee was treating one of his patients, a woman with advanced abdominal cancer who had relapsed multiple times, when she asked him what seemed like a simple question. "She said, 'I'm willing to go on, but before I go on, I need to know what it is I'm battling,' " Mukherjee tells NPR's Terry Gross. But, as Mukherjee explains, describing his patient's illness wasn't so simple. Defining cancer, he says, is something doctors and scientists have been struggling to do since the disease's first documented appearance thousands of years agoDownload the podcast here. As usual, the NPR Fresh Air website and webpage for this story, is full featured, and definitely worth the thorough read-through. See also: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
, Anticancer, A New Way of Life, New Edition
, Cancer: 50 Essential Things to Do: Third Edition
, Beating Cancer with Nutrition, book with CD
Stacy Schiff Episode #15153 Stacy Schiff describes Cleopatra's angular face and her suicide after the death of Mark Antony. (06:54) Tags: Stacy Schiff, interviews, books, history, lookin' good, death, Cleopatra. Aired: 12/02/10Viewed: 36,798.
Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Stacy Schiff discusses one of the most intriguing women in world history: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Cleopatra: A Life is an original reconstruction of a dazzling life that reshaped the ancient world. It talks about her marriages, conflicts, and her relationships with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.Download the podcast here. See also: Cleopatra: A Life
, Saint-Exupery: A Biography
, A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America
, Saint Exupéry: A Biography
This week, Stacy Schiff discusses her new biography, "Cleopatra: A Life"; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Julie Just looks back on her five years as the Times' children's books editor; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
, Saint-Exupery: A Biography, Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov)
, A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America
