Earth is home to a huge story that is rarely told - that of our ocean. Not the fish or the dolphins, but the massive ocean engine itself: what it does, why it works, and the many ways it has influenced animals, weather and human history & culture. This is the spectacular story of Earth's dynamic ocean"--Publisher's description.

The book, Game Changer: The Story of Dr Yasmin Amarsi and the Profession of Nursing in Pakistan by Kamal Siddiqi, details her life and achievements, and comments on the state of the nursing profession in the country. Dr Amarsi left her home country (Tanzania) and came to Karachi in 1968, to study and pursue a career in medicine. As luck would have it, she ended up joining the nursing profession and reaching great heights. Ironically, she had left Tanzania to escape the political disturbances there but found herself here amidst students’ protests, due to which city colleges remained closed for some time. Not wanting to waste time and on the suggestion of a distant relative, Noorali Amarsi (now her husband), she decided to pursue nursing and took admission in Jinnah Postgraduate Medical College’s (JPMC’s) School of Nursing. Yasmin is a woman with aspirations. After completing her diploma in nursing in 1972, she was not content and wanted more. So she took the initiative to improve her qualifications and enrolled in a diploma in midwifery in 1975. This diploma was essential to get employment in the nursing profession, especially in the private sector. In 1977, she re-joined the JPMC College of Nursing for a diploma in ward management and then a diploma in teaching administration. These diplomas were considered the highest education in the nursing profession at that time in Pakistan.

Brand new and updated edition: Professor Tim Spector reveals the astonishing new science that is changing everything we thought we knew about genes and identity.

A groundbreaking exploration of the science of why and how we age and die--from Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist Venki Ramakrishnan. The knowledge of death is so terrifying that we live most of our lives in denial of it. Throughout human history--from the immortal afterlife of Judeo-Christian thought to the cycle of reincarnation posited by many Eastern religions--we have developed beliefs that allow us to avoid recognizing its finality. One of the most difficult moments of childhood must be when each of us first realizes that not only we but all our loved ones will die--and there is nothing we can do about it. Or at least, there hasn't been. Today, we are living through a revolution in biology. Giant strides are being made in understanding why we age--and why some species live longer than others. Could we eventually cheat disease and death and live for a very long time, possibly many times our current lifespan? Venki Ramakrishnan, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and former president of the Royal Society, takes us on a riveting journey to the frontiers of biology, asking whether we must be mortal. Covering the recent breakthroughs in scientific research, he examines the cutting edge of efforts to extend lifespan by altering our natural biology. But might death serve a necessary biological purpose? What are the social and ethical costs of attempting to live forever? Why We Die is a narrative of uncommon insight and beauty from one of our leading public intellectuals