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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

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Madhu Pai is a medical doctor. Settler. Prof & Canada Research Chair of Epidemiology & Global Health @McGillU. Assoc Director, @McGill_TB. Editor-in-Chief @PLOSGPH. Tweets: own views. He/him.

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Book Cover for: Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 1: Dune: Book 1, Frank Herbert

Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 1: Dune: Book 1

Frank HerbertMadhu Pai, MD, PhDMadhu Pai, MD, PhD

“The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience" ― Frank Herbert, Dune

Hardcover, 2020

$25.99$12.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine, Jim Downs

Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine

Jim DownsMadhu Pai, MD, PhDMadhu Pai, MD, PhD

"Epidemiological thinking emerged from imperial conquest and the exploitation of enslaved people" @DrMaryTBassett reviews @jimdowns1's book 'Maladies of Empire' https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01113-3

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Book Cover for: The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History, John M. Barry

The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History

John M. BarryMadhu Pai, MD, PhDMadhu Pai, MD, PhD

"The only thing certain is that future variants, if they are to be successful, will elude immune protection. They could become more dangerous" John M Barry, author of The Great Influenza https://t.co/8oZjlWsg3v

Paperback, 2005

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues, Paul Farmer

Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues

Paul FarmerMadhu Pai, MD, PhDMadhu Pai, MD, PhD

Paul Farmer's "Infections and Inequalities" (1999) is a classic "We cannot understand the patterned occurrence of infectious diseases without understanding how social forces, ranging from political violence to racism, come to be embodied as individual pathology"

Paperback, 2001

$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Magic Mountain: [Complete & Annotated], Thomas Mann

The Magic Mountain: [Complete & Annotated]

Thomas MannMadhu Pai, MD, PhDMadhu Pai, MD, PhD

Did you know? 100 years ago, Davos was a well-known tuberculosis sanatorium (made famous by Thomas Mann's "The Magic Mountain") Today, it hosts the World Economic Forum https://t.co/2Xcmq4zzaV

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Book Cover for: Lords of Impunity, Rasna Warah

Lords of Impunity

Rasna WarahMadhu Pai, MD, PhDMadhu Pai, MD, PhD

In her book, @RasnaWarah writes about a culture of impunity that creates a toxic environment at the UN and erodes its ability to live up to its mandate

Paperback, 2022

$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis, Maria Smilios

The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis

Maria SmiliosMadhu Pai, MD, PhDMadhu Pai, MD, PhD

I pre-ordered The Black Angels: the untold story of the nurses who helped cure tuberculosis By @MariaSmilios https://t.co/74RJHNJouC @penguinrandom @PutnamBooks https://t.co/RxA8NlhgoP https://t.co/XSoiPqJCO2

Hardcover, 2023

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Wretched of the Earth, Frantz Fanon

The Wretched of the Earth

Frantz FanonMadhu Pai, MD, PhDMadhu Pai, MD, PhD

"60 years after its publication, “The Wretched of the Earth” reads increasingly like a dying Black man’s admission of a genuine impossibility: of moving beyond the world made by white men" Pankaj Mishra https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/12/06/frantz-fanons-enduring-legacy

Paperback, 2021

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The New Age of Empire: How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World, Kehinde Andrews

The New Age of Empire: How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World

Kehinde AndrewsMadhu Pai, MD, PhDMadhu Pai, MD, PhD

Finished reading "The New Age of Empire" by @kehinde_andrews A profoundly important book for all of us working in global health & development "Revolution is possible, but we have to accept that it will not come from those who benefit from Western imperialism" https://t.co/bKEhGqqFlb

Hardcover, 2021

$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History, Vidya Krishnan

Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History

Vidya KrishnanMadhu Pai, MD, PhDMadhu Pai, MD, PhD

Review of @VidyaKrishnan's book 'Phantom Plague' @Nature by @heidiledford The book is a "powerful look at the social determinants of health, and the lasting imprint of colonialism and segregation on public health" https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01342-6?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=nature&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1652693003

Hardcover, 2022

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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