Gerald Asher, who served as Gourmet s wine editor for thirty years, has drawn together this selection of his essays, published in Gourmet and elsewhere, for the collective insight they give into why a wine should always be an expression of a place and a time. Guiding the reader through twenty-seven diverse wine regions in France, Italy, Spain, Germany, and California, he shows how every wine worth drinking is a reflection of its terroirin the broadest sense of that untranslatable word. In evocative reminiscences of wines, winemakers, and the meals he has had with them, he weaves...

Osteosarcoma is a malignant tumor of bone in which there is a proliferation of osteoblasts. This book has been compiled to keep the readers acquainted with latest research on osteosarcoma, a feared primary bone cancer. The pace of developments in managing osteosarcoma has declined after the growth of chemotherapy and limb saving surgical procedure. Studies have now been headed towards identifying molecular targets for systemic treatment. Accessibility of chemotherapy medicines and low cost implants in the developing world has led to limb saving surgical procedure to advance. This book...