PublicAffairs Paul Marks, MD, and James Sterngold On the Cancer Frontier In On the Cancer Frontier, Paul Marks, MD, and James Sterngold provide an intelligent argument that spells hope for the future of cancer research. They attribute the elusive nature of cancer’s cure to its inherently archaic processes. With a history of less-thanoptimistic research, cancer has long been characterized as a losing battle, viewed as guerilla cells rather than a marching army. Suddenly, however, science learned to fight the right war at ever-closer quarters. Author Paul Marks stands at the forefront of the momentous chain of discoveries, chronicling the insights of researchers and doctors around the world and the groundbreaking effects of their painstaking advances. Together with James Sterngold, he weaves a humbling account of how and what we have learned about the mechanisms of malignant and abnormal cells that make up every one of us, offering a much-needed ray of hope for cancer patients everywhere. • Paul Marks, MD, was president and CEO at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center for 19 years. Before that he was professor of human genetics and Frode Jensen Professor of Medicine, dean of the Faculty of Medicine, and vice president for health sciences and director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University. He has published more than 350 scientific articles in various scholarly journals. • James Sterngold is the senior special writer for the Wall Street Journal. He previously spent 20 years at the New York Times, where he shared a Pulitzer for his coverage of 9/11. He has worked at Bloomberg Businessweek, served as senior writer for SmartMoney, and contributed to Fortune. Spring 2014 • Health/Medicine/Oncology • 336 pages World Rights: PublicAffairs David Sax The Tastemakers From acclaimed business and food writer David Sax comes The Tastemakers. In this fascinating examination of the food world, Sax explores the business of food trends. In so doing, he tackles such themes as “superfoods,” top chefs, and the new obsession with Greek yogurt. Sax’s insight provides a view of the roots of such fads from the angle of the business behind them. • David Sax is a freelance writer specializing in business and food. His writing appears regularly in the New York Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, Saveur, Grid Toronto, and other publications. His first book, Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen, was a Los Angeles Times best seller. Spring 2014 • Cooking/Food/Social Science • 320 pages World Rights: PublicAffairs
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