Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World
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The 2013–2014 Ebola epidemic was the deadliest ever—but the outbreaks continue. Now comes a gripping account of the doctors and scientists fighting to protect us, an urgent wake-up call about the futu…
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Very, Very, Very Dreadful: The Influenza Pandemic of 1918
From National Book Award finalist Albert Marrin comes a fascinating look at the history and science of the deadly 1918 flu pandemic--and its chilling and timely resemblance to the worldwide coronaviru…
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The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide
From preeminent LGBTQ scholar, social critic, and journalist Steven W. Thrasher comes a powerful and crucial exploration of one of the most pressing issues of our times: how viruses expose the fault l…
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The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943
Acclaimed WWII historian James Holland’s new book both recasts the controversial Italian Campaign and sets a new standard in the chronicling of war.
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Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
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Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel
Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel is an internationally acclaimed documentary novel by Anatoly Kuznetsov about the Babi Yar massacre. The two-day murder of 33,771 Jewish civilians on Septemb…
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Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus
An engrossing, lively history of a fearsome and misunderstood virus that binds man and dog. The most fatal virus known to science, rabies — a disease that spreads avidly from animals to humans — kills…
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From Steven Johnson, the dynamic thinker routinely compared to James Gleick, Dava Sobel, and Malcolm Gladwell, The Ghost Map is a riveting page-turner about a real-life historical hero, Dr. John Snow.…
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