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At War Within: The Double-Edged Sword of Immunity
In the seventeenth century, smallpox reigned as the world's worst killer. Luck, more than anything else, decided who would live and who would die. That is, until Lady Mary Wortley...
All the Young Men: How One Woman Risked It All To Care For The Dying
"A renegade Florence Nightingale cares for the ill in a remarkable tale of compassion and combating prejudice" The Guardian ' Breath-taking courage and compassion [...]a beautiful book' The Sunday Times...
The Plague Year: America in the Time of Covid
A definitive account of the shocking American response to Covid-19, from the acclaimed author of The Looming Tower 'In the twenty-first century, infectious disease seemed like a nuisance, not like...
Clearing the Fog: A practical guide to surviving and thriving with
'An essential guide' (Dr Mark Hyman, author of Young Forever ) to navigating life with the cognitive and mental health impairments that often accompany Long Covid. Early in the Covid-19...
Clearing the Fog: A practical guide to surviving and thriving with
'An essential guide' (Dr Mark Hyman, author of Young Forever ) to navigating life with the cognitive and mental health impairments that often accompany Long Covid. Early in the Covid-19...
Contagion: Plagues, Pandemics and Cures from the Black Death to
As the outbreak of a new and deadly form of coronavirus dominates headlines and triggers fear and global recession, now is a good time to reflect on the history and...
Quiet Killers: The Fall and Rise of Deadly Diseases
With bird flu a very present threat, this is a timely and important look at the impact of quiet killers through the ages. In 1658 Oliver Cromwell, having brought a...
Clearing the Fog: A practical guide to surviving and thriving with
'An essential guide' (Dr Mark Hyman, author of Young Forever ) to navigating life with the cognitive and mental health impairments that often accompany Long Covid. Early in the Covid-19...
Voices That Care: Stories and Encouragements for People with AIDS/HIV
From Simon & Schuster, Voices That Care is Neal Hitchens' collection of stories and encouragements for people with AIDS/HIV and those that love them. In this powerful and inspiring book,...
The End of Innocence: Britain in the Time of AIDS
Published to coincide with World AIDS Day, this book looks at a decade of AIDS in Britain. As well as the 8000 who have died, some 20,000 are infected with...
Covid By Numbers: Making Sense of the Pandemic with Data
A vital and concise data-driven analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic around the world How many people have died because of COVID-19? Which countries have been hit hardest by the virus?...
To Battersea Park
'A brilliantly conceived and audacious novel from one of our most consistently intelligent and beguiling writers' William Boyd'Surefooted and emotionally generous ... A serious achievement' Guardian 'Masterful' Telegraph 'A revelation'...
Dancing in my Dreams: Confronting the spectre of polio
Acrossmost of the world, an entire generation has lived free from the spectre ofpolio, but for fifty years during the twentieth century that fear wasoverwhelming. Dancing in My Dreams investigatesthe...
The Fever Trail: Malaria, the Mosquito and the Quest
Since 1985 malaria has killed 60 times more people than AIDS. There is still no vaccine. "The Fever Trail" is a boat trip through the history of malaria and of...
World War C: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic and How to Prepare for
'If there is any "must read" book about COVID-19, this is, without a doubt, the one.' Peter Jay Hotez, MD, PhD, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine...
All the Young Men: How One Woman Risked It All To Care For The Dying
"A renegade Florence Nightingale cares for the ill in a remarkable tale of compassion and combating prejudice" The Guardian ' Breath-taking courage and compassion [...]a beautiful book' The Sunday Times...
Clearing the Fog: A practical guide to surviving and thriving with Long Covid
'An essential guide' (Dr Mark Hyman, author of Young Forever ) to navigating life with the cognitive and mental health impairments that often accompany Long Covid. Early in the Covid-19...
The Pandemic Century: A History of Global Contagion from the Spanish
A timely and critically acclaimed 100-year history of pandemics, by medical historian and viral TED talk presenter - with a new chapter on COVID-19. A Financial Times Best Book of...
Pathogenesis: How germs made history
Humans did not make history - we played host. This major new history of the world, a Radio 4 Book of the Week, has had unanimous praise from critics and...
Clearing the Fog: A practical guide to surviving and thriving with
'An essential guide' (Dr Mark Hyman, author of Young Forever) to navigating life with the cognitive and mental health impairments that often accompany Long Covid.Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, the...
Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Coronaviruses and
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Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice"[A] grounded, bracingly intelligent study." --NaturePrizewinning science journalist Sonia Shah presents a startling examination of...
To Battersea Park
'A brilliantly conceived and audacious novel from one of our most consistently intelligent and beguiling writers' William Boyd'Surefooted and emotionally generous ... A serious achievement' Guardian'Masterful' Telegraph 'A revelation' SpectatorThe...
Full of Life
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Pandemic, Inc.: Chasing the Capitalists and Thieves Who Got Rich While
"This startling, vital book deserves our attention." -San Francisco Chronicle For fans of War Dogs and Bad Blood, an explosive look inside the rush to profit from the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Pandemic, Inc.: Chasing the Capitalists and Thieves Who Got Rich While
"This startling, vital book deserves our attention." -San Francisco Chronicle For fans of War Dogs and Bad Blood, an explosive look inside the rush to profit from the COVID-19 pandemic,...
The Strength of Love: Embracing an Uncertain Future with Resilience
__***From the number-one bestselling author***'It's a constant cycle of loving and losing, gratitude at surviving and grief for what's been lost. I think we all emerged from the last few...
Clearing the Fog: A practical guide to surviving and thriving with
'An essential guide' (Dr Mark Hyman, author of Young Forever) to navigating life with the cognitive and mental health impairments that often accompany Long Covid.Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, the...
Candace Pert: Genius, Greed, and Madness in the World of Science
The story of maverick scientist Candace Pert, whose groundbreaking research introduced the world to the mind-body connection, opioid receptors, and peptide T, and her fight for recognition in a toxic...
The Next Pandemic: On the Front Lines Against Humankind's Gravest Dangers
Author: Dr Ali S. KhanFormat: Paperback, 138mm x 206mm, 200g, 288 pagesPublished: PublicAffairs,U.S., United States, 2020The Next Pandemic is a gripping book that confronts the most urgent question facing our...
Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs
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Quarantine!: East European Jewish Immigrants and the New York City Epidemics of 1892
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Duel Without End: Mankind's Battle with Microbes
Author: Stig S. Froland Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 640 In this panoramic and up-to-date account, we learn how the Black Death, smallpox, the Spanish flu and other great epidemics...
How to Spend a Trillion Dollars: The 10 Global Problems We Can Actually Fix
Author: Rowan Hooper Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 If you had a trillion dollars and a year to spend it for the good of the world and the advancement...
Plague, Pestilence and Pandemic: Voices from History
Author: Peter Furtado Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Humanity has always been struck by pestilence and pandemics, from the plagues of ancient Egypt to the pox that ravaged Europe...