Infectious Diseases
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Unlocking Lyme: Myths, Truths, and Practical Solutions for Chronic Lyme Disease
$16.95 Add to cart“My greatest credential as a physician treating Lyme disease is that I’ve lived it. I’ve experienced virtually every symptom of Lyme disease, and in the process, learned exactly what it takes to overc
- Author: Rawls, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 444
- Publish Date: January 27 2017
- ISBN10: 0982322526
- Language: English
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Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World
$19.99 Add to cartIn 1918, the Italian-Americans of New York, the Yupik of Alaska and the Persians of Mashed had almost nothing in common except for a virus–one that triggered the worst pandemic of modern times and ha… [more below]
- Author: Spinney, Laura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 18 2018
- ISBN10: 1541736125
- Language: English
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Waverly Hills Sanatorium: A History
$21.99 Read moreHigh on a hill on the south side of Louisville, Kentucky, a massive Tudor Gothic Revival building still stands as a testament to past struggles with a deadly disease. The structure was once part of th… [more below]
- Series: Landmarks
- Author: Pohl, Lynn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1467149993
- Language: English
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Plague: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartbVery Short Introductionsb: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring /b
Throughout history plague has been the cause of many major catastrophes. It was responsible for the ‘Plague of Justinian’ in 542, the Black D- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Slack, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0198871112
- Language: English
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Minnesota, 1918: When Flu, Fire, and War Ravaged the State
$18.95 Add to cartIn 1918, Minnesota and its residents were confronted with a series of devastating events that put communities to the test, forcing them to persevere through untold hardship. First, as the nation immer… [more below]
- Author: Brown, Curt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1681341476
- Language: English
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Smallpox: The Death of a Disease: The Inside Story of Eradicating a Worldwide Killer
$19.95 Add to cartWith a New Introduction by Phillip K. Peterson, M.D., author of Microbes: The Life-Changing Story of Germs
For more than 3000 years, hundreds of millions of people have died or been left permanently sc
- Author: Henderson, D. A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 340
- Publish Date: April 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1633887014
- Language: English
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Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs
$17.99 Add to cartA leading epidemiologist shares his “powerful and necessary” (Richard Preston, author of The Hot Zone) stories from the front lines of our war on infectious diseases and explains how to prepare for gl
- Author: Osterholm, Michael T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 12 2020
- ISBN10: 0316343757
- Language: English
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The New Abnormal: The Rise of the Biomedical Security State
$29.99 Read moreThe coronavirus pandemic conferred enormous power on certain government officials. They have no intention of giving it up.
In the space of a few weeks in early 2020, Americans witnessed the imposition- Author: Kheriaty, Aaron
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1684513855
- Language: English
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A Planet of Viruses: Third Edition
$18.00 Add to cartIn 2020, an invisible germ–a virus–wholly upended our lives. We’re most familiar with the viruses that give us colds or Covid-19. But viruses also cause a vast range of other diseases, including one… [more below]
- Author: Zimmer, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 29 2021
- ISBN10: 022678259X
- Language: English
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In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made
$18.99 Add to cartA New York Times bestseller, In the Wake of the Plague is a fascinating study of the cultural and religious consequences of one of the deadliest tragedies to befall humanity: the black plague. Though … [more below]
- Author: Cantor, Norman F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 17 2015
- ISBN10: 1476797749
- Language: English
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Vaccinated: From Cowpox to Mrna, the Remarkable Story of Vaccines
$18.99 Add to cart“Medical writing at its finest.”–David Oshinsky, author of Polio and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History
Respected physician Paul Offit tells a fascinating story of modern medicine and pays tribu
- Author: Offit, Paul A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0063157616
- Language: English
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Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds: Ebola and the Ravages of History
$22.00 Add to cart“Paul Farmer brings his considerable intellect, empathy, and expertise to bear in this powerful and deeply researched account of the Ebola outbreak that struck West Africa in 2014. It is hard to imagi
- Author: Farmer, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: November 16 2021
- ISBN10: 1250800234
- Language: English
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Estrogeneration: How Estrogenics Are Making You Fat, Sick, and Infertile
$55.00 Add to cartOur current artificial and chemical saturated environment is not promoting good health. We are witnessing meteoric rises in the rates of obesity, cancer, allergies, infertility, depression, and many o
- Author: Jay, Anthony G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: January 26 2017
- ISBN10: 1946546011
- Language: English
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The Kissing Bug
$17.95 Add to cartWinner of the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award
National Book Foundation Science + Literature Selection Finalist for New American Voices Award and Lammy Award for Bisexual Nonfiction A TIME, NPR, Chicago Publ- Author: Hernández, Daisy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 19 2022
- ISBN10: 1953534198
- Language: English
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Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
$21.99 Add to cartThe next big human pandemic–the next disease cataclysm, perhaps on the scale of AIDS or the 1918 influenza–is likely to be caused by a new virus coming to humans from wildlife. Experts call such an
- Author: Quammen, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: September 09 2013
- ISBN10: 0393346617
- Language: English
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Tell Me When It’s Over: An Insider’s Guide to Deciphering Covid Myths and Navigating Our Post-Pandemic World
$28.00 Read moreFrom one of the world’s top virologists, the definitive guide to understanding–and navigating–COVID-19.
Three years on, COVID is clearly here to stay. So what do we do now? Drawing on his expertise- Author: Offit, Paul A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1426223668
- Language: English
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When Winter Came: A Country Doctor’s Journey to Fight the Flu Pandemic of 1918
$21.99 Add to cartMaintain isolation – practice good hygiene – wear a mask – be kind. We all know these methods of fighting COVID-19, but this prescription comes from the 1918 experience of Dr. Pierre Sartor, who battl… [more below]
- Author: Sartor Obermeyer, Mary Beth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1945564156
- Language: English
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The Long Covid Survival Guide: How to Take Care of Yourself and What Comes Next – Stories and Advice from Twenty Long-Haulers and Experts
$18.95 Read moreFor people living with Long COVID, navigating the uncharted territory of this new chronic illness can be challenging. With over two hundred unique symptoms, and with doctors continuing to work toward … [more below]
- Author: Lowenstein, Fiona
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1615199101
- Language: English
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Viruses: A Natural History
$35.00 Read moreA comprehensive and richly illustrated introduction to the world of viruses
As parasites that are often hundreds of times smaller than bacteria, viruses exist in and on everything, everywhere. Rapidly- Series: Lives of the Natural World #5
- Author: Roossinck, Marilyn J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 069123759X
- Language: English
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Plagues Upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History
$27.95 Add to cartA sweeping germ’s-eye view of history from human origins to global pandemics
Plagues upon the Earth is a monumental history of humans and their germs. Weaving together a grand narrative of global hist- Series: Princeton Economic History of the Western World
- Author: Harper, Kyle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0691230595
- Language: English
