Influenza: The Hundred-Year Hunt to Cure the Deadliest Disease in History
By: Jeremy Brown
3.98
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
On the 100th anniversary of the devastating pandemic of 1918, Jeremy Brown, a veteran ER doctor, ex…
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1. Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World
By: Laura Spinney
3.91
Format: 332 pages, Hardcover
With a death toll of between 50 and 100 million people and a global reach, the Spanish flu of 1918–… read more
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2. Beating Back the Devil: On the Front Lines with the Disease Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service
By: Maryn McKenna
3.72
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
IN THE WAR AGAINST DISEASES, THEY ARE THE SPECIAL FORCES. They always keep a bag packed. They seldo… read more
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3. Ebola: The Natural and Human History of a Deadly Virus
By: David Quammen
4.15
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
In 1976 a deadly virus emerged from the Congo forest. As swiftly as it came, it disappeared, leavin… read more
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4. Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond
By: Sonia Shah
4.60
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Scientists agree that a pathogen is likely to cause a global pandemic in the near future. But which… read more
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5. Triangle: The Fire That Changed America
By: David von Drehle
4.33
Format: 700 pages, Paperback
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6. The Red Market: On the Trail of the World's Organ Brokers, Bone Thieves, Blood Farmers, and Child Traffickers
By: Scott Carney
3.37
Format: 297 pages, Hardcover
"An unforgettable nonfiction thriller, expertly reported....A tremendously revealing and twisted ri… read more
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7. Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus
By: Monica Murphy , Bill Wasik
4.00
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An engrossing, lively history of a fearsome and misunderstood virus that binds man and dog. The mos… read more
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8. Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us about Ourselves
By: James Nestor
4.15
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
An Amazon Best Book of 2014 While on assignment in Greece, journalist James Nestor witnessed someth… read more
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9. The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
By: John M. Barry
4.79
Format: None pages, Paperback
At the height of WWI, history's most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, move… read more
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10. Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic
By: Emily Monosson
3.87
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A prescient warning about the mysterious and deadly world of fungi―and how to avert further loss ac… read more
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- audiobook
11. Valiant Women: The Extraordinary American Servicewomen Who Helped Win World War II
By: Lena Andrews
4.00
Format: 351 pages, Hardcover
A history of the role of American servicewomen in WWII, illuminating their forgotten yet essential … read more
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12. Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World
By: Lesley M.M. Blume
4.09
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Lesley M.M. Blume reveals how one courageous American reporter un… read more
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"History is history,"-Lesley M.M. Blume, Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World
"Hiroshima was a decimated “death laboratory"-Lesley M.M. Blume, Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World
"I covered it up, and John Hersey uncovered it,"-Lesley M.M. Blume, Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World
"War is ethically totally different from peace,"-Lesley M.M. Blume, Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World
13. Murder, She Knit (A Knit & Nibble Mystery, #1)
By: Peggy Ehrhart
3.76
Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition
Since her only daughter left for college, widow Pamela Paterson has kept busy as associate editor o… read more
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14. Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
By: Annalee Newitz
3.79
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A quest to explore some of the most spectacular ancient cities in human history—and figure out why … read more
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"Often it is in the most squalid and filthiest of places that we can uncover profound truths about a society that considers itself civilized."-Annalee Newitz, Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
"There was no giant sign proclaiming the end of life as they'd known it; instead, there was a mounting pile of annoyances and disappointments."-Annalee Newitz, Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
"City leaders pour resources into beautiful spectacles for political reasons, rather than providing good roads, functioning sewers, relatively safe marketplaces, and other basic amenities of urban lif…"-Annalee Newitz, Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
15. Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers
By: Frank Figliuzzi
3.64
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the FBI’s former assistant director, a shocking journey to the dark side of America’s highways… read more
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16. Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas
By: Jennifer Raff
3.79
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From celebrated anthropologist Jennifer Raff comes the untold story—and fascinating mystery—of how … read more
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17. Crisis in the Red Zone: The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come
By: Richard Preston
4.42
Format: 375 pages, Hardcover
The 2013–2014 Ebola epidemic was the deadliest ever—but the outbreaks continue. Now comes a grippin… read more
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"There's not a lot of value in preparing for a war, because what happens in a war is unpredictable. But there is a lot of value in preparing for an outbreak, because what happens in an outbreak is pre…"-Richard Preston, Crisis in the Red Zone: The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come
"By now, the warriors who stand at the gates of the virosphere understand that they face a long struggle against formidable enemies. Many of their weapons will fail, but some will begin to work. The h…"-Richard Preston, Crisis in the Red Zone: The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come
"The Ebola war wasn't won with modern medicine. It was a medieval war, and it went down as a brutal engagement between ordinary people and a life form that was trying to use the human body as a means …"-Richard Preston, Crisis in the Red Zone: The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come
18. Disgraceland: Musicians Getting Away with Murder and Behaving Very Badly
By: Jake Brennan
3.56
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the creator of the popular rock 'n' roll true crime podcast, DISGRACELAND comes an off-kilter,… read more
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19. Influenza: The Hundred-Year Hunt to Cure the Deadliest Disease in History
By: Jeremy Brown
3.98
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
On the 100th anniversary of the devastating pandemic of 1918, Jeremy Brown, a veteran ER doctor, ex… read more
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20. The Age-Proof Brain
By: Marc Milstein
4.28
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Improve your brain health—now and in the future. While there’s no magic pill that will turn an a… read more
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21. The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast
By: Andrew Blum
3.49
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of Tubes, a lively and surprising tour of the infrastructure behind the w… read more
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