Outbreak!: 50 Tales of Epidemics that Terrorized the World
By: Beth Skwarecki
4.13
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
From ancient scourges to modern-day pandemics! Throughout history--even recent history--highly con…
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1. Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
By: David Quammen
3.10
Format: 271 pages, Paperback
"Science writing as detective story at its best." --Jennifer Ouellette, Scientific American A New Y… read more
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- history
- medical
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- nonfiction
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2. The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance
By: Laurie Garrett
4.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
Unpurified drinking water. Improper use of antibiotics. Local warfare. Massive refugee migration. C… read more
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- history
- medical
- medicine
- nonfiction
- science
3. And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
By: William Greider , Randy Shilts
3.79
Format: None pages, Paperback
By the time Rock Hudson's death in 1985 alerted all America to the danger of the AIDS epidemic, the… read more
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- medicine
- history
- nonfiction
- science
4. The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
By: Richard Preston
4.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
The bestselling landmark account of the first emergence of the Ebola virus.A highly infectious, dea… read more
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- history
- medical
- medicine
- nonfiction
- science
5. Bad Days in History: A Gleefully Grim Chronicle of Misfortune, Mayhem, and Misery for Every Day of the Year
By: Michael Farquhar
3.75
Format: None pages, Hardcover
National Geographic and author Michael Farquhar uncover an instance of bad luck, epic misfortune, a… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- world history
6. 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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7. The Demon in the Freezer
By: Richard Preston
3.06
Format: 405 pages, Paperback
"The bard of biological weapons captures the drama of the front lines." -Richard Danzig, former sec… read more
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8. Panic in Level 4: Cannibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of Science
By: Richard Preston
4.01
Format: 448 pages,
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9. Savage Grounds (Dalton Savage #1)
By: L.T. Ryan
4.26
Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition
A missing woman. A fugitive on the run. A case where nothing is what it seems. Dalton Savage f… read more
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10. A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
By: Andrew H. Knoll
3.95
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Odds are, where you’re standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
11. The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science
By: Sam Kean
4.00
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science Fr… read more
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- medical
- medicine
- nonfiction
- science
"Many people agreed with one executive who sneered that [Thomas] Edison had a vacuum where his conscience ought to be."-Sam Kean, The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science
"A rival politician countered that he too supported the dissection of those who were sucking the public teat dry. He proposed starting with the royal family."-Sam Kean, The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science
12. A Molecule Away from Madness: Tales of the Hijacked Brain
By: Sara Manning Peskin
4.21
Format: 214 pages, Hardcover
Our brains are the most complex machines known to humankind, but they have an Achilles heel: the ve… read more
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- science
13. Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases
By: Lydia Kang
4.14
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A very timely history of disease outbreaks, from the authors of Quackery: stories of outbreaks (and… read more
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- medical
- medicine
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14. 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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- history
- medical
- medicine
- nonfiction
- disease
- science
"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
15. The Black Death: An Enthralling Overview of a Major Event in the Middle Ages (Europe)
By: Billy Wellman
3.96
Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition
Boils, religion, and Living with the Black Death in the Middle AgesThe Black Death, also known as … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
16. Mega Fails: The Hilariously Funny Book of Humorous Blunders and Misadventures (Crazy True Stories and Anecdotes)
By: Adam Douglas
3.95
Format: 130 pages, Kindle Edition
What do you get the man who has everything?Are you struggling to find the ideal present for your da… read more
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- nonfiction
17. Under the Knife: A History of Surgery in 28 Remarkable Operations
By: Arnold van de Laar
4.15
Format: 357 pages, Paperback
In Under the Knife, surgeon Arnold Van de Laar uses his own experience and expertise to tell the wi… read more
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18. Disease & History: From ancient times to Covid-19
By: Frederick F. Cartwright
3.87
Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition
A newly updated edition of a classic in the history of medicine with information on Covid-19. Arisi… read more
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19. The Holdout
By: Graham Moore
3.83
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
It's the most sensational case of the decade. Fifteen-year-old Jessica Silver, heiress to a billion… read more
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"As always, they were most together when disobeying the rules."-Graham Moore, The Holdout
"Wanting to know. Everybody wants to know. But maybe growing up means accepting that you're not always able to."-Graham Moore, The Holdout
"What she missed the most about the person she'd been, Maya realized, was her hope for a coming world that turned out never to have been possible. She was nostalgic for an imaginary future."-Graham Moore, The Holdout
"In the stories, there's always an answer at the end. Resolution. The detective confronts the killer; the killer admits it. We know for sure. But out here - it's not like that. Out here, maybe somebod…"-Graham Moore, The Holdout
20. Outbreak!: 50 Tales of Epidemics that Terrorized the World
By: Beth Skwarecki
4.13
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
From ancient scourges to modern-day pandemics! Throughout history--even recent history--highly con… read more
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- disease
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21. The Atlas of Disease: Mapping Deadly Epidemics and Contagion from the Plague to the Zika Virus
By: Sandra Hempel
3.88
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Behind every disease is a story, a complex narrative woven of multiple threads, from the natural hi… read more
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