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Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the co-author of the two-million copy mega-bestseller The Rule of Four comes a riveting thriller with a brilliant premise based on the 2012 apocalypse phenomenon—perfect for readers of Steve Berry, Preston and Child, and Dan Brown.
For decades, December 21, 2012, has been a touchstone for doomsayers worldwide. It is the date, they claim, when the ancient Maya calendar predicts the world will end.
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For decades, December 21, 2012, has been a touchstone for doomsayers worldwide. It is the date, they claim, when the ancient Maya calendar predicts the world will end.
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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (12 video files, 130 min.) : digital, stereo., sound, color
Language
English
Description
Beginning with mankind’s earliest recorded history, infectious disease has taken the lives of more humans than all wars, famines and natural disasters combined—not by a narrow margin but by an overwhelming landslide. Before the birth of modern science, losses to these unseen enemies were routinely blamed on the collective sins of man and the wrath of angry gods. Over the course of centuries, man’s ongoing inability to comprehend the microbial...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 60 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
"Nightmare bacteria." That's how the CDC describes a frightening new threat spreading quickly in hospitals, communities, and across the globe. FRONTLINE reporter David Hoffman investigates the alarming rise of untreatable infections: from a young girl thrust onto life support in an Arizona hospital, to a young American infected in India who comes home to Seattle, and an uncontrollable outbreak at the nation's most prestigious hospital, where eighteen...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
digital, .flv file, sound 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 60 min.) :
Language
English
Description
FRONTLINE investigates the widespread use of antibiotics in food animals and whether it is fueling the growing crisis of antibiotic resistance in people. Also this hour: An exclusive interview with the family of a young man who died in a nightmare bacteria outbreak that swept through a hospital at the National Institutes of Health.
5) The hot zone
Author
Series
Dark biology volume 1
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
1995
Edition
1st Anchor Books ed.
Physical Desc
323 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are dead. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the outbreak of this virus. The book tells this dramatic story, giving an account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their "crashes" into the human race.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 406 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The story of SARS-CoV-2 and its fierce journey through the human population, as seen by the scientists who study its origin, its ever-changing nature, and its capacity to kill us. David Quammen expertly shows how strange new viruses emerge from animals into humans as we disrupt wild ecosystems, and how those viruses adapt to their human hosts, sometimes causing global catastrophe. He explains why this coronavirus will probably be a "forever virus,"...
Author
Publisher
Public Affairs
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
viii, 332 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Spanish flu of 1918-1920 was one of the greatest human disasters of all time. It infected a third of the people on Earth--from the poorest immigrants of New York City to the king of Spain, Franz Kafka, Mahatma Gandhi and Woodrow Wilson. But despite a death toll of between 50 and 100 million people, it exists in our memory as an afterthought to World War I. In this gripping narrative history, Laura Spinney traces the overlooked pandemic to reveal...
8) Contagion
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A thriller centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak.
"...a scare-the-crap-out-of-you medical thriller..."--Entertainment Weekly
"...serious, precise, frightening, emotionally enveloping."--New Yorker
"Soderbergh's smart, spooky thriller..."--New York Times
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
231 pages : black and white illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
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Description
"With a mix of sidebars, illustrations, photos, and graphic panels, this book uncovers the hidden truths about history's pandemics, from the Black Death to COVID-19"--
10) The scourge
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
353 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
aAs a lethal plague sweeps through the land, Ani Mells is shocked when she is unexpectedly captured by the governor's wardens and forced to submit to a test for the deadly Scourge. She is even more surprised when the test results come back positive, and she is sent to Attic Island, a former prison turned refuge--and quarantine colony--for the ill.The Scourge's victims, Ani now among them, can only expect to live out short, painful lives there. However,...
Author
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Do you remember every time you've been sick? You may not, but your body does. With many illnesses, you can't get sick more than once because your body remembers and fights it off before you get sick again. But what if your body could recognize germs that you've never had before so you don't get ill? There's where vaccines come in! This [picture-book presentation] comes complete with extensive back matter all about types of germs and vaccines"--
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
37 pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"The current COVID-19 pandemic has upended the lives of kids across the world and has caused fear and confusion as people in charge have given conflicting orders. Read to discover the answers to some of your biggest questions. This book also comes with a handwashing diagram, a glossary, and a timeline of past pandemics and their impact on the world."--
Author
Series
Maggie O'Dell novels volume 6
Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
332 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
O'Dell and Cunningham believe they're responding to a threat made at Quantico. Instead they walk into a trap. Now, inside an isolation ward at a biosafety containment hospital, she must analyze clues to catch the killer... knowing she may not live long enough to discover who it is.
18) Your utopia
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the acclaimed author and translator of Cursed Bunny, a fresh, uncanny, and utterly profound collection of stories set in near and distant futures that reflect our deepest fears -- and deepest desires. Bora Chung's inimitable blend of horror, absurdity, and dark humor reaches its peak in these tales of loss and discovery, dystopia and idealism, death and immortality. In a thrilling translation by the acclaimed Anton Hur, readers will experience...
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