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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
I am Legend I am Legend Richard Matheson See work: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL64225W OL11374287W
The girl who owned a city The girl who owned a city Dan Jolley When a plague sweeps over the earth killing everyone except children under twelve, ten-year-old Lisa organizes a group to rebuild a new way of life. OL15049074W
Asleep Asleep Molly Caldwell Crosby Another fascinating foray into medical history from the author of The American Plague In 1918, a world war was raging, and a lethal strain of influenza was circling the globe. In the midst of all thi… OL15179290W
Asleep Asleep Molly Caldwell Crosby Crosby, acclaimed author of "The American Plague," explores the frightening history of a long forgotten disease--sleeping sickness--and details the frantic effort to conquer it before it strikes agai… OL15440690W
Plagues and epidemics Plagues and epidemics Ann Herring "Until recently, plagues were thought to belong in the ancient past. Now there are deep worries about global pandemics. This book presents views from anthropology about this much publicized and compl… OL15443547W
Purple death Purple death David Getz An illustrated overview of the onset, progress, and effects of the "Spanish flu" epidemic of 1918, which resulted in the deaths of more than half a million people in the U.S. alone, tens of millions … OL15839293W
The viral storm The viral storm Nathan Wolfe "Dynamic young Stanford biologist Nathan Wolfe reveals the surprising origins of the world's most deadly viruses, and how we can overcome catastrophic pandemics. In The Viral Storm, award-winning bio… OL15936143W
The bubonic plague The bubonic plague Kevin Cunningham A history of the plague which caused one of the most catastrophic losses of life in history. OL15976395W
Epidemics Epidemics David M. Haugen This volume explores topics relating to epidemics by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that comprise these issues. The viewpoints are selected from a wide r… OL16132663W
Ashes, ashes Ashes, ashes Jo Treggiari In a future Manhattan devastated by environmental catastrophes and epidemics, sixteen-year-old Lucy survives alone until vicious hounds target her and force her to join Aidan and his band, but soon t… OL16211397W
Pandemic planning Pandemic planning David R. Black,J. Eric Dietz "Offering research and evidence-based guidelines for strategic plan development, this book draws on the lessons learned over three years of pandemic preparedness exercises. Collaborating with nationa… OL16557597W
Field epidemiology Field epidemiology Michael B. Gregg The new edition of this classic text continues its mission of describing the application of basic epidemiologic principles in real time, place, and person to solve problems of an urgent or emergency … OL16924613W
Sleepless Sleepless Charlie Huston Parker T Haas is a straight-arrow LAPD cop whose cast-iron sense of right and wrong has made him a lone wolf on the force. But when a plague of sleeplessness attacks Los Angeles and the world beyond,… OL16981473W
Pandemic Pandemic Yvonne Ventresca Lilianna is still recovering from a past trauma when a quick-spreading illness that doctors are unable to treat hits her town. With her parents away on business and the deadly pandemic in full force,… OL17062846W
Mutated Mutated Joe McKinney They outnumber the living 25 to 1. Those are the odds of being struck down - and resurrected - by the savage plague that's sweeping the country, forcing survivors to band together against the dead. E… OL17797678W
Master of plagues Master of plagues E. L. Tettensor "Having barely escaped the clutches of the Darkwalker, Inspector Nicolas Lenoir throws himself into his work with a determination he hasn't known in years. But his legendary skills are about to be pu… OL17868603W
Indigo Indigo Clemens J. Setz Robert--a man with Indigo syndrome, a condition that causes anyone that comes near him to suffer from nausea and vertigo--investigates a mysterious link between a former math instructor and the disap… OL17877030W
A People's History of the Vampire Uprising A People's History of the Vampire Uprising Raymond A. Villareal **IN THIS AMBITIOUS AND WILDLY ORIGINAL DEBUT--PART SOCIAL-POLITICAL SATIRE, PART INTERNATIONAL MYSTERY--A NEW VIRUS TURNS PEOPLE INTO SOMETHING A BIT MORE THAN HUMAN, UPENDING SOCIETY AS WE KNOW IT.… OL18013989W
Find me Find me Laura Van den Berg After two acclaimed story collections, the author brings us her highly anticipated debut novel--a gripping, imaginative, darkly funny tale of a young woman struggling to find her place in the world. … OL19666155W
Patient zero and the making of the AIDS epidemic Patient zero and the making of the AIDS epidemic Richard Andrew McKay The search for a “patient zero”—popularly understood to be the first person infected in an epidemic—has been key to media coverage of major infectious disease outbreaks for more than three decades. Y… OL19734000W
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