America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918 (Crosby Alfred W.)(Paperback)

America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918 (Crosby Alfred W.)(Paperback)

Between August 1918 and March 1919 the Spanish influenza spread worldwide, claiming over 25 million lives, more people than those perished in the fighting of the First World War. It proved fatal to at least a half-million Americans. Yet, the Spanish flu pandemic is largely forgotten today. In this

Blanc Mont Ridge 1918: America's Forgotten Victory (Cansiere Romain)(Paperback)

Great Influenza - The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History (Barry John M)(Paperback / softback)

Ecological Imperialism (Crosby Alfred W.)(Paperback)

People of European descent form the bulk of the population in most of the temperate zones of the world - North America, Australia and New Zealand. The military successes of European imperialism are easy to explain; in many cases they were a matter of firearms against spears. But as Alfred W. Crosby

Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic (Quammen David)(Paperback)

The 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 event 'spillover' and they warn us to brace ourselves. David Quammen has tracked this subject from

November 1918: The German Revolution (Gerwarth Robert)(Pevná vazba)

The German Revolution of November 1918 is nowadays largely forgotten outside Germany. It is generally regarded as a failure even by those who have heard of it, a missed opportunity which paved the way for the rise of the Nazis and the catastrophe to come. Robert Gerwarth argues here that to view

Unprepared: Global Health in a Time of Emergency (Lakoff Andrew)(Paperback)

Recent years have witnessed an upsurge in global health emergencies--from SARS to pandemic influenza to Ebola to Zika. Each of these occurrences has sparked calls for improved health preparedness. In Unprepared, Andrew Lakoff follows the history of health preparedness from its beginnings in 1950s

Fourteenth Colony: The Forgotten Story of the Gulf South During America's Revolutionary Era (Bunn Mike)(Pevná vazba)

Crosby & Blundellsands Through Time (Hollinghurst Hugh)(Paperback)

This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Crosby and Blundellsands have changed and developed over the last

The Essential W.S. Merwin (Merwin W. S.)(Paperback)

'The Essential W.S. Merwin beautifully demonstrates why Merwin has been one of America's most decorated and important poets for more than 60 years.'--The Washington Post 'Merwin is one of the great poets of our age.'--Los Angeles Times Book Review'Merwin has become instantly recognizable on the

Sherlock Holmes and The Pandemic of Death (Victor Daniel)(Pevná vazba)

Quarantines, masks, death-terms familiar to anyone who faced the so-called Spanish Flu of 1918. World-wide, it is estimated that the horrifying influenza killed more than 50 million people, significantly more than did the guns of the Great War, which was just then coming to a close. And yet no one

The Coldest War: A Memoir of Korea (Brady James)(Paperback)

America's 'forgotten war' lasted just thirty-seven months, yet 54,246 Americans died in that time -- nearly as many as died in ten years in Vietnam. On the fiftieth anniversary of this devastating conflict, James Brady tells the story of his life as a young marine lieutenant in Korea.In 1947,

The French Paradox (Crosby Ellen)(Paperback)

Principles of Economics (Marshall Alfred)(Paperback)

British economist Alfred Marshall (1842-1924) was one of the founders of the 'neoclassical' school in which economists studied both wealth and human behavior to understand why we make the choices we do. First published in 1890, Principles of Economics stands as Marshall's most influential work

Alfred the Great (Horspool David)(Paperback)

The discovery earlier this year in Winchester of human remains, almost certainly of Alfred the Great or his eldest son, has sparked renewed interest in England's most celebrated monarch. King Alfred's historical achievements, saving his kingdom from invasion by marauding Vikings and attempting both

Intensive Care - A GP, a Community & a Pandemic (Francis Gavin)(Paperback / softback)

On the pandemic's forgotten front lines, a doctor cares for his community - from care homes to homeless shelters, islands to the inner

Adventures of Ideas (Whitehead Alfred North)(Paperback)

From Simon & Schuster, the Adventures of Ideas is Alfred North Whitehead's historical adventure. The title of this book, Adventures of Ideas, bears two meanings, both applicable to the subject-matter. One meaning is the effect of certain ideas in promoting the slow drift of mankind towards

Lockdown Diaries - Hilariously daft insights into the daily struggles of the pandemic (Annandale Lady Dawn)(Paperback / softback)

A lively and humorous diary of the Covid pandemic

The Life of King Alfred (Giles J. a.)(Paperback)

This is a biography of the medieval Anglo-Saxon King Alfred, part of a dynasty that maintained control over England until the Norman Conquest led by William the Conqueror hundreds of years later during the 11th

Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources (Anonymous)(Paperback)

This comprehensive collection includes Asser's Life of Alfred, extracts from The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and Alfred's own writings, laws, and will. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles,

The Pandemic Information Gap: The Brutal Economics of Covid-19 (Gans Joshua)(Paperback)

A guide to the pandemic economy: essential reading about the long-term implications of our current crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed a firehose of information (much of it wrong) and an avalanche of opinions (many of them ill-founded). Most of us are so distracted by the everyday awfulness

Brand New Me (Crosby Charlotte)(Paperback)

Charlotte Crosby is one of the nation's best loved and funniest TV stars.Here in BRAND NEW ME Charlotte talks us through an incredibly busy year, making us laugh as ever with her funny moments (like when her mum woke up on Christmas morning to find her passed out naked by her new swimming pool) but

The Lost Books of the Bible and the Forgotten Books of Eden (Eworld)(Paperback)

Forgotten Battles of the Zulu War (Greaves Adrian)(Paperback)