Covid-19: The Greatest Cover-Up in History--From Wuhan to the White House (Howard Dylan)(Pevná vazba)

Covid-19: The Greatest Cover-Up in History--From Wuhan to the White House (Howard Dylan)(Pevná vazba)

In the final days of 2019, a new and deadly virus was quietly spreading through the city of Wuhan, China. Within six months it would kill half a million people worldwide, infect a further 10 million, and change the way all of us live, work and play forever. Now, for the first time, the real story

Made in China: Wuhan, Covid and the Quest for Biotech Supremacy (Becker Jasper)(Pevná vazba)

What might COVID-19 mean for, and reveal about, China's place in the world? The coronavirus pandemic started in Wuhan, home to the leading lab studying the SARS virus and bats. Was that pure coincidence? This book explores what we know, and still don't know, about the origins of COVID-19, and how

Dead Epidemiologists: On the Origins of Covid-19 (Wallace Rob)(Pevná vazba)

A history of COVID-19 and the sociopolitical crises that led to the 2020 global pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic shocked the world. It shouldn't have. Since this century's turn, epidemiologists have warned of new infectious diseases. Indeed, H1N1, H7N9, SARS, MERS, Ebola Makona, Zika, and a variety

A Shot in the Arm!: Big Ideas That Changed the World #3 (Brown Don)(Pevná vazba)

Award-winning author Don Brown explores the history of vaccines from smallpox to COVID-19 in this installment of the Big Ideas That Changed the World series A Shot in the Arm explores the history of vaccinations and the struggle to protect people from infectious diseases, from smallpox--perhaps

DC Comics Cover Art - 350 of the Greatest Covers in DC's History (Jones Nick)(Pevná vazba)

Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House (Maddow Rachel)(Pevná vazba)

The knockdown, drag-out, untold story of the other scandal that rocked Nixon's White House, and reset the rules for crooked presidents to come--with new reporting that expands on Rachel Maddow's Peabody Award-nominated podcast Is it possible for a sitting vice president to direct a vast criminal

The Year That Changed Our World: A Photographic History of the Covid-19 Pandemic - Agence France Presse, Marielle Eudes

A visual history of the world under COVID-19, revealing stories of hope behind the headlines The Year That Changed Our World is the definitive, visual history of the Covid-19 Pandemic. With more than 400 photographs, this ambitious publication traces the arc of the Pandemic from China in early 2020

Life After Covid-19: Lessons from Past Pandemics (Gordon Bob)(Pevná vazba)

There have been pandemics throughout the course of human history; they have savaged countries, undermined empires, and killed countless individuals - often with drastic and unexpected consequences for the survivors. Life After COVID-19 investigates past epidemics and their aftermath, seeking to

Time Out: Global Perspectives on Sport and the Covid-19 Lockdown (Krieger Jrg)(Pevná vazba)

In the edited collection Time Out: Global Perspectives on Sport and the Covid-19 Lockdown, practitioners and international scholars explore the impact of the global Covid-19 health pandemic on sport from a global perspective. It is part of a two-volume Covid-19 and Sport series that tackles the

'I Know Who Caused Covid-19': Pandemics and Xenophobia (Xun Zhou)(Pevná vazba)

A timely exploration of the global explosion in xenophobia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through a close analysis of four cases from around the world, this book explores prejudice toward groups who are thought to have caused and spread COVID-19: the residents of Wuhan and Black African communities

The Face Mask In COVID Times (No Contributor)(Pevná vazba)

The simple fabric face mask is a key agent in the fight against the global spread of COVID-19. However, beyond its role as a protective covering against coronavirus infection, the face mask is the bearer of powerful symbolic and political power and arouses intense emotions. Adopting an

Covid-19 - Everything You Need to Know About Coronavirus and the Race for the Vaccine (Mosley Michael)(Paperback / softback)

FROM AWARD-WINNING SCIENCE JOURNALIST DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: THE STORY OF COVID-19, THE GREATEST PUBLIC HEALTH THREAT OF OUR

America in Retreat: The Decline of Us Leadership from Ww2 to Covid-19 (Pembroke Michael)(Pevná vazba)

The story of how America turned its back on the world... In the heady days after 1945, the authority of the United States was unrivalled and, with the founding of the UN, a new era of international co-operation seemed to have begun. But seventy-five years later, its influence has already

Colossus (Hynson Colin)(Pevná vazba)

Colossus explores some of the greatest feats of engineering in history; from ancient pyramids, to enormous bridges to towering

Shaking Up the House (Mndez Yamile Saied)(Pevná vazba)

A friendly prank war at the White House spirals out of control in this hilarious and heartfelt middle grade written by acclaimed author Yamile Saied M ndez and perfect for fans of President of the Whole Fifth Grade and Merci Surez Changes Gears. Ingrid and Winnie L pez have lived at 1600

From Hell - Alan Moore

Two of the greatest creators in the history of comics. Eleven unsolved murders. One sprawling conspiracy, one metropolis on the brink of the twentieth century, and one bloody-minded Ripper ushering London into the modern age of terror. From Hell, often ranked among the greatest graphic novels of

Shutdown : How Covid Shook the World´s Economy - Adam Tooze

From the author of Crashed comes a gripping short history of how Covid-19 ravaged the global economy, and where it leaves us now When the news first began to trickle out of China about a new virus in December 2019, risk-averse financial markets were alert to its potential for disruption. Yet they

Invisible Enemies: A Handbook on Pandemics That Have Shaped Our World (Goh Hwee)(Pevná vazba)

COVID-19 seizes the world in 2020. From the likes of the plague, the Spanish Flu and SARS, invisible enemies have changed our lives, bringing death and widespread fear. Yet, knowledge and the scientific quest for answers -- along with a dogged sense of resilience -- are our best weapons in the epic

House of Happy Endings (Garis Leslie)(Pevná vazba)

Leslie Garis' grandparents, Howard and Lillian Garis, were, from the turn of the century to the 1950s, authors of books for children. This book tells how in a large romantic house in Amherst, Massachusetts, she and her two brothers, her parents and grandparents aimed to live a life that mirrored

Stealing Bob Dylan from Woodstock: When the World Came to the Isle of Wight. Volume 1 (Foulk Ray)(Pevná vazba)

Reclusive star Bob Dylan had been holed up in the artist-town of Woodstock for more than three years, following a serious motorcycle accident. He toyed with playing the Woodstock festival brought to his own front door but it was the Foulk brothers who succeeded where all others failed, luring Dylan

Royals at War: The Untold Story of Harry and Meghan's Shocking Split with the House of Windsor (Howard Dylan)(Pevná vazba)

Reveals Shocking Revelations about Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, and the British Royal Family--and the Divisive Rifts Between Them This explosive expos , Royals at War, takes readers inside a riven Buckingham Palace to provide the definitive account of the unfolding abdication crisis of

1865: the Golden Age of Mountaineering - An illustrated history of Alpine climbing's greatest era (Modica Gilles)(Pevná vazba)

From the Wetterhorn in 1854 to the Matterhorn in 1865, the Alps were conquered in a decade. 1865: the Golden Age of Mountaineering, by Gilles Modica, documents this great time in the history of alpinism. With 350 photographs and illustrations, it is co-published in English and French by Vertebrate

Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House (Ryan April)(Pevná vazba)

Veteran White House reporter April Ryan thought she had seen everything in her two decades as a White House correspondent. And then came the Trump administration. In Under Fire, Ryan takes us inside the confusion and chaos of the Trump White House to understand how she and other reporters adjusted

Viral Loads - Anthropologies of Urgency in the Time of Covid-19(Paperback / softback)

Viral Loads provides a global response to the COVID-19 pandemic from the field of medical