Modern Epidemics: From the Spanish Flu to Covid-19 (Macip Salvador)(Paperback)

Modern Epidemics: From the Spanish Flu to Covid-19 (Macip Salvador)(Paperback)

COVID-19 has made us all aware of the fact that we live in a world full of invisible enemies. Normally, we don't even realize they're there, but from time to time one of these microscopic creatures becomes powerful enough to turn everything upside down. What are these invisible enemies, and how can

Pandemic Century - A History of Global Contagion from the Spanish Flu to Covid-19 (Honigsbaum Mark)(Paperback / softback)

A Financial Times Best Book of the Year The most timely and informative history book you will read this year, tracing a century of pandemics, with a new chapter on COVID-19. Ever since the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic, scientists have dreamed of preventing catastrophic outbreaks of infectious

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

Virus Mania: Corona/COVID-19, Measles, Swine Flu, Cervical Cancer, Avian Flu, SARS, BSE, Hepatitis C, AIDS, Polio, Spanish Flu. How (Engelbrecht Torsten)(Paperback)

If one follows public pronouncements, the world is repeatedly afflicted with new terrible virus diseases. As the latest horror variant, the so-called coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 dominated the headlines. The population is also terrified by reports of measles, swine flu, SARS, BSE, AIDS or polio. However,

Lessons from Lockdown: The Educational Legacy of Covid-19 (Breslin Tony)(Paperback)

Lessons from Lockdown explores the impact of COVID-19 on our schooling systems, on the young people and families that they serve and on all who work in - and with - our schools, and asks what the long-term ramifications of the pandemic might be for the pedagogy and purpose of formal education

The Corona Transmissions: Alternatives for Engaging with Covid-19--From the Physical to the Metaphysical (Mitchell Sherri)(Paperback)

A collection of new perspectives on COVID-19 from authoritative voices outside the mainstream - Includes contributions from 35 well-known authors, doctors, herbalists, First Nations teachers, economists, astrologers, and others, such as Richard Strozzi-Heckler, Annabel Lee, Matthew Wood, Gabriel

The Spanish Flu Epidemic and Its Influence on History (Breitnauer Jaime)(Paperback)

We look at how Spanish flu changed the focus of scientific thought from eugenics to the creation of public

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

Mothers, Mothering, and Covid-19: Dispatches from the Pandemic (Green Fiona J.)(Paperback)

There has been little public discussion on the devastating impact of Covid-19 on mothers, or a public acknowledgement that mothering is frontline work in this pandemic. This collection of 45 chapters and with 70 contributors is the first to explore the impact of the pandemic on mothers' care and

Can of Worms - A COVID-19 Poetry Diary (Cookson Paul)(Paperback / softback)

Written daily during the COVID-19 pandemic, Paul Cookson's new collection picks up directly from his first volume, Fighting Talk. These poems document the period from the pubs re-opening through to the introduction of the 'Three-Tier System'. Compassionate, humorous and political, here is another

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

Dental management manual in the post Covid-19 era - from theory to practice (Gisco Aurelio)(Paperback / softback)

Communicating Covid-19: Everyday Life, Digital Capitalism, and Conspiracy Theories in Pandemic Times (Fuchs Christian)(Paperback)

Communicating COVID-19 analyses the changes of everyday communication in the COVID-19 crisis. Exploring how misinformation has spread online throughout the pandemic, the impact of changes on society and the way we communicate, and the effect this has had on the spread of

Epidemics and Society: From the Black Death to the Present (Snowden Frank M.)(Paperback)

This sweeping, multidisciplinary exploration of the major epidemics since the Black Death reveals the impact of diseases ranging from bubonic plague to Ebola on both medical and social history and examines the contemporary question of our preparedness against the next generation of

Women of the Pandemic: Stories from the Frontlines of Covid-19 (McKeon Lauren)(Paperback)

The story of the pandemic is the story of women. This riveting narrative offers an account of COVID-19, reminding us of women's leadership and resilience, reflecting back hope and humanity as we all figure out a new normal, together. Throughout history, men have fought, lost, and led us through the

The Pandemic Pivot (Feffer John)(Paperback)

Experts from the frontlines of global policy tackle the implications of Covid-19 Transformative change can come out of the COVID-19 crisis, which has exposed everything that's wrong with decades of the world's governments betting on militarism, competition and wealth creation. A return to sanity

Covid-19: A Critical Care Textbook (Carter Chris)(Paperback)

With the major redeployment of staff during the Covid-19 pandemic, this authoritative textbook provides a practical resource for healthcare professionals who may be new to acute and critical care settings. Written by nurses for nurses, the book will help readers master patient assessment,

The Politics of Care (Boston Review)(Paperback)

A vital collection bringing together Black Lives Matter and COVID-19 from the acclaimed political and literary magazine Boston Review. From the COVID-19 pandemic to uprisings over police brutality, we are living in the greatest social crisis of a generation. But the roots of these latest

As Bright as Heaven (Meissner Susan)(Paperback)

From the acclaimed author of The Last Year of the War comes a novel set during the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, telling the story of a family reborn through loss and love. In 1918, Philadelphia was a city teeming with promise. Even as its young men went off to fight in the Great War, there were

Pale Rider - The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World (Spinney Laura)(Paperback / softback)

Read the devastating story of the Spanish flu - the twentieth century's greatest killer - and discover what it can teach us about the current Covid-19 pandemic. 'Both a saga of tragedies and a detective

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

Pandemic Legalities: Legal Responses to Covid-19 - Justice and Social Responsibility (Lahey Kathleen)(Paperback)

The effects of COVID-19 are visited disproportionately on the already disadvantaged. This important text maps out ways in which those already disadvantaged have been affected by legal responses to COVID-19. Contributors tackle issues including virtual trials, adult social care, racism, tax and

The War Against Covid-19 (O'Brien Cynthia)(Paperback)

This timely book follows the emergence of COVID-19 in December 2019, and describes how, within a few short months, it transformed the way the world was living and working. The first major world pandemic in more than 100 years brought new testing and technology to the forefront, resulting in the

The Unequal Pandemic: Covid-19 and Health Inequalities (Bambra Clare)(Paperback)

Rated as a top 10 book about the COVID-19 pandemic by New Statesman: https: //www.newstatesman.com/culture/2021/07/best-books-about-covid-19-pandemic EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC- ND It has been claimed that we are 'all in it together' and that the COVID-19 virus 'does not