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The Epic Story of the 1918 Pandemic
by John M. Barry
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by Thomas Levenson
Published Apr 2025
Read ReviewsThe centuries-long quest to discover the critical role of germs in disease reveals as much about human reasoning—and the pitfalls of ego—as it does about microbes.
by Greg King, Penny Wilson
Published Apr 2016
Read ReviewsOn the 100th Anniversary of its sinking, King and Wilson tell the story of the Lusitania's glamorous passengers and the torpedo that ended an era and prompted the US entry into World War I.
by Rob Dunn
Published Dec 2014
Read ReviewsA biologist shows the influence of wild species on our well-being and the world and how nature still clings to us - and always will.
by Carla Buckley
Published Jan 2011
Read ReviewsHow far would you go to protect your family?
Carla Buckleys poignant debut raises important questions to which there are no easy answers, in an emotionally riveting tale of one family facing unimaginable stress.
by Myla Goldberg
Published Oct 2006
Read ReviewsThrough narrative, authentic newspaper clippings, and fictional correspondence, the author of Bee Season offers an intimate view of the life of Lydia Kilkenny, a shop clerk and daughter of Irish immigrants in South Boston in the early 20th century.'
by Margaret MacMillan
Published Sep 2003
Read Reviews'Without question, Margaret MacMillan's Paris 1919 is the most honest and engaging history ever written about those fateful months after World War I when the maps of Europe were redrawn. Brimming with lucid analysis, elegant character sketches, and geopolitical pathos, it is essential reading.'
by Geraldine Brooks
Published Apr 2002
Read ReviewsThis gripping historical novel is based on the true story of Eyam, the "Plague Village," in the rugged mountain spine of England. In 1666, the bubonic plague is brought to this isolated settlement and the people choose to seal themselves off to prevent the spread of infection.
by John Keegan
Published May 2000
Read ReviewsJohn Keegan, one of our most eminent military historians, fulfills a lifelong ambition to write the definitive account of the Great War for our generation.
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