BKLYN BookMatch: Viruses, Pandemics, and Germs
This list was created by a librarian with the Brooklyn Public Library with books for adults, teens, and kids to understand what's happening with the Corona virus and how it compares to other epidemics and pandemics. Would you like your own personalized list of reading suggestions? Visit Bklyn BookMatch here: bklynlibrary.org/bookmatch
23 items
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Diamond explores the geographical and environmental factors he feels helped to shaped the modern world.
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The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
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Learn about how scientists have predicted the way diseases will evolve and effect our world in the future.
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Honigsbaum explores epidemiological mysteries and the ecology of infectious diseases.
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The 2013-2014 Ebola epidemic was the deadliest ever--but the outbreaks continue as Preston explains in this medical drama.
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Since its founding in 1951, the Epidemic Intelligence Service has waged war on every imaginable ailment. This book explores the EIS' history and their quest to eliminate threats to world health.
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Dr. Warren Andiman introduces the mysterious world of viruses: what they look like, how they invade so efficiently, and how they take over cells' complex machinery to wreak potentially fatal havoc.
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An inside account of the fight to contain the world’s deadliest diseases—and the panic and corruption that make them worse.
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A leading doctor offers answers on the one of the most urgent questions of our time: How do we prevent the next global pandemic?
