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  • Mumbai Fights Back

    A Bureaucrat's Account of How the Maximum City took on Covid-19

    by Suresh Kakani, Sumitra DebRoy ...
    How do you tame a wild virus in a city of 12 million people? This petrifying thought was at the top of many minds when the first two cases of coronavirus were detected in Mumbai on March 11, 2020. Covid-19, which had brought big nations with robust health systems down to their knees, soon found its way to Mumbai’s densest localities, including Dharavi.The coronavirus pandemic was Mumbai’s fourth ... Read more

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  • No Time to Lose: A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Viruses

    A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Viruses

    by Peter Piot ...
    The story of a microbiologist’s remarkable career, from identifying ?the Ebola virus to pioneering AIDS research and policy.When Peter Piot was in medical school, a professor warned, “There’s no future in infectious diseases. They’ve all been solved.” Fortunately, Piot ignored him, and the result has been an exceptional, adventure-filled career. In the 1970s, as a young man, Piot was sent to ... Read more

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  • A Plague Upon Our House

    My Fight at the Trump White House to Stop COVID from Destroying America

    by Scott W. Atlas, M.D. ...
    National Bestseller as seen on Tucker Carlson, The Ingraham Angle, The Megyn Kelly Show, The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show, The Next Revolution with Steve Hilton and more!What really happened behind the scenes at the Trump White House during the COVID pandemic?When Dr. Scott W. Atlas was tapped by Donald Trump to join his COVID Task Force, he was immediately thrust into a maelstrom of scientific. ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Spike

    The Virus vs. The People - the Inside Story

    by Jeremy Farrar, Anjana Ahuja ...
    SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE PRIZE 2022SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2022THE TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEARA GUARDIAN BEST POLITICS BOOK OF THE YEARA TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*Revised and updated edition with new chapter reflecting on the impact of Covid-19 two years on, and what come next*Did the UK government... ... Read more

    $9.69 USD

  • Advantage India

    From Challenge to Opportunity

    by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Srijan Pal Singh ...
    A visionary's bequest to the nationOn the way from Delhi to Jaunpur in eastern Uttar Pradesh lies the dusty town of Badshahpur. Even in this nondescript settlement, people receive money via mobile transfer from family members working in distant cities. There are computer-training centres offering diploma courses in Bhojpuri, Hindi and English. Badshahpur is an example of India's numerous remote ... Read more

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  • I Do Not Consent

    My Fight Against Medical Cancel Culture

    by Simone Gold, M.D., J.D. ...
    “The bumper-sticker directive to ‘follow the science’ was actually an evasion of responsibility. It let people off the hook for their bad decisions in a crisis. Was New York Governor Cuomo’s executive order sending COVID-hospitalized patients back to nursing homes to infect other vulnerable nursing home patients ‘following the science’? Of course not. And sending post-hospitalization COVID ... Read more

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  • Silent Invasion

    The Untold Story of the Trump Administration, Covid-19, and Preventing the Next Pandemic Before It's Too Late

    by Deborah Birx ...
    "The most revealing pandemic book yet."—The AtlanticThe definitive, inside account of the Trump Administration’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic from White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator and Coronavirus Task Force member, Dr. Deborah Birx.In late February 2020, Dr. Deborah Birx—a lifelong federal health official who had worked at the CDC, the State Department, and the US Army across ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • Preventable

    How a Pandemic Changed the World & How to Stop the Next One

    by Devi Sridhar ...
    **THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER | BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK**The definitive story of COVID-19 and how global politics shape our health - from a world-leading expert and the pandemic's go-to science communicatorProfessor Devi Sridhar has risen to prominence for her vital roles in communicating science to the public and speaking truth to power. In Preventable she highlights lessons learned ... ... Read more

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  • Women of the Pandemic

    Stories from the Frontlines of COVID-19

    by Lauren McKeon ...
    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 world's defining crises. That all changed with COVID-19. In Canada, women's presence in the response ... Read more

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  • The Year the World Went Mad

    A Scientific Memoir

    by Mark Woolhouse ...
    'An essential book.' -Matt RidleyIn January 2020, leading epidemiologist Professor Mark Woolhouse learned of a new virus taking hold in China. He immediately foresaw a hard road ahead for the entire world, and emailed the Chief Medical Officer of Scotland warning that the UK should urgently begin preparations. A few days later he received a polite reply stating only that everything was under ... Read more

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  • Lessons from the Covid War

    An Investigative Report

    by Covid Crisis Group ...
    This powerful report on what went wrong—and right—with America’s Covid response, from a team of 34 experts, shows how Americans faced the worst peacetime catastrophe of modern timesOur national leaders have drifted into treating the pandemic as though it were an unavoidable natural catastrophe, repeating a depressing cycle of panic followed by neglect. So a remarkable group of practitioners and ... Read more

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  • Standing Up for Science

    A Voice of Reason

    by Salim S. Abdool Karim ...
    Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, Salim S. Abdool Karim was catapulted into a prominent position in the media and on television as the face of South African science in the country's response to the pandemic. Up to that point, his groundbreaking research on AIDS had garnered many awards, leading to his recognition as one of the world’s leading epidemiologists, making him ideally positioned to take ... Read more

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