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Sexually Transmitted Diseases: A Physician Tells You What You Need to Know (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book)
Every year, millions of
people are exposed to a
sexually transmitted
disease. And many people who
are sexually active often
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The Demon in the Freezer
On December 9, 1979,
smallpox, the most deadly
human virus, ceased to exist
in nature. After
eradication, it was confined
to freezers located in just
two places on earth: the
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The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story
The dramatic and chilling
story of an Ebola virus
outbreak in a surburban
Washington, D.C. laboratory,
with descriptions of
frightening historical
epidemics of rare and lethal
... > full story
The Monster at Our Door: The Global Threat of Avian Flu
A “brilliant”
and
“fascinating”
investigation of the looming
avian flu pandemic—and
how we arrived at the brink
... > full story
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The American Plague
In this account, a journalist traces the course of yellow fever, stopping in 1878 Memphis to "vividly [evoke] the Faulkner-meets-'Dawn of the Dead' horrors,"*-and moving on to today's strain of the ... > read more -
The Great Influenza: The story of the deadliest pandemic in history
At the height of WWI, history's most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide. It ... > read more -
Killer Germs
Everything readers ever wanted to know about deadly viruses, killer parasites, flesh-eating microbes, and other lifethreatening beasties but were afraid to ask What disease, known as "the White ... > read more -
Dr. Pitcairn's New Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats
Pitcairn Over 400,000 copies of this treasured classic have been sold since its original publication more than 20 years ago The book that is the definitive guide to a natural lifestyle for dogs and ... > read more -
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
Working in his garden one day, Michael Pollan hit pay dirt in the form of an idea: do plants, he wondered, use humans as much as we use them? While the question is not entirely original, the way ... > read more -
Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition
It's little wonder that longtime Windows users are migrating in droves to the new Mac. They're fed up with the virus-prone Windows way of life, and they're lured by Apple's well-deserved reputation ... > read more -
We Have Capture: Tom Stafford and the Space Race
How Apollo commander Stafford defused the Cold War in space by leading the way to Soviet/US cooperation. What an amazing career—Tom Stafford attained the highest speed ever reached by a test ... > read more -
Smithsonian Intimate Guide to Human Origins
From the savannas of Africa to modern-day labs for biomechanical analysis and molecular genetics, Smithsonian Intimate Guide to Human Origins reveals how anthropologists are furiously redrawing the ... > read more -
Ferns for American Gardens
Timber Press is proud to add John Mickel's classic Ferns for American Gardens to its catalog. Unusual in its specific focus on cold-hardy ferns, the volume is based on Mickel's personal experience as ... > read more -
Vaccinated: One Man's Quest to Defeat the World's Deadliest Diseases
Maurice Hilleman's mother died a day after he was born and his twin sister stillborn. As an adult, he said that he felt he had escaped an appointment with death. He made it his life's work to see ... > read more
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