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Diseases shape the course of history

Plague-Busters!: Medicine's Battles with History's Deadliest Diseases by  Lindsey Fitzharris

April 24, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Plague-Busters!: Medicine’s Battles with History’s Deadliest Diseases by Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal is probably my new favorite nonfiction read of 2023 (I know it is still only late April, but something tells me I won’t be reading too many more nonfictions and if I do, nothing will match up to this).  Due in October 2023, I give this book a 4.5 as I need to see the final artwork. What I had in my reader copy, was mostly black and white, but there were a […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Adrian Teal, Death, Diseases & Illnesses & Injuries, epidemics, history of science, lindsey fitzharris, Social Topics

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:261 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Adrian Teal, Death, Diseases & Illnesses & Injuries, epidemics, history of science, lindsey fitzharris, Social Topics ·
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Don’t avoid this book like the plague!

Magical History Tour #5: The Plague by Fabrice Erre

July 20, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr13bingo New Series (started in 2021) The 5 here is rounded up.  While I love the Magical History Tour series, I am always looking for more, so Magical History Tour #5: The Plague is a 4.5 read. However, ages 7 to 10 are the perfect ages for this book and the text and information is perfect for them making this most likely a 5 for them. Fabrice Erre has once again researched history and this time has come up with the plague. Or more accurately, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Young Adult Tagged With: #history, cbr13bingo, epidemics, Fabrice Erre, infectious diseases, pandemic, Sylvain Savoia

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:205 · Genres: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Young Adult · Tags: #history, cbr13bingo, epidemics, Fabrice Erre, infectious diseases, pandemic, Sylvain Savoia ·
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“Health and dignity are indissociable in human beings.”

April 1, 2018 by Blingle Bells Leave a Comment

It’s hard for me to gauge exactly how interesting a book like this may be to someone else, because when asked about my fantasy dream career, I say epidemiologist. And not the fun kind – the data wonk kind. I think objectively, this book is objectively “exciting” if you have a tolerance for fairly dry excitement, and a lot of details on slow, frustrating, painstaking searches for pathogens, outbreaks, sources of contamination, and underlying causes of the things that plague us. Despite the rather dramatic […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: beating back the devil, cdc, epidemics, health, maryn mckenna, Non-Fiction, outbreaks, public health, science

Blingle Bells's CBR10 Review No:2 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: beating back the devil, cdc, epidemics, health, maryn mckenna, Non-Fiction, outbreaks, public health, science ·
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This Book has Everything: Buboes, Iron Lungs, a Kennedy, and a Vegan Teetotaler Who’s Actually a Pretty Cool Guy

September 4, 2017 by Ellesfena Leave a Comment

I wish I could remember what it was that first sparked my interest in communicable diseases (and some noncommunicable), but I’ll tell you, there are just not enough books out there to quench my thirst on this topic. I’ve read just about every public health book on the subject that I can get my hands on (and if anyone out there has read a great book on malaria, please send it my way. I’ve been looking for one for a few years now). Get Well […]

Filed Under: Health, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: epidemics, infectious disease, jennifer wright, public health

Ellesfena's CBR9 Review No:37 · Genres: Health, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: epidemics, infectious disease, jennifer wright, public health ·
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