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What Comes Around Goes Around

The Last Town on Earth by Thomas Mullen

November 28, 2022 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

When this book was written, in 2006, it was more of a historical look at the unpopular WWI draft and the worldwide influenza epidemic that occurred simultaneously towards the end of the war.  Reading it now, some 16 years later, it is far more difficult reading.  No longer is it simply an historic exercise, but is far more fraught.  And I might add this came off a list of mine of books to read and I really had no idea what I was getting into.  […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Health, History Tagged With: influenza, thomas mullen, Washington state, Who knew, Written well before current events, WWI draft

elderberrywine's CBR14 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction, Health, History · Tags: influenza, thomas mullen, Washington state, Who knew, Written well before current events, WWI draft ·
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Birds on the Brain

Sentinel Chickens: What Birds Tell Us About Our Health and the World, by Peter C Doherty

October 31, 2021 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

After over eighteeen months of pandemic, I’m sure most people have read a book or two about pandemics, disease outbreaks, or even just viruses. Most of these books probably don’t leave the reader feeling very relaxed. Sentinel Chickens: What Birds Tell Us About Our Health and the World, is not like that. Full of amicable ancedotes about birds, diseases and their relations with regards to humans, this books was such a gentle read that I felt that I could take it to the beach and […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: birds, cbr13bingo, chickens, immunology, influenza, pandemic, Peter C Doherty

LittlePlat's CBR13 Review No:24 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: birds, cbr13bingo, chickens, immunology, influenza, pandemic, Peter C Doherty ·
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