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The invisible siege : the rise of coronaviruses and the search for a cure / by Werb, Dan,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."An engrossing family history of coronaviruses and the modern-day scientific quest to conquer viral epidemics forever. The urgency of the devastating COVID-19 pandemic has fixed humanity's gaze on the present crisis. But the story of this pandemic extends far further back than many realize. In this engrossing narrative, epidemiologist Dan Werb traces the rising threat of the coronavirus family and the attempts by a small group of scientists who worked for decades to stop a looming viral pandemic. When virologist Ralph Baric began researching coronaviruses in the 1980s, the field was a scientific backwater-the few variants that infected humans caused little more than the common cold. But when a novel coronavirus sparked the 2003 SARS epidemic, and then the MERS epidemic a decade later, Baric and his allies realized that time was running out before a pandemic strain would make the inevitable jump from animals to human hosts. In The Invisible Siege, Werb unpacks the dynamic history and microscopic complexity of an organism that has wreaked cycles of havoc upon the world for millennia. Elegantly tracing decades of scientific investigation, Werb reveals how Baric's team of scientists hatched an audacious plan not merely to battle COVID-19 but to end pandemics forever. Yet as they raced to find a cure, they ran into a complicated nexus of science, ethics, industry, and politics that threatened to derail their efforts just as COVID-19 loomed ever larger. The Invisible Siege is an urgent and moving testament to the unprecedented scientific movement to stop COVID-19-and a powerful look at the infuriating factors that threaten to derail discovery and leave the world vulnerable to the inevitable coronaviruses to come"--
Subjects: COVID-19 (Disease); Epidemics; Virus diseases;
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Breathless : the scientific race to defeat a deadly virus / by Quammen, David,1948-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The story of the worldwide scientific quest to decipher the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, trace its source, and make possible the vaccines to fight the Covid-19 pandemic"--
Subjects: COVID-19 (Disease); COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Containment [videorecording] / by Hartland, Christine,film producer.; Herbert, Casey,film producer.; Lemon, David,screenwriter.; Leung, Andrew(Actor),actor.; Mcenery-West, Neil,film director.; Postlethwaite, William,actor.; Reid, Sheila,1937-actor.; Ross, Lee,1971-actor.; Senior, Gabriel,actor.; Smyth, Pete,film producer.; Bandoola Productions,production company.; Bright Cold Day Films,production company.; PatchWorks Films,production company.; Vision Films,publisher.;
Editor, Arttu Salmi ; music, Graham Hadfield ; director of photography, Arthur Mulhern.Lee Ross, Sheila Reid, Gabriel Senior, Andrew Leung, William Postlethwaite, Louise Brealey, Pippa Nixon.Neighbors in an apartment complex awake to find their doors and windows completely sealed shut. When strangers in hazmat suits infiltrate their building and begin snatching residents, tempers fray and fear takes over. Unable to identify the infected from the uninfected, the quarantined start questioning the authorities. Loyalties are tested to their limits as friends and families turn against each other in an adrenaline-fueled fight for survival.14A.DVD ; anamorphic widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Feature films.; Neighbors; Science fiction films.; Viruses;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The kill order / by Dashner, James,1972-;
"Mark struggles to make sense of his new, post-disaster world in this prequel to The Maze Runner"--
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Natural disasters; Science fiction.; Survival; Virus diseases;
© c2012., Delacorte Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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The Last City / by Nelson, H. J.,author.;
SERIES: THE LAST SHE - BOOK 2 (SEQUEL TO: ISBN 9781989365717) Set immediately after the events of 'The Last She', H.J. Nelsons 'The Last City' is a gripping story of three people desperate to survive against all odds, and realizing that love is the only thing worth living for. Ages 14+
Subjects: Science fiction.; Apocalyptic fiction.; Dystopian fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Novels.; Cities and towns; Epidemics; Survival; Viruses; Cities and towns; Epidemics; Survival; Viruses;
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The living dead : a new novel / by Romero, George A.,author.; Kraus, Daniel,1975-author.;
Includes bibliographical references.A contemporary thriller traces the outbreak of a zombie plague through the fall of humankind and beyond.
Subjects: Horror fiction.; Apocalyptic fiction.; Death; Plague; Survival; Virus diseases; Zombies;
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The disinvited guest : a novel / by Goodman, Carol,author.;
When a new virus surfaces, Lucy and her husband Reed, along with their five closest friends and family, sequester themselves on Reed's family's private island off the coast of Maine where she feels her own grip on reality slipping as tempers flare, strange signs appear and accidents turn deadly.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Islands; Social isolation; Viruses;
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Blind spots / by Mullen, Thomas,author.;
"Blind Spots is a riveting crime novel with a speculative edge about what we really see with our own eyes. Seven years ago, a mysterious virus blinded everyone in the world in a matter of months. Technology helped people adjust to the new normal, creating a device that approximates vision, downloading visual data directly to people's brains. But what happens when someone finds a way to manipulate it and change what people see? Homicide detective Mark Owens has been on the force since before The Blinding. When a scientist is murdered, and the only witness insists the killer was blacked out of her vision, Owens doesn't believe her-until a similar murder happens in front of him. With suspects ranging from tech billionaires to anti-modernity cultists, Owens must conduct an investigation that hinges as much on what goes unseen as what happens before his eyes ... Thomas Mullen, the acclaimed author of The Last Town on Earth and Darktown, delivers an unputdownable crime novel that could only happen during this particular moment in time, perhaps just a few years into the future"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Dystopian fiction.; Novels.; Blindness; Murder; Pandemics; Viruses;
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The last ship. [videorecording] / by Baldwin, Adam,1962-actor.; Dane, Eric,1972-actor.; Regan, Bridget,1982-actor.; Van Winkle, Travis,actor.; Neitling, Marissa,actor.; television adaptation of (work) :Brinkley, William,1917-1993.Last ship.; Turner Network Television,production company.; Warner Home Video (Firm),publisher.;
Eric Dane, Bridget Regan, Adam Baldwin, Travis van Winkle, Marissa Neitling.Following the epic second-season cliffhanger, the highly anticipated third season finds the crew of the USS Nathan James shifting their attention to Asia after President Michener hears rumblings that the Chinese leader, President Peng, has been hoarding the "Scott cure" instead of distributing it to the people in the region.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure television programs.; Television programs.; United States. Navy; Destroyers (Warships); Epidemics; Viruses;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Head on / by Scalzi, John,1969-author.;
Hilketa is a frenetic and violent pastime where players attack each other with swords and hammers. The main goal of the game: obtain your opponent's head and carry it through the goalposts. With flesh and bone bodies, a sport like this would be impossible. But all the players are "threeps," robot-like bodies controlled by people with Haden's Syndrome, so anything goes. No one gets hurt, but the brutality is real and the crowds love it.Until a star athlete drops dead on the playing field.Is it an accident or murder? FBI Agents and Haden-related crime investigators, Chris Shane and Leslie Vann, are called in to uncover the truth--and in doing so travel to the darker side of the fast-growing sport of Hilketa, where fortunes are made or lost, and where players and owners do whatever it takes to win, on and off the field.
Subjects: Science fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Virus diseases; Epidemics; Virtual reality; Beheading; Competition (Psychology);
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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