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Dave: IMG Jim Lynch Makes Landscape Art... Out of Text

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jimlynchIf Carl Hiaasen set one of his novels on a residential stretch of boundary line between British Columbia and Washington, or if Richard Russo's characters had relatives in the Pacific Northwest, the result might be something like Jim Lynch's Border Songs. Continue »
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The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance

by Laurie Garrett

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ISBN13: 9780140250916
ISBN10: 0140250913
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In this gripping, often harrowing study, Laurie Garrett takes readers on a 50-year journey through the world's battles with microbes, and examines the conditions that have culminated in recurrent outbreaks of newly discovered diseases, epidemics of diseases migrating to new areas, and mutated old diseases that are no longer curable. A New York Times Notable Book in 1994.

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ISBN:
9780140250916
Subtitle:
Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance
Author:
Garrett, Laurie
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Location:
New York, NY
Subject:
Microbiology
Subject:
Epidemiology
Subject:
Communicable diseases
Subject:
Communicable diseases -- Popular works.
Subject:
Life Sciences - Biology - Microbiology
Subject:
Infectious Diseases
Copyright:
1994
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series Volume:
no. 807
Publication Date:
January 1994
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
768
Dimensions:
9.07x5.97x1.65 in. 1.78 lbs.
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