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“janick laberge”

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  • The genome

    by Janick Laberge ...
    In 2025, Dr. Julia Demers, a leading Canadian microbiologist-infectiologist and virologist, is dispatched to the Malaysia Genome Institute in Kuala Lumpur, commonly known as the MGI, along with two colleagues and other scientists of various nationalities, to shed light on what is happening at this facility, which houses ultra-sophisticated laboratories. Rumors are circulating about a possible ... Read more

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    Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

    by David Quammen ...
    A masterpiece of science reporting that tracks the animal origins of emerging human diseases.The emergence of strange new diseases is a frightening problem that seems to be getting worse. In this age of speedy travel, it threatens a worldwide pandemic. We hear news reports of Ebola, SARS, AIDS, and something called Hendra killing horses and people in Australia—but those reports miss the big truth ... Read more

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  • Insomniac City

    New York, Oliver Sacks, and Me

    by Mr. Bill Hayes ...
    Amazon's Best Biographies and Memoirs of the Year ListA moving celebration of what Bill Hayes calls "the evanescent, the eavesdropped, the unexpected" of life in New York City, and an intimate glimpse of his relationship with the late Oliver Sacks."A beautifully written once-in-a-lifetime book, about love, about life, soul, and the wonderful loving genius Oliver Sacks, and New York, and laughter ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Wild Horses

    by George Edward Stanley ...
    Illustrated by Michael Langham Rowe ...
    Series series A Stepping Stone Book
    Long ago, all horse were wild. In time, people taught them to wear a saddle and a bit. But some horses were not tamed. And today, all over the world, wild horses still run free. ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Breathless

    The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus

    by David Quammen ...
    National Book Award finalist Breathless tells the story of the worldwide scientific race to decipher the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, trace its source, and make possible the vaccines to fight the Covid-19 pandemic—a **“l**uminous, passionate account of the defining crisis of our time” (The New York Times).Breathless is a “gripping” (The Atlantic) but “clear-eyed analysis” (Time) of SARs-CoV-2... ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

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  • Ebola

    The Natural and Human History of a Deadly Virus

    by David Quammen ...
    “A frightening and fascinating masterpiece of science reporting that reads like a detective story.” —Walter IsaacsonIn 1976 a deadly virus emerged from the Congo forest. As swiftly as it came, it disappeared, leaving no trace. Over the four decades since, Ebola has emerged sporadically, each time to devastating effect. It can kill up to 90 percent of its victims. In between these outbreaks, it is ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2021

    Edited by Ed Yong ...
    Series series The Best American Series
    New York Times best-selling author and renowned science journalist Ed Yong compiles the best science and nature writing published in 2020."The stories I have chosen reflect where I feel the field of science and nature writing has landed, and where it could go," Ed Yong writes in his introduction. "They are often full of tragedy, sometimes laced with wonder, but always deeply aware that science ... Read more

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  • The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011

    Edited by Mary Roach, Tim Folger ...
    Series series The Best American Series
    The bestselling author of Stiff and Packing for Mars presents fascinating essays about our world by Jonathan Lethem, Jaron Lanier, Malcom Gladwell and others."America's funniest science writer." — Washington PostGood science writing, as Mary Roach explains in her introduction, is a cure for ignorance and fallacy. But great sci... ... Read more

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  • The Next Pandemic

    On the Front Lines Against Humankind's Gravest Dangers

    by Dr. Ali S Khan ...
    An inside account of the fight to contain the world's deadliest diseases -- and the panic and corruption that make them worse.Throughout history, humankind's biggest killers have been infectious diseases: the Black Death, the Spanish Flu, and AIDS alone account for over one hundred million deaths. We ignore this reality most of the time, but when a new threat -- Ebola, SARS, Zika, coronavirus -- ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Venom Doc

    The Edgiest, Darkest, Strangest Natural History Memoir Ever

    by Bryan Grieg Fry ...
    Steve Irwin meets David Attenborough in this jaw-dropping account of studying the world’s most venomous creatures.Venomologist Bryan Grieg Fry has one of the most dangerous jobs on earth: he works with its deadliest creatures. He’s been bitten by twenty-six venomous snakes, been stung by three stingrays, and survived a near-fatal scorpion sting while deep in the Amazon jungle. He’s received more ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Love and Laughter in the Time of Chemotherapy

    by Manjusha Pawagi ...
    Manjusha Pawagi, a successful family court judge, has written a not-so-typical memoir about her experience with cancer. Wryly funny and stubbornly hopeful, this is her quirky take on what it's like to face your own mortality when, to be honest, you thought you'd live forever. She describes how even the darkest moments of life can be made worse with roommates; details how much determination it ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • China Syndrome

    The True Story of the 21st Century's First Great Epidemic

    by Karl Taro Greenfeld ...
    “China Syndrome is a fast-moving, truth-is-stranger-than-fiction thriller that doubles as an excellent primer of emerging infections for scientists and laypeople alike. But that’s not all. For readers more captivated by world politics than by microbiology, its chief strength, beyond the superb writing, is a detailed look at China’s culture of secrecy in the throes of a global public health crisis. ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD