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Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
203 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Description
"2020 saw a spike in deaths in America, smaller than you might imagine during a pandemic, some of which could be attributed to COVID and to initial treatment strategies that were not effective. But then, in 2021, the stats people expected went off the rails. The CEO of the OneAmerica insurance company publicly disclosed that during the third and fourth quarters of 2021, death in people of working age (18–64) was 40 percent higher than it was...
Author
Publisher
Authority Publishing
Pub. Date
©2020.
Physical Desc
168 pages
Description
Pandemic, Inc. offers a strategic roadmap for businesses navigating the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine. The book detail eight accelerating trends that form a conenvient acronym: S A L V A G E D. Change creates opportunity. Seize this moment! We have never needed business leadership more than we do today. This book shows you how to survive, rebuild, and thrive in the post-COVID-19 economy.
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color photographs ; 28 cm
Description
When she was young, Katalin Karikó decided she would study science—even though she had never even met a scientist! But she was determined to learn as much as she could about the human body, and once she made a decision, she stuck with it. Katalin had to learn English while attending university, but she worked hard until she became a doctor. After facing many challenges, including lack of research funding and harsh immigration policies, Kati and...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
464 pages
Description
"The COVID-19 crisis is the greatest shock to world order since World War II. Millions have been infected and killed. The economic crash caused by the pandemic is the worst since the Great Depression, with the International Monetary Fund estimating that it will cost over $9 trillion of global wealth in the next few years. Many will be left impoverished and hungry. Fragile states will be further hollowed out, creating conditions ripe for conflict and...
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
208 pages
Description
Gathers poems by contemporary American poets as they face the COVID-19 pandemic, including suffering from illness, living in quarantine, being separated from family, and confronting what the disease has revealed about medical care and social problems.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xiv, 354 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"Deftly weaving finance, politics, business, and the global human experience into one tight narrative, a tour-de-force account of 2020, the year that changed everything--from the acclaimed author of Crashed. The shocks of 2020 have been great and small, disrupting the world economy, international relations and the daily lives of virtually everyone on the planet. Never before has the entire world economy contracted by 20 percent in a matter of weeks...
28) Sharing a smile
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
Sophie is feeling a bit worried about the world and going outside lately means wearing a mask, but she realizes she is not the only one who feels a little scared and decides to spread a small act of kindness in her neighborhood.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xxii, 354 pages ; 25 cm
Description
A chronicle of the COVID-19 pandemic as it unfolded gathers statements from President Trump and other elected officials, leading journalists, and scientists to offer a portrait of the confusion, drama, and fear that defined the outbreak.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Formats
Description
Tells the story of Covid-19 in authoritative, galvanizing detail and with the full drama of events on both a global and intimate scale, illuminating the medical, economic, political, and social ramifications of the pandemic. Wright takes us inside the CDC, where a first round of faulty test kits lost America precious time . . . inside the halls of the White House, where Deputy National Security Adviser Matthew Pottinger's early alarm about the virus...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
292 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"The COVID-19 pandemic isn't over. But even as governments around the world try to get it under control, they're also starting to talk about what happens next. How can we prevent another pandemic from killing millions of people and devastating the globaleconomy? Can we even hope to accomplish this? Bill Gates believes the answer is yes, and he has written a largely upbeat book that lays out clearly and convincingly what the world should learn from...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
330 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Description
The author bravely reflects on love, loss, and life with her husband, Broadway star and Tony-nominee Nick Cordero, whose public battle with COVID-19 and tragic death made headlines around the world.
Author
Publisher
Random House Large Print
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
410 pages (large print), 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"Governor Andrew Cuomo tells the riveting story of how he took charge in the fight against COVID-19 as New York became the epicenter of the pandemic, offering hard-won lessons in leadership and his vision for the path forward."--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2021.
Physical Desc
290 pages : illustrations, charts ; 24 cm
Description
"As America's favorite frontline Covid-19 health journalist, Dr. Sanjay Gupta has barely left his primetime seat in his makeshift studio basement since the pandemic began (other than to perform brain surgery). He's had the insider of insider access to the drama's unfolding, including exclusive conversations with the world's top public health experts and behind-the-scenes scientists racing to find treatments and cures. And now he's sharing what he's...
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
49 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Description
The coronavirus disease COVID-19 emerged in November 2019. By March 2020, cities all around the world closed schools, offices, restaurants, and other public spaces deemed "non-essential" in an attempt to contain the fast-spreading virus. People struggled to follow government orders, stay indoors, and limit contact with others. But the virus that caused one of the world's deadliest pandemics eventually killed over two million people worldwide. This...
38) Snot, sneezes, and super-spreaders: everything you need to know about viruses and how to stop them
Author
Publisher
Greystone Kids
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
121 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm.
Description
If we didn’t know it before, we certainly know it now: Viruses can be powerful—so powerful, in fact, that they can hold the world in their grip for months at a time. But what exactly is a virus? Where do they come from and what do they do to our bodies? How do they spread, and what can we do to protect ourselves?
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xxii, 182 pages ; 24 cm.
Description
"The current crisis is not like 2008 or even 1929. The New Depression that has emerged from the COVID pandemic is the worst economic crisis in U.S. history. Most fired employees will remain redundant. Bankruptcies will be common, and banks will buckle under the weight of bad debts. Deflation, debt, and demography will wreck any chance of recovery, and social disorder will follow closely on the heels of market chaos. The happy talk from Wall Street...
40) Touch: a novel
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
259 pages ; 24 cm
Description
When he receives a message from a lover from the 60s who disappeared, Reykjavik restaurant owner Kristaofer is pulled toward finding an answer to the mystery of her sudden departure, compelling him to travel to London and Japan just as the virus threatens to shut everything down.
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