{"product_id":"9781440596278","title":"Outbreak!","description":"Author: Skwarecki, Beth\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781440596278\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Adams Media\u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2016\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 8.4375 inches x 5.5 inches x 0.5 inches\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom ancient scourges to modern-day pandemics!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n Throughout history--even recent history--highly contagious, deadly, and truly horrible epidemics have swept through cities, countrysides, and even entire countries. \u003ci\u003eOutbreak!\u003c\/i\u003e catalogs fifty of those incidents in gruesome detail, including:\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sweating Sickness that killed 15,000, including Henry VIII's older brother\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eSyphilis, the \"French Disease,\" which spread throughout Europe in the late fifteenth century\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe romantic disease: tuberculosis, featured in \u003ci\u003eLa Boheme\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLa Traviata\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLes Miserables\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe worldwide outbreak of influenza in 1918, which killed 3 percent of the population\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe mysterious appearance of HIV in the 1980s\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe devastating spread of Ebola in West Africa in 2014\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003c\/ul\u003eFrom ancient outbreaks of smallpox and plague to modern epidemics such as SARS and Ebola, the stories capture the mystery and devastation brought on by these diseases. It's a sickeningly fun read that confirms the true definition of \u003ci\u003egoing viral\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"To order - ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42524666855582,"sku":"HPC-9781440596278","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/products\/9781440596278.jpg?v=1680524590","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781440596278","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}