The farms of Hollow's End were blessed with miracle crops, especially the shimmering, iridescent wheat of Wren's family farm, but then the black mercury blight came, and the blight destroys everything: crops turned to silver-...

The book is an account of how the Spanish flu pandemic affected several communities in Labrador. Although several populations were nearly wiped out, the Innu people of Labrador are barely present in the written record, and when included...

From National Book Award finalist Albert Marrin comes a fascinating look at the history and science of the deadly 1918 flu pandemic-and its chilling and timely resemblance to the worldwide coronavirus outbreak. In spring of 1918, World...

Here is a clear, wide-ranging introduction to the worldwide state of human health. Starting with a brief history of modern medical progress, Shereen Usdin then untangles the knot created by poverty and globalization to show that where...

Amanda Gleason's infant son Justin suffers from a rare immune deficiency. His best chance for survival died with his father, Paul, who was murdered before Justin was born. But when a recent photo surfaces of a man who looks like a very-...

After being reunited with her identical twin, Anna wants to believe that life with her new-found sister will be perfect. Then Amelia reveals the true reason for their reunion: her kidneys are failing.

Thirteen-year-old Simon and his friend Abbey become embroiled in mysterious and fantastical events surrounding the ancient Egyptian mirror of Simon’s elderly neighbor, Mr. Hawkins. When the old man dies, a suspicious couple claiming to...

Between Leo Proudhammer's childhood and his arrival into the world of the theater lies a wilderness of desire and loss, shame and rage. There are love affairs with both a man and a woman. And everywhere exists the anguish of being black...

*** Nous n'avons pas les droits numérique**** Ce livre parle de vous. De nous. Il parle de nos transformations physiques. De nos muscles qui changent, de nos os qui s'atrophient. Bien sûr, se lever, courir, se tenir debout,...