Traces the American tradition of suspicion of the unassimilated, from the cholera outbreak of the 1830s through the great waves of immigration that began in the 1890s, to the recent past, when the err
Each Sam's Science book explores an aspect of science through a conversation between young Sam and his mum. In this book, Sam's cold prompts a discussion about germs.
An imaginative and action-packed story with a strong message for children to wash their hands, featuring a special four page gatefold fold-out showing the armies lined up for battleOur story begins wi
In the fifth Mysterious You book, kids probe the secrets of illness and sniff out what germs are, why they sometimes make us sick, how our bodies battle them, and how vaccines protect us against them.
Crosby (American studies, U. of Texas, Austin) focuses mainly on the ecological fate of the Americas and their people after their contact with Europe, but others of his dozen essays discuss the overse
In his 1997 work Guns, Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond marshals evidence from five continents and across 13,000 years of human history in an attempt to answer the question of why that history unfolded
Don’t be afraid to delve into the good, bad, and sometimes truly ugly world of germs. Microbiologist Jennifer Gardy, who calls herself a disease detective, picks up her microscope to bring expert insi
In this "artful, informative, and delightful" (William H. McNeill, New York Review of Books) book, Jared Diamond convincingly argues that geographical and environmental factors shaped the modern world
