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The Pandemic Century: One Hundred Years of Panic, Hysteria, and Hubris
Published: 2019-04-09
Hardcover: 464 pages
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A medical historian narrates the last century of scientific struggle against an enduring enemy: deadly contagious disease.Ever since the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic, scientists have dreamed of preventing catastrophic outbreaks of infectious disease. Yet despite a century of medical pro...
The Pandemic Century: One Hundred Years of Panic, Hysteria and Hubris
Published: 2019-04-09
Hardcover: 392 pages
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Ever since the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic, scientists have dreamed of preventing catastrophic outbreaks of infectious disease. Yet, despite a century of medical progress, viral and bacterial disasters continue to take us by surprise, inciting panic and dominating news cycles. From pneumonic plague...
The Interior Castle
Published: 2004-07-06
Paperback: 299 pages
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The acclaimed modern translation of St. Teresa of Avila's classic book on spiritual awareness and guidanceCelebrated for almost five centuries as a master of spiritual literature, 16th-century saint Teresa of Avila is one of the most beloved religious figures in history. Overcome one d...
Saint Francis of Assisi: Brother of Creation (Contemplations & Living Wisdom)
Published: 2013-11-01
Paperback: 136 pages
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When a small village was plagued by a wild wolf, it is told that a humble friar named Francis came and met the predator with nothing but his gentle words?and turned the wolf from a menace to a welcome citizen. This graceful man, who spoke to each part of Creation as a sister or brother, ha...
The Love Letters of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning
Published: 2013-01-02
Hardcover: 288 pages
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The love affair between two of the Victorian era's most famous poets is one of passion, tragedy, illness, and ultimately, endurance. Collected here for the first time in print are their 573 love letters, which capture their courtship, their blossoming love, and their forbidden marriage.
Aurora Leigh (Oxford World's Classics)
Published: 2008
Paperback: 408 pages
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Aurora Leigh, now available in the first critically edited and fully annotated edition for almost a century, is the foremost example of the mid-nineteenth century poem of contemporary life. It is an amazing verse novel which provides a panoramic view of the early Victorian age in London. T...
Sonnets from the Portuguese: A Celebration of Love
Published: 1986-08-15
Hardcover: 64 pages
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning was a prolific writer and reviewer in the Victorian period, and in her lifetime, her reputation as a poet was at least as great as that of her husband, poet Robert Browning. Some of her poetry has been noted in recent years for strong feminist themes, but the poe...
Elizabeth Barrett Browning: A Biography
Published: 1989-01-24
Hardcover: 400 pages
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Drawing upon a newly discovered diary and hundreds of letters, the author reevaluates the conventional notions of the poet, finding her a strong and determined woman and providing a detailed picture of her childhood
Bamboo and Lace
Published: 2009-07-01
Kindle Edition: 450 pages
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Can their love survive two very different cultures?Lily Walsh has never imagined anything like America. From supermarkets and swimsuits to the way women look men directly in the eye, she’s baffled by this strange new land. Raised in a remote Asian village by her disciplinarian father, 24...
Food and Healing: How What You Eat Determines Your Health, Your Well-Being, and the Quality of Your Life
Published: 1986-07-12
Paperback: 384 pages
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Yes, you are what you eat. For everyone who wonders why, in this era of advanced medicine, we still suffer so much serious illness, Food and Healing is essential reading.“An eminently practical, authoritative, and supportive guide to making everyday decisions about eating that can tran...
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