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Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Journalist Mark Bowden delivers a look at the ongoing and largely unreported war taking place literally beneath our fingertips. When the Conficker computer worm was unleashed on the world in November 2008, cybersecurity experts did not know what to make of it. Was it a platform for criminal profit, or a weapon? The worm, exploiting security flaws in Microsoft Windows, grew at an astonishing rate, infecting millions of computers around the world within...
43) Germ
Author
Publisher
WestBow Press
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
If you breathe . . . It will find you.
The list of 10,000 names was created for maximum devastation. Business leaders, housewives, politicians, celebrities, janitors, children. None of them is aware of what is about to happen--but all will be part of the most frightening brand of warfare the world has ever known.
The germ--an advanced form of the Ebola virus--has been genetically engineered to infect only those people whose DNA matches the codes...
Language
English
Description
Texas cowboy Ron Woodroof's free-wheeling life was overturned in 1985 when he was diagnosed as HIV-positive. Shunned and ostracized by many old friends and bereft of government-approved medicines, he decided to take matters in his own hands, tracking down alternative treatments from all over the world by means both legal and illegal. Bypassing the establishment, he joined forces with an unlikely band of renegades and outcasts and established a hugely...
45) The ultimatum
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor/Tom Doherty
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
His captive has issued a most unusual ultimatum . . .
He must make love to her . . .
Little does he know that giving her what she needs may bind him to her forever . . .
Rystani star pilot Xander is willing to use unusual methods, no matter how unorthodox, to save the galaxy from a deadly virus. He's already resorted to kidnapping bio-geneticist Alara Calladar in the hopes that her psi-talent of identifying DNA will help find a cure to save both their...
Author
Publisher
Times Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"Dynamic young Stanford biologist Nathan Wolfe reveals the surprising origins of the world's most deadly viruses, and how we can overcome catastrophic pandemics. In The Viral Storm, award-winning biologist Nathan Wolfe tells the story of how viruses and human beings have evolved side by side through history; how deadly viruses like HIV, swine flu, and bird flu almost wiped us out in the past; and why modern life has made our species vulnerable to...
Author
Series
Tox files volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Four years after a tragic mission decimated his career and his team, Cole "Tox" Russell is persona non grata to the United States. And that's fine --he just wants to be left alone. But when a dormant, centuries-old disease is unleashed, Tox is lured back into action. Partnered with FBI agent Kasey Cortes, Tox has to pull together a team to begin a globe-spanning search for answers --and a cure. As their quest leads them from continent to continent,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2009], c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
After being grazed in the head by a bullet, Thomas passes out. Everytime he awakens, it is in another world-- facing unimaginable evil and each with a fate unknowingly tied to the other. The fate of two worlds hangs in the balance of his choice, if he can live to see the end of the day
50) Sylo
Author
Series
SYLO chronicles volume 1
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"They came from the sky parachuting out of military helicopters to invade Tucker Pierce's idyllic hometown on Pemberwick Island, Maine. They call themselves SYLO and they are a secret branch of the U.S. Navy. SYLO's commander, Captain Granger, informs Pemberwick residents that the island has been hit by a lethal virus and must be quarantined. Now Pemberwick is cut off from the outside world. Tucker believes there's more to SYLO's story. He was on...
51) Outbreak
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"CALLING ALL CAHILLS! Announcing a 39 Clues Superspecial adventure -- the gang is back, and called to investigate one of their own: Sinead Starling."--
52) Iris has a virus
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Series
Wild cards volume 27
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
As the alien Xenovirus reaches Britain, Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, now gifted with extraordinary longevity, joins with Alan Turing to set up a special organization, the Order of the Silver Helix, to outmaneuver the terrifying mutations of the virus in Britain.
54) Maggie
Publisher
Grindstone
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A post-apocalyptic thriller set against the backdrop of a deadly epidemic. As the nation reels from a virus that turns its victims into zombies, Wade's daughter Maggie has been infected. Now, as Maggie's condition worsens, Wade will stop at nothing to protect her from the authorities seeking to kill her to eradicate the virus.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Drs. Ephraim Goodweather and Nora Martinez race to create a biological weapon to destroy the creatures, Abraham Setrakian relentlessly searches for an ancient book that holds the key to defeating the sinister Master. Aware that he is now hunted by his handful of unlikely allies, the Master creates even more unstoppable bloodthirsty monsters.
Author
Series
Publisher
Jones & Bartlett Learning
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Nearly 40 years into the HIV epidemic there is a wealth of information available, but it is difficult to determine what is factual and reliable. Whether you are a newly diagnosed patient or a friend or relative of someone living with HIV, this book can help. Offering both doctor and patient perspectives, 100 Questions & Answers About HIV and AIDS, Fifth Edition provides authoritative and practical answers to eh questions most commonly asked by people...
57) Outbreak
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Dustin Hoffman plays Sam Daniels, a take-charge army virologist trying to stave off global biological meltdown. A rare killer virus from the jungles of Zaire has taken hold in a California community. Its mortality rate is 100%. And some say the only way to stop its spread is to firebomb the town and everyone in it
58) America the Dead
Author
Series
White flag of the dead volume 3
Publisher
Tantor Audio
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
John Talon and his son have survived the Upheaval, the event which saw the dead rising to feed on the living. After two years of fighting off the worst the infection had to throw at them, a new danger emerges which threatens to take apart their small hold on humanity and the one chance they have to rebuild the country. Sometimes the biggest threat to humanity isn't the living dead, and the survivors will learn if they will live in America the Beautiful...
Author
Series
Kurt Austin adventures volume 8
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
Kurt Austin puts the NUMAA team on a case involving a hideous series of medical experiments, an extraordinarily ambitious Chinese criminal organization, and a secret new virus that threatens to set off a worldwide pandemic
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