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Princess Imogen of Goslind has lived a sheltered life for three years at the boarded-up castle--she and the rest of its inhabitants safe from the bloody mori roja plague that's ravaged the kingdom. But Princess Imogen has a secret, and as King Stuart descends further into madness, it's at great risk of being revealed. Rations dwindle each day, and unhappy murmurings threaten to crack the facade of the years-long charade being played within the castle...
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Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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This book delves into several illnesses that have infected humans and affected civilizations. Each chapter explores the history of a specific disease, detailing the symptoms, cures, and medical breakthroughs that it spawned.
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English
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A sweeping look at how the major transformations in history--from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth of capitalism--have been shaped not by humans but by germs. According to the accepted narrative of progress, humans have thrived thanks to their brains and brawn, collectively bending the arc of history. But in this revelatory book, professor Jonathan Kennedy argues that the myth of human exceptionalism overstates the role that we play in social...
4) Wild bird
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Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In fourteenth-century Norway, the plague has destroyed Rype's entire village, and as the sole survivor, she embarks on a sweeping adventure across Europe with the son of an English ship captain and a band of troubadours in search of a brighter future and a new home.
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Series
Publisher
Editoral Océano
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Con un detalle gloriosamente grosero, conocerá a peligrosos invasores microscópicos como protozoos, hongos, virus y bacterias extrañas; luego verá cómo funcionan nuestros cuerpos para luchar y defendernos contra futuras infecciones.
In gloriously gross detail, you'll meet dangerous microscopic invaders like protozoa, fungi, viruses, and foreign bacteria - then see how our bodies work to fight back and defend us against future infections. We...
6) Zhara
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Series
Guardians of dawn volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Forbidden from practicing magic and burdened by her responsibilities, Jin Zhara's life takes an unexpected turn when she becomes involved with the Guardians of Dawn, a group dedicated to fighting a demonic plague that is corrupting magicians.
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Publisher
Dell
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
1666. It is a year after plague has devastated England. Young widow Cecilia Thorowgood is a prisoner, trapped and isolated within the cavernous London townhouse of her older sister. At the mercy of a legion of doctors who fail to cure her grief with their impatient scalpels. Soon, her sister makes a decision borne of desperation: she hires a new physician, someone known for more unusual methods. But he is a foreigner. A Jew. He is the only one who...
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