{"product_id":"the-coming-plague-laurie-garrett-9781250796127","title":"The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive account of the infectious diseases threatening humanity by Pulitzer Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e-winning investigative journalist Laurie Garrett\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Prodigiously researched . . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA frightening vision of the future and a deeply unsettling one.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter decades spent assuming that the conquest of infectious disease was imminent, people on all continents now find themselves besieged by AIDS, drug-resistant tuberculosis, cholera that defies chlorine water treatment, and exotic viruses that can kill in a matter of hours. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRelying on extensive interviews with leading experts in virology, molecular biology, disease ecology, and medicine, as well as field research in sub-Saharan Africa, Western Europe, Central America, and the United States, Laurie Garrett's \u003ci\u003eThe Coming Plague\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers from the savannas of eastern Bolivia to the rain forests of the northern Democratic Republic of the Congo on a harrowing, fifty year journey through the history of our battles with microbes. This book is a work of investigative reportage like no other and a wake-up call to a world that has become complacent in the face of infectious disease--one that offers a sobering and prescient warning about the dangers of ignoring the coming plague.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laurie Garrett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250796121\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250796127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.30d","brand":"Laurie Garrett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051540508927,"sku":"9781250796127","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a5337469-0b10-439c-b57f-bc3c5adbcfe0.jpg?v=1685013706","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-coming-plague-laurie-garrett-9781250796127","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}