A riveting thriller reminiscent of The Hot Zone, this true story dives into the mystery surrounding one of the most controversial and misdiagnosed conditions of our time--Lyme disease--and of Willy Burgdorfer, the man who discovered the microbe behind it, revealing his secret role in developing bug-borne biological weapons, and raising terrifying questions about the genesis of the epidemic of tick-borne diseases affecting millions of Americans today.
While on vacation on Martha's Vineyard, Kris Newby was bitten by an unseen tick. That one bite changed her life forever, pulling her into the abyss of a devastating illness that took ten doctors to diagnose and years to recover: Newby had become one of the 300,000 Americans who are afflicted with Lyme disease each year.
As a science writer, she was driven to understand why this disease is so misunderstood, and its patients so mistreated. This quest led her to Willy Burgdorfer, the Lyme microbe's discoverer, who revealed that he had developed bug-borne bioweapons during the Cold War, and believed that the Lyme epidemic was started by a military experiment gone wrong.
In a superb, meticulous work of narrative journalism, Bitten takes readers on a journey to investigate these claims, from biological weapons facilities to interviews with biosecurity experts and microbiologists doing cutting-edge research, all the while uncovering darker truths about Willy. It also leads her to uncomfortable questions about why Lyme can be so difficult to both diagnose and treat, and why the government is so reluctant to classify chronic Lyme as a disease.
A gripping, infectious page-turner, Bitten will shed a terrifying new light on an epidemic that is exacting an incalculable toll on us, upending much of what we believe we know about it.
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Автор: Newby Eric Название: Small Place in Italy ISBN: 0007367902 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007367900 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Рейтинг: Цена: 1451.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book is a lush and beautiful memoir of a very special house and a superb recreation of a bygone era.
Автор: Eric Newby Название: Book of Lands and Peoples, A ISBN: 0007149409 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007149407 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Цена: 1319.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A sparkling anthology of several centuries worth of the world's best travel writing, assembled by the legendary Eric Newby, the author of A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush and Love and War in the Apennines, and one of Britain's pre-eminent and best-loved travel-writers. In 1985 Eric Newby compiled an immensely successful anthology of travel-writing called Travellers Tales that was distinguished by its originality and the genuine affection with which each entry had been chosen and described. Newby's enthusiasm and love for the subject shone out on every page, and the book became a travel-writing classic. Now, nearly 20 years later, Newby returns with a collection even more far-ranging and delightfully entertaining. A virtually endless treasure-trove of the bizarre, the touching, the profound and the farcical, A Book of Lands and Peoples is a collection of staggering scope and range. From Herodotus to Wilfred Thesiger, from Christopher Columbus to Paul Theroux, from Nick Danziger to Marco Polo, Eric Newby has brought together the absolute cream of the travel-writing crop into one beautiful and fascinating volume. There is simply no other book like it.
Автор: Newby-Alexander Cassandra L. Название: An African American History of the Civil War in Hampton Roads ISBN: 1540225070 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781540225078 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 4413.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Newby Eric Название: Departures and Arrivals ISBN: 0330349023 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780330349024 Издательство: Pan Macmillan Рейтинг: Цена: 923.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Eric Newby recounts his life, from his earliest childhood adventures in darkest Barnes, to an elephant fair in India; from the faded glamour of days and nights on the Orient Express, to a troglodytic settlement of opal miners in Australia where even armed men have disappeared.
Автор: Newby, Eric Название: Merry dance around the world ISBN: 0007413548 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007413546 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Рейтинг: Цена: 1451.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A collection of writing from Britain`s best-loved travel writer, `A Merry Dance around the World` is the culmination of a lifetime of adventure.
Автор: Newby, Eric Название: Love and war in the apennines ISBN: 0007367899 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007367894 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Рейтинг: Цена: 1451.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Hailed as Newby`s `masterpiece`, Love and War in the Apennines is the gripping real-life story of Newby`s imprisonment and escape from an Italian prison camp during World War II.
Автор: Newby, Eric Название: Round ireland in low gear ISBN: 0007367929 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007367924 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Рейтинг: Цена: 1319.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: `You`ve had some pretty crazy ideas in your life, Newby, but this is the craziest.` Grandmother Wanda Newby was exasperated after continuous rain, snow, and gales that knocked from her bike. Twice.
Автор: Newby, Eric Название: On the shores of the mediterranean ISBN: 0007367910 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007367917 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Рейтинг: Цена: 1451.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: With his trademark charm and sharp wit, Newby leaves no stone unturned in his quest for wonderfully detailed and quirky knowledge to share with his reader. Insightful, hilarious and sheer fun, this is an adventure not to be missed, by Britain`s best-loved travel guide, and father of the genre.
Автор: Newby, Eric Название: Traveller`s life ISBN: 0007367872 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007367870 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Рейтинг: Цена: 1451.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: As online instruction becomes more popular, librarians will want to develop the knowledge and skills needed to create an effective online information literacy course. Online by Design: The Essentials of Creating Information Literacy Courses will guide librarians as they go thr...
Strange orbs, ghostly apparitions, unsettling noises from invisible sources. a few things you want in a great ghost story. It is event better when those stories are all true. Allegedly, true paranormal events by those that shared them with us (and some experienced by us first hand).. A collection of spooky, eerie stories that seem to be abundant in and around this little town's small business district. Ghost stories for adults that will leave you with chills but appropriate enough to tell the kids by the campfire.
When we came to Terrell to perform paranormal investigations at the request of local home owners we got the feeling there was more to this town than what meets the eye. This was never more true than in the town's small business district. In fact, it wasn't long before we had stories to tell and numerous experiences to share of our own.
Each chapter covers a few of the more popular stories regarding its spirits and ghostly happenings. It's not unusual for the ghost walk tour guests to capture an unusal photograph or experience something unusual and unexplable both in the buildings and throughout the streets.
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