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The Boat of Dreams : A Christmas Storyby Richard PrestonISBN 074324592X (0-7432-4592-X)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Cobra Eventby Richard PrestonISBN 0752814354 (0-7528-1435-4)
Softcover, Orion Books Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Cobra Event'Book summary:In New York City in the late '90s, a 17-year-old girl heads off to her private school even though she has a cold. By art class her nose is gushing mucus and she's severely disoriented. Within seconds, it seems, she's in convulsions and, most bizarrely, can't stop biting herself. All the reader can do is hope she'll die quickly, but Kate Moran's body still has a few more disgusting turns to undergo, and Richard Preston--a Jacobean master of ceremonies par excellence--takes us through them in bizarre and bloody detail.
Clearly, whatever Kate had was a head cold with a scientific vengeance. Preston's heroine, Alice Austen, a doctor with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, realizes--in the first of several gripping autopsy scenes--that the girl's nervous system had been virtually destroyed. So far, only one other person is known to have died in the same way, but he was a homeless man. Austen must connect the two cases, seemingly linked only by the subway, before the media gets hold of them and drums up a paranoia-fest--and before the virus's creator can kill again.
The Cobra Event is itself a paranoia-fest, a provocative thriller that makes you wonder exactly how much bioterrorism is taking place in the real world. Preston, best known for his terrifying chronicle of the Ebola virus, The Hot Zone, and other impeccably researched nonfictions, is not content to create fast-paced nightmarish scenes. His novel is instead a complex morality tale anchored in uncomfortable fact. Preston is keen to convey the "invisible history" of bioweapons engineering and, equally, to show the unsung heroism of his scientific detectives (along with that of the nurses and technicians who literally sacrifice their lives for medicine). Like their creator, these characters are not without a sense of humor. One calls the manmade virus "the ultimate head cold." Readers will never forget literally dozens of scenes and will never again see the subway, rodents, autopsy knives, and--above all--runny noses in the same light. [via]
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- The Cobra Event: ISBN 0752817124 (0-7528-1712-4)
Softcover, Orion Books Limited - The Cobra Event: ISBN 0752817043 (0-7528-1704-3)
Hardcover, Thomson Legal & Regulatory - Asia Pacific - The Cobra Event: ISBN 0679774475 (0-679-77447-5)
Softcover, Random House Large Print - The Cobra Event: ISBN 0783882467 (0-7838-8246-7)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr - The Cobra Event: ISBN 0679457143 (0-679-45714-3)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group - The Cobra Event: ISBN 0752814346 (0-7528-1434-6)
Hardcover, Orion Books Limited - The Cobra Event: ISBN 0752814354 (0-7528-1435-4)
Softcover, Orion Books Limited
- The Cobra Event: ISBN 0752817124 (0-7528-1712-4)
The Cobra Event 12 Copy Dumpbinby Richard PrestonISBN 0752820486 (0-7528-2048-6)
Softcover, Orion Books Limited
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Cobra Event 27 x Dumpbinby Richard PrestonISBN 0752823701 (0-7528-2370-1)
Softcover, Orion Books Limited
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Cree Narrative: Expressing the Personal Meaning of Eventsby Richard PrestonISBN 0773523618 (0-7735-2361-8)
Hardcover, McGill Queens Univ Pr
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The Demon in the Freezer : A True Storyby Richard PrestonISBN 075531218X (0-7553-1218-X)
Softcover, Headline Book Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Demon in the Freezer : A True Story'Book summary:On December 9, 1979, smallpox, the most deadly human virus, ceased to exist in nature. After eradication, it was confined to freezers located in just two places on earth: the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta and the Maximum Containment Laboratory in Siberia. But these final samples were not destroyed at that time, and now secret stockpiles of smallpox surely exist. For example, since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, and the subsequent end of its biological weapons program, a sizeable amount of the former Soviet Union's smallpox stockpile remains unaccounted for, leading to fears that the virus has fallen into the hands of nations or terrorist groups willing to use it as a weapon. Scarier yet, some may even be trying to develop a strain that is resistant to vaccines. This disturbing reality is the focus of this fascinating, terrifying, and important book.
A longtime contributor to The New Yorker and author of the bestseller The Hot Zone, Preston is a skillful journalist whose work flows like a science fiction thriller. Based on extensive interviews with smallpox experts, health workers, and members of the U.S. intelligence community, The Demon in the Freezer details the history and behavior of the virus and how it was eventually isolated and eradicated by the heroic individuals of the World Health Organization. Preston also explains why a battle still rages between those who want to destroy all known stocks of the virus and those who want to keep some samples alive until a cure is found. This is a bitterly contentious point between scientists. Some worry that further testing will trigger a biological arms race, while others argue that more research is necessary since there are currently too few available doses of the vaccine to deal with a major outbreak. The anthrax scare of October, 2001, which Preston also writes about in this book, has served to reinforce the present dangers of biological warfare.
As Preston eloquently states in this powerful book, this scourge, once contained, was let loose again due to human weakness: "The virus's last strategy for survival was to bewitch its host and become a source of power. We could eradicate smallpox from nature, but we could not uproot the virus from the human heart." --Shawn Carkonen [via]
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- The Demon in the Freezer : A True Story: ISBN 0755312198 (0-7553-1219-8)
Softcover, Headline Book Publishing - The Demon in the Freezer : A True Story: ISBN 0755312171 (0-7553-1217-1)
Hardcover, Headline Book Publishing - The Demon in the Freezer : A True Story: ISBN 075531218X (0-7553-1218-X)
Softcover, Headline Book Publishing
- The Demon in the Freezer : A True Story: ISBN 0755312198 (0-7553-1219-8)
First Light: The Search for the Edge of the Universeby Richard PrestonISBN 0747409811 (0-7474-0981-1)
Softcover, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
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- First Light: The Search for the Edge of the Universe: ISBN 0812991850 (0-8129-9185-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc - First Light: The Search for the Edge of the Universe: ISBN 0747405743 (0-7474-0574-3)
Hardcover, MacDonald & Company (Publishers), Limited - First Light : The Search for the Edge of the Universe: ISBN 0679449698 (0-679-44969-8)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group - First Light: The Search for the Edge of the Universe: ISBN 0871132001 (0-87113-200-1)
Hardcover, Atlantic Monthly Pr - First Light: The Search for the Edge of the Universe: ISBN 0747409811 (0-7474-0981-1)
Softcover, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
- First Light: The Search for the Edge of the Universe: ISBN 0812991850 (0-8129-9185-0)
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The Hot Zoneby Richard PrestonISBN 0785775978 (0-7857-7597-8)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hot Zone'Book summary:The dramatic and chilling story of an Ebola virus outbreak in a surburban Washington, D.C. laboratory, with descriptions of frightening historical epidemics of rare and lethal viruses. More hair-raising than anything Hollywood could think of, because it's all true. [via]
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Pure Fuelby Richard Preston , Fuel, Peter Miles, Damon Murray, Stephen SorrellISBN 0688152295 (0-688-15229-5)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pure Fuel'Book summary:This book examines the diversity of our culture by graphic means. Photography, illustration and graphic interpretations along with a disparate text provide observations on contemporary society. [via]
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Reflections and Visions: Twenty-Five Years of Geography at Waterlooby Richard PrestonISBN 0921083335 (0-921083-33-5)
Softcover, Univ of Waterloo Chemical
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The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daringby Richard PrestonISBN 1400064899 (1-4000-6489-9)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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