{"product_id":"the-coming-plague-newly-emerging-diseases-in-a-world-out-of-balance-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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaurie Garrett\u003c\/b\u003e is a science contributor for NBC News and MSNBC and a former senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations. She is the recipient of a Peabody Award, two Polk Awards, and a Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism. Her books include \u003ci\u003eThe Coming Plague\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBetrayal of Trust, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eI Heard the Sirens Scream\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50874519585042,"sku":"9781250796127","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6c94825e-b3ac-4dd1-9ecd-252169100131.jpg?v=1737996955","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-coming-plague-newly-emerging-diseases-in-a-world-out-of-balance-9781250796127","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}