Plagues and Pencils A Year of Pandemic Sketches

 
Plagues and Pencils A Year of Pandemic Sketches
Free Download Plagues and Pencils: A Year of Pandemic Sketches by Edward Carey, Max Porter
English | September 6, 2022 | ISBN: 1477325867 | 240 pages | MOBI | 33 Mb
In March 2020, as lockdowns were imposed around the world, author and illustrator Edward Carey raced home to Austin, Texas. The next day, he published on social media a sketch of "A Very Determined Young Man." The day after, he posted another drawing. One year and one hundred and fifty Tombow B pencil stubs later, he was still drawing.


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B A Year in Plagues and Pencils

 
B A Year in Plagues and Pencils
Free Download B: A Year in Plagues and Pencils by Edward Carey
English | November 2nd, 2021 | ISBN: 1913547205 | 240 pages | True EPUB | 15.09 MB
Author and illustrator Edward Carey presents a paean to connection at a time of isolation: a year of daily lockdown drawings posted on social media from his home in Texas.


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The History of the World in 100 Pandemics, Plagues and Epidemics

 
The History of the World in 100 Pandemics, Plagues and Epidemics
The History of the World in 100 Pandemics, Plagues and Epidemics by Paul Chrystal
English | July 23, 2021 | ISBN: 1399005421 | 320 pages | MOBI | 10 Mb
This revelatory book charts and explains the impact and consequences of successive pandemics, plagues and epidemics on the course of world history - all through the lens of today's ongoing global experience of COVID 19. Ranging from prehistory to the present day, it first defines what constitutes a pandemic or epidemic then looks at 20 guilty diseases: including cholera, influenza, bubonic plague, leprosy, measles, smallpox, malaria, AIDS, MERS, SARS, Zika, Ebola and, of course, Covid-19. Some less well-known, but equally significant and deadly contagions such as Legionnaires' Disease, psittacosis, polio, the Sweat, and dancing plague, are also covered.


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Disaster! A History of Earthquakes, Floods, Plagues, and Other Catastrophes

 
Disaster! A History of Earthquakes, Floods, Plagues, and Other Catastrophes
John Withington, "Disaster!: A History of Earthquakes, Floods, Plagues, and Other Catastrophes"
English | ISBN: 160239749X | 2010 | 400 pages | EPUB | 692 KB
Tune into the news today, and one would think that human beings were at risk of being wiped from the face of the earth-by tsunamis, earthquakes, swine flu, or terrorism. One could be forgiven for thinking that we are in far more danger today than ever before. The fact of the matter is that danger has always stalked mankind. From ancient volcanoes and floods to the cholera and small pox, to Hitler and Stalin's genocidal murders during the twentieth century, our continued existence has always seemed perilous.


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