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Silent invasion : the untold story of the Trump administration, Covid-19, and preventing the next pandemic before it's too late
by Deborah L. Birx
"In late February 2020, Dr. Deborah Birx--a lifelong federal health official who had worked at the CDC, the State Department, and the US Army across multiple presidential administrations--was asked to join the Trump White House Coronavirus Task Force andassist the already faltering federal response to the Covid-19 pandemic. For weeks, she'd been raising the alarm behind the scenes about what she saw happening in public--from the apparent lack of urgency at the White House to the routine downplaying of the risks to Americans. Once in the White House, she was tasked with helping fix the broken federal approach and making President Trump see the danger this virus posed to all of us. Silent Invasion is the story of what she witnessed and lived for the next year--an eye-opening, inside account, detailed here for the first time, of the Trump Administration's response to the greatest public health crisis in modern times"
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Viral : the search for the origin of COVID-19
by Alina Chan
In this real-life detective story, a scientist and writer team up to try to get to the bottom of how a virus whose closest relations live in bats in subtropical China somehow managed to begin spreading among people more than 1,500 kilometers away in Wuhan. 100,000 first printing.
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A plague upon our house : my fight at the Trump White House to stop COVID from destroying America
by Scott W. Atlas
"When Dr. Scott W. Atlas was tapped by Donald Trump to join his COVID Task Force, he was immediately thrust into a maelstrom of scientific disputes, policy debates, raging egos, politically motivated lies, and cynical media manipulation. Numerous myths and distortions surround the Trump Administration's handling of the crisis, and many pressing questions remain unanswered. In this unfiltered insider account, Dr. Scott Atlas brings us directly into the White House, describes the key players in the crisis,and assigns credit and blame where it is deserved. The book includes evaluations of the Task Force members' limited knowledge and grasp of the science of COVID and details heated discussions with Task Force members, including all of the most controversial episodes that dominated headlines for weeks. Dr. Atlas tells the truth about the science and documents the media's relentless campaign to suffocate it, which included canceled interviews, journalists' off-camera hostility in White House briefings, and intentional distortion of facts. He also provides an inside account of the delays and timelines involving vaccines and other treatments, evaluates the impact of the lockdowns on American public health, and indicts the war on truth waged by Big Business andBig Tech"
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What really happened in Wuhan
by Sharri Markson
Drawing on new interviews with whistleblower doctors in Wuhan, a Walkley Award-winning journalist, in this part-thriller, part-expose, investigates the origins of COVID-19, the conspiracies and the classified research. 75,000 first printing.
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The quarantine atlas : mapping global life under COVID-19
by Laura Bliss
"In April 2020, Bloomberg CityLab journalists Laura Bliss and Jessica Lee Martin asked readers to submit homemade maps of their lives during the coronavirus pandemic. The response was illuminating and inspiring. The 400+ maps and accompanying stories received served as windows into what individuals around the world were experiencing during the crisis and its resonant social consequences. Collectively, these works showed how Coronavirus has transformed the places we live, and our relationships to them. InThe quarantine atlas, Bliss distills these stunning submissions and pairs them with essays by journalists and authors, as well as notes from the original mapmakers. The result is an enduring visual record of this unprecedented moment in human history. Itis also a celebration of the act of mapping and the ways maps can help us connect and heal from our shared experience"
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Virus : vaccinations, the CDC, and the hijacking of America's response to the pandemic
by Nina Burleigh
"Virus: Vaccinations, the CDC, and the Hijacking of America's Response to the Pandemic takes readers on an extraordinary journey from the medical science of viruses and vaccines, to conspiracy theories, through the history of knowledge, to the precipice-where we are now-of uncertainty about the future. This is not a book for those who think they already know how the story ends, but one that asks the tough questions in terse, hard-hitting paragraphs and chapters. Virus walks a tightrope wire, in the same way that nearly all Americans are already doing, and does not presume our lives will be saved by any one approach or answer, or that any side has ownership of the truth, but puts us on a path towards a better understanding of what just happened to us and where we're likely to be headed when, not if, the next virus appears. Here is: The true story behind the triumph of science in an era of unprecedented science denialism; The other true story of government malfeasance that brought the U.S. to its knees andsaw more Americans die from the pandemic than in any other nation; An eye-opening series of interviews with researchers and creators of the mRNA vaccine, its test subjects, and other key figures; The history behind one of the great medical milestones: the astonishingly fast development and clinical deployment of the first mRNA vaccine, and how it will change the way medicine is practiced in the future; The alternate reality of bizarre conspiracy theories that undergird pandemic denialism and vaccine hesitancy; The return of eugenics and how shock doctrine capitalism, crony corruption and extreme free ideology killed people of color, the poor, and the frail; An assessment of the lessons learned and opportunities lost and what this will mean for the futureof our democracy and our people. Virus includes original research and interviews with many key figures and experts including MIT engineer ("The Edison of Medicine") and Moderna founder Robert Langer, Stanford microbiologist David Relman, first mRNA clinical trial (Seattle) participant Missy Pena, medical anthropologist Martha Louis Lincoln, among many others, and a deep reading of publicly available documents and reporting"
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The New Possible : Visions of Our World Beyond Crisis
by Philip Clayton
2020 upended every aspect of our lives. But where is our world heading next? Will pandemic, economic instability, and social distance lead to deeper inequalities, more nationalism, and further erosion of democracies around the world? Or are we moving toward a global re-awakening to the importance of community, mutual support, and the natural world? In our lifetimes, the future has never been so up for grabs.
The New Possible offers twenty-eight unique visions of what can be, if instead of choosing to go back to normal, we choose to go forward to something far better. Assembled from global leaders on six continents, these essays are not simply speculation. They are an inspiration and a roadmap for action.
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The premonition : a pandemic story
by Michael Lewis
The #1 best-selling author's nonfiction narrative pits a band of medical visionaries against the wall of ignorance that was the official response of the Trump administration to the outbreak of COVID-19.
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Proof of corruption : bribery, impeachment, and pandemic in the age of Trump
by Seth Abramson
The Harvard-educated defense attorney and Newsweek political columnist presents an in-depth account of the Ukraine scandal that exposes years of clandestine activities, explaining why Trump’s corrupt international deals have been particularly consequential during the COVID-19 pandemic. 75,000 first printing.
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Until proven safe : the history and future of quarantine
by Geoff Manaugh
Helping us make sense of our new reality, this timely book tracks the history and future of quarantine around the globe, chasing the story of emergency isolation through time and space. 50,000 first printing. Illustrations.
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The invisible siege : the rise of coronaviruses and the search for a cure
by Dan Werb
Drawing on decades of scientific investigation, an epidemiologist, tracing the rise of the coronavirus family and society's desperate attempt to counter its threat, tells the story of a group of scientists who foresaw the danger and spent decades working to stop a looming pandemic. Illustrations.
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The plague year : America in the time of COVID
by Lawrence Wright
Honoring to the medical professionals around the country who've risked their lives to fight the virus, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author provides essential information--and fascinating historical parallels--examining the medical, economic, political, andsocial ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Longshot : the inside story of the race for a COVID-19 vaccine
by David Heath
With never-before-reported details, an investigative journalist reveals how a small group of scientist overcame countless obstacles to give the world an unprecedented head start when we needed a COVID-19 vaccine. 50,000 first printing.
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Life on the line : young doctors come of age in a pandemic
by E Goldberg
A New York Times reporter, weaving together in-depth interviews with doctors, their diaries and notes, this page-turning account follows the medical students who received their degrees early to help treat thousands of critically ill COVID-19 patients in New York City during the height of the pandemic. 75,000 first printing.
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