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241) Immortal hounds: 5
Author
Series
Immortal hounds volume 5
Publisher
Vertical Comics
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The investigation into Marie's suspicious death has been stymied, and Kenzaki, tired of playing by the book, suggests a highly risky ploy to try and get answers about RDS from the very people his unit has worked against. Meanwhile, the Escape Artist organization is showing strain now that their show-stopping hound is in captivity..."--Page [4] of cover.
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Shirayuki is an herbalist famous for her naturally bright-red hair, and the prince of Tanbarun wants her all to himself! The prince from the neighboring kingdom, Zen, rescues her from her plight, and thus begins their love story... After putting an end to the disease that was ravaging Lilias, Shirayuki returns home with Zen and the others. But on their next day off, they embark on a new adventure--a date! Meanwhile, Mitsuhide is furious to learn...
243) Outbreak
Series
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The vivid, inside story of how the Ebola outbreak began and why it wasn't stopped before it was too late. With exclusive access to key global decision-makers and health responders, and gripping accounts of victims from the slums of Monrovia to the jungles of Guinea, Outbreak exposes tragic missteps in the response to the epidemic.
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Shirayuki begins her duties as a court herbalist apprentice, but her mentor is a bit odd. He s quiet, shy, moody and&a child? Her first official duty is to quell an illness going around one of the forts that house Clarines soliders. Will she be able to discover the cause of the outbreak in time?"-- cover page 4.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The coronavirus pandemic threw life into a tumult for American workers, igniting new class struggles and further stoking those already under way. Across the country, essential workers lashed out against low wages, long hours, and safety risks, both with labor union backing and without it. Nurses, teachers, grocery clerks, farmers, food processing workers, and many more fought for higher wages, paid sick leave, better healthcare, and, above all else,...
246) Immortal hounds: 3
Author
Series
Immortal hounds volume 3
Publisher
Vertical Comics
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The authorities catch up to the deadly Snow White, who was whisked to this world while on a late-night trip to the corner store. To wrest her back, the leader of the Escape Artists calls in Karigane, a ruthless swordswoman who will stop at nothing to get what she wants ..."--Page [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Québec Amérique
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Français
Description
"À travers une intrigue fictive, mais greffée sur des faits historiques réels et bien documentés, un médecin et une infirmière deviendront de véritables semeurs d'espoir. Pierre et Antoinette n'hésiteront pas à venir s'y dévouer corps et âme. Chacun à sa manière, en compagnie de nombreux Canadiens français d'une générosité légendaire et anonyme, ils s'emploieront non seulement à sauver des vies, mais ils tenteront de soulager les...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
A group of teens at the Hope Juvenile Treatment Center are shocked to discover their guards have abandoned them, but their joy turns to fear when they learn a catastrophic pandemic has occurred outside their walls, turning their new-found freedom into a fight for survival.
250) The strain
Author
Series
Strain trilogy volume 1
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Publisher
Turner Network Television
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Their mission is simple: Find a cure. Stop the virus. Save the world. When a global pandemic wipes out eighty percent of the planet's population, the crew of a lone naval destroyer must find a way to pull humanity from the brink of extinction.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Over a hundred page-long comics from around the world, documenting humanity's retreat into COVID-19 lockdown and imagining our eventual, boisterous reemergence, from the founder of the Brooklyn Comic Arts festival and owner of beloved indie comic shop Desert Island. On April 1, 2020, the Instagram account of Desert Island, Brooklyn's celebrated alternative comics shop, put out a call. By then, the shop had shuttered indefinitely, and the world's...
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Our national leaders have drifted into treating the pandemic as though it were an unavoidable natural catastrophe, repeating a depressing cycle of panic followed by neglect. So a remarkable group of practitioners and scholars from many backgrounds came together determined to discover and learn lessons from this latest world war.
"Lessons from the Covid War is plain-spoken and clear sighted. It cuts through the enormous jumble of information to make...
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
©2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Cécile Rey plans to spend her summer working with her friend Marie-Grace Gardner at a nearby orphanage and enjoying time with her brother who recently returned from France, but, after yellow fever begins to spread in New Orleans, she worries she will not have the strength to help her family when they need her most.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
With a cure for the Red Virus and the goal to save the human race, Navy Captain Tom Chandler and his crew return to the States unsure of what they will find. As the crew seeks to find survivors and their families, they encounter a new, emerging enemy who's vying for control and may hinder the mass production of the cure.
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