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The impact on public health / by Cunningham, Kevinauthor.(CARDINAL)741479;
"Dengue fever. Heat waves. Grief. Human-caused climate change presents challenges to people's physical and mental well-being. In The Impact on Public Health, the Planet in Danger series introduces readers to the diseases and disasters unleashed as the Earth becomes warmer. Scientific voices describe research and solutions. Eyewitnesses share experiences in places hit hard by climate-related health problems. Full-color images and maps offer helpful visual information. Fast facts fan reader interest while a glossary explains important terms. A timeline and suggestions for further research guide anyone who wants to learn more about one of today's critical issues"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Climatic changes; Public health;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Infection : the uninvited universe / by Callahan, Gerald N.,1946-(CARDINAL)647272;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-277) and index.
Subjects: Infection.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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Bugs, bites & bowels / by Wilson-Howarth, Jane.(CARDINAL)388631;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-365) and index.
Subjects: Travel; Self-care, Health.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Wild by nature : from Siberia to Australia, three years alone in the wilderness on foot / by Marquis, Sarah,1972-author.(CARDINAL)412242;
Preparation -- Mongolia, my beginning -- Central Mongolia -- Gobi Desert -- Gobi Desert--second attempt -- China -- Gobi Desert--third attempt -- Siberia -- Laos -- Thailand -- Northern Australia -- Southern Australia.One woman, 10,000 miles on foot, 6 countries, 8 pairs of hiking boots, 3,000 cups of tea, 1,000 days and nights. Not since Cheryl Strayed's adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail has there been such a powerful epic by a woman alone. In Wild by Nature, National Geographic Explorer Sarah Marquis takes you on the trail of her ten-thousand-mile solo hike from Siberia to Thailand, at which point she was transported by boat to complete the hike at her favorite tree in Australia. Against nearly insurmountable odds and relying on hunting and her own wits, Sarah Marquis survived the Mafia, drug dealers, thieves on horseback who harassed her tent every night for weeks, temperatures from subzero to scorching, life-threatening wildlife, dengue fever, tropic ringworm, dehydration, and a life-threatening abscess. This is a story of adventure, human ingenuity, persistence, and resilience that shows firsthand what it is to adventure as a woman in the most dangerous of circumstances, what it is to be truly alone in the wild, and why someone would challenge themselves with an expedition others would call crazy. For Marquis, her story is about freedom, being alive and wild by nature.--Adapted from dust jacket.
Subjects: Travel writing.; Marquis, Sarah, 1972-; Wilderness survival.; Hiking.;
Available copies: 12 / Total copies: 13
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The best short stories 2022 : the O. Henry Prize winners / by Luiselli, Valeria,1983-editor.(CARDINAL)342820; Quigley, Jenny Minton,1971-editor.; Zambra, Alejandro,1975-author.(CARDINAL)551057; Mason, Daniel(Daniel Philippe),author.(CARDINAL)668735; Dávila, Tere,author.; O'Neill, Joseph,1964-author.(CARDINAL)355129; Sigers, Shanteka,author.; Tokarczuk, Olga,1962-author.(CARDINAL)528970; Delgado, Yohanca,author.; Nevo, Eshkol,author.(CARDINAL)687022; Aguda, 'Pemi,author.; Mitra, Amara,author.; Oikonomou, Chrstos,1970-author.; Oza, Janika,author.; Sorokin, Vladimir,1955-author.(CARDINAL)777815; González, Francisco,author.(CARDINAL)772063; Nieva, Michel,1988-author.; Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi,1977-author.(CARDINAL)339721; yehaug, Gunnhild,1975-author.; Ryan, David(David W.),1964-author.; Moore, Lorrie,author.(CARDINAL)353992; Schweblin, Samanta,1978-author.(CARDINAL)688490;
Subjects: Short stories.; Short stories, American.; Short stories, Canadian.; Short stories;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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The collected stories / by Theroux, Paul.(CARDINAL)142809;
Sixty stories in an international setting. Several deal with the political and amorous adventures of an American diplomat in the Far East, one set in India looks at another culture's meaning of perversion, two are on poets living in London.
Subjects: Fiction.; Short stories, American.;
Available copies: 15 / Total copies: 16
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A field guide to germs / by Biddle, Wayne.(CARDINAL)516555;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-194) and index.
Subjects: Medical microbiology;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Outbreak! : 50 tales of epidemics that terrorized the world / by Skwarecki, Beth,author.(CARDINAL)413944;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-250) and index.World takeover: malaria -- The fiery serpent: Guinea worm -- The plague of Athens: unknown disease -- Galen's plague: smallpox -- The plague of Justinian: bubonic plague -- A vicious cycle: smallpox -- Message from a sacred mountain: smallpox -- Saint Anthony's fire: ergotism -- A doomed crusade: scurvy -- The knights of Lazarus: leprosy (Hansen's disease) -- China's plague: bubonic plague -- The black death: bubonic plague -- The sweating sickness: unknown disease -- The first invaders: influenza -- The French disease: syphilis -- The dancing plague: mass psychogenic illness -- The fall of Moctezuma: smallpox -- The lost cure for scurvy: scurvy -- The king's evil: scrofula -- Squanto's backstory: unknown disease -- The first miracle cure: malaria -- The great plague of London: bubonic plague -- Scourge of a young nation's capital: yellow fever -- Peeing red: schistosomiasis -- The romantic disease: tuberculosis -- The Haitian revolution: yellow fever -- Birth of a pandemic: cholera -- Childbed fever: uterine infection -- Mapping death: cholera -- Exiled on Molokai: leprosy (Hansen's disease) -- Beat of the death-drum: measles -- Tunnel of anemia: hookworm -- Rabies loses its bite: rabies -- The Beriberi box: beriberi -- The Chinatown plague: bubonic plague -- Down by the riverside: sleeping sickness -- Typhoid Mary and friends: typhoid fever -- An unpopular discovery: pellagra -- The "Spanish" flu: influenza -- Serum by dogsled: diphtheria -- Just another horror: typhus -- The beginning of the end for polio: polio -- Breakbone fever: Dengue hemorrhagic fever -- The brain-eating amoeba: primary amebic meningoencephalitis -- The leak from compound 19: anthrax -- AIDS panic and progress: AIDS -- Mad cow spreads to humans: transmissible spongiform encephalopathy -- The locker room menace: MRSA -- The secret epidemic: SARS -- Ebola is real: ebola."Describes 50 outbreaks of disease throughout history. Also explains how and why these diseases spread and how humans tried to stop them"--
Subjects: Epidemics;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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The 101 most unusual diseases and disorders / by Kelly, Evelyn B.,author.(CARDINAL)528010;
Includes bibliographical references.Pt. 1. Unusual genetic disorders. What you should know about genetic disorders -- Achondroplasia -- ACHOO syndrome -- Alkaptonuria -- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) -- Angelman syndrome -- Ankylosing spondylitis -- Charcot-Marie-tooth disease -- Cri-du-chat -- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome -- Ellis-van Creveld syndrome (EVC) -- Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) -- Fatal familial insomnia -- Hemochromatosis -- Hypertrichosis -- Ichthyosis -- Lesch-Nyhan syndrome -- Porphyria -- Prader-Willi syndrome -- Progeria -- Prognathism -- Uncombable hair syndrome. Pt. 2. Unusual mental health disorders. What you should know about mental health disorders. Alien hand syndrome -- Androphobia -- Bigorexia -- Capgras delusions -- Cotard syndrome -- Diogenes syndrome -- Dissociative identity disorder (DID) -- Erotomania -- Folie a deux -- Hybristophilia -- Hypomania -- Jerusalem syndrome -- Kleptomania -- Micropsia and macropsia -- Munchausen syndrome -- Orthorexia -- Pica -- Renfield syndrome -- Stockholm syndrome -- Trichotillomania.Pt. 3. Unusual environmental diseases and disorders. What you should know about environmental diseases and disorders. Altitude sickness -- Argyria -- Brown recluse bite -- Computer vision syndrome (CVS) -- DES sons and daughters -- Frostbite -- Histoplasmosis -- Jellyfish sting -- Pellagra -- Pneumoconiosis -- Poison ivy -- Prune belly syndrome -- Solenopsis invicta -- Stachybotrys chartarum -- Tech neck syndrome -- Thalidomide embryopathy -- Trench foot -- Vibrio. Pt. 5. Unusual infectious diseases. What you should know about infectious diseases. Cat scratch disease -- Chikungunya -- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease variant -- Cryptosporidiosis -- Cutaneous larva migrans (CLM) -- Dengue fever -- Ebola -- Elephantiasis -- Enterovirus-D68 -- Hantavirus -- Herpes zoster -- Human bites -- Human botfly -- Leprosy -- Naegleria fowleri -- Necrotizing fasciitis -- Norovirus -- Rocky Mountain spotted fever -- Valley fever -- West Nile virus. Pt. 5. Unusual diseases and disorders with other or unexplained origins. What you should know about diseases and disorders with other or unexplained origins. Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis -- Aquagenic urticaria -- Bell's palsy -- Bromhidrosis -- Burning mouth syndrome -- Charles Bonnet syndrome -- Foreign accent syndrome -- Guillain-Barre syndrome -- Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LRP) -- Moebious syndrome -- Morgellons -- Multiple system atrophy -- Myasthenia gravis -- Neuroblastoma -- Oral allergy syndrome -- Paresthesia -- Pickwickian syndrome -- Raynaud's phenomenon -- Savants -- Sjogren syndrome -- Synesthesia -- Vitiligo -- Helpful resources for the study of unusual diseases and disorders."This title informs and educates readers about rare and unusual diseases"--"This book explores serious diseases and disorders that most readers have never heard of, ranging from genetic, infectious, and environmental diseases to autoimmune, idiopathic, and mental disorders"--
Subjects: Rare diseases.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Los mejores narradores jóvenes en español / by Miles, Valerie,1963-editor.(CARDINAL)617157;
Subjects: Fiction.; Spanish fiction; Latin American fiction; Novelists, Spanish.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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