Edwards, Roberta
Summary: While the coronavirus COVID-19 changed the world in 2020, it still isn't the largest and deadliest pandemic in history. That title is held by the Plague.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J900 WHAMessner, Kate
Summary: "With a mix of sidebars, illustrations, photos, and graphic panels, this book uncovers the hidden truths about history's pandemics, from the Black Death to COVID-19"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 614.4 MESSummary: Killing one third of Europe's population in just three years and ravaging the flourishing cities of Italy, France, Germany, England, and Spain, the Black Death swept across the continent at an inconceivable rate. Through chilling reenactments, interviews with experts and historians, and excerpts from original accounts, discover the origins, progress, and cultural repercussions of the Plague's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Networks 2005
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BLACunningham, Kevin
Summary: A history of the plague which caused one of the most catastrophic losses of life in history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. Co. 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 616.9232 CUNDe Hahn, Tracee.
Summary: Describes the origins, spread, and effects of the terrible plague that devastated fourteenth-century Europe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Pub. 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 616.9232 DEHHopkinson, Deborah
Summary: "The deadly outbreak of plague known as the Great Mortality, which struck Europe in the mid 1300s and raged for four centuries, wiped out more than 25 million people in the course of just two years. With its vicious onslaught, life changed for millions ofpeople almost instantaneously. Deadly pandemics have always been a part of life, from the Great Mortality of the Middle Ages, to the Spanish...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Focus 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 614.5 HOPBiel, Timothy L.
Summary: Describes the social and economic conditions in medieval Europe at the outbreak of the Black Death and the causes and effects of the epidemic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lucent Books 1989
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 616.9232 BIESummary: The year is 1348. Europe has fallen under the shadow of the Black death. As the plague decimates all in its path, fear and superstition are rife. There are rumors of a village, hidden in marshland that the plague cannot reach. There is even talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to bring the dead back to life. Ulric, a fearsome knight, is charged by the church to investigate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE BLADeaux, George.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weybright and Talley 1969
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.1 DEACantor, Norman F.
Summary: Contrary to popular belief, Cantor concludes that the Black Death was probably two diseases at once--bubonic plague and anthrax. The author shows how these diseases affected the masses as well as specific individuals, and thus profoundly altered history. Benefits of the outbreak, including explosions in artistic and scientific thought, are also described.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2002
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 614.5 CANCantor, Norman F.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.5732 CANHerlihy, David.
Summary: The Black Death was the great watershed in medieval history. In this compact book, David Herlihy makes bold yet subtle and subversive inquiries that challenge historical thinking about this disastrous period. As in a finely tuned detective story, he upturns intriguing bits of epidemiological evidence. And, looking beyond the view of the Black Death as unmitigated catastrophe, Herlihy sees in it...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.192 HERKelly, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.5732 KELBlack, Dale.
Summary: "Dale Black tells how he survived a plane crash at age nineteen, his near-death experience of heaven, and how his life dramatically changed as a result of this event forty years ago"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BLACK, DALE BLACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Belief Christ BlackBlack, Sue M.
Summary: "Sue Black confronts death every day. As Professor of Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology, she focuses on mortal remains in her lab, at burial sites, at scenes of violence, murder and criminal dismemberment, and when investigating mass fatalities due to war, accident or natural disaster. In All That Remains she reveals the many faces of death she has come to know, using key cases to explore how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BLACK, SUE BLAOwings, Lisa.
Summary: "Fascinating images accompany information about the black mamba. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 597.964 OWIShanklin, Mary C.
Summary: The story of Mar-A-Largo starts even before heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post and investor E.F. Hutton built this ode to Roaring Twenties excess atop a coral reef in south Florida. How did Palm Beach's most famous manse become the chew toy for tabloid headline writers? Shanklin reveals the disputes, politics, and lifestyles of a power couple's dream oasis through its history and to the current...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Diversion Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.9 SHAThompson, Wright
Summary: "A shocking and revelatory account of the murder of Emmett Till that lays bare how forces from around the world converged on the Mississippi Delta in the long lead-up to the crime, and how the truth was erased for so long"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 364.134 THOFusilli, Jim.
Summary: Pet Sounds is, rightly, one of the most celebrated pop albums ever released. It has also been written about, pored over, and analyzed more than most other albums put together. In this disarming book, Jim Fusilli focuses primarily on the emotional core of the album, on Brian Wilson's pitch-perfect cry of despair. In doing so, he brings to life the search for equilibrium and acceptance that still...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Continuum 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780.33 FUSGaines, Steven S.
Summary: A portrait of the culture of excess that marks Miami's South Beach evokes the behavior of the rich, famous, beautiful, and self-indulgent in the glittering, tawdry, and reckless world of a premier party city.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.9381 GAIJeffrey, Gary
Summary: Details the events of the Black Death in graphic novel format.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Pub Co 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 616 JEFPopple, Ian
Summary: A travel guide for the Fort Lauderdale, Florida area.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mango Publishing Group 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.593 FORT LAUDERDALE POPPopple, Ian
Summary: A travel guide for the Palm Beach, Florida area.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mango Publishing Group 2019