{"product_id":"9781440596285","title":"Outbreak!: 50 Tales of Epidemics that Terrorized the World","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom ancient scourges to modern-day pandemics!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Throughout history--even recent history--highly contagious, deadly, and truly horrible epidemics have swept through cities, countrysides, and even entire countries. \u003ci\u003eOutbreak!\u003c\/i\u003e catalogs fifty of those incidents in gruesome detail, including:\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sweating Sickness that killed 15,000, including Henry VIII's older brother\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSyphilis, the \"French Disease,\" which spread throughout Europe in the late fifteenth century\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe romantic disease: tuberculosis, featured in \u003ci\u003eLa Boheme\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLa Traviata\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLes Miserables\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe worldwide outbreak of influenza in 1918, which killed 3 percent of the population\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe mysterious appearance of HIV in the 1980s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe devastating spread of Ebola in West Africa in 2014\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eFrom ancient outbreaks of smallpox and plague to modern epidemics such as SARS and Ebola, the stories capture the mystery and devastation brought on by these diseases. It's a sickeningly fun read that confirms the true definition of \u003ci\u003egoing viral\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Adams Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140093788400,"sku":"9781440596285","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781440596285_p0.jpg?v=1763791433","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781440596285","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}