Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Description
"A sweeping look at how the major transformations in history-from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth of capitalism-have been shaped not by humans but by germs. According to the accepted narrative of progress, humans have thrived thanks to their brains and brawn, collectively bending the arc of history. But in this revelatory book, professor Jonathan Kennedy argues that the myth of human exceptionalism overstates the role that we play in social...
3) Illuminae
Author
Series
Illuminae files volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
For fans of Marie Lu comes the first book in an epic series that bends the sci-fi genre into a new dimension.
“A truly beautiful novel that redefines the form." —Victoria Aveyard, bestselling author of Red Queen
This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do. This afternoon, her planet was invaded.
The year...
“A truly beautiful novel that redefines the form." —Victoria Aveyard, bestselling author of Red Queen
This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do. This afternoon, her planet was invaded.
The year...
Author
Series
Underland chronicles volume 3
Language
English
Description
In the third installment of Suzanne Collins's New York Times bestselling The Underland Chronicles, Gregor must stop a plague from spreading through the Underland.With two prophecies fulfilled, Gregor is now focused on the Prophecy of Blood, which calls for Gregor and "the princess," Boots, to return to the Underland to help ward off a plague. His mom agrees to let them go—on the condition that she travels with them.When they arrive in...
Author
Publisher
Schmidt Haus Books
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
247 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
As a new plague related to the rabies virus infects millions, America recalls its military forces from around the world to safeguard hospitals and other vital buildings. To succeed in this mission to help save what's left of society, the men of the Second Platoon will face a terrifying battle of survival against the very people they have sworn to protect. People turned into a fearless, endless horde armed solely with tooth and nail.
6) Forest mage
Author
Series
Soldier son trilogy volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cadet Nevare Burvelle believes that his recovery from the Speck plague means he can return home to his fiancée and expect a bright future as a commissioned officer. Instead he continues to suffer a side effect of the plague that shames his family and repulses his fiancée.
Author
Series
Sigma Force novels volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Buried deep within a jungle, ancient ruins conceal a deadly secret... Buried in a tomb in Venice, a great explorer hides a truth that could shatter history... Buried in our own genetic code, a mystery like no other... But nothing stays buried forever-and it will be up to Sigma Force to face what will be unearthed: a plague beyond any cure, a scourge that turns all of Nature against mankind. From the high seas of the Indian Ocean to the dark jungles...
Author
Series
Legend volume 3
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
369 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"June and Day have sacrificed so much for the people of the Republic--and each other--and now their country is on the brink of a new existence. Just when a peace treaty is imminent, a plague outbreak causes panic in the Colonies, and war threatens the Republic's border cities"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
For fans of Cloud Atlas and Station Eleven, a spellbinding and profoundly prescient debut that follows a cast of intricately linked characters over hundreds of years as humanity struggles to rebuild itself in the aftermath of a climate plague—a daring and deeply heartfelt work of mind-bending imagination from a singular new voice.
In 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work of his recently deceased daughter...
10) Legend
Author
Series
Legend volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Legend doesn't merely survive the hype, it deserves it."
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Young Elites
What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic's wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic's highest military circles....
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Young Elites
What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic's wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic's highest military circles....
11) The plague
Author
Publisher
Vintage International
Pub. Date
1975, c1948
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 16
Physical Desc
308 p. 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the small coastal city of Iran, Algeria, rats begin rising from the filth only to die as bloody heaps in the streets. And just as mysteriously as it appeared, the rodent problem seems to vanish. Shortly after, however, many local residents experience intense fevers and then perish -- victims of the unseen menace of the bubonic plague. And as life in the town comes to a halt, the survivors attempt to come to terms with their own mortality and the...
12) Earth abides
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1983, c1976
Physical Desc
337 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this profound ecological fable, a mysterious plague has destroyed the vast majority of the human race. Isherwood Williams, one of the few survivors, returns from a wilderness field trip to discover that civilization has vanished during his absence. Eventually he returns to San Francisco and encounters a female survivor who becomes his wife. Around them and their children a small community develops, living like their pioneer ancestors, but rebuilding...
13) Black water
Author
Series
Pendragon volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
Just when 15-year-old Bobby Pendragon thinks he understands his purpose as a Traveler he is faced with an impossible choice.
Author
Series
Publisher
Manga Classics
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
303 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A collection of some of Edgar Allan Poe's best-known stories adapted for the manga format. Here readers will find stories of guilt, revenge, dark secrets, and madness.
15) Black hole
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
The setting: suburban Seattle, the mid-1970s. We learn from the outset that a strange plague has descended upon the area’s teenagers, transmitted by sexual contact. The disease is manifested in any number of ways — from the hideously grotesque to the subtle (and concealable) — but once you’ve got it, that’s it. There’s no turning back. As we inhabit the heads of several key characters — some kids who have it, some who don’t, some who...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
231 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"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"--
Author
Series
Merciful Crow volume 1
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
Physical Desc
373 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Fie, a sixteen-year-old chieftain from a lowly caste of mercy-killers, must rely on her wits and bone magic to smuggle the crown prince of Sabor to safety.
Author
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
406 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Archaeologist Nathan Lee Swift has always respected the ruins he has explored and never crossed the line between noble discovery and the plundering of ruins, until one night when he gives in to his professor's greed and becomes a common grave robber, but when a wealthy collector opens a vial of blood dating back to the first century, releasing a plague which threatens to destroy humanity, Nathan finds a chance for redemption.
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
245 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 2002, the world changes forever. Every man, every boy, every mammal with a Y chromosome everywhere on Earth suddenly collapses and dies. With the loss of more than half the planet's population, the gears of society grind to a halt, and a world of women are left to pick up the pieces and try to keep civilization from collapsing entirely. Yorick Brown, an unemployed and unmotivated slacker discovers he is the only male left in the world after the...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request