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1	Plague more books like this by Albert Camus In 1940 a terrible plague descends on the Algerian town of Oran - carried by rats, it condemns its victims to a swift and hideous death...Whilst being in part an allegory for France's wartime traumas, the plague is also intensely real and frightening. It quickly establishes a stranglehold on the town of Oran, forcing the people that live there to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.96! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague more books like this by Geraldine Brooks During the plague that decimated the population of England during the 17th century, the vicar of an isolated village tries desperately to save the townspeople from death. Narrated by his courageous young housemaid, whose own family members have become victims, YEAR OF WONDERS is a story of the heroism that can arise in extreme situations--and it's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Plague Ship more books like this by Clive Cussler "Plague Ship" is the fifth exhilarating new adventure in the bestselling series that charts the exploits of the "Oregon," a covert ship completely dilapidated on the outside but, on the inside, packed with sophisticated weaponry and intelligence-gathering equipment. (Men's Adventure) see all copies from $3.89! new only from $6.60! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Plague of Doves more books like this by Louise Erdrich A beautiful, compelling, utterly original new novel from one of the most important American writers of our time. Pluto, North Dakota, is a town on the verge of extinction. Its unsavory origins -- which lie in white greed -- contain the seeds of its demise. Here, everybody is connected -- by love or friendship, by blood, and, most importantly, by ... see all copies from $11.00! new only from $12.22! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Earth Abides more books like this by George Rippey Stewart 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. ... see all copies from $2.49! new only from $9.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Judas Strain more books like this by James Rollins The crack, ultrasecret Sigma Force team, made up of former Special Forces officers, returns in another "New York Times" bestseller, which finds them scouring the world for technologies that could help or threaten the U.S. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History more books like this by John M Barry Victims of the great influenza pandemic of 1918 suffered horrifying effects, including bleeding from the ears and nose, and they usually died. It killed more people in a year than the plagues of the Middle Ages did in a century. In the United States, where there weren't enough coffins to house the increasing numbers of bodies, nearly seven times ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.65! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance more books like this by Laurie Garrett After four decades of assuming that the conquest of infectious diseases was imminent, people on all continents now find themselves besieged. The water we drink is improperly purified, the air we breathe potentially deadly, and the food we eat possibly poisonous. What went wrong? This book follows the doctors and scientists in their 50 year battle ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.60! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Y: The Last Man Vol. 1: Unmanned more books like this by Brian K Vaughan, Pia Guerra (Illustrator), Pamela Rambo (Illustrator) When a plague of unknown origin instantly kills every mammal with a Y chromosome, unemployed and unmotivated slacker Yorick Brown suddenly discovers that he is the only male left in a world inhabited solely by women. Accompanied by his mischievous monkey and the mysterious Agent 355, Yorick embarks on a transcontinental journey to find his ... see all copies from $5.55! new only from $6.69! \| SVS
10	The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America more books like this by David Hajdu In the years between World War II and the emergence of television as a mass medium, American popular culture as we know it was first created - in the pulpy, boldly illustrated pages of comic books. No sooner had this new culture emerged than it was beaten down by church groups, community bluestockings, and a McCarthyish Congress - only to ... see all copies from $11.94! new only from $14.97! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Grip of the Shadow Plague more books like this by Brandon Mull, Brandon Dorman (Illustrator) Kendra and Seth along with Grandpa dn Grandma Sorenson discover that someone or something has released a plague that is turning the light creatures of Fablehaven into creatures of darkness. And for the first time, Kendra and Warren must visit another mag see all copies from $12.20! new only from $14.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Plague Dogs more books like this by Adams Two dogs escape from a brutal and terrifying animal research center and embark on an odyssey in the wilderness. This now-classic tale is an outcry against the torture of animals for the sometimes dubious purposes of science, as well as an adventure story almost as engrossing as Adams's other justly celebrated work of anthropormophism, WATERSHIP ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.64! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time more books like this by John Kelly, B.A. A compelling and harrowing history of the Black Death epidemic that swept through Europe in the mid-14th century killing 25 million people. It was one of the most devastating human disasters in history. "The bodies were sparsely covered that the dogs dragged them forth and devoured them . And believing it to be the end of the world, no one wept ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $4.94! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Y: The Last Man Vol 09: Motherland more books like this by Brian K Vaughan, Massimo Carnevale (Illustrator), Pia Guerra (Illustrator) Featured in the "New York Times" and on National Public Radio, "Y: The Last Man" is the gripping saga of Yorick Brown, an unemployed and unmotivated slacker who discovers he is the only male left in the world after a plague of unknown origin instantly kills every mammal with a Y chromosome. see all copies from $8.02! new only from $8.02! \| SVS
15 view cover	Safeword more books like this by Brian K Vaughan, Pia Guerra (Illustrator), Goran Parlov (Illustrator) S & M tells the story of the Last Man on Earth and his entourage as they continue to head west. Their journey is impeded by one of Agent 355's fellow Culper Ring members, as she forces Yorick to confront his tremendous feelings of survivor guilt. see all copies from $6.70! new only from $6.70! \| SVS
16 view cover	Night Fall more books like this by Cherry Adair From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "White Heat" comes the first in a back-to-back trilogy featuring three sexy secret agents of the anti-terror T-FLAC organization, who use paranormal powers to combat evil. Original. see all copies from $2.95! new only from $3.37! \| SVS
17 view cover	Paper Dolls more books like this by Brian K Vaughan, Pia Guerra, Goran Sudzuka The saga of Yorick Brown, an unemployed and unmotivated slacker who discovers that he is the only male left alive after a plague of unknown origin instantly kills every mammal with a Y chromosome continues. Accompanied by his mischievous monkey and the mysterious Agent 355, Yorick embarks on a transcontinental journey to find his girlfriend and ... see all copies from $6.73! new only from $7.50! \| SVS
18 view cover	Journal of the Plague Year more books like this by Daniel Defoe In 1665 the plague swept through London, claiming over 97,000 lives. Daniel Defoe was just five at the time of the plague, but he later called on his own memories, as well as his writing experience, to create this vivid chronicle of the epidemic and its victims. 'A Journal' (1722) follows Defoe's fictional narrator as he traces the devastating ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.76! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Ring of Truth more books like this by Brian K Vaughan, Pia Guerra (Illustrator), Jose Marza, Jr. (Illustrator) Yorick's unbalanced sister Hero tracks him to San Francisco, only to find him seemingly succumbing to the male killing plague after losing hist still unused engagement ring to agents of the Setauket Ring. see all copies from $8.42! new only from $8.42! \| SVS
20 view cover	The Plague & I more books like this by Betty MacDonald Tuberculosis. A terrifying word, as terrifying then as cancer is now. It meant entering a sanatorium for treatment, leaving her family, her children. And what if she did not recover? Hardly the basis for comedy, one would suppose. And one would be wrong. Betty MacDonald always had the ability to face up to adversity -- and heaven knows she had ... see all copies from $12.00! new only from $13.88! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Girl on Girl more books like this by Brian K Vaughan, Pia Guerra (Illustrator), Goran Sudzuka (Illustrator) After a mysterious plague kills every living being with a Y chromosome, escape artist Yorick Brown inexplicably becomes the last man on Earth. see all copies from $6.70! new only from $6.70! \| SVS
22 view cover	In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made more books like this by Norman F Cantor Much of what we know about the greatest medical disaster ever, the Black Plague of the fourteenth century, is wrong. The details of the Plague etched in the minds of terrified schoolchildren -- the hideous black welts, the high fever, and the final, awful end by respiratory failure -- are more or less accurate. But what the Plague really was, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Y: The Last Man, Volume 10: Whys and Wherefores more books like this by Brian Vaughan, Pia Guerra (Illustrator), Jose Marzan, Jr. (Illustrator) The final volume in the critically acclaimed graphic novel series--written by the award-winning author of "Pride of Baghdad" and "Lost"--answers all of the questions that readers have been waiting for and brings the series to its explosive conclusion. see all copies from $8.36! new only from $8.36! \| SVS
24 view cover	Plague of the Dead (the Morningstar Strain) more books like this by Z a Recht, Travis Adkins (Editor), Bowie Ibarra (Introduction by) The end begins with a viral outbreak unlike anything mankind has ever encountered before. The infected are subject to delirium, fever, a dramatic increase in violent behavior, and a one-hundred percent mortality rate. Death. But it doesn't end there. The victims return from death to walk the earth. When a massive military operation fails to ... see all copies from $12.48! new only from $15.83! \| SVS
25 view cover	American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 more books like this by Jim Murphy Written for children, this is a historical overview of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793. Illustrated with archival photographs. A 2004 Newbery Honor book. see all copies from $2.37! new only from $10.54! \| SVS

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