Download or read book Pestilence the Complete Series written by Frank Tieri and published by Aftershock Comics. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete Series in One Hardcover Volume! It's the late 14th Century, and a Great Pestilence--the "Black Death"-- is sweeping across Europe, killing over 100 million people. BUT, what if history as we know it was a lie? What if, in reality, this was no straightforward plague, but the FIRST non-recorded Zombie Infestation of man? Ex-Crusader Roderick Helms and his fellow "black ops" agents the Church, Fiat Lux, must seek out the cause of this undead outbreak and vanquish it before mankind ceases to exist! Written by the master of violence, gore, and mayhem, Frank Tieri (Harley Quinn, Marvel vs Capcom, Wolverine, Deadpool), with spectacular art from Disney illustrator Oleg Okunev, and covers by Eisner Award-nominated artist Tim Bradstreet (The Punisher, Hellblazer)! "Pestilence is a refreshing new take on the zombie genre. It really drives home the claustrophobic onslaught of the undead." -James Ferguson of horrortalk.com

Download or read book Armies of Pestilence written by RS Bray and published by James Clarke & Company. This book was released on 2004-06-15 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We have lived in a world that had, until the arrival in 2020 of the coronavirus Covid-19, not suffered a serious pandemic for a century, and society had almost forgotten the enormous impact created by highly infectious diseases. Infectious diseases, however, played major roles in ending the Golden Age of Athens, wrecked Justinian's plans to restore the Roman Empire to its former glory, and killed untold millions in Latin America after the Spanish invasion. Armies of Pestilence explores the impact of these diseases on history. Despite their importance, historians have tended to minimise the role of infectious disease - partly because of a lack of scientific knowledge, and this has resulted in a distorted view both of the past and of the danger of disease to modern society. In Armies of Pestilence, R.S. Bray, a distinguished biologist who here shows himself also to be an able historian, corrects this view. The book surveys the principal epidemics around the world and across the centuries, in each case discussing the origins of the outbreaks, the symptoms, the mortality rate and the social and economic effect. Where particular diseases cannot be identified with certainty the best scholarly opinions are discussed. Bray pays special attention to the infamous Yersina pestis, the organism that caused the Black Death. Other diseases discussed include malaria, smallpox, typhus, cholera and influenza, and AIDS. One of the themes of the book is the relationship between disease and war, with the former often causing more deaths than the latter, as was the case with the great influenza pandemic of 1918-19, at the end of the First World War. The inability of governments to deal effectively with disease is also made clear.

Download or read book Pantologia A New Cyclopaedia Comprehending a Complete Series of Essays Treatises and Systems Alphabetically Arranged with a General Dictionary of Arts Sciences and Words Illustrated with Engravings written by Encyclopaedias and published by . This book was released on 1813 with total page 876 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Conan the Barbarian The Complete Series written by Robert E. Howard and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-29 with total page 1185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good Press presents to you this unique and meticulously edited adventure collection: Cimmeria - A Poem The Hyborian Age — Conan's World The Frost Giant's Daughter (Gods of the North) The God in the Bowl The Tower of the Elephant Rogues in the House Shadows in the Moonlight (Iron Shadows in the Moon) Black Colossus Queen of the Black Coast The Slithering Shadow (Xuthal of the Dusk) A Witch Shall Be Born The Devil in Iron The People of the Black Circle Shadows in Zamboula (Man-Eaters of Zamboula) The Pool of the Black One Beyond the Black River The Black Stranger Red Nails Jewels of Gwahlur (The Teeth of Gwahlur) The Phoenix on the Sword The Scarlet Citadel The Hour of the Dragon (Conan the Conqueror) Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian) is a fictional sword and sorcery hero who originated in pulp fiction magazines and has since been adapted to books, comics, several films (including Conan the Barbarian and Conan the Destroyer), television programs (cartoon and live-action), video games, role-playing games and other media. Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.

Download or read book SIR EDWARD LEITHEN S MYSTERIES Complete Series written by John Buchan and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-30 with total page 1208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Power-House - Barrister and Tory MP Edward Leithen must thwart an international anarchist organization plans to destroy Western civilisation, led by Andrew Lumley a rich Englishman. John Macnab - Leithan and his friends now in their mid-forties decide to turn to poaching. Under the collective name of 'John Macnab' they issue a challenge to their neighbours to prevent them from poaching on their lands undetected... The Dancing Floor - Leithan and his new friend Milburn find themselves on the Greek island of Plakos where they must save the beautiful Koré Arabin from the superstitious islanders and prevent Milburn's nightmares from coming true. The Gap in the Curtain - Leithen is introduced at a house party to the brilliant physicist and mathematician professor Moe. Moe has been working on a new theory of time, and believes he has found a way of enabling people to see, as if through a 'gap in the curtain', details of a future event... Sick Heart River - Leithen is diagnosed with advanced tuberculosis and given a year to live. While deciding how to spend his remaining days, an American associate, John S. Blenkiron, requests help to find his niece's husband, Francis Galliard, who has disappeared from his very successful financial career in New York and fled to Canada. Sing a Song of Sixpence – Leithan tells a story of a "pretty generous allowance of romance" that cost him sixpence. John Buchan (1875-1940) was a Scottish novelist and historian and also served as Canada's Governor General. He is now best remembered for his adventure and spy thrillers.

Download or read book ALLAN QUATERMAIN Complete Series 18 Adventure Books in One Volume written by Henry Rider Haggard and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2024-01-11 with total page 3909 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "ALLAN QUATERMAIN – Complete Series: 18 Adventure Books in One Volume" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Allan Quatermain - The reluctant hero, ultimate adventurer and outdoorsman, was a template for the American character Indiana Jones, featured in the films Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Quatermain also became a main character in the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. In this collection of the original books, Allan Quatermain is the hero of the Lost World Classic, King Solomon's Mines, and its various prequels and sequels. Table of Contents: Marie Allan's Wife Child of Storm A Tale of Three Lions Maiwa's Revenge The Hunter Quatermain's Story Long Odds Allan and the Holy Flower She and Allan The Ivory Child Finished Magepa the Buck King Solomon's Mines The Ancient Allan Allan Quatermain

Download or read book Researches Into the Laws and Phenomena of Pestilence Including a Medical Sketch and Review of the Plague of London in 1665 and Remarks on Quarantine written by Thomas Hancock (M.D.) and published by . This book was released on 1821 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Pantologia written by John Mason Good and published by . This book was released on 1813 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Complete History of Plague in Norway 1348 1654 written by Ole Jørgen Benedictow and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2022-07-08 with total page 761 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical studies of plague are predominantly related to individual local epidemics, often associated with the Black Death. However, this unique book provides a complete presentation of the entire Second Plague Pandemic in Norway, from the Black Death to the last outbreaks of plague in 1654. It begins with a succinct presentation of the history of plague and its basic clinical and epidemiological features, while also drawing upon new scholarship and research. It confirms the great genetic stability of the plague contagion, and shows that the outbreaks and spread of plague can be studied in interaction with two historical societies of two historical periods, the late medieval society and the early modern society. The changes and differences in epidemiology and dynamics of plague between the two halves of the pandemic are gateways to understanding how plague epidemics are transmitted, disseminated and evolve. The book’s long-term perspective allows it to study plague’s epidemiology and to identify consistent long-term features.

Download or read book Dr Thorndyke s Mysteries The Complete Series written by R. Austin Freeman and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-13 with total page 5527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. John Thorndyke is a medical jurispractitioner, originally a medical doctor, he turned to the bar and became one of the first, in modern parlance, forensic scientists. His solutions are based on his method of collecting all possible data (including dust and pond weed) and making inferences from them before looking at any of the protagonists and motives in the crimes. Table of Contents: Introduction Meet Dr. Thorndyke Novels The Red Thumb Mark The Eye of Osiris The Mystery of 31 New Inn A Silent Witness Helen Vardon's Confession The Cat's Eye The Mystery of Angelina Frood The Shadow of the Wolf The D'Arblay Mystery A Certain Dr. Thorndyke As a Thief in the Night Mr. Pottermack's Oversight Pontifex, Son and Thorndyke When Rogues Fall Out Dr. Thorndyke Intervenes For the Defence: Dr. Thorndyke The Penrose Mystery Felo De Se? The Stoneware Monkey Mr. Polton Explains The Jacob Street Mystery Short Stories Percival Bland's Proxy The Missing Mortgagee The Man with the Nailed Shoes The Stranger's Latchkey The Anthropologist at Large The Blue Sequin The Moabite Cipher The Mandarin's Pearl The Aluminium Dagger A Message from the Deep Sea The Case of Oscar Brodski A Case of Premeditation The Echo of a Mutiny A Wastrel's Romance The Old Lag The Case of the White Footprints The Blue Scarab The New Jersey Sphinx The Touchstone A Fisher of Men The Stolen Ingots The Funeral Pyre The Puzzle Lock The Green Check Jacket The Seal of Nebuchadnezzar Phyllis Annesley's Peril A Sower of Pestilence Rex v. Burnaby A Mystery of the Sand-Hills The Apparition of Burling Court The Mysterious Visitor The Magic Casket The Contents of a Mare's Nest The Stalking Horse The Naturalist at Law Mr. Ponting's Alibi Pandora's Box The Trail of Behemoth ...

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Pestilence Pandemics and Plagues 2 volumes written by Joseph P. Byrne and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-09-30 with total page 917 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Editor Joseph P. Byrne, together with an advisory board of specialists and over 100 scholars, research scientists, and medical practitioners from 13 countries, has produced a uniquely interdisciplinary treatment of the ways in which diseases pestilence, and plagues have affected human life. From the Athenian flu pandemic to the Black Death to AIDS, this extensive two-volume set offers a sociocultural, historical, and medical look at infectious diseases and their place in human history from Neolithic times to the present. Nearly 300 entries cover individual diseases (such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, Ebola, and SARS); major epidemics (such as the Black Death, 16th-century syphilis, cholera in the nineteenth century, and the Spanish Flu of 1918-19); environmental factors (such as ecology, travel, poverty, wealth, slavery, and war); and historical and cultural effects of disease (such as the relationship of Romanticism to Tuberculosis, the closing of London theaters during plague epidemics, and the effect of venereal disease on social reform). Primary source sidebars, over 70 illustrations, a glossary, and an extensive print and nonprint bibliography round out the work.

Download or read book Celebrated Crimes Complete Series All 18 Books in One Edition written by Alexandre Dumas and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 1449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrated Crimes is a collection of true crime stories, narratives and essays on famous criminals and crimes from European history, compiled by Alexandre Dumas, père, with the assistance of several friends. He featured Beatrice Cenci, Martin Guerre, Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia, as well as more recent events and criminals, including the cases of the alleged murderers Karl Ludwig Sand and Antoine François Desrues, who were executed._x000D_ Table of Contents:_x000D_ The Borgias_x000D_ The Cenci_x000D_ Massacres of the South_x000D_ Mary Stuart_x000D_ Karl-Ludwig Sand_x000D_ Urbain Grandier_x000D_ Nisida_x000D_ Derues_x000D_ La Constantin_x000D_ Joan of Naples_x000D_ The Man in the Iron Mask (An Essay)_x000D_ Martin Guerre_x000D_ Ali Pacha_x000D_ The Countess De Saint-Geran_x000D_ Murat_x000D_ The Marquise De Brinvilliers_x000D_ Vaninka_x000D_ The Marquise De Ganges

Download or read book Pestilence Reigns written by Ben Black and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The mortality rate is one hundred per cent. No one survives..."In the near future, with the world falling apart, Bill Reddings is forced to do whatever it takes to survive as his life is ripped apart and society crumbles around him.A new strain of a deadly plague appears in London, spreading like wildfire and infecting the entire nation. Martial law is declared, as quarantine and disposal of contaminated corpses become top priority. As the disease continues to expand exponentially, bodies begin to mount up. Rumours of a vaccination being withheld circulate amongst the population, riots ensue and towns and cities are plunged into chaos.As quarantine locks down the entire United Kingdom, the watchful eyes of the United Government's Marine Corps maintain an anxious vigil on the island. The few left alive face slaughter at the hands of fellow survivors or an agonising death by infection: either way, the island will be their tomb. In a world that has fallen to a vile and deadly scourge, only a handful stand strong, pushing back against overwhelming odds, struggling to survive the pestilence that has descended on where they once called home.Pestilence Reigns is the self-contained first book in a series chronicling the fall and rise of a deadly plague destined to forever change the lives of the people it has snared with its tainted fingers.

Download or read book His Name Was Augustin Complete Collection written by C.L. Carhart and published by C.L. Carhart. This book was released on 2023-03-20 with total page 3010 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enter the Teutonic Fantasy Realm in this collection of enchanting historical and urban fantasy featuring elemental witches and time travel. “I must free you, because I love you more than I love myself.” Join Swanie in a dark and twisted journey through time as she seeks to unravel the mysteries of her people. When she finds herself falling in love with a priest who serves a demon, Swanie must rethink her views on good and evil. Can she and Augustin seize a unified destiny at the price of her soul? His Name Was Augustin Complete Collection includes: - Arcane Gateway: Swanie juggles elemental magic and unrequited love while seeking her purpose in life. - Veiled Magic: Swanie and Vreni explore their newfound sorcery and grapple with young love. Novella set during the timeline of Arcane Gateway. - Mystic Passage: Swanie travels to the past to uncover her people's mystical secrets, only to fall desperately in love with a priest who serves a demon. - Astral Fantasia: Swanie faces a loveless marriage and tragic loss while her city’s destruction looms on the horizon. - Cryptic Pathway: Swanie contends with an unwanted fate and a bond that shatters her dreams. - Lurid Curse: Swanie faces the dark side of magic as demonic forces strive to claim her most guarded secret. - Winter Flame: Vreni’s elemental magic creeps ever closer to the surface as Las Vegas billionaires appear on the scene. Holiday novella set during the timeline of Lurid Curse. - Numinous Fortune: Swanie joins forces with her long lost love to shatter a demon’s hold on her destiny. - 3 Bonus Chapters and 2 Bonus Epilogues His Name Was Augustin Complete Collection includes all 8 books in the time travel romance series. It features elemental witches of all varieties, tree fairies, demons, and more! Find fated mates, friends to lovers, and forbidden romances within these pages. This collection includes strong language, graphic violence, sexual situations, and mature themes. His Name Was Augustin series Arcane Gateway Mystic Passage Astral Fantasia Cryptic Pathway Lurid Curse Numinous Fortune Veiled Magic: novella Winter Flame: holiday novella Fans of the following authors will enjoy reading these dark time travel love stories: Sarah J Maas Holly Black Leigh Bardugo Laura Thalassa Elise Kova Cassandra Claire Raven Kennedy Kim Harrison Scarlett St. Clair Nalini Singh Sherrilyn Kenyon Laura Greenwood Liza Street Lisa Blackwood Demelza Carlton Skye MacKinnon

Download or read book Plague and pestilence in literature and art written by Raymond Henry Payne Sir Crawfurd and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-11-05 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plague and Pestilence in Literature and Art (1914) is a general account of plague up to the 18th century, the subject of physician Raymond Crawfurd's second series of FitzPatrick lectures. Fellow physician Dr. R.S. Bray, whose work Crawfurd references describes Crawfurd's work on plague as "delightful."

Download or read book On Pestilence written by Girolamo Mercuriale and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physician Girolamo Mercuriale pronounced in On Pestilence that plague was characterized by its lethal nature and the rapidity with which it spread. His work appears here for the first time in English, with an introduction that places the work within the context of the history of medicine, and our own responses to epidemic disease.

Download or read book Images of Plague and Pestilence written by Christine M. Boeckl and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2000-11-24 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the late fourteenth century, European artists created an extensive body of images, in paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, and other media, about the horrors of disease and death, as well as hope and salvation. This interdisciplinary study on disease in metaphysical context is the first general overview of plague art written from an art-historical standpoint. The book selects masterpieces created by Raphael, Titian, Tintoretto, Rubens, Van Dyck, and Poussin, and includes minor works dating from the fourteenth to twentieth centuries. It highlights the most important innovative artistic works that originated during the Renaissance and the Catholic Reformation. This study of the changing iconographic patterns and their iconological interpretations opens a window to the past.