K-12

This Month Featuring Books on Pandemics From Amazon

AMERICA’S FORGOTTEN PANDEMIC

Author: Alfred W. Crosby

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

ISBN-13: 978-0521541756

Between August 1918 and March 1919 the Spanish influenza spread worldwide, claiming over 25 million lives. Yet, the Spanish flu pandemic is largely forgotten today. In this vivid narrative, Alfred W. Crosby recounts the course of the pandemic during the panic-stricken months of 1918 and 1919, measures its impact on American society, and probes the curious loss of national memory of this cataclysmic event. In a new edition, with a new preface discussing the recent outbreaks of diseases, including the Asian flu and the SARS epidemic, America's Forgotten Pandemic remains both prescient and relevant.

OUR NEW NORMAL: A CHILDREN'S SOCIAL STORY FOR POST-PANDEMIC LIVES

Author: Emilee Johnson

Publisher: Independently published

ISBN-13: 979-8510704204

As the world begins to move back into a pre-pandemic state after the 2020-2021 Covid-19 Pandemic, children are beginning to show anxiety, and they are worried about being in large groups, taking off their masks, or seeing family or friends that they have not been around in-person over the past year!

Illustrated by children and written in a child's voice, children can see themselves in this story in the hope that it will give them a sense of calm, knowing that we are all going through the same emotions, but there is light at the end of the tunnel.

QUARANTINE LIFE FROM CHOLERA TO COVID-19: WHAT PANDEMICS TEACH US ABOUT PARENTING, WORK, LIFE, AND COMMUNITIES FROM THE 1700S TO TODAY

Author: Kari Nixon

Publisher: Tiller Press

ISBN-13: 978-1982172466

Throughout history, there have been numerous epidemics that have threatened mankind with destruction. Diseases have the ability to highlight our shared concerns, affecting every social divide from national boundaries, economic categories, racial divisions, and beyond. Whether looking at smallpox, HIV, Ebola, or COVID-19 outbreaks, we see the same question: What do we do now?

This immensely readable social and medical history tracks different diseases and outlines their trajectory, what they meant for society, along with practical takeaways we can apply to current and future pandemics—so we can all be better prepared for whatever life throws our way.

HOW WE LIVE NOW: SCENES FROM THE PANDEMIC

Author:  Bill Hayes

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-13: 978-1635576887

A bookstore where readers shout their orders from the street. A neighborhood restaurant turned to-go place where one has a shared drink--on either end of a bar--with the owner. These scenes, among many others, became the new normal as soon as the world began to face the COVID-19 pandemic.

Featuring inimitable street photographs, author and photographer Bill Hayes offers an ode to our shared humanity--capturing in real time this strange new world we’re now in with his signature insight and offering a long-lasting reminder that what will get us through this unprecedented, deadly crisis is each other.

Higher Education

Featuring Books on Medicine From John Hopkins University Press

CHILDREN’S MEDICINES

Author: Edward A. Bell, PharmD, BCPS

Publisher: John Hopkins University Press

ISBN Paperback: 9781421423753

Most parents have worried about the side effects and possible long-term consequences of administering a particular medication to their child. The medication may be available over-the-counter, like cough syrup, or it may be prescribed by a doctor, like an antibiotic.

A pediatric pharmacist for nearly thirty years, Edward A. Bell draws on the latest scientific information, coupled with his experience in hospital and clinic settings, as a university professor, and as a parent, to answer questions about whether, when, and what medications to give to infants, children, and teenagers.

STAY HEALTHY AT EVERY AGE

Author: Shantanu Nundy, M.D.

Publisher: John Hopkins University Press

ISBN: 9780801893940

The most important thing in your life is your health. To protect your health, you need to pay attention to it.

Dr. Shantanu Nundy's book describes the diagnostic tests needed for "routine maintenance," including what and who is involved and when the tests should be done. It also covers all the common diseases, explaining causes, symptoms, and treatment. To guard against disease before it develops, the book provides and interprets at-a-glance schedules for screening, preventive medicine and counseling as recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

HELPING OTHERS WITH DEPRESSION

Author:  Susan J. Noonan, MD, MPH

Publisher:  John Hopkins University Press

ISBN Paperback: 9781421439303

Mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder are biologic conditions of the mind and body that affect our everyday functioning, thoughts, feelings, and actions. It can also be overwhelming to their family and close friends, who are who provide daily support.

In Helping Others with Depression, Dr. Susan J. Noonan speaks firsthand from her perspective as a physician, as a mental health Certified Peer Specialist, and as a patient giving a concise, and practical guide to caring for someone who has depression or bipolar disorder, including men, women, teens, and seniors.

HOW LITERATURE PLAYS WITH THE BRAIN

Author: Paul B. Armstrong

Publisher:  John Hopkins University Press

ISBN: 9781421415765

How Literature Plays with the Brain is the first book to use the resources of neuroscience and phenomenology to analyze aesthetic experience. For the neuroscientific community, the study suggests that different areas of research—the neurobiology of vision and reading, the brain-body interactions underlying emotions—may be connected to a variety of aesthetic and literary phenomena. For critics and students of literature, the study engages fundamental questions within the humanities: What is aesthetic experience? What happens when we read a literary work? How does the interpretation of literature relate to other ways of knowing?