In Amsterdam in the mid-1600s, Cornelia's life as the illegitimate child of renowned painter Rembrandt is marked by plague, poverty, and despair at ever earning her father's love, until she sees hope for a better future in the eyes of a wealthy suitor.
An illustrated introduction that describes the history of the Black Death pandemic in the 1300s, and discusses the causes, spread, symptoms observed, treatment techniques, and the outcome of the devastation.
New Year's Day 1999 brings a strange solar flare, widescale power outages, and the death of everyone on Earth over twenty years old, leaving desperate teenagers to face the awakened Demon called Lilith.
The first victim was hospitalized on Friday. By Monday there was no denying it: the sleepy college town of Duane, Texas, is facing an outbreak of bubonic plague, the infamous Black Death. Is it only coincidence that the vice president is scheduled to visit the town in a week, or is it a case of biological terrorism?.
Anthropologist Hank Hannah hopes that by studying the lost civilizations of human history he may finally understand the events surrounding him, until his research causes him to unleash an ancient curse that threatens everything he hold dear.
stories of the men and women fighting the world's worst plagues
Willis, Clint
2003
A collection of articles that profile the men and women who are working to fight the world's worst diseases, including AIDS, the black plague, and food-borne illnesses.
Tom hopes to see Becca at his cousin's birthday party, but instead he meets Charlotte, a ghost who died over three centuries before and who looks exactly like Becca.
