Outbreak! Plagues That Changed History

Outbreak! Plagues That Changed History offers a brief examination of six pathogens (bubonic plague, smallpox, tuberculosis, cholera, yellow fever, and influenza) and explores how the widespread death associated with each pathogen altered the course of history. What's fascinating about this book isn'......more

Outbreak! Plagues That Changed History by Bryan Barnard is an interesting and informational book full of facts and intriguing stories, yet it was a quick, concise, and fun read. Bryan Barnard manages to convince the reader that plagues, while seemingly awful and inhumane, surprisingly may have good......more

I have not read a lot of Non-Fiction books, so I expected this one to be boring and too factual. Instead, Outbreak!, a book about different plagues that affected human history, was very interesting and good to read. Ironically, I am reading this book while the coronavirus is spreading. Unlike normal......more

I listened to this through my library app. Great little book for the none scientist (which i am!) to get a general history of all things plague. There is lots of information in this book i was already aware of, but it passed an hour and a half happily.......more

I was very intrigued by the cover art. The format for this book is the size of a picture book, but the text is overabundant. I am concerned that the struggling readers at my school will pick this up thinking it is an easy read. Then they will be overwhelmed by the text. I am curious to find out the......more