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"The stories I have chosen reflect where I feel the field of science and nature writing has landed, and where it could go," Ed Yong writes in his introduction. "They are often full of tragedy, sometimes laced with wonder, but always deeply aware that science does not exist in a social vacuum. They are beautiful, whether in their clarity of ideas, the elegance of their prose, or often both." The essays in this year's Best American Science and Nature...

Loveday Cardew's beloved Lost for Words bookshop, along with the rest of York, has fallen quiet. At the very time when people most need books to widen their horizons, or escape from their fears, or enhance their lives, the doors are closed. Then the first letter comes. Rosemary and George have been married for fifty years. Now their time is running out. They have decided to set out on their last journey together, without ever leaving the bench at...

"And the people stayed home is a beautifully produced picture book of Kitty O'Meara's popular, globally viral prose poem about the coronavirus pandemic, which has a hopeful and timeless message. Kitty O'Meara, author of And the People Stayed Home, has been called the poet laureate of the pandemic by O, The Oprah Magazine. This illustrated and beautifully produced children's book (ages 4-8) will also appeal to readers of all ages. O'Meara's prose poem,...

Han pasado 17 meses desde la toma de posesión de Antonio M. Lugo Olea, AMLO, como presidente de todos los mexicanos. 17 meses en los que la desesperanza y la decepción han nublado su gobierno. Sus detractores son cada vez más y el parece haber perdido por completo el control del país. Para empeorar su situación, Trump ha decidido que la hora de un encuentro, frente a frente, en la Casa Blanca, ha llegado. Mariano Everhard, su secretario de Relaciones...

After a virus arrives, it's time to wash your hands, mask up, and teach your dragon how to share joy in a way that keeps everyone safe and healthy.

Trying to be brave when her mother, a busy doctor, is forced to move into the family’s garage to protect loved ones from COVID-19, a little girl helps her dad make dinner, brings groceries to her grandparents and bangs pots and pans on the doorstep to thank her community’s frontline workers.

"Pandemia explains how an illness that many people will never even know they had became the occasion for economically ruinous lockdowns and the suppression of personal freedom on a previously unimaginable scale." -- Provided by the publisher.

"Maxine and Jonah meet as California is going into lockdown due to the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic declaration, and must learn how to build their relationship at a distance through personal tragedies and triumphs"-- Maxine and Jonah meet in the canned goods aisle of the grocery store just as the state of California is going into lockdown. Max's part-time job as a personal grocery shopper is about to transform into a hellish gauntlet. Jonah's preexisting...

"An engrossing family history of coronaviruses and the modern-day scientific quest to conquer viral epidemics forever. The urgency of the devastating COVID-19 pandemic has fixed humanity's gaze on the present crisis. But the story of this pandemic extends far further back than many realize. In this engrossing narrative, epidemiologist Dan Werb traces the rising threat of the coronavirus family and the attempts by a small group of scientists who worked...

"Winners of the Paul Ehrlich Prize The dramatic story of the married scientists who founded BioNTech and developed the first vaccine against COVID-19. Nobody thought it was possible. In mid-January 2020, Ugur Sahin told Ozlem Tureci, his wife and decades-long research partner, that a vaccine against what would soon be known as COVID-19 could be developed and safely injected into the arms of millions before the end of the year. His confidence was built...