Best Selling Books by Richard Preston

Brings together some of the most highly recognized specialists in the fields of sociolinguistics and dialectology to offer a survey of the field''s last 20 years.

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La historia del brote de Ébola más mortífero en la historia: un relato apasionante de los médicos y científicos que lucharon, y luchan, por protegernos. Zona caliente: área del laboratorio denominada así por los científicos que investigan los virus más letales como el ébola. Sellada herméticamente, sus accesos están rigurosamente controlados y los operarios visten trajes especiales sometidos a duchas de desinfección antes de abandonar el recinto. Parte de los hechos narrados en este libro transcurren en una «zona caliente» gestionada por el Ejército de Estados Unidos en Maryland. Zona caliente fue escrito y publicado en 1994 para explicar los orígenes y la evolución del virus ébola y advertir del peligro de su propagación en el futuro. Su autor, Richard Preston, catedrático de la Universidad de Princeton y un destacado especialista en abordar temas científicos con un alto nivel de rigor y conocimiento de la materia -ha sido galardonado con el Premio del Instituto de Física de Estados Unidos y Zona caliente es lectura recomendada en los institutos de Norteamérica-, fue el primero en dar a conocer al gran público la amenaza del ébola, un virus potencialmente mil veces más letal que el VIH del sida y que, hasta el día de hoy, no ha sido controlado en su totalidad. La narración de esta historia, que se lee como una novela, se basa en hechos reales documentados con precisión y contrastados hasta el límite de lo posible. El resultado es un relato apasionante y esclarecedor, una fuente rica en datos fidedignos sobre todos los aspectos involucrados en este desafío de la naturaleza. Así, los lectores podrán formarse una opinión razonada por encima de todo el torrente de informaciones fragmentadas que propician en la opinión pública una sensación de desconcierto y temor.

En Operacion Cobra el autor entra de lleno en la novela de intriga para abordar una realidad escalofriante que se encuentra celosamente protegida del conocimiento publico. La lectura de esta novela no solo confirma el inminente peligro del armamento biologico, sino que demuestra la existencia de probadas razones para desconfiar de la capacidad de la sociedad actual para deshacerse de esta amenaza.

It is 1967 and William Foster is missing in Vietnam--leaving his wife, daughter Lila, and son Will to fend for themselves on the coast of Maine with only an unreliable lobster boat to soothe their grief. As the holiday season nears, Will and Lila suspect that someone has been visiting their home and discover that love is the one power that can overcome all.

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Orig.tit.: The hot zone. ISBN 82-03-20133-4 Boka er en sann historie, personene i den er virkelige. Den kan karakteri- seres som en dokumentarisk thriller - den omhandler oppdagelsen av et nytt virus, filovirus, som kan spre seg fra aper til mennesker. Det er en av de mest dødelige organismer legevitenskapen kjenner til, og leseren får innsikti hvordan de første påvisninger av viruset i USA skaper redsel i militære og vitenkapelige kretser.

A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are dead. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the outbreak of this virus. The book tells this dramatic story, giving an account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their "crashes" into the human race.

1989年冬,一种源于非雨林地带的致命传染性病毒埃博拉突然在华盛顿近郊爆发。它的罕见与致命令人不寒而栗,来势不可阻挡,而且无法治愈。在短短的时间内,90%的感染者都无一例外地死亡......