The best books on Immunology, recommended by John Rhodes
John Rhodes, immunologist and author of The End of Plagues and How to Make a Vaccine, selects five of the best books to help the layperson understand the human immune system in all its fiendish complexity—and explains why the discovery of a successful vaccine is only the initial breakthrough in the long and logistically challenging battle for disease eradication.
-
1
The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
by Kamala Harris -
2
Kamala and Maya’s Big Idea
by Ana Ramírez González (illustrator) & Meena Harris -
3
Superheroes Are Everywhere
by Kamala Harris & Mechal Renee Roe (illustrator) -
4
Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice
by Laura Freeman (illustrator) & Nikki Grimes -
5
The Truths We Hold: An American Journey (Young Readers Edition)
by Kamala Harris
The best books on Kamala Harris, recommended by Five Books
The best books on Kamala Harris, recommended by Five Books
If you want to know more about Kamala Harris, the 49th Vice President of the United States and the first woman to hold the job, her own memoir is a great place to start, especially as there aren’t (m)any books about her yet. It’s available for different age groups, including children and teenagers. We’ve put together this list of her books at speed, and will update it as soon as we can do a full Five Books interview.
The best books on Joe Biden, recommended by Ronald A. Klain
On January 20th, 2021, Joe Biden became the 46th President of the United States. Here Ronald A. Klain, the veteran lawyer who is once again serving as Biden's chief of staff, recommends books that show the man behind the public persona including his love of Irish poetry, the string of terrible personal tragedies that have affected his life and career, and his leading role in blocking a Supreme Court appointment that would've decimated abortion rights.
The best books on Viruses, recommended by Dorothy H. Crawford
Many of us have developed a new fascination for viruses and virology during the global COVID-19 crisis. Here, Dorothy Crawford, professor of medical microbiology and the author of Viruses: A Very Short Introduction, selects five of the best books on viruses for the general reader.
-
1
Free Trade Under Fire
by Douglas A Irwin -
2
A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960
by Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz -
3
The Liquidation of Government Debt (Economic Policy, Volume 30, Issue 82, April 2015)
by Carmen Reinhart & M. Belen Sbrancia -
4
The Great Reversal: How America Gave up on Free Markets
by Thomas Philippon -
5
Hard Head, Soft Hearts: Tough-minded Economics for a Just Society
by Alan S Blinder
The Economics of Coronavirus: A Reading List, recommended by Ricardo Reis
The Economics of Coronavirus: A Reading List, recommended by Ricardo Reis
As we deal with the economic fallout of coronavirus, what lessons can economic theory and economic history teach us as we navigate the months ahead? Ricardo Reis, professor of economics at the London School of Economics—and consultant to both the Bank of England and the Federal Reserve—recommends four books and one article to help us think through the economic challenges posed by Covid-19.
Books on Living Through an Epidemic, recommended by Alex Chase-Levenson
The Covid-19 crisis is often described as an ‘unprecedented’ event, but in the past outbreaks of virulent disease were much more a part of our lives. Historian Alex Chase-Levenson, author of The Yellow Flag, recommends five books that focus on the experiences of those living through an epidemic.
-
1
Faith, Reason, and the Plague in Seventeenth Century Tuscany
by Carlo Cippolla -
2
Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Aboriginal Life
by James Daschuk -
3
The Making of a Tropical Disease: A Short History of Malaria
by Randall Packard -
4
American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic
by Nancy Bristow -
5
Epidemic Invasions: Yellow Fever and the Limits of Cuban Independence, 1878–1930
by Mariola Espinosa
The best books on Pandemics, recommended by Christian W. McMillen
The best books on Pandemics, recommended by Christian W. McMillen
With coronavirus causing widespread panic, we would do well to educate ourselves about the history of pandemics and disease. University of Virginia historian and associate dean Christian W. McMillen, author of Pandemics: A Very Short Introduction, recommends the best introductions to the subject.
The Best Books to Read in Quarantine, recommended by Jenny Davidson
Times of disease and pestilence have much to tell us about the human condition. Jenny Davidson, Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, suggests some of the best books to read if you’re self-isolating or in quarantine.
-
1
Strangers in Their Own Land
by Arlie Russell Hochschild -
2
American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump
by Tim Alberta -
3
Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House
by Michael Wolff -
4
Gaslighting America: Why We Love It When Trump Lies to Us
by Amanda Carpenter -
5
The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump
by Bandy Lee
The Best Donald Trump Books, recommended by Tony Schwartz
The Best Donald Trump Books, recommended by Tony Schwartz
Around the world, people were taken aback when the populist candidate, a real estate developer and reality TV show star called Donald Trump, was elected as the 45th President of the United States. Here Tony Schwartz, Trump’s co-author on his bestselling book, The Art of the Deal, talks us through how that happened and why Trump is so mesmerising, even to those who oppose him.
Arthur Ammann recommends the best books on the HIV/Aids Plague
When dealing with epidemics, science does not have all the answers and relying on a new miracle drug is not always the solution. We must also learn the lessons of history, argues the veteran doctor of the HIV/Aids epidemic, Arthur Ammann. He picks the best books on ‘plagues.’
-
1
A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960
by Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz -
2
Macroeconomic Effects from Government Purchases and Taxes
by Robert Barro -
3
Identifying Government Spending Shocks
by Valerie Ramey -
4
Essays on the Great Depression
by Ben Bernanke -
5
The Great Depression in the United States from a Neoclassical Perspective
by Harold Cole and Lee Ohanian
The best books on The Lessons of the Great Depression, recommended by Robert Barro
-
1
Polio: An American Story
by David Oshinsky -
2
Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver
by Arthur Allen -
3
The Cutter Incident: How America's First Polio Vaccine Led to the Growing Vaccine Crisis
by Paul Offit -
4
Microbe Hunters
by Paul de Kruif -
5
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic
by Steven Johnson
The Best Vaccine Books, recommended by Seth Mnookin
The Best Vaccine Books, recommended by Seth Mnookin
November 9th, 2020: We’ve just heard the news that Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine is 90% effective, at least in the short-term, raising the possibility that the coronavirus pandemic may finally be brought to an end. The history of vaccines is an absolutely fascinating one, and we highly recommend all the books discussed in this 2013 interview with Seth Mnookin, author of The Panic Virus and Professor of Science Writing at MIT. These are all gripping reads that tell the story of vaccines, medicine’s greatest life-saver, and the risks people took to find them.
-
1
Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises
by Charles Kindleberger -
2
This Time Is Different
by Carmen Reinhart & Kenneth Rogoff -
3
John Maynard Keynes: 1883-1946: Economist, Philosopher, Statesman
by Robert Skidelsky -
4
A Demon of Our Own Design
by Richard Bookstaber -
5
Sources of the Self
by Charles Taylor