Guest guest Posted August 29, 2005 Report Share Posted August 29, 2005 on my lunch break walked over to Cody's books(how sad is that..i work for book publishers..and..on my lunchbreak..i got and look at..books...) and a new title caught my eye The Monster at our Door i didn't buy it, as i'm broke, and currently swamped with many more books then i can read fer awhile but..thought since this was yer current interest i'd mention it and of course fer everyone else as well Avian influenza is a viral asteroid on a collision course with humanity. In 1918, a pandemic strain of influenza killed at least 40 million people in three months. The World Health Organization wanrs that this new virus is on the verge of mutating into a super-contagious pandemic form that could visit several billion homes, and kill up to 100 million people, within two years. In this urgent and frightening book, Mike Davis reconstructs the scientific and political history of a viral apocalypse in the making, explsing the central roles of burgeoning slums, agribusiness, the fast-food industries, and corrupt governments in creaing the ecological conditions for the emergence of this new plague. With masterful strokes, Davis constructs the all too human footprint that capitalism leaves on ecology, and the 'natural' disasters that follow in its wake. a blinding flash hotter than the sun dead bodies lie across the path the radiation colors the air finishing one by one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 29, 2005 Report Share Posted August 29, 2005 , fraggle <EBbrewpunx@e...> wrote: > on my lunch break walked over to Cody's books(how sad is that..i work for book publishers..and..on my lunchbreak..i got and look at..books...) and a new title caught my eye > The Monster at our Door > Thanks for this info. I appreciate it. Vijay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 you walk to places! - fraggle 8/29/2005 3:59:32 PM hey vijay..avian flu on my lunch break walked over to Cody's books(how sad is that..i work for book publishers..and..on my lunchbreak..i got and look at..books...) and a new title caught my eyeThe Monster at our Doori didn't buy it, as i'm broke, and currently swamped with many more books then i can read fer awhilebut..thought since this was yer current interest i'd mention itand of course fer everyone else as wellAvian influenza is a viral asteroid on a collision course with humanity. In 1918, a pandemic strain of influenza killed at least 40 million people in three months. The World Health Organization wanrs that this new virus is on the verge of mutating into a super-contagious pandemic form that could visit several billion homes, and kill up to 100 million people, within two years. In this urgent and frightening book, Mike Davis reconstructs the scientific and political history of a viral apocalypse in the making, explsing the central roles of burgeoning slums, agribusiness, the fast-food industries, and corrupt governments in creaing the ecological conditions for the emergence of this new plague. With masterful strokes, Davis constructs the all too human footprint that capitalism leaves on ecology, and the 'natural' disasters that follow in its wake. a blinding flash hotter than the sun dead bodies lie across the path the radiation colors the airfinishing one by one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 *blinks slowly* ummm...yes... wot else am i suppose to do with my feet? "zurumato" Aug 29, 2005 6:43 PM RE: hey vijay..avian flu you walk to places! - fraggle 8/29/2005 3:59:32 PM hey vijay..avian flu on my lunch break walked over to Cody's books(how sad is that..i work for book publishers..and..on my lunchbreak..i got and look at..books...) and a new title caught my eyeThe Monster at our Door a blinding flash hotter than the sun dead bodies lie across the path the radiation colors the air finishing one by one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 oh i's just such a foreign concept in some areas, is rare to be able to walk anywhere in america these days, you are fortunte to have that option. : ) I love reading too, I used to be escorted out of libraires... -anouk - fraggle 8/29/2005 9:47:18 PM RE: hey vijay..avian flu *blinks slowly* ummm...yes... wot else am i suppose to do with my feet? "zurumato" Aug 29, 2005 6:43 PM RE: hey vijay..avian flu you walk to places! - fraggle 8/29/2005 3:59:32 PM hey vijay..avian flu on my lunch break walked over to Cody's books(how sad is that..i work for book publishers..and..on my lunchbreak..i got and look at..books...) and a new title caught my eyeThe Monster at our Door a blinding flash hotter than the sun dead bodies lie across the path the radiation colors the air finishing one by one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 i have a slight suggestion move i try and walk to work at least once a week... i said try and..we walk the dogs almost every nite.... plus..lanesplitter is only a couple blocks from my abode..vegan calzones and beer.. wot more could i want out of life? "zurumato" Aug 29, 2005 7:18 PM RE: hey vijay..avian flu oh i's just such a foreign concept in some areas, is rare to be able to walk anywhere in america these days, you are fortunte to have that option. : ) I love reading too, I used to be escorted out of libraires... -anouk a blinding flash hotter than the sun dead bodies lie across the path the radiation colors the air finishing one by one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Who can afford to drive now-a-days!? Besides, when we were young, you walked everywhere! Kids are so spoiled these days. Zak and DH walk to and from school which is about a 15-20 minute walk each way. The only days he'll get a ride is in really bad weather. My neighbors and I are currently fighting to get our street turned into a cul-de-sac. Our street runs for 2 blocks and that is it. When we walked around the first time with the petition, one neighbor said and I quote " Then how will I get to the gas station on the corner? " . Um, walk? Or drive one block around. Talk about laziness! This was a young guy too! Nikki , " zurumato@e... " <zurumato@e...> wrote: > you walk to places! > > > - > fraggle > > 8/29/2005 3:59:32 PM > hey vijay..avian flu > > > on my lunch break walked over to Cody's books(how sad is that..i work for book publishers..and..on my lunchbreak..i got and look at..books...) and a new title caught my eye > The Monster at our Door > i didn't buy it, as i'm broke, and currently swamped with many more books then i can read fer awhile > but..thought since this was yer current interest i'd mention it > and of course fer everyone else as well > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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