{"product_id":"the-premonition","title":"The Premonition: A Pandemic Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Lewis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e The Premonition: A Pandemic Story\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2021-05-04\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Times Bestseller\u003cbr\u003eAn American Scientist Science Book of 2021\u003cbr\u003eA Bloomberg Best Book of 2021\u003cbr\u003eA Fortune Best Books of 2021\u003cbr\u003eA Guardian Best Book of 2021\u003cbr\u003eA Mother Jones Best Book of 2021\u003cbr\u003eA Next Big Idea Club Best Nonfiction of 2021\u003cbr\u003eOne of Smithsonian's 10 Best Science Books of 2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor those who could read between the lines, the censored news out of China was terrifying. But the president insisted there was nothing to worry about.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFortunately, we are still a nation of skeptics. Fortunately, there are those among us who study pandemics and are willing to look unflinchingly at worst-case scenarios. Michael Lewis's taut and brilliant nonfiction thriller pits a band of medical visionaries against the wall of ignorance that was the official response of the Trump administration to the outbreak of COVID-19.\u003cbr\u003eThe characters you will meet in these pages are as fascinating as they are unexpected. A thirteen-year-old girl's science project on transmission of an airborne pathogen develops into a very grown-up model of disease control. A local public-health officer uses her worm's-eye view to see what the CDC misses, and reveals great truths about American society. A secret team of dissenting doctors, nicknamed the Wolverines, has everything necessary to fight the pandemic: brilliant backgrounds, world-class labs, prior experience with the pandemic scares of bird flu and swine flu...everything, that is, except official permission to implement their work.\u003cbr\u003eMichael Lewis is not shy about calling these people heroes for their refusal to follow directives that they know to be based on misinformation and bad science. Even the internet, as crucial as it is to their exchange of ideas, poses a risk to them. They never know for sure who else might be listening in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393881554\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e Height: 6.49605 Inches, Length: 9.52754 Inches, Weight: 1.33159206248 Pounds, Width: 1.1811 Inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e en\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Lewis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51868939059507,"sku":"9780393881554","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/3636\/7411\/files\/14767763482238.jpg?v=1754325006","url":"https:\/\/bookabaloo.com\/products\/the-premonition","provider":"Bookabaloo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}