Category Archives: Book Reviews

Learning from Catastrophes review

Posted on June 18, 2010 by Carrie Ludovico

Kunreuther, Howard, and Michael Useem. Learning from catastrophes: strategies for reaction and response. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Wharton School Publishing, 2009. HD61 .L43 2010 In this wide-ranging volume of essays, Kunreuther and Useem have drawn together a number of important … Continue reading →

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A Cruel Wind

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Carrie Ludovico

Pettit, Dorothy A., and Janice Bailie. A Cruel Wind: Pandemic Flu in America, 1918-1920. Murfreesboro, Tenn.: Timberlane Books, 2008. RC 150.5 .A2 P48 2008 We all know – or think we know – much about the “Great Epidemic” of flu … Continue reading →

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Biographies of Disease: Influenza

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Carrie Ludovico

This title, from a set we’re collecting, caught my eye. From the Series Foreward: Every disease has a story to tell: about how it started long ago and began to disable or even take the lives of its innocent victims, … Continue reading →

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Review of Extreme Weather: A Guide and Record Book

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Carrie Ludovico

I think I actually was the librarian who requested this book, but I had forgotten about it until it caught my eye on the “New Books” shelf here at Boatwright.* Eye-catching is probably the best description of it; it is … Continue reading →

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