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Dr. Kortepeter is an infectious disease and public health physician, scientist, and retired Army colonel. He spent 7 1/2 years at the "hot zone" lab at Fort Detrick, Maryland, where he managed crises related to Ebola, anthrax, and bioterrorism. His career has spanned the hospital, the lab, the lecture hall, the corner office, the battlefield, and other remote field settings. ...more

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Inside the Hot Zone: A Sold...

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Wild by Cheryl Strayed
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I saw the movie before I read the book. This book is beautifully written, but I still liked the movie better. Whether you'll like this book may depend on why you are reading it. As a backpacker myself, I was more interested in the adventure of the tr ...more
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This was my second Preston-Child novel. I enjoyed this more than "Cold Vengeance." It took me about 100 pages to get into it, then the book carried me through on a steady pace as Pendergast tries to determine who is behind historical and present-day ...more
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Political Suicide by Michael           Palmer
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The narrative has a decent pace, and I generally enjoyed it while reading, but I felt it was really crafted as a legal or military thriller rather than the type of medical thriller I have previously enjoyed from Palmer. I also had difficulty distingu ...more
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Raise the Titanic! by Clive Cussler
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This book is now 50 years old, and although its novelty has been diminished since the real Titanic has been found and photographed, it was still a fun read. I had some difficulty keeping some of the government characters straight, as they would show ...more
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MASH by Richard Hooker
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The book that spawned the hit movie and TV series is probably the best book I have read that captures effectively my own experience with the conflicting humorous and tragic aspects of military medicine in a deployed environment.
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Spillover by David Quammen
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I was a bit slow getting into this book at first - I think partly because there were long gaps between the times I was able to sit down and concentrate. However, once I became absorbed in it, it flowed well. Quammen has a nice, folksy way of bringing ...more
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Lab 257 by Michael Christopher Carroll
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This book provided me some useful history on the origins of the Plum Island animal disease lab, its mission, and its challenges. Stories are included about various accidents and the author also theorizes about whether Lyme disease and West Nile virus ...more
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A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
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This is the story of an American military ambulance driver working in the Italian army who is injured from an explosion. While recovering, he falls in love with a British nurse. I enjoyed two prior Hemingway books ("Sun Also Rises" and "For Whom the ...more
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Lord of the Flies by William Golding
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