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• Scourge - The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox, by Jonathan B. Tucker.
  A history Smallpox: how it spread around the globe, how it affected civilization, and how Smallpox was eradicated. Plus a look at what might happen if smallpox were ever used as a bioweapon.



• Environmental Hazards: Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster, by Keith Smith.
  In this book, Smith merges hard science with data from the social sciences, to explore the environmental, political, and economic implications inherent in attempting to reduce, or prevent the occurrence of, an environmental hazard.



• The Rise of the Islamic Empire and the Threat to the West, by Anthony J. Dennis.
  A provocative book about the rise of Islamic Fundamentalist and the threat that it poses for the West.



• Living Terrors, by Michael T. Osterholm and John Schwartz.
  What America Needs to Know to Survive the Coming Bioterrorist Catastrophe.



• Geological Hazards: Their Assessment, Avoidance and Mitigation, by Fred G. Bell.
  This book offers a through introduction into the study of geological hazards, both natural and manmade. These hazards run the gamut from volcanic activity to ground water contamination.



• Viruses, Plagues and History, by Michael B. A. Oldstone
  This book provides an overview of a variety of viruses and their effect on man, both historically and in the present.



• Virus Ground Zero, by Ed Regis.
  This book offers a fascinating, insiders look at the Centers for Disease Control, and at the arsenal at the disposal of the 'Texas Rangers' of the virus world as they struggle to defeat such foes as Malaria, Ebola, and Smallpox.



• The Coming Plague, by Laurie Garrett.
  This impressive book examines the potentially catastrophic dangers presented by viruses and mans attempts to control the uncontrollable.