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Book Cover: Asleep: The Forgotten Epidemic that Remains One of Medicine's Greatest Mysteries
Asleep: The Forgotten Epidemic that Remains One of Medicine's Greatest Mysteries
By Molly Caldwell Crosby

'Riveting storytelling . . . The remarkable human connection Crosby brings to this scientific oddity helps enlighten readers about a pandemic forgotten in the shadow of the contemporaneous Spanish flu and till now memorializes only in Oliver Sacks's Awakenings.' – Publishers Weekly

'Riveting storytelling . . . The remarkable human connection Crosby brings to this scientific oddity helps enlighten readers about a pandemic forgotten in the shadow of the contemporaneous Spanish flu...

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Published: 18/05/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780425238738
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover: Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner & a Gentleman Solved the
Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner & a Gentleman Solved the
By Stephen Bown
In the days of the tall ships, one dreaded foe was responsible for more deaths at sea than piracy, shipwreck and all other illnesses combined. Cruelly culling sailors and stunting maritime enterprise from Vasco da Gama to Sir Francis Drake, this plague of the seas was scurvy.
In the days of the tall ships, one dreaded foe was responsible for more deaths at sea than piracy, shipwreck and all other illnesses combined. Cruelly culling sailors and stunting maritime enterprise from...
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Published: 01/09/2004
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143002642
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover: The Ghost Map: A Street, A City, An Epidemic and The Hidden Power of Urban Networks
The Ghost Map: A Street, A City, An Epidemic and The Hidden Power of Urban Networks
By Steve Johnson
Steven Johnson is one of today's most exciting writers about popular culture, urban living and new technology.
Steven Johnson is one of today's most exciting writers about popular culture, urban living and new technology.
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Published: 11/03/2008
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141029368
RRP: $24.95

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21 May 2012
2012 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) - winners

The Australian Book Industry Awards were held in Sydney on Friday night. It was a great night for Penguin with our books taking the top honors in four book categories including the prestigious Book of the Year. Congratulations also to Peg McColl, Kate McCormack and the rights team who won the International (Rights) Award for the second year running for Paul French's book Midnight in Peking. United Book Distributors were again named Distributor of the Year.

Illustrated Book of the Year

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