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"Bienvenidos al confinamiento de David y Lara: una historia de amor en cien sencillos desastres. El primer desastre fue una pandemia mundial. El segundo, un decreto de alerta. ¿El tercero? Que Lara y David deberán compartir piso a pesar de un simple hecho incontestable: se odian profundamente. A partir de ahí, las catástrofes no dejarán de sucederse, y los gatos nudistas, el yoga acrobático y los sentimientos inoportunos solo serán el principio....
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When Charlie Guest gets dragged along on a cruise by his friend Martin, he thinks his biggest worry will be seasickness. But when an outbreak forces some of the passengers to quarantine in paradise, things take a decidedly different turn, especially after a body turns up in a pool. Everyone is a suspect.
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"A global pandemic has America under quarantine. In a run-down apartment building, with nowhere to go and nothing to do, five people--a philosopher, an academic, a filmmaker, a sculptor, and a philanthropist--come together, at first only for the pleasure of company. Then they find themselves in a ferocious debate about the obsessions that drive their lives and a ruthless quest to discover the secrets that brought them together. Their passions and...
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"Stało się. Świat się skończył. Nadeszło Groźne i Inne. Przestańcie się mazać, to dopiero początek. Nie zapinajcie pasów. To bez sensu. 2014. Jacek Nitecki stoi samotny przed halą odlotów Okęcia. Zaczyna padać deszcz. Dzwoni telefon. Jacek odbiera, myśląc, że jego droga do piekła właśnie się skończyła. Ale ona dopiero się zaczyna. 2020. Warszawa wchodzi w kolejną falę pandemii. Lockdown zamyka ludzi w ich domach, w ich...
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"Much has been written about thousands of sick Hawaiians forced into exile on the island of Moloka'i. Their fate is a stain on history. But of one group, there are no records. No written history. What about those hidden by their families? What made it into the history books about those eluding the sheriff, the bounty hunters, and the health authorities? What of those hiding in caves and cane fields, in hills and valleys? Nothing. Their stories,...
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"With whimsical illustrations and relatable prose, When We Stayed Home is a reminder of how young children navigated big feelings and cheered themselves on during the upheaval of the Covid-19 pandemic. Honoring their role as "super helpers" they made sure to wash their hands, wear masks, social distance, and stay home. With the family dog as a trusty sidekick, the super-helper in When We Stayed Home builds virus-free forts, decorates toilet paper-shaped...
47) Zombie airman
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The night of the plague follows sunset on April Fool's Day around the world. By sunrise, less than fifteen percent of the world's population is uninfected. The airborne disease is invulnerable to any air filter or disease barrier. The fifteen percent uninfected are still vulnerable to the disease as [it's] spread via bodily fluids. These are the stories of those just trying to survive. Airman First Class Caleb White, dorm rat, burned out on monitoring...
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"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things and The Book of Two Ways comes a deeply moving novel about the resilience of the human spirit in a moment of crisis. Diana O'Toole is perfectly on track. She will be married by thirty, done having kids by thirty-five, and move out to the New York City suburbs, all while climbing the professional ladder in the cutthroat art auction world. She's an associate specialist at Sotheby's...
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