Scared To Death

Author : Christopher Booker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472985222
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scared to Death written by Christopher Booker and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-06 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newly revised and updated in the light of COVID-19 For most of the latter part of the last century, and the early part of this, Britain has been assailed by a succession of 'scares', from salmonella and eggs to BSE, from the Millennium Bug to bird flu, from DDT to passive smoking, from asbestos to global warming. These scares have become one of the most conspicuous and damaging features of our modern world, so much so that as we entered the third decade of the new century, our senses had become so blunted that we scarcely recognised the real thing for what it was, until it arrived – COVID-19, for which we were almost completely unprepared. The authors analyse the crucial roles of the different factions who perpetrated the scares: from the scientists who misread or manipulated the evidence to the media and lobbyists who eagerly promoted scares without regard to the consequences, and the politicians and officials who came up with absurdly disproportionate responses, leaving us to pay a colossal price. In this updated edition, Scared to Death not only presents a detailed account of the scares that have dominated our society for the past 50 years – through all of which the authors lived – but also examines the background to the COVID-19 pandemic, tracing our lack of preparedness to its roots and then assessing, by way of contrast, why this is the real thing, as opposed to the succession of scares that we have experienced.

Author : Rachel Amphlett
Publisher : Saxon Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0994433751
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scared to Death written by Rachel Amphlett and published by Saxon Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jon Entine
Publisher : Am Cncl on Science, Health
ISBN 13 : 057807561X
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scared to Death written by Jon Entine and published by Am Cncl on Science, Health. This book was released on 2011 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains how scientists assess the risks and benefits of chemicals, arguing that fear of chemicals poses a risk to public health.

Author : Lindsay Tunkl
Publisher : Parallax Press
ISBN 13 : 1941529992
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book When You Die You Will Not Be Scared to Die written by Lindsay Tunkl and published by Parallax Press. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This brief artistic collection of fears around dying--and their ultimate futility in the face of the unknown--is a keepsake, a prayer book, a prompt for contemplation, and a gift to give to others to inspire conversations about the liberating power of death and what makes a good life. This small book of 12 meditations on death is intentionally repetitive and hypnotic in effect, and will inspire the reader to list what scares them most, come to terms with their own mortality, and realize what fears are holding them back from living a life fully with 100 percent commitment. It will appeal to anyone who wishes to live with greater intention and purpose and experience more joy and appreciation of the present moment. Buddhists and mindfulness practitioners, people who are aging, people who read the news and are worried, artists, people who are taking care of others who are dying, people who are dying (i.e., all of us ...), Tarot card readers and modern-day shamans will all find inspiration in these terse lists. Young people aghast at the adult world's seeming indifference to our mortality will especially relate to the uncompromising vision of this book.

Author : Sheryl Gormley
Publisher : Playswithwords
ISBN 13 : 9780615759456
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Almost Scared to Death written by Sheryl Gormley and published by Playswithwords. This book was released on 2013-02-07 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning in early childhood, Catherine's fear of medical personnel leave her parents perplexed. Without understanding the reasons for it, they believe her behavior foolish and feel she could change it, or at least control it. The simple suggestion of a visit to a doctor or dentist throws her into anxiety that won't abate, causing her to faint when the actual appointment comes to fruition. Catherine does well in school, has many friends, and especially enjoys sports. As she grows older, the phobias become full-blown. Her parents, steadfast in their assessment of the situation, insist that she keep quiet about her problems. If she discloses them she will become an embarrassment to herself and her family and, in all likelihood, plod through life alone and lonely. Confused by her parent's attitude, largely because these 'events' do not occur on a daily basis, Catherine learns to keep her mouth shut about them. Otherwise, for the most part she manages to lead a normal life. However, struggling through her twelfth summer, due to losing two of her friends to drowning accidents and three times narrowly escaping drowning herself through the pranks of others, a new terror grabs her: fear of water. Now almost thirty, divorced, and on her own she gets a job and takes care of her kids. Over the next several years she takes steps to conquer the monster in her head that controls her fears. Nothing seems to help. Time passes. Catherine is diagnosed with Stage Three cancer and is told "if you don't have surgery in three months, you won't live four." Christmas-time looms. She delays facing her choice by not canceling a cruise that had been planned and paid for months before. The trip is marred with weakness and continual pain. She returns home to make her final or fatal decision.

Author : Debby Giusti
Publisher : Steeple Hill
ISBN 13 : 1426804725
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scared To Death written by Debby Giusti and published by Steeple Hill. This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unexpected phone call from a frantic, estranged friend sent scientist Kate Murphy to a rural town in Georgia. But neither woman made the meeting. Kate's friend died mysteriously. And Kate herself was trapped in a horrific accident until rescued by Nolan Price, her friend's handsome boss. And the widowed single father might know more about secrets and lies than he was telling. Offered refuge in his house—which happened to be in the dark woods that so scared her friend—Kate sought the truth. But what she found would shock her—and her faith—to the core.

Author : Jahnna N. Malcolm
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scared to Death written by Jahnna N. Malcolm and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Wendy Corsi Staub
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 006210098X
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scared to Death written by Wendy Corsi Staub and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-04-19 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elsa Cavalon—petrified that the nightmare from fifteen years earlier is beginning all over again . . . Marin Quinn—hiding with her daughters in their concrete fortress, her storybook marriage over . . . Perfect strangers whose once-perfect lives were cruelly shattered, they're bound by a long-lost child, a fragile strand of newfound maternal hope—and mutual loneliness. Yet Elsa and Marin are never truly alone. Someone is always nearby, watching them and their children. Someone driven by vengeance and the simple poetry of nursery rhymes . . . Someone who must satisfy a dark need with innocent blood. And now time is running out for two mothers stalked by a cunning mastermind who wants to leave them . . . Scared to death

Author : Norah McClintock
Publisher : Kane/Miller Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781610670043
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scared to Death written by Norah McClintock and published by Kane/Miller Book Publishers. This book was released on 2011 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One day Tessa was standing on Chloes porch, looking scared. Two days later she was dead. Chloe cant shake the thought that she didnt ask Tessa what was wrong, even though shed seemed frightened. Now she has to find out who might have wanted Tessa out of the way. And she cant help wondering what it was, the night Tessa came for help, that had her scared to death...

Author : Mark Greaney
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593099001
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sierra Six written by Mark Greaney and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's been years since the Gray Man's first mission, but the trouble's just getting started in the latest entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Before he was the Gray Man, Court Gentry was Sierra Six, the junior member of a CIA action team. In their first mission they took out a terrorist leader, at a terrible price. Years have passed. The Gray Man is on a simple mission when he sees a ghost: the long-dead terrorist, but he's remarkably energetic for a dead man. A decade of time hasn't changed the Gray Man. He isn't one to leave a job unfinished or a blood debt unpaid.