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If you are interested in learning about the history of disease and you wish to learn by reading a set of fascinating books, you are in the right place. Through this post we are going to publish very interesting observations and critical book reviews done by students at the Boston University in fall 2010. These books are among students’ choices of reading for the course Global Public Health: History, Approaches and Practice taught by Professor  Jonathon Simon at the BU School of Public Health.

“A critical book review is not the same as a book report, which merely summarizes the content of the text. Rather, we are asking you to write a focused analysis that balances a small amount of summary with your interpretation of key points of interest addressed by the author. This entails choosing one or two themes or topics in the book providing your reflections on the quality of information, the logic and substance of the argument(s), and the quality of the writing. A critical book review starts with a thesis and sets out to support it by making direct references to points made by the author”            Professor  Jonathon Simon, Boston Univsersity
Name Critical Book Review Year
1 Affan T. Shaikh The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance. Laurie Garrett 2010
2 Amanda Bartholomew Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases: The Neglected Tropical Diseases and Their Impact on Global Health and Development” Peter J. Hotez 2010
3 Arian Rustemi The Fever: How malaria has ruled humankind for 500,000 years.  Sonia Shah 2010
4 Aya Obara The Malaria Capers: Tales of parasites and people.   Robert S. Desowitz 2010
5 Barbara Waldorf And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic. Randy Schilts 2010
6 Bojan Jokic_ Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases: The Neglected Tropical Diseases and Their Impact on Global Health and Development” Peter J. Hotez 2010
7 Beth Bachman The Great Influenza: The epic story of the deadliest plague in history. John M. Barry 2010
8 Christopher Libby The Invisible Cure: Why we are losing the fight against AIDS in Africa.  Helen Epstein 2010
9 Danit Kaya The Invisible Cure: Why we are losing the fight against AIDS in Africa.  Helen Epstein 2010
10 Emily Bean. Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases: The Neglected Tropical Diseases and Their Impact on Global Health and Development” Peter J. Hotez 2010
11 Hayat Abdulkerim The Fever: How malaria has ruled humankind for 500,000 years.  Sonia Shah 2010
12 Heather Sauls Plagues and Poxes: The impact of human history on epidemic diseases. Alfred Jay Bollet 2010
13 Heather  Friedman The Speckled Monster: A historical tale of smallpox.  Jennifer Lee Carrell 2010
14 Diana Ivans The Ghost Map:  The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic- and How it Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World.  Steven Johnson 2010
15 Jackie Byrd And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic. Randy Schilts 2010
16 Joseph Scarpelli The Fever: How malaria has ruled humankind for 500,000 years.  Sonia Shah 2010
17 Ken Moore Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases: The Neglected Tropical Diseases and Their Impact on Global Health and Development” Peter J. Hotez 2010
18 Lauren Kleimola The Fever: How malaria has ruled humankind for 500,000 years.  Sonia Shah 2010
19 Leslie Craig And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic. Randy Schilts 2010
20 Nandini Jayarajan The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels and the Business of AIDS. Elizabeth Pisani 2010
21 Noemi Lopez Plagues and Poxes: The impact of human history on epidemic diseases. Alfred Jay Bollet 2010
22 Rob Segan The Ghost Map:  The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic- and How it Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World.  Steven Johnson 2010
23 Sara Gille The Fever: How malaria has ruled humankind for 500,000 years.  Sonia Shah 2010
24 Tasha Morrison The Invisible Cure: Why we are losing the fight against AIDS in Africa.  Helen Epstein 2010
25 Therese Claxton The Fever: How malaria has ruled humankind for 500,000 years.  Sonia Shah 2010
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