{"product_id":"9781529401721","title":"Four Horsemen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Four Horsemen - War, Pestilence, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFamine and Death - first appeared in the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook of Revelations a thousand years ago, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ebut they continue to track us in our own \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003etime. This original and inspiring study by\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ecelebrated historian Emily Mayhew traces \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe advances in science, technology and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ehumanitarianism that are enabling us to \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003etake them on, one by one.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt begins in Mosul, our oldest surviving \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ecity, and the  extraordinary coalition \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ecreated in a matter of days to save its \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003epeople from the worst horrors of the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eliberation battle against ISIS. As the city \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eand the humanitarian operation that helped \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eit to survive are restructured for a new \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eage, Mayhew shows other people whose \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ework gives us hope for the future, from the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003esearch to find new ways to discover and use \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eantimicrobial medicines and the innovations \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ein preventing the spread of deadly viruses; \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe laboratory work being taken to protect \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ecrops from disease and reduce famine, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eand why the potato, not the banana is the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003efuture; to the unique courage and  resolution \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eof those dedicated to securing the rights of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe dead and their families.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStanding in the way of the Horsemen is what \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily Mayhew calls, 'the most extraordinary \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ealliance ever to come together in defence \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eof our humanity.' These are the doctors, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003escientists, statisticians, engineers, peace \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003enegotiators, pharmacists, historians, forensic \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003escientists, vaccinators and volunteers who \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eare creating solutions to life and death \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eproblems which threaten us all. They are \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe new heroes of our age and this book is \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eabout them.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41186886025368,"sku":"9781529401721","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/products\/9781529401721.jpg?v=1635037511","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9781529401721","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}