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SUMMARY:Malibu Library Speaker Series: Author David Quammen
LOCATION:Malibu Library\n<p>Malibu City Hall is located at 23825 Stuart Ra
 nch Road\, Malibu.</p>
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DESCRIPTION:The Malibu Library Speaker Series presents author David Quamme
 n. For adults..\nhttps://lacountylibrary.libnet.info/event/9078131
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The Malibu Library Speaker Series presents
  author David Quammen on Wednesday\, October 18\, 2023 at 7 pm at Malibu C
 ity Hall.</p>\n<p>David Quammen&rsquo\;s books include&nbsp\;<em>Breathles
 s\,&nbsp\;The&nbsp\;Tangled Tree\,&nbsp\;The Song of the Dodo\,&nbsp\;The 
 Reluctant Mr. Darwin\,</em> and&nbsp\;<em>Spillover</em>\,&nbsp\;a finalis
 t for the National Book Critics Circle Award and recipient of the Premio L
 etterario Merck\, in Rome. He has written for&nbsp\;<em>The New Yorker\,&n
 bsp\;Harper&rsquo\;s Magazine\,&nbsp\;The Atlantic\,&nbsp\;National Geogra
 phic\,</em> and&nbsp\;<em>Outside</em>\, among other magazines\, and is a 
 three-time winner of the National Magazine Award.</p>\n<p>National Book Aw
 ard finalist <em>Breathless</em> tells the story of the worldwide scientif
 ic race to decipher the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2\, trace its source\, and ma
 ke possible the vaccines to fight the Covid-19 pandemic&mdash\;a &ldquo\;l
 uminous\, passionate account of the defining crisis of our time.&rdquo\; (
 <em>The New York Times</em>).</p>\n<p><em>Breathless</em> is a &ldquo\;gri
 pping&rdquo\; (<em>The Atlantic</em>) but &ldquo\;clear-eyed analysis&rdqu
 o\; (<em>Time</em>) of SARs-CoV-2 and its fierce journey through the human
  population\, as seen by the scientists who study its origin\, its ever-ch
 anging nature\, and its capacity to kill us. Quammen expertly shows how st
 range new viruses emerge from animals into humans as we disrupt wild ecosy
 stems and how those viruses adapt to their human hosts\, sometimes causing
  global catastrophe. He explains why this coronavirus will probably be a &
 ldquo\;forever virus\,&rdquo\; destined to circulate among humans and bede
 vil us endlessly\, in one variant form or another. As scientists labor to 
 catch it\, comprehend it\, and control it\, with their high-tech tools and
  methods\, the virus finds ways of escape.</p>\n<p>In his 2023 book <em>Th
 e Heartbeat of the Wild: Dispatches From Landscapes of Wonder\, Peril\, an
 d Hope\,</em> Quammen journeys to places where civilization meets raw natu
 re and explores the challenge of balancing the needs of both.</p>\n<p>This
  event takes place Malibu City Hall\, 23825 Stuart Ranch Road\, Malibu. RS
 VPs are required. Register online or call Malibu Library at 310.456.6438.<
 /p>\nhttps://lacountylibrary.libnet.info/event/9078131
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