World War Z [electronic resource] : An Oral History of the Zombie War
Brooks, Max2006
eBook
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Prepare to be entranced by this addictively readable oral history of the great war between humans and zombies.”—Entertainment Weekly We survived the zombie apocalypse, but how many of us are still haunted by that terrible time? We have (temporarily?) defeated the living dead, but at what cost? Told in the haunting and riveting voices of the men and women who witnessed the horror firsthand, World War Z is the only record of the pandemic. The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet. He recorded the testimony of men, women, and sometimes children who came face-to-face with the living, or at least the undead, hell of that dreadful time. World War Z is the result. Never before have we had access to a document that so powerfully conveys the depth of fear and horror, and also the ineradicable spirit of resistance, that gripped human society through the plague years. THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE “Will spook you for real.”—The New York Times Book Review “Possesses more creativity and zip than entire crates of other new fiction titles. Think Mad Max meets The Hot Zone. . . . It’s Apocalypse Now, pandemic-style. Creepy but fascinating.”—USA Today “Will grab you as tightly as a dead man’s fist. A.”—Entertainment Weekly, EW Pick “Probably the most topical and literate scare since Orson Welles’s War of the Worlds radio broadcast . . . This is action-packed social-political satire with a global view.”—Dallas Morning News
Main title:
Author:
Brooks, Max, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Random House Worlds, 2006
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Audience:
Reading grade level: 5-6
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Max Brooks is an author, public speaker, and nonresident fellow at the Modern War Institute at West Point. His bestselling books include Minecraft: The Island, The Zombie Survival Guide. and World War Z, which was adapted into a 2013 movie starring Brad Pitt. His graphic novels include The Extinction Parade, G.I. Joe: Hearts & Minds, and the #1 New York Times bestseller The Harlem Hellfighters.
ISBN:
9780307351937
Language:
English
BRN:
543500
LDR
00000nam|a22000005i|4500
001
543500
003
VBAY
005
20240528043424.0
008
240527s2006||||xx||||||s|||||000|1|eng|d
020
#a9780307351937
024
8
#a18957
035
#a(OVERDRIVE)08F7D7E6-423F-45A6-9A1E-5AE9122C82E7
037
#a08F7D7E6-423F-45A6-9A1E-5AE9122C82E7#bOverDrive,Inc.#nhttp://www.overdrive.com
100
1
#aBrooks, Max,#eAuthor
245
10
#aWorld War Z#h[electronic resource] :#bAn Oral History of the Zombie War /#cMax Brooks
264
1
#a[Place of publication not identified] :#bRandom House Worlds,#c2006
300
#a1 online resource (1 text file)
336
#atext#btxt#2rdacontent
337
#acomputer#bc#2rdamedia
338
#aonline resource#bcr#2rdacarrier
545
0
#aMax Brooks is an author, public speaker, and nonresident fellow at the Modern War Institute at West Point. His bestselling books include Minecraft: The Island, The Zombie Survival Guide. and World War Z, which was adapted into a 2013 movie starring Brad Pitt. His graphic novels include The Extinction Parade, G.I. Joe: Hearts & Minds, and the #1 New York Times bestseller The Harlem Hellfighters.
520
#a#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Prepare to be entranced by this addictively readable oral history of the great war between humans and zombies.”—Entertainment Weekly We survived the zombie apocalypse, but how many of us are still haunted by that terrible time? We have (temporarily?) defeated the living dead, but at what cost? Told in the haunting and riveting voices of the men and women who witnessed the horror firsthand, World War Z is the only record of the pandemic. The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet. He recorded the testimony of men, women, and sometimes children who came face-to-face with the living, or at least the undead, hell of that dreadful time. World War Z is the result. Never before have we had access to a document that so powerfully conveys the depth of fear and horror, and also the ineradicable spirit of resistance, that gripped human society through the plague years. THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE “Will spook you for real.”—The New York Times Book Review “Possesses more creativity and zip than entire crates of other new fiction titles. Think Mad Max meets The Hot Zone. . . . It’s Apocalypse Now, pandemic-style. Creepy but fascinating.”—USA Today “Will grab you as tightly as a dead man’s fist. A.”—Entertainment Weekly, EW Pick “Probably the most topical and literate scare since Orson Welles’s War of the Worlds radio broadcast . . . This is action-packed social-political satire with a global view.”—Dallas Morning News
521
0
#a5-6
538
#aMode of access: Internet
655
0
#aFiction
655
0
#aHorror
655
0
#aLiterature
655
0
#aScience Fiction
856
4
#3Excerpt#uhttps://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/08F/7D7/E6/WorldWarZAnOralHistoryoftheZombieWar9780307351937.epub
856
4
#3Excerpt#uhttps://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=08F7D7E6-423F-45A6-9A1E-5AE9122C82E7&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
956
4
#3Thumbnail#uhttps://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/0111-1/{08F7D7E6-423F-45A6-9A1E-5AE9122C82E7}Img200.jpg
956
4
#3Image#uhttps://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/0111-1/{08F7D7E6-423F-45A6-9A1E-5AE9122C82E7}Img100.jpg