{"product_id":"how-to-survive-a-plague","title":"How To Survive A Plague","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe riveting, powerful and profoundly moving story of the AIDS epidemic.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of The Green Carnation Prize for LGBTQ literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT non-fiction\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize 2017\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Survive a Plague\u003c\/i\u003e by David France is a social and scientific history of AIDS, and the grass-roots movement of activists, many of them facing their own life-or-death struggles, who grabbed the reins of scientific research to help develop the drugs that turned HIV from a mostly fatal infection to a manageable disease. Around the globe, the 15.8 million people taking anti-AIDS drugs today are alive thanks to their efforts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot since the publication of Randy Shilts''s now classic \u003ci\u003eAnd the Band Played On\u003c\/i\u003e in 1987 has a book sought to measure the AIDS plague in such brutally human, intimate, and soaring terms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeaving together the stories of dozens of individuals, this is an insider''s account of a pivotal moment in our history and one that changed the way that medical science is practised worldwide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''This superbly written chronicle will stand as a towering work in its field'' - \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Inspiring, uplifting and necessary reading'' - Steve Silberman author of \u003ci\u003eNeurotribes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57306355466622,"sku":"NW9781509839407","price":12.47,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781509839407.jpg?v=1778261281","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/how-to-survive-a-plague","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}