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  • "HIV is God's Blessing"by Jarrett Zigon

    University of California Press 2010; US$ 24.95

    This provocative study examines the role of today?s Russian Orthodox Church in the treatment of HIV/AIDS. Russia has one of the fastest-growing rates of HIV infection in the world?80 percent from intravenous drug use?and the Church remains its only resource for fighting these diseases. Jarrett Zigon takes the reader into a Church-run treatment center... more...

  • 117 Daysby Ruth First; Angela Davis

    Penguin Group US 2009; US$ 14.00

    An unforgettable account of defiance against political terror by one of South Africa's pioneering anti-apartheid activists An invaluable testimonial of the excesses of the apartheid system, 117 Days presents the harrowing chronicle of journalist Ruth First's isolation and abuse at the hands of South African interrogators after her arrest in 1963.... more...

  • 1968 in Europeby Martin Klimke; Joachim Scharloth

    Palgrave Macmillan 2008; US$ 34.00

    A concise reference for researchers on the protest movements of the 1960s and 1970s, this book covers the history of the various national protest movements, the transnational aspects of these movements, and the common narratives and cultures of memory surrounding them. more...

  • A 1980s Childhoodby Michael A. Johnson

    The History Press 2012; US$ 7.28

    Do you remember trying to solve a Rubik's Cube whilst dressed in your He-Man picture pyjamas? Did you try to make 'cool' sound effects with your mouth like Jones from the Police Academy films? Or maybe you swooned over Scott and Charlene (aka Jason and Kylie)'s wedding of the year? If that sounds like you, there's no mistaking that you were a child... more...

  • 30 years of IJSE, Part 11by Barrie Pettman

    Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005; US$ 199.00

    This e-book addresses the issue of emotion in healthcare organization. It reflects a more general and growing interest in the role of emotion across a range of academic disciplines. The articles selected for inclusion in this e-book therefore trace both the interpersonal nature of emotion, as well as how it can also span the individual and the organizational... more...

  • 30 years of IJSE, Part 12by Tom Nitsch

    Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005; US$ 199.00

    This e-book addresses the issue of emotion in healthcare organization. It reflects a more general and growing interest in the role of emotion across a range of academic disciplines. The articles selected for inclusion in this e-book therefore trace both the interpersonal nature of emotion, as well as how it can also span the individual and the organizational... more...

  • 30 years of IJSE, Part 13by Barrie Pettman

    Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005; US$ 199.00

    In celebration of Professor John O?Brien?s considerable impact on the discipline of Social Economics, this festival of writing celebrates his unique style by producing a number of learned and substantial articles covering a very wide area within the subject area. more...

  • 50 Facts That Should Change the Worldby Jessica Williams

    Icon Books 2007; US$ 11.65

    In this new edition of her bestseller, Jessica Williams tests the temperature of our world and diagnoses a malaise with some shocking symptoms.  Get the facts but also the human side of the story on the world?s hunger, poverty, material and emotional deprivation; its human rights abuses and unimaginable wealth; the unstoppable rise of consumerism,... more...

  • 50 Facts That Should Change the Worldby Jessica Williams

    Icon Books 2007; US$ 11.65

    In this new edition of her bestseller, Jessica Williams tests the temperature of our world and diagnoses a malaise with some shocking symptoms.  Get the facts but also the human side of the story on the world?s hunger, poverty, material and emotional deprivation; its human rights abuses and unimaginable wealth; the unstoppable rise of consumerism,... more...

  • 50+by Bill Novelli; Boe Workman; Steve Case

    St. Martin's Press 2006; US$ 7.99

    50+ is a call to arms. It's a groundbreaking look at the revolution that's going on right now among seventy-eight million American baby boomers. From age 50+ on up, Americans are refusing to rock away their retirement. They're starting new careers, rallying for causes close to their hearts, raising grandchildren, becoming more active in their... more...