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No Dejes Escapar LA Ira No Dejes Escapar LA Ira Miguel Angel Fraga En No Dejes Escapar La Ira reúne diecisiete relatos sobre el tema del SIDA. El autor recrea hechos reales a partir de sus propias vivencias y las de otros enfermos del sanatorio. En ellos Fraga, con … OL10201218W
Traveling light Traveling light Katrina Kittle "Travel light and you can sing in the robber's face" was the best advice Summer Zwolenick ever received from her father, though she didn't recognize it at the time. Three years after the accident tha… OL102621W
SIDA SIDA Enrique García Huete Assembles and gives an analysis of the most recent studies on behavior in relationship to the transmission, diagnosis and prevention of AIDS/HIV. OL13731729W
Moving Politics Moving Politics Deborah B. Gould In the late 1980s, after a decade spent engaged in more routine interest-group politics, thousands of lesbians and gay men responded to the AIDS crisis by defiantly and dramatically taking to the str… OL13745210W
A dream to cherish A dream to cherish Angela Elwell Hunt Fourteen-year-old Cassie's adjustment to a new school and a new stepfather and stepbrother is eased by friendship with the dazzling championship roller skater Arien, with whom Cassie shares her faith… OL14852396W
Securing our future Securing our future United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa. Across Africa, people dying prematurely from AIDS continues to pose serious challenges to the ability of African States to maintain efficient public institutions and deliver sound policies and promot… OL15028494W
Red ribbon Red ribbon Sarah Weeks Eight-year-old Jenny learns the meaning of wearing a red ribbon when her neighbor is stricken with AIDS. OL15058774W
What looks like crazy on an ordinary day-- What looks like crazy on an ordinary day-- Pearl Cleage E-book extra: Reading group guide.That one unthinkable, unmistakable thing is happening to Ava Johnson in sleepy Idlewild after a decade of luxe living in Atlanta: she is falling in love. The classic… OL151644W
The mystery of the poison pen The mystery of the poison pen Gayle G. Roper Twelve-year-old Alysha, an African American, is appalled that someone in her church would leave poison pen notes about a baby with AIDS, and is determined to find the culprit, while also facing more … OL15204181W
Object matters Object matters Nicole Vitellone "During the mid-1980s the object of the condom became associated with the prevention of HIV/AIDS. In this book Nicole Vitellone investigates the consequences of this shift in the object's meaning." "… OL15881247W
AIDS AIDS Sigall K. Bell "This comprehensive review examines the biological, medical, social, historical, and political aspects of HIV/AIDS"-- OL16001999W
HIV screening and access to care HIV screening and access to care Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on HIV Screening and Access to Care "With the widespread use of highly active anti-retroviral treatment (HAART), HIV has become a chronic, rather than a fatal, disease. But for their treatment to succeed, patients require uninterrupted… OL16153087W
Tinderbox Tinderbox Craig Timberg In this groundbreaking narrative, longtime Washington Post journalist Craig Timberg and award-winning AIDS researcher Daniel Halperin tell the surprising story of how western colonial powers unwittin… OL16176732W
The origins of AIDS The origins of AIDS Jacques Pepin "This compelling new account traces the origins and development of the most dramatic and destructive disease epidemic of modern times. Jacques Pepin looks back to the early twentieth-century events i… OL16307808W
AIDS AIDS Janet Majure Discusses the history, diagnosis, causes, prevention, and treatment of a disease that has affected more people over a wider geographic range than any other epidemic. OL1637349W
Rethinking HIV priorities Rethinking HIV priorities Bjørn Lomborg "Thirty years after the identification of the disease that became known as AIDS, humanitarian organizations warn that the fight against HIV/AIDS has slowed, amid a funding shortfall and donor fatigue… OL16672631W
You Can Call Me Willy You Can Call Me Willy Joan C. Verniero Although eight-year-old Willy has AIDS, she wants to play baseball. OL1813871W
AIDS AIDS Robert Emmet Long Reprints from various sources of articles defining and explaining the disease and its impact. OL18308467W
Now that you know Now that you know Betty Fairchild,Nancy Hayward "One of the most important books about gay people yet published, Now that you Know is a challenging and enlightening guide for the 20 to 40 million parents in the United States who may be faced with … OL1867718W
The economics of HIV and AIDS The economics of HIV and AIDS David E. Bloom,Peter Godwin Contributed articles. OL19236885W
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