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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Jag dör, men minnet lever Jag dör, men minnet lever Henning Mankell A powerful, moving and tragic account of the families shattered and children abandoned as a result of the spread of HIV and, through the Memory Books project, a hope for the future. Henning Mankel… OL13629224W
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 AIDS conspiracy The AIDS conspiracy Nicoli Nattrass Since the early days of the AIDS epidemic, many bizarre and dangerous hypotheses have been advanced to explain the origins of the disease. In this compelling book, Nicoli Nattrass explores the social… OL16263702W
Preparing for the future of HIV/AIDS in Africa Preparing for the future of HIV/AIDS in Africa Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Envisioning a Strategy to Prepare for the Long-Term Burden of HIV/AIDS: African Needs and U.S. Interests HIV/AIDS is a catastrophe globally but nowhere more so than in sub-Saharan Africa, which in 2008 accounted for 67 percent of cases worldwide and 91 percent of new infections. The Institute of Medicin… OL16300847W
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, intimacy and care in rural KwaZulu-Natal AIDS, intimacy and care in rural KwaZulu-Natal Patricia C. Henderson This book describes how HIV/AIDS became part of the lives of the people of the mountainous Okhahlamba in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. Based on extensive research in the area between 2… OL19825155W
Empty hands, a memoir Empty hands, a memoir Ntleko, Abegail Sister "Now 79 years old, Sister Abegail looks back over her life and recounts the remarkable events that led to her becoming the mother of dozens of children orphaned by the AIDS crisis in South Africa"--P… OL20006225W
Twenty Chickens for a Saddle Twenty Chickens for a Saddle Robyn Scott A glorious new voice on Africa, Robyn Scott's adventures growing up in Botswana in a loving but eccentric family will be one of the season's most talked-about memoirs Robyn Scott's story of moving at… OL9324609W