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Twenty Eight Stories of Aids in Africa by Stephanie Nolen
There are 28 million people infected with the HIV virus in Africa. Why should we care? Here in 28 powerful unfogettable stories are 28 reasons why. This landmark book puts a human face on the catastrophe that now exceeds the Black Plague in magnitude, giving you 28 un-ignorable reasons to care
Paperback, 304 pp, $34.95. Buy
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Science Sold Out, Does HIV Really Cause AIDS? by Rebecca Culshaw
The HIV/AIDS hypothesis remains highly controversial, despite the best efforts of medical and insurance establishments, the government, and the media to promote its acceptance. Rebecca Culshaw spent years researching HIV for her work constructing mathematical models of its interactions with the immune system. Rarely do researchers bite the hand that funds them, but Culshaw felt she had no choice. In "Science Sold Out," she focuses on the changing definition of AIDS and the flaws in all HIV testing. In a much broader sense, she explains how the current, government-based structure of scientific research has corrupted science in the search for truth. The book offers not only scientific reasons for repudiating the HIV/AIDS theory, but also soci
Paperback, 100 pp, $29.95. Buy
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A Guide to Acting on AIDS, Understanding the Global AIDS Pandemic and Responding Through Faith and Action by Jyl Hall, Michaela Dodd and Laura Barton and others
A Guide to Acting on AIDS is designed to equip Christian college students with a deeper awareness of the global AIDS pandemic, why their faith should inform their response, and how they can put their faith into action. This practical study examines HIV/AIDS through a variety of different disciplines and perspectives, such as the scientific, socioeconomic, political, and humanitarian impacts of the disease. Each chapter explores what the Bible says about these issues and what is being done globally to respond. The guide is designed for individuals or for groups and includes discussion questions and proposed action items for the readers. World Vision is a Christian relief and development organization dedicated to helping children and their co
Paperback, 90 pp, $15.95. Buy
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The Guide to Living with HIV Infection, Developed at the Johns Hopkins AIDS Clinic by John G. Bartlett and Ann K. Finkbeiner
A source of medical, emotional, social, and practical advice available for those infected with HIV and their loved ones. This guide provides the information necessary for making good decisions about treatment and testing in a world transformed by research and pharmacotherapy
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The Guide to Living with HIV Infection, Developed at the Johns Hopkins AIDS Clinic by John G. Bartlett and Ann K. Finkbeiner
A source of medical, emotional, social, and practical advice available for those infected with HIV and their loved ones. This guide provides the information necessary for making good decisions about treatment and testing in a world transformed by research and pharmacotherapy
Paperback, 448 pp, $39.95. Buy
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AIDS and Power, Why There is No Political Crisis, Yet by Alexander De Waal
Part of a series on burning issues confronting Africa and the world, this book talks about AIDS in Africa - what it means for government and democracy. It argues that approaches to the epidemic are driven by interests and frameworks that fail to engage with African resilience and creativity
Paperback, 147 pp, $52.95. Buy
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Humanizing Pedagogy Through HIV and AIDS Prevention, Transforming Teacher Knowledge
A guide for teachers of HIV and AIDS prevention. This book explores the power of educators to serve as HIV and AIDS prevention agents. It considers the social, economic, racial, gender and other variables that impact the prevention of HIV and AIDS. It is aimed at educators, in the US and abroad, interested in attending to the needs of the learner
Paperback, 354 pp, $69.00. Buy
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We are All the Same, A Story of a Boy's Courage and a Mother's Love by Jim Wooten
The extraordinary story of a little South African boy whose bravery and fierce determination to make a difference despite being born with AIDS made him the human symbol for the world's fight against the disease. Written with the brevity and power of a parable, this inspiring story is a powerful testament to the strength of the human spirit
Paperback, 256 pp, $22.95. Buy
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I Die But the Memory Lives on, The World AIDS Crisis and the Memory Book Project by Henning Mankell
The invaluable Memory Book Project gives those dying of AIDS in Africa an opportunity to record their lives in words and pictures for the children they leave behind. Excerpts from Ugandan memory books, along with Mankell's narrative, tell stories of individual lives while sounding a powerful warning about the threat of AIDS
Paperback, 128 pp, $23.95. Buy
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Before, During and After AIDS, A Mother's Love and Memories by Joan Nelson
Paperback, 140 pp, $51.95. Buy
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Untimely Interventions, AIDS Writing, Testimonial and the Rhetoric of Haunting by Ross Chambers
Paperback, 456 pp, $73.95. Buy
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An Unbelievable Story by Prince Kaywood and Gaynelle Kaywood
Paperback, 60 pp, $32.95. Buy
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A Woman's Guide to Living with HIV Infection by Rebecca A. Clark, Robert P. Maupin and Jill Hayes Hammer and others
A medically informative, comprehensive and compassionate resource for women with HIV, and their families and friends. While addressing the entire range of health and emotional issued faced with people with HIV, the authors cover topics of special interest to women - gynaecological disorders, reproductive choices, contraception etc
Paperback, 288 pp, $28.95. Buy
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Notorious H.I.V., The Media Spectacle of Nushawn Williams by Thomas C. Shevory
Notorious H.I.V. also traces the impact of such high-profile cases on communities. Shevory provides a nuanced portrait of the hard economic and cultural realities of Jamestown, New York, and, drawing on Williams's narratives, of the life of a lower-level drug dealer in a small upstate city
Paperback, 280 pp, $46.95. Buy
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Learning to Trust, Australian Responses to AIDS by Paul Sendziuk
2003 marks the twentieth anniversary of the first case of HIV-AIDS in Australia. Working from an extensive array of documents and interviews with key participants, Australia's response to the epidemic is examined to establish why it has been one of the most effective responses in the world
Paperback, 280 pp, $39.95. Buy
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Mortal Secrets, Truth and Lies in the Age of AIDS by Robert Klitzman and Ronald Bayer
Drawing on interviews with over 70 gay and straight men and women, sex workers and drug users, the authors provide a detailed portrait of moral, social and psychological decision-making regarding HIV and AIDS. The book explores public policy questions in light of this private decision-making
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You're the First One I've Told, New Faces of HIV in the South by Kathryn Whetten-Goldstein and Trang Quyen Nguyen
A view into the lives and experiences of 25 men and women from rural eastern North Carolina who are infected with HIV. They represent a variety of races, genders, professions and family lives. The work also draws upon HIV/AIDS survey data collected by the authors and official statistics
Paperback, 288 pp, $52.95. Buy
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Love Undetectable, Notes on Friendship, Sex, and Survival by Andrew Sullivan
Intensely personal and passionately political, this book offers a powerful meditation on the spiritual effect AIDS has on friendship, love, sexuality, and American culture
Paperback, 272 pp, $22.95. Buy
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Inventing the AIDS Virus, The Truth behind the Biggest Medical Miscalculation of Our Time by Peter H. Duesberg
An eminent scientist and pioneer in the discovery of retroviruses challenges the widely accepted belief that HIV is the cause of AIDS. Duesberg argues that HIV is merely a harmless passenger virus that does not cause AIDS. Sure to spark intense debate, this provocative book offers an original and incisive critique of the rise and fall of HIV
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