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  • The Least of My Brothers

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    When it comes to health care we are all on a tightrope- afraid to look down. We blindly hope that we have a covenant with society to be treated well in the event of illness or injury. Nowhere is this covenant more broken than in the fields of pre-hospital (paramedic) and emergency room care. One of the goals of this narrative non-fiction novel is to expose the fallacy of that assumption. Emergency ... Leer más

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  • The Worm at the Core

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  • Der Wurm in unserem Herzen

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  • Queering the South on Screen

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    Within the realm of American culture and its construction of its citizenry, geography, and ideology, who are southerners and who are queers, and what is the South and what is queerness? Queering the South on Screen addresses these questions by examining the intersections of queerness, regionalism, and identity depicted in film, television, and other visual media about the South during the ... Leer más

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    The Worm at the Core

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    More than one hundred years ago, the American philosopher William James wrote that the knowledge that we must die is "the worm at the core" of the human condition—a universally shared fear that informs all our thoughts and actions, from the great art we create to the devastating wars we wage.Using data collected from human subjects, Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, and Tom Pyszczynski show ... Leer más

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    Solomon's Jar [Dramatized Adaptation]

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    Rumors of the discovery of Solomon's Jar—in which the biblical King Solomon bound the world's demons after using them to build his temple in Jerusalem—are followed with interest by Annja Creed. An archaeologist intrigued by the arcane, Annja pursues the truth about the vessel and its ancient origins.Her search leads her to a confrontation with a London cult driven by visions of a new world order; ... Leer más

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