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In Patient Zero, Richard A. McKay presents a carefully documented and sensitively written account of the life of Gaetan Dugas, a gay man whose skin cancer diagnosis in 1980 took on very different meanings as the HIV/AIDS epidemic developed - and who received widespread posthumous infamy when he was incorrectly identified as patient zero of the North American outbreak.

From the co-creators of Slow Burn, Fiasco is a narrative podcast that transports listeners into the day-to-day reality of America’s most pivotal historical events.

Haunted by memories of his past, Aiden plays the part of the happy-go-lucky friend. Always ready with a teasing smile or a joke, he is good at hiding his pain. Using his impressive physique as a shield, he keeps his past buried beneath his rugged exterior. Except, one woman sees through his façade. Her green eyes see too much, even as her body tempts him. Even as his heart yearns for her. Cami is determined to make him realize that he is worthy of being loved.

Gorgeous, cocky, and fast on his way to becoming a hotshot doctor, Josh Chen has never met a woman he couldn't charm—except for Jules f**king Ambrose. The beautiful redhead has been a thorn in his side since they met, but she also consumes his thoughts in a way no woman ever has. When their animosity explodes into one unforgettable night, he proposes a solution that'll get her out of his system once and for all: an enemies with benefits arrangement with simple rules.

Stoic, broody, and arrogant, elite bodyguard Rhys Larsen has two rules: 1) Protect his clients at all costs 2) Do not become emotionally involved. Ever. He has never once been tempted to break those rules...until her.

I like my sex dirty. It takes a hell of a lot to tilt my moral compass, and I always follow when it's pointing at something I want. That goes double when it points straight at the one girl in all of Chicago who's not dying for a piece of me.

AIDS, die Geißel der Menschheit, ist so weit verbreitet wie noch nie in unserer Geschichte. Allein in Afrika sind laut Statistik mehr als 10 Millionen Menschen mit dem HI-Virus infiziert - eine unvorstellbar hohe Zahl. Georg Brand, alias T-Rex, und sein Freund Kim Schmittke finden brisante Details über die Wirtschaftlichkeit dieser Krankheiten heraus - denn AIDS tauchte plötzlich auf, kurz nachdem die Polioepidemie "besiegt" war. Zufall? Eher weniger, wie sich schnell herausstellt. Denn je mehr an Informationen die beiden Freunde zutage fördern, desto gefährlicher werden auch ihre Gegenspieler.

My ex’s brother is officially off-limits. Right? He’s ten years older. He’s only in town for a few weeks. And did I mention he’s my ex-boyfriend’s brother? But when I agree to be the grumpy lumberjack’s temporary assistant, it gets harder and harder to resist him. He’s all beard, broad shoulders, and growls, but I savor every one of his rare smiles.

On June 5, 1981, the scientific community received a wake-up call from the CDC in the form of a terrible new illness that the world would soon know as AIDS. Three decades later, remarkable progress has been made, but much more remains to be understood and to be done. In this audiobook, we explore where the disease came from, how it works, how it spreads, the search for a vaccine, and cultural and sociological factors.

When his traditional Latinx family has problems accepting his true gender, Yadriel becomes determined to prove himself a real brujo. With the help of his cousin and best friend, Maritza, he performs the ritual himself and then sets out to find the ghost of his murdered cousin and set it free. However, the ghost he summons is actually Julian Diaz, the school's resident bad boy, and Julian is not about to go quietly into death.

Damian trifft auf dem Pride-Festival auf einen Mann, den er nur als DarkDom_Adam aus dem Internet kennt. Die Faszination für ihn ist riesig – und Damian brennt darauf, Mr. Heiß und Verführerisch nach Hause zu begleiten und mit ihm all die Dinge vor der Kamera zu tun, für die der dunkle Dom bekannt ist. Was mit einem Funken beginnt, entfacht rasend schnell ein loderndes Feuer. Doch bald begegnet Damian seinem heißen Liebhaber in einem Umfeld, in dem Abenteuer dieser Art verboten sind. Was sie einst im Verborgenen taten, gelangt plötzlich an die Öffentlichkeit.

In 1978 Susan Sontag wrote Illness as Metaphor, a classic work described by Newsweek as “one of the most liberating books of its time”. A cancer patient herself when she was writing the book, Sontag shows how the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of patients and often inhibit them from seeking proper treatment.

Alexis Hert isn’t a hero, and she certainly isn’t a god. All she’s ever been is a survivor. But the Fates disagree. When a blood test leads to her admittance at the Spartan War Academy, she’ll have to do more than merely survive. Alexis will have to claim her birthright: immortality. But immortality is a privilege, one earned in the crucible of the academy, where the heroes are villains and classrooms battlegrounds.

I've been lucky all my life. Until the night I meet Lily. One look at the unbelievably sexy woman was all it took. For the first time ever, I let my guard down and gave over control. My lifelong spell of luck ran out the morning I woke alone in a hotel room. Six months later, I come face-to-face with the woman who vanished without a trace. Only this time, her name's not Lily.

Mische lost everything when she was forcibly Turned into a vampire—her home, her humanity, and most devastating of all, the love of the sun god to whom she had devoted her life. Now, sentenced to death for murdering the vampire prince who turned her, redemption feels impossible. But when Mische is saved by Asar, the bastard prince of the House of Shadow with a past as brutal as his scars, she's forced into a mission worse than execution: a journey to the underworld to resurrect the god of death himself.

Attending the charity masquerade ball was my chance to let loose for one night. And as soon as I see him, I let the handsome stranger show me the hottest night of my life. Except then I learn he isn’t a stranger. He’s my new boss.

Aiden's Advocate is creating an inclusive community for kids with special needs. Through real stories and honest conversations, we shine a light on the challenges and beautiful victories of building a world where different is beautiful and embraced.

When Victoriana Greenmantle is summoned to represent her paladin order in an unusual quest, the timing couldn't be worse. Having just witnessed the horrific death of her mentor, she is barely a paladin at all. Worse, she has a trapped demon on her hands, and if anyone discovers she hasn't quite managed to cast it out, she will be made to suffer consequences worse than death. The summoning requires Victoriana to journey to the newly revealed Aching Monastery and there to search for and recover the fabled Cup of Tears on behalf of her order. But her order is not the only one seeking this relic

Bienvenue dans RADIO CROTTIN, le podcast des femmes sensibles et passionnées de leurs chevaux, qui veulent plus de complicité, plus de confiance et plus de liberté pour elles comme pour leur cheval. Tu te demandes si tu en fais assez pour lui ? Tu as l’impression de ne jamais être « assez » ? Tu rêves d’une relation plus fluide, plus connectée et plus simple ? Alors ce podcast est pour toi. Ici, pas de jugements, pas de recettes toutes faites. Chaque épisode est pensé comme une mini-série où l’on décrypte : La relation miroir et les émotions. Les énergies et les rythmes de...

This book is about mutual aid: why it is so important, what it looks like, and how to do it. It provides a grassroots theory of mutual aid, describes how mutual aid is a crucial part of powerful movements for social justice, and offers concrete tools for organizing, such as how to work in groups, how to foster a collective decision-making process, how to prevent and address conflict, and how to deal with burnout.