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Modern human rights, born in the aftermath of the second world war and crystallized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, reflect a broader, societal, approach to the complex problem of well-being. While health is mentioned only once in the document, human rights are about the societ... More

This anthology of articles collected by a cast of award-winning scholars in the field of public health illustrates that promoting and protecting human rights is fundamental to promoting and protecting health. New issues covered in this volume include: emerging technologies; family and health; respon... More

Secretly growing, in a land left barren with shame, are the photographs of women with missing noses and hidden wounds. A disturbing new trend is taking place in Afghanistan. Mutilation is arising. One man even cut off his wife's toes. After hearing her shrieks, he quickly poured a bucket of boiling ... More

The objective of this study is to determine the position of women in the Christian tradition, which is found on two levels. First, recognition of women as saints within the Christian church and their canonization within the frame of often times open misogynist attitudes towards women. And second, gr... More

"Movements" is a collection of poems for the spiritual and the romantic, for within us is both spirit and soul. The essence of our spirituality and sensuality reigns simultaneously on the forefronts of our being. Such a compilation is like none other, as it is separated into two parts entitled: "Ro... More

The island of rainbows reveals it's hidden secrets when three organ recipients, put on a nationwide list, come to live on the island for the hopes that a donor will be found. Kathy Leonard's organs prolonged the life of five people and were distributed to sixty-six different locations. Two years lat... More

Written in a scholarly but accessible style, this book provides an integrated critical analysis of lesbian and bisexual women's health. The book highlights trends and themes, with selected examples of research and personal experience of lesbians and bisexual women and their health care providers.Wri... More

When asked what led him to write To Save the Love That Was Lost. Lyman Allen said, "I wrote because I had to. It was a matter of passion I should say 'guided passion, ' because I found out that I was guided, and so the book is ours, Sofia's and mine. There was a lid on my passion: I wanted to believ... More

Sofia Rinehold was a happy newlywed until she received a phone call from the Portland, Oregon police. Detectives informed her that her husband, Michael DeLorenzo, was been arrested. He was not only a convicted thief and forger, but a known bigamist.While peeling back the layers of DeLorenzo's life, ... More