Aids Art

'AIDS art' is essentially an American invention. It has now manifested itself in a large number of different locations, but is almost invariably based on a model of artistic activity that evolved in the United States - one that was a response to the impact made by the epidemic on sections of American society.

A practical guide to build your emotional intelligence and develop social skills to strike confidently the conversation of life! Through this audiobook, build your social skills and have a list of social skills blunders to avoid. Understand confidence and gravitas and more importantly ways improve these. Today, social anxiety or people declaring themselves introverted on the spur of the moment is quite common, and this is largely due to a lack of social skills on the part of the majority of people.

In the late 1980s, the AIDS pandemic was annihilating queer people, intravenous drug users, and communities of color in America, and disinformation about the disease ran rampant. Out of the activist group ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), an art collective that called itself Gran Fury formed to campaign against corporate greed, government inaction, stigma, and public indifference to the epidemic. Jack Lowery offers a complex portrait of a collective and its members, who built solidarities with each other and whose lives evidenced the profound trauma of enduring the AIDS crisis.

Welcome aboard the space vessel Vancouver. Its mission: to guard a vast shipment of grain from Earth to the planet Safenesthome. Its Captain is called Ace. She seems a little unsure of herself. In fact, some might almost think she was new to the job...Its medical officer is called simply 'The Doctor', and he's perhaps not all he seems either. When mysterious ships target the Vancouver, Ace and the Doctor are pushed to the limit. Meanwhile, there's something nasty in the grain containers. And it's not very happy....

"Dawn, and as the sun breaks through the piercing chill of night on the plain outside Korem, it lights up a biblical famine, now, in the twentieth century." Those words opened Michael Buerk's first report on the Ethiopian famine for the 6 o'clock news on October 24th, 1984. His reports sent shock waves round the world. The Live Aid concert, a direct consequence of Bob Geldof watching that broadcast, was watched by half the planet.

Anthony Rapp captures the passion and grit of the theater world as he recounts his life-changing experience in the original cast of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Rent.

World changes come fast and furious, and in the backcountry it is no different. The practice of "packing-it-out" - adopted to protect high-use areas and fragile ecosystems - is here to stay. We are now often urged or even required to haul our poop home. To assist with all this responsible human waste disposal, Kathleen Meyer discusses the latest in product innovations, from classy high-tech to inexpensive do-it-yourself.

Ascoltando si impara!... Anche la letteratura, con il Prof. In questo audiolibro che fa parte della collana dedicata alla letteratura, ci avvicineremo alla vita di Ugo Foscolo e alle sue opere più significative, compreso "Dei Sepolcri", introdotto da un'accurata spiegazione. Il carattere, la carriera, le relazioni personali del grande poeta, sono qui evidenziate e analizzate, e offrono una visione completa e per certi versi innovativa.

Who was Cinna? What do the hawthorn and primrose symbolize? Or President Snow's roses and Peeta's bread? What about Katniss's last name? Bringing details from myths, herbal guides, military histories, and the classics, English professor and award-winning pop culture author Valerie Estelle Frankel sheds light on the deeper meanings behind Panem's heroes and villains in this hottest of YA trilogies.

Ascoltando si impara!... Anche la letteratura, con il Prof. In questo AudioLibro, che fa parte della collana dedicata alla letteratura, ci avvicineremo alla vita di Giovanni Pascoli e alle sue opere più significative, più o meno note, introdotte da un'accurata spiegazione. Il carattere, la carriera, le relazioni personali del grande poeta, sono qui evidenziate e analizzate, e offrono una visione completa, e per certi versi innovativa, rispetto alla classica immagine scolastica del Pascoli del fanciullino.

"Nicht schon wieder ein Diktat!" – auch zu Ihren Schulzeiten hat die Ankündigung eines Rechtschreibtests sicherlich für Stöhnen im Klassenzimmer gesorgt und nun zieht Ihr Nachwuchs beim Gedanken an Doppelkonsonanten ein ähnlich begeistertes Gesicht. Korrekturprogramme hin oder her, gute Rechtschreibung ist auch heute noch das A und O für eine gelungene Bildungskarriere, allerdings wird Ihr Kind heute deutlich unkomplizierter zum Rechtschreibprofi. Denn genau dafür sorgen die unterhaltsamen Diktate in diesem Hörbuch.

Biggi ist 15 und zum ersten Mal verliebt, sie will Joe ganz! Ihre Mutter Hanna, die bei der AIDS-Beratung arbeitet, hat volles Verständnis für Biggi...

Ascoltando si impara!... Anche la letteratura, con il Prof. In questo audiolibro che fa parte della collana dedicata alla letteratura, ci avvicineremo alla vita degli autori e alle opere più significative della letteratura italiana delle origini. Il Prof vi parla del '200, delle opere più significative di quel periodo, e degli autori principali che hanno tracciato la storia della letteratura italiana.

Anfang der sechziger Jahre brach der Kanadier Michael Snow eine erfolgversprechende Karriere als Musiker ab, um sich von da an ausschließlich seinen anderweitigen künstlerischen Interessen widmen zu können. Bald darauf entstanden in New York seine ersten experimentellen Filme, die heute noch dem Nachdenken über Film entscheidende Anstösse liefern. Nicht zufällig beschäftigt sich Snow parallel zu den Filmarbeiten seit 1970 auch mit Tonaufnahmen. Diese wenig bekannten Stücke sind eine konsequente Fortsetzung der Experimente mit dem Aufnahmeverfahren Film auf akustischer Ebene.