The fourteen interviews in this book form an unprecedented wealth of material on authors' responses to HIVAIDS in South Africa & Zimbabwe They comprise a valuable archive which documents & contextualises the variety of views & opinions of different authors on their often ground-breaking choices in writing about HIVAIDS Each author ranks among the first to publish fiction on HIVAIDS in their respective countries These interviews are of particular merit as these issues have not been discussed at length with any of the authors before Collectively they offer a unique range of approaches & opinions in response to the HIVAIDS pandemic in southern Africa Their significance lies in their specific literary as well as their broader social cultural & political perspectives on a disease which continues to spread despite extensive NGO medical & government intervention In both South Africa & Zimbabwe government responses have failed to address the urgent need for new political & economic solutions to the challenge of HIV infection Responses among the population have varied from widespread silence shame & fear to political activism & outspoken critiques of government inaction Writers give voice to this silence & contextualise the disparate reactions amongst diverse peoples Globally AIDS killed Approx. 2 million in 2008 In 1998 AIDS was the largest killer in southern Africa nearly double the one million deaths from malaria & eight times the 209000 deaths from tuberculosis It has long been the case that of those dying globally of AIDS the majority live in southern Africa When the associated social & cultural implications of infection with HIV are considered fictional representations contribute significantly to our understanding of the impact of HIVAIDS on communities & individuals & provide a much-needed basis for 'humanising' an epidemic which is unimaginable statistically It has been said that the feelings & reactions that HIVAIDS inspires are often 'too unreal for words' & it is this very notion that certain diseases are taboo unmentionable & hardly even named as such that makes verbalisation of this epidemic a modern imperative ...

Rebellion is in the air of London in the spring of 1663 Thomas Chaloner spy for the King's intelligence service has just returned from thwarting a planned revolt in Dublin but soon realises that England's capital is no haven of peace He is ordered to investigate the shooting of a beggar during a royal procession He soon learns the man is no vagrant but someone with links to the powerful Company of Barber-Surgeons He master the Earl of Clarendon is locked in a deadly feud with the Earl of Bristol & an innocent man is about to be hanged in Newgate Chaloner is embroiled in a desperate race against time to protect Clarendon to discover the true identity of the beggar's murderer & to save a blameless man from the executioner's noose ...

Tracklist Orlando Saint Take Your Time Hope Jewelry Family Charcoal Baby Vulture Baby Chewing Gum Holy Will Dagenham Dream Nappy Wonder Runnin' Out Of Your League Minetta Creek Smoke ...

Tracklist For­get It Sut­phin Boule­vard I’m Sorry We Lied Can We Go Inside Now? S’cooled Com­plete Fail­ure Instantly Blank (The Good­ness) The Com­plete Knock Are You Sure You’re Really Busy? Cham­pagne Coast ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play BLOOD ORANGE stars Iggy Pop as Bill an ageing rock star who lives in a stunning modern Spanish villa with his beautiful & promiscuous young wife Isabelle Into their peculiar paradise comes a dangerous ex-lover hell bent on revenge When Lucas realises Isabelle is having one of her flings with David their Spanish &pool boy he sees an opportunity to turn the tables & things spiral dangerously out of control ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Blood Out stars Luke Goss (Blade 2) Vinnie Jones (Lock Stock) Curtis &50 Cent& Jackson (Get Rich or Die Tryin) & Tamer Hassan (Clash of the Titans) in this cop thriller where the brother of a murdered gang member
- whose death the local sheriff refuses to investigate
- lays down his badge & goes undercover to avenge his brother&s death Blood Out definition
- to join a gang you must &blood in&; or kill someone To leave the gang your only option is to &blood out&
- be killed yourself



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The reign of blood begins! Dynamite Entertainment proudly presents the complete saga of the Blood Queen a dark fantasy reimagining of the infamous historical figure Countess Elizabeth Bathory When the king&s daughter suffers from a terrible & mysterious malady Elizabeth — a young woman of untold power — is summoned to cure the ailment Thus begins a journey that will uncover secrets reveal forbidden desires & stoke the fires of war! When the smoke clears one woman may rise to power ruling through fear & blood sacrifice but power may prove fleeting as the Prince of Darkness himself Dracula sets his fearsome gaze on her sinister beauty! Collects Blood Queen 1-6 the complete four-issue Blood Queen vs Dracula series & the Blood Queen 2014 Annual ...

Blood Rage is a Viking board game created by acclaimed game designer Eric M Lang In this fast-paced yet highly strategic game 2 to 4 players take control of Viking clans invading pillaging & battling in a quest to gain as much glory as possible before Ragnarok finally consumes the land! Most player strategies are guided by the cards drafted at the beginning of each of the three game rounds (or Ages) These " Gods Gifts" grant your numerous boons for your clan including increased Viking strength & devious battle strategies upgrades to your clan or even the aid of legendary creatures from Norse mythology They may also include various quests from dominating specific provinces to having lots of your vikings sent to Valhalla Most of these cards are aligned with one of the Norse gods hinting at the kind of strategy they support For example Thor gives more glory for victory in battle Heimdall grants you foresight & surprises Tyr strengthens you in battle while the trickster Loki actually rewards you for losing battles or punishes the winner Players 2-4 Playing Time 60-90 minutes Suggested ages 10 ...

Only two gods will be part of each game session Randomly draw two god cards & place them next to the board so all players can see their powers At the end of the initial setup shuffle the Ragnarök tokens that are not on the board or on the Age Track & draw two of them Look at the names of the two provinces listed on the tokens & place one god figure in each of them (these Ragnarök tokens are then put aside) Each god&s ability is always in effect changing the rules of the province they&re in The rest of the provinces are not affected After a player attempts to pillage a province containing a god figure whether he succeeds in the pillaging or not he must then move the god to a different unpillaged province that does not contain a god figure So the two gods can never occupy the same province & they never go to a pillaged or destroyed province At the beginning of the 2nd & 3rd Ages the two gods are again placed in random provinces determined by drawing 2 unused Ragnarök tokens The combination of the two gods used in each game creates a unique texture to that session They affect draft choices & influence the flow of the battles Will your try to benefit from a god&s power again & again by moving him where you want & always pillaging his province? Or will you do your best to neutralize him by pillaging around his province? Perhaps you&ll want to attempt a hopeless pillage on his province just to move him onto another province where he will hinder another player&s plans They add a whole new layer to the game without adding hardly any complexity to the rules The miniatures each come with a tarot-sized God card ...

The Blood Rage 5th Player Expansion introduces the mighty Ram clan into Blood Rage! This clan comes complete with 8 Warrior figures (in two different sculpts) 1 Leader Figure 1 Ship figure 1 Clan Sheet 1 Plastic Glory Marker 4 cardboard Clan tokens 11 small colored bases & 2 large colored bases This expansion introduces the option of playing Blood Rage with 5 players The game board supports this by simply not having any province destroyed by Ragnarök before the beginning of the game However more players need more cards so this expansion box comes with 24 " Gods& Gifts" cards (8 for each Age deck) All of these cards have the "5" players pre-requisite listed on them While most of them are extra copies of cards from the base game there are a few new ones like the " Widespread!" Quest where you need to dominate any 2 provinces Players 5 Playing time 60-90 minutes Ages 13 ...