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While millions of Angelenos go about their daily lives unaware of the seismological danger that lurks beneath, Cal Stover, a dedicated geologist from US Geological Survey, uncovers the threat that could trigger disaster for all. When he is found murdered near a gold mine next to the San Andreas Fault, the police suspect a connection between the mine and his untimely death. Cals friend and colleague, Alex Demurjian, a local geology professor, and Kiraz Karahan, an alluring lecturer from Istanbul, are unexpectedly thrown together. Through an intuitive sensitivity, she discovers when the Fault will slip. Can they save Greater Los Angeles from the impending peril? Will Cals killer be caught? Along the way Alex and Kiraz experience not only the reconciliation of their ancestral past, but discover one another
A heartwarming story of family, friendship and love as seen through the eyes of two unlikely siblings. The Adventures of Rayne & Presley is sure to bring a smile to the face of every reader young or old. See what happens in their first adventure as they create new friendships that will last a lifetime.
Anyone who has driven through central Lake County, Illinois, has likely wandered across the entrance to Mundelein Seminary. The arched gateway is a teaser to the magnificence that lies within. The heavily forested grounds and sparkling lake provide a backdrop to the unique Colonial architecture of the buildings. The seminary was the dream of George William Mundelein, who told reporters as early as 1916 of his plans to build a seminary shortly after he was named archbishop of Chicago. Mundelein's vision was grand. He wanted a seminary to rival the best in the world, and he wanted it to be truly American. He succeeded. Today, Mundelein Seminary is the largest priesthood preparation program in the country, training priests for Chicago and 31 dioceses around the country and the world.
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A history of Argentina that examines how trans bodies were understood, policed, and shaped in a country that banned medically assisted gender affirmation practices and punished trans lives. As a trans history of Argentina, a country that banned medically assisted gender affirmation practices and punished trans lives, A Body of One’s Own places the histories of trans bodies at the core of modern Argentinian history. Patricio Simonetto documents the lives of people who crossed the boundaries of gender from the early twentieth century to the present. Based on extensive archival research in public and community-based archives, this book explores the mainstream medical and media portrayals of t...
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Este libro expone y analiza los avances de las biotecnologías que han permitido la extensión del capitalismo hacia nuevos espacios de producción y consumo, en específico, la mercantilización del cuerpo humano: desde la participación en ensayos clínicos para el desarrollo de medicamentos y vacunas hasta las tecnologías de reproducción asistida. Valiéndose de diferentes teorías como el Nuevo Materialismo Feminista y la ontopolítica, el texto cuestiona la manera en la que este nuevo régimen de apropiación de los cuerpos reconfigura la realidad de las mujeres en sus diversidades (trans, cis, endosexuales, intersexuales, heterosexuales, lesbianas y bisexuales) puesto que son parte de las estructuras económicas y sociales que influyen en la manera en que se vive el cuerpo tanto a nivel individual como colectivo.
Story of a Russian-Jewish immigrant family in Colorado in the 1890s.