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You are about to learn more about the world you live in and your human life in it. We've compiled amazing facts that will blow your mind; from simple everyday life to things like history, health, worldwide events, and much more. So prepare to question everything you know about the world and to have your mind blown with these amazing facts about life and the world that everyone should know.

The Spread of HIV and AIDS: The History of the HIV Virus and the Rise of Infections across the World examines how the notorious killer became one of the most feared diagnoses in the world. You will learn about the spread of HIV and AIDS like never before.

We live in an era where someone can contract an infectious disease in Hong Kong, get on a plane, and land in New York City before the incubation period is over. We also live in a time where the wealthiest one percent of people control 34 times more than the wealth of the entire bottom 50 percent of the world's population. Climate change, mass migration, war, and the rise of Artificial Intelligence all pose challenges to maintaining the health of our human species. And yet we march on, beating back illness, disadvantage and suffering, inch by inch. This textbook, now in its third edition, is...

With his 2003 announcement of a program known as PEPFAR, George W. Bush launched an astonishingly successful American war against a global pandemic. PEPFAR played a key role in slashing HIV cases and AIDS deaths in sub-Saharan Africa, leading to the brink of epidemic control. Resilient in the face of flatlined funding and political headwinds, PEPFAR is America’s singular example of how to fight long-term plague - and win.

The Early Tudors A Level History series takes you through the OCR specification step by step, ensuring that you have the necessary knowledge to perform throughout the period of your course and to help prepare you for your A Level. The series is produced by Nick Fellows, a lead examiner for OCR who has written many textbooks on The Tudors, Katie Fellows, who is currently studying for her D.Phil in History at St Peter's College, Oxford, and Oxford historian, Dr Glyn Redworth, who is a specialist in Early Modern British & European history.

Mike Wells and one of the leading academics in the subject, Professor William Doyle, come together to examine a period in history which sent shock waves around the world, inspired millions, and still has the ability to send a shiver down the spine. Our History A Level series on the French Revolution and Napoleon fully follows the curriculum, providing new and fresh perspectives on this period, and will fully prepare and inform you throughout the course and provide a valuable resource when it comes to your exams.

The significance of what occurred in Germany during our period of study needs no exaggeration. This GCSE series on Germany 1919-1945 really brings alive all the main themes that are required for your History GCSE course, giving you an in-depth knowledge of all the main points, including the establishment of the Weimar Republic, the problems faced by the Weimar Republic from 1919-1923, its recovery from those problems and, finally, the Third Reich.

In a riveting portrait of the world's largest HIV/AIDS medical-care provider, award-winning journalist Patrick Range McDonald reveals AIDS Healthcare Foundation's unlikely rise from a feisty grassroots organization during the height of 1980s AIDS crisis to its position today as a global leader in the fight to control HIV and AIDS. This untold story highlights AHF's bold history of activism, its hard-charging advocacy on the behalf of vulnerable people, and its heroic efforts to provide free HIV drug treatment around the world.

This Highlights Listen & Learn! Audio Study, intended for those in grade six, contains folktales from many different cultures and discusses the main ideas within them. Tales explore topics like friendship, trust, and hope. In addition to the story, this audio study provides a full lesson on cause and effect relationships, how to compare and contrast, and building vocabulary. Highlights has always been an essential part of childhood, inspiring memorable experiences for generations of families.

The Cold War sent shivers down the spines of ordinary people, with the world holding its breath and confronting the spectre of nuclear armageddon. Throughout this A level series, students will learn about all the core aspects of the Cold War in Europe. Written by Dr Mark Hurst, an honorary fellow at the University of Kent and Cold War specialist and Richard McFarlane, a senior OCR examiner and Head of Humanities at Nottingham Girls High School.

'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.

Wenn Krankheiten um die Welt reisen: Die vergangenen einhundert Jahre waren geprägt von teils verheerenden Krankheitsausbrüchen. Die Spanische Grippe, ein tragisches Erbe des Ersten Weltkriegs, kostete Millionen Menschen das Leben. 1924 wütete eine Lungenpest und versetzte die Bewohner von Los Angeles in blanke Panik. Schlimmer noch fegte die Angst vor der Papageienkrankheit kurz nach dem Wall-Street-Crash von 1929 durch die Vereinigten Staaten. Hinzu kamen Legionärskrankheit, AIDS, SARS, Ebola, Zika und schließlich Covid-19.

The Later Tudors is a fascinating period of study, and who better to lead us through the series than Oxford Historian Dr Glyn Redworth, an early modern history specialist, and Chief History A Level Examiner Nick Fellows? This audio guide provides all the detail required for those taking the Later Tudors for History A Level, with Glyn Redworth providing academic insights across some of the key topics required.

This educational drama captures the experiences of a young World War I soldier who was touched, inspired, and changed forever by war poetry. Through vivid readings and recollections, we examine the work of 16 poets.

Mike Wells and one of the leading academics in the subject, Professor Matthew Stibbe, come together to examine this most important period within Germany's history. OCR History A Level: Democracy and Dictatorships (1919-1963) fully follows the curriculum, starting from the failed attempt to establish democracy in Germany to the split between East and West Germany and the establishment of West Germany's economic powerhouse. It provides new and fresh perspectives on this period.

Ranging from the biggest international economic depression in modern history, through a world war to dramatic economic and social change, our series will provide you with detailed insight and address the key arguments across the core events and protagonists.

This series for GCSE History follows the Edexcel specification and will furnish you with all the information required for your coursework and exam. It's a fascinating subject, and our series has been designed not only to provide you with the necessary information but also to bring the subject to life with music and sound effects.