Throughout the world, in liberal states, it is common to use prenatal selection techniques and procedures which can prevent the birth of a disabled child. A common assumption is that this practice is driven by individual choice, and that the state itself is neutral. If instead the state was not neutral, this would raise fears of eugenics. The purpose of this book is to test this common assumption. While there is extensive literature on the ethics of selecting against disability, this book ...

Pioneering reporter Randy Shilts fights to expose the truth during the earliest days of the AIDS epidemic. With hospital beds filling up, the clock is ticking. . . . What will it take to wake up the nation?San Francisco, 1981. Drawn from true events, this graphic novel follows Randy Shilts—biographer of Harvey Milk and one of the first openly gay journalists hired by the mainstream press—as he receives a chilling call at the Chronicle: a L...

By day, Robin Lessing has a successful career as a university archivist. By night, she blogs about her less-than-successful search for Mr. Tall, Dark and Dominant. Living up to her handle "The Picky Submissive," she's on the verge of giving up and settling for vanilla with a side of fuzzy handcuffs when she discovers her best friend and colleague has a kinky side, too.Sexy, tattooed techie John Sun is an experienced Dom who never lacks for playmates, male or female. If he can't sat...

If a picture speaks a thousand words, a love letter speaks a thousand more . . . Even in this age of e-mail, faxes, and instant messaging, nothing has ever replaced the power of a love letter. Love letters express the spectrum of our emotions, offering a colorful glimpse into the soul of the writer, and of the writer's beloved. For passionate readers and lovers of words, a letter is irresistible. List of letters included: Ludwig van Bethoveen - The Immortal Beloved Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfr...

Abelard and Heloise – The Love Letters details one of the worlds most celebrated and tragic love affairs.Through their letters we follow the path of their 12th-century romance, from its ecstatic beginnings when Heloise became Abelard’s pupil, through the suffering of public scandal and enforced secret marriage, to their heartbreaking separation after hired thugs attacked Abelard in his sleep and ‘cut off the parts of [his] body whereby [he] had committed the wrong’.

Experience the Power of Love and the Art of Drama: Letters of Abelard and Heloise by Peter Abelard and Héloïse & Plays by Susan GlaspellEmbark on a journey through passionate correspondence and captivating drama with this exceptional 2 Ebook combo. From the timeless love story of Abelard and Heloise to the thought-provoking plays of Susan Glaspell, these literary masterpieces promise to stir your emotions and provoke deep reflection.Book 1: Letter...

"Letters of Abelard and Heloise" is a poignant collection of correspondence between two of the most famous lovers in history, Peter Abelard and Heloise. Their relationship, marked by intellectual passion and tragic circumstances, unfolds through their letters, revealing deep philosophical and emotional insights. Abelard, a renowned philosopher and theologian, and Heloise, a brilliant scholar, share their thoughts on love, loss, and the constraints imposed by society. Their exchanges reflec...

In 'The Love Letters of Abelard and Heloise,' readers are transported to the twelfth-century world of medieval intellectuals whose romantic correspondence transcends the ages. This anthology gathers the poignant epistolary exchange between two of the Middle Ages' most celebrated scholars, offering a narrative that oscillates between the realms of secular and sacred love. The collection reflects the diverse literary styles of the time, from philosophical discourse to passionate longing, enc...

If a picture speaks a thousand words, a love letter or a poem speaks a thousand more... Even in this age of e-mail, faxes, and instant messaging, nothing has ever replaced the power of a love letter or that of a poem. LIST OF POEMS: 1. Lord Byron - She Walks in Beauty 2. Christina Rossetti - I Loved You First: But Afterwards Your Love 3. Walt Whitman - A Glimpse 4. W.Shakespeare - Let Me Not To The Marriage Of True Minds 5. John Donne - The Good-Morrow 6. K.Gibran - Love One Another 7. Rob...

If aliens made you an offer you couldn’t refuse, would you still wager everything on your faith? What price would you pay to save your city? Can the last member of a doomed church find hope once again?Since the original 2016 anthology, Mysterion has carried readers to settings strange and wonderful with stories about the challenges of belief, about characters struggling to understand worlds that cannot make sense—and, when that fails, to be true to their convictions, to ho...

The story of the relationship between Abélard and Héloïse, one of the world’s most celebrated and tragic love affairs.Peter Abelard (1079 – 1142) was a medieval French scholastic philosopher, theologian, and preeminent logician.His love for, and affair with, Héloïse d'Argenteuil has become legendary.Héloïse (1090 - 1164) was a French nun, writer, scholar, and abbess, best known for her love affair and correspondence with Peter Abéla...

Annie Heloise Abel was a history professor. After her marriage she was also known as Annie Heloise Abel-Henderson. Abel's papers may be found in the repository of Washington State University Libraries, in Pullman, WA. The collection includes notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, manuscripts and other printed materials related to native policies of several English-speaking countries, as well as other historical subjects such as Russian history and women's suffrage. The collection is o...