Ambulance services and paramedics perform critical roles in contemporary healthcare economies. Trained to work in the field and respond rapidly to emergencies, societies have come to increasingly rely on ambulance services to deliver urgent care. Never has this need been more acute than in recent years given intense social inequality, overstretched and underfunded health systems, and deadly pandemics.
This book is a thorough introduction to climate science and global change. The author is a geologist who has spent much of his life investigating the climate of Earth from a time when it was warm and dinosaurs roamed the land, to today’s changing climate. Bill Hay takes you on a journey to understand how the climate system works. He explores how humans are unintentionally conducting a grand uncontrolled experiment which is leading to unanticipated changes.
For this special millennium edition, Susie Bright, our nation’s trustworthy and tantalizing guide into the world of sexual fantasy and freedom, has gathered the best erotic writing of the year to produce a new, sizzling volume. In this collection we find human sexuality in all its diversity; pleasure and desire in all its forms. This doublelength, year 2000 edition offers a glimpse of what sex in the new millennium might be, a time when voices from the sexual underground will be heard and our ideas of perfection will be redefined. This most recent installment in the annual bestselling series includes the year’s most provocative literature, guaranteed to have something for everyone.
A cautionary tale of sacrifice, love, and ambition evolving a young couple endeavoring to move up in the world.
A 3D hybrid merging the genres of film noir, dance, and mystery. A loner fresh out of rehab and hunted by both sides of the law returns home to solve the murder of his sister, and finds himself entangled in a game of revenge on the LA club circuit.
Two brothers embark on a journey with their father, who is trying to protect them from an alien threat.
Hungarian chess prodigy Judit Polgár challenges champion Garry Kasparov and her controlling father over 15 years, breaking gender barriers to become the greatest female player ever and one of history’s finest.
After viewing a strangely familiar video nasty, Enid, a film censor, sets out to solve the past mystery of her sister’s disappearance, embarking on a quest that dissolves the line between fiction and reality.
A grief-stricken arborist and her son awaken a haunting when they begin felling trees at the estate of a mysterious recluse.
In late nineteenth-century America, Rising Free portrays the story of a young woman living in the aftermath of racial prejudice. Surrounded by danger of being sold and further stripped of freedom, she discovers hope through a gracious family and learns forgiveness and overwhelming mercy from her own transformation.
Thando’s never been lucky in love. Now her best friend returns home with a fiancée on his arm, forcing her to confront a new emotion: jealousy.
This detailed account unravels the chilling saga of the Zodiac Killer in San Francisco. Covering the brutal murders, cryptic letters sent to newspapers, and the killer’s elusive identity, it highlights the terror inflicted on the city, the extensive investigations, and the enduring mystery. The film examines the impact on victims, police efforts, public fear, and the transformation of criminal forensics, painting a haunting picture of one of America’s most notorious unsolved cases.
