Sean Hogan tells his story and reveals the devastating truth of what really happened in Ireland's industrial schools. 'In Harm's Way' is a powerful and moving story of astonishing hardship and near despair, but also of triumph over terrible adversity.

HIV/AIDS is a global pandemic with critical demographic, economic, and social implications.
This book outlines a vicious circle between HIV/AIDS, poverty and high-risk behaviour. In this vicious circle (the poverty-HIV/AIDS cycle), people living with HIV/AIDS are especially vulnerable to poverty, the poor are more likely to engage in high-risk behaviour such as commercial sex work, and high-risk behaviour in turn makes people susceptible to HIV infection. Empirical support for the existence of this cycle is established by examining whether rural Northeast Thailand exhibits characteristics...

Most readers first encounter Augustine's love for Scripture's words in the many biblical allusions of his masterwork, the Confessions. Augustine does not merely quote texts, but in many ways makes Scripture itself tell the story. In his journey from darkness to light, Augustine becomes Adam in the Garden of Eden, the Prodigal Son of Jesus' parable, and the Pauline double personality at once devoted to and rebellious against God's law. Throughout he speaks the words of the Psalms as if he had written them. Crucial to Augustine's self-portrayal is his skill at transposing himself into the...