Summary: 24 hours in the life of a group of contemporary teenagers who believe they are invincible. Ignoring the challenge posed by AIDS, these Manhattan kids pursue sex and drugs with no regard for the future in a world as violent as it is hopeless.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Trimark Home Video 2000

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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD KID

France, David

Summary: "From the creator of and inspired by the seminal documentary of the same name--an Oscar nominee--the definitive history of the successful battle to halt the AIDS epidemic, and the powerful, heroic stories of the gay activists who refused to die without a fight. Intimately reported, this is the story of the men and women who, watching their friends and lovers fall, ignored by public officials,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.1 FRA

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 362.1969 FRA

Rawl, Paige.

Summary: "A teenager's memoir of the experinces of bullying, being HIV positive and surviving the experiences to become a force for positive change in this world"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 921 RAW

Duberman, Martin B

Summary: "In December 1995, the FDA approved the release of protease inhibitors, the first effective treatment for AIDS. For countless people, the drug offered a reprieve from what had been a death sentence; for others, it was too late. In the United States alone, over 318,000 people had died from AIDS-related complications--among them were the singer Michael Callen and the poet Essex Hemphill. ...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Distribution Services 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.9792 DUB

Summary: Texas cowboy Ron Woodroof's free-wheeling life was overturned in 1985 when he was diagnosed as HIV-positive. Shunned and ostracized by many old friends and bereft of government-approved medicines, he decided to take matters in his own hands, tracking down alternative treatments from all over the world by means both legal and illegal. Bypassing the establishment, he joined forces with an...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD DAL

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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DAL

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE DAL

Peeters, Frederik.

Summary: A graphic memoir in which Swiss comic artist Frederick Peeters chronicles his relationship with his HIV positive girlfriend and her young son, who also has the disease.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2008

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 Peeters

Smoak, Shelby.

Contents: Blood -- A man in hiding -- The regular -- Ana -- Sandwich interlude -- Throwing hope away -- The split -- Summer 21 -- The pine cone did it -- Lungs -- Ears -- Yachts -- Sunset upon the heart -- The handbook to dating with HIV -- My Lolita -- Chase Manhattan owns me -- Ankles -- The depressing effect of numbers -- Loose lips -- The unicorn -- Winter is the cruelest season -- Cocktails --...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SMOAK, SHELBY SMO