The Kiss of Death

Author: Andrea Kitta
Publisher: Utah State University Press
ISBN: 1607329263
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 203

Book Description
Disease is a social issue, not just a medical issue. Using examples of specific legends and rumors, The Kiss of Death explores the beliefs and practices that permeate notions of contagion and contamination. Author Andrea Kitta offers new insight into the nature of vernacular conceptions of health and sickness and how medical and scientific institutions can use cultural literacy to better meet their communities’ needs. Using ethnographic, media, and narrative analysis, this book explores the vernacular explanatory models used in decisions concerning contagion to better understand the real fears, risks, concerns, and doubts of the public. Kitta explores immigration and patient zero, zombies and vampires, Slender Man, HPV, and the kiss of death legend, as well as systematic racism, homophobia, and misogyny in North American culture, to examine the nature of contagion and contamination. Conversations about health and risk cannot take place without considering positionality and intersectionality. In The Kiss of Death, Kitta isolates areas that require better communication and greater cultural sensitivity in the handling of infectious disease, public health, and other health-related disciplines and industries.

Kiss of Death

Author: Malcolm Rose
Publisher: Usborne Books
ISBN: 9780746070642
Category : Antiquities
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
On a school trip to the plague village of Eyam, Seth is moved by the story of how villagers sacrificed their lives to the dreaded Black Death. Kim and Wes are more interested in what they see at the bottom of the wishing well - money! But when they snatch the coins they also pick up something they hadn't bargained on, and as the hideous consequences of their theft catch up with them all, Seth is forced to face a terrifying truth. Has Eyam's plague-ridden past resurfaced to seek revenge? Historical facts blend with ghosts and ancient curses in the latest offering from acclaimed thriller-writer Malcolm Rose. Ages 10+

Kiss of Death

Author: Jean Ritchie
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN: 1789292301
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 309

Book Description
Obsessional sexual desire is the common thread running through the stories in this book - tragic examples of how death can come at the hands of a once-trusted lover.

The Kiss of Death

Author: Joseph William Bastien
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336

Book Description
Chagas' disease has become one of the major public-health problems in Latin America. Current estimates are that sixteen to eighteen million people are infected. It is caused by a flagellate protozoan whose vector is the triatomine or vinchuca bug, locally referred to as the "kissing bug" because of its tendency to lodge on victims' faces during sleep. Although there is no cure for the chronic stage, the disease vectors can be controlled and possibly eliminated through improved hygiene and living conditions. No longer exclusive to Latin America, Chagas' disease is spreading to North America with the migration of infected bugs, hosts, transfusions, transplant organs, and changes in climate. The Kiss of Death is a thorough study of Chagas' disease with analysis of research involving epidemiology, entomology, parasitology, pathology, and immunology.

Kiss of Death

Author: Lauren Henderson
Publisher: Ember
ISBN: 0385737807
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322

Book Description
While on a school trip to Edinburgh, Scotland, sixteen-year-old Scarlett is reunited with Callum McAndrew, as well as her former St. Tabby's cohorts, providing plenty of suspects when she is targeted in a series of attacks.

The Kiss of Death

Author: Auryn Hadley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781985624016
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 508

Book Description
I always imagined Death's final kiss would be cold. It wasn't. Four years later, I can still remember the exact shade of his skin: a blue so pale it looked like moonlight. I dream of his touch. Mostly, I paint the man under the heavy cowl, including those perfect lips which ruined mine for anyone else. I'm obsessed with him. The doctors say he's nothing more than a hallucination caused by a mixture of head trauma and emergency pain medications. I think he's a really sexy figment of my imagination. I mean, who besides an artist would dream up the Grim Reaper for their hero?Now, something's changed and my drawings are taking on a life of their own. As if college wasn't hard enough, trying to keep this a secret is going to be impossible. Keeping my sanity might be worse. And that's not the worst of my problems.Death is back. He wants another kiss.And he's not alone.The Kiss of Death is a 156,000 word, full-length novel with NO cliffhanger ending. This is a Reverse Harem series which includes multiple love interests, some m/m themes, and graphic scenes of sex, violence, and language. Be warned: everything you thought you knew about the world, religion, and death will be pulled apart, twisted around, and put back together in ways you will not expect.

The Cold Kiss of Death

Author: Suzanne McLeod
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101514019
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 307

Book Description
View our feature on Suzanne McLeod's The Cold Kiss of Death. When sidhe-blooded Genny Taylor's friend is murdered and all evidence points to her, she goes on the run. But she's being pursued by some of the most powerful supernaturals in town-and one of them is most certainly the killer.

Kiss Of Death

Author: Lp Lovell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781944975333
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 596

Book Description
Una I'm an assassin of the Bratva, raised and trained to be strong, to be a cold killer. But even I have a weakness, and Nero Verdi will regret using it against me. He's my enemy, so why do I get such a thrill when his fingers wrap around my throat? Why am I addicted to the brutality of his touch? Nero They call her The Kiss of Death, and I have the one thing she wants above all else. She's nothing more than a weapon, a pawn to put me at the top of the New York mafia, and yet I find myself wanting to dance with death, to possess her. I crave the kiss of her blade just as much as her lips. And that might just get me killed. A game of power. An obsession that would see the world burn at their feet. A bloodied king. A broken queen. Kill me or kiss me? "Kill Me is PERFECTLY dark and delicious! Nero and Una are two strong, badass characters that you can't help but want more of. LP has a way with words that draws you straight into their twisted world and captures you. Definitely a 5 star read!" - Victoria Ashley, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Kiss Of Death is the complete collection of the bestselling, dark mafia Kiss Of Death series.

Kiss of Death

Author: Debbie Viguié
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781455526710
Category : FICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 179

Book Description
In the wake of a failed attempt to defeat the vampire Richelieu, Susan and her friends are weakened and divided, but they soon discover that the secrets of the present will only be revealed by solving the mysteries of the past.

Kiss of Death Volume One

Author: Rich Larson
Publisher: SQP
ISBN: 9780865620308
Category : Fantasy in art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
It's with a keen sense of humour and wondrous attention to detail that these two warped geniuses have created hundreds of magnificent fantasy illustrations. With the team of Fastner & Larson, good girls never looked so naughty -- so tantalisingly helpless -- or so well armed! It is the best/worst of American pop culture, as viewed through their unique prism. Contains many colour works which document their airbrush technique.