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  • Against the Ice

    The Classic Arctic Survival Story

    Traducido por Maurice Michael ...
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  • Capitalizing on the Demographic Transition: Tackling Noncommunicable Diseases in South Asia

    Increasing life expectancy in South Asia is resulting in a demographic transition that can under the right circumstances yield dividends through more favorable dependency ratios for a time. With aging the disease burden shifts toward noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) which can threaten healthy aging. However securing the gains expected from the demographic dividendwhere developing countries working ... Leer más

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    Against the Ice

    The Classic Arctic Survival Story

    Narrado por Tristan Wright ...

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    **Now a major Netflix film co-written by and starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones)The harrowing, amazing, and often amusing personal account of two mismatched Arctic explorers who banded together to keep themselves sane on an historic expedition gone horribly wrong**Ejnar Mikkelsen was devoted to Arctic exploration. In 1910 he decided to search for the diaries of the ill-fated Mylius ... Leer más

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  • The South

    Jim Crow and Its Afterlives

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  • Dressed for a Dance in the Snow

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  • My Name Is Selma

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  • Dead Reckoning

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