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"Jusionyte explores the sister towns bisected by the border from many angles in this illuminating and poignant exploration of a place and situation that are little discussed yet have significant implications for larger political discourse."—Publishers Weekly, STARRED Review Emergency responders on the US-Mexico border operate at the edges of two states. They rush patients to hospitals across country lines, tend to the broken bones of migrants who jump over the wall, and put out fires that know no national boundaries. Paramedics and firefighters on both sides of the border are tasked with saving lives and preventing disasters in the harsh terrain at the center of divisive national debates.   Ieva Jusionyte’s firsthand experience as an emergency responder provides the background for her gripping examination of the politics of injury and rescue in the militarized region surrounding the US-Mexico border. Operating in this area, firefighters and paramedics are torn between their mandate as frontline state actors and their responsibility as professional rescuers, between the limits of law and pull of ethics. From this vantage they witness what unfolds when territorial sovereignty, tactical infrastructure, and the natural environment collide. Jusionyte reveals the binational brotherhood that forms in this crucible to stand in the way of catastrophe. Through beautiful ethnography and a uniquely personal perspective, Threshold provides a new way to understand politicized issues ranging from border security and undocumented migration to public access to healthcare today.

Тематика связана с ключевыми экономическими понятиями и основами экономической деятельности. Все разделы снабжены грамматическими упражнениями, ролевыми играми и предусматривают использование мультимедийных технологий. Соответствует ФГОС ВО последнего поколения. Для студентов бакалавриата финансово-экономического профиля.

Since her short career came to a dramatic end, former cop Eden Swain has been haunted by guilt and disturbing dreams. When she gets a call from a woman she knows is dead, it nearly sends her over the edge.Eden’s search for answers leads her to a portal—and she steps through to the world between the worlds. A decadent world where anything and everything is possible. There, she is torn between her desire for two men—one a darkly sexy vampire who promises to take away her pain forever.The other, a gorgeous wolf shifter determined to save her soul…

It's a battle between good and evil, and she's the prize…Jessica Vandemeer left home after her parents were brutally murdered. But now something–and someone–is calling her back to the windswept coast off Vancouver. The man of her dreams is urging her to return. With his promise that he'll protect her, Jessica decides to confront her past.But Jessica has barely settled in to the home where she grew up when she senses a dark presence haunting the estate. It's a darkness she recognizes. It's as familiar to her as the man who called her back home. She felt it for the first time on the day her parents died, and she knows that it has returned for her. Will she be able to resist its sinister seduction?