The Beating Heart Rafael A. Nunez-Cedeno Examining seven of the most

Examining seven of the most common and serious addictions—gambling

the rigid gender norms of Japanese society

explaining fundamental concepts and introducing new and unfamiliar terms

revealing both the intense political conflict at the time and the strenuous opposition to racial integration within all branches of the armed forces

leading to a series of efforts from US politicians

The Beating Heart Rafael A. Nunez-Cedeno Examining seven of the mostThe Beating Heart is an allusion to the continuous pulsing of feelings that lie beneath the surface reality of our lives. This collection 'slips into the lining' of various experiences from a childhood in the ancient city of Rome whose 'famous walls bulged with sanctioned corruption' to the loneliness of a London bedsit 'narrow as a capsule a chilly low cost limbo' to the lure of a Sydney bushwalk where 'mist lies over the grass the trees the