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From cultural appropriation and sustainability to diversity, inclusion, and venture capitalism, Psychedelic Justice: Toward a Diverse and Equitable Psychedelic Culture examines the history of psychedelics, celebrates its present moment, and contemplates how advocates and policymakers can shape the future integration of psychedelics into general society.

Leone Magiera ci dà, in questo volume, una visione del tutto inedita di Herbert von Karajan. Amico e collaboratore del Maestro per molti anni, Magiera, oltre ad analizzare in profondità la sua tecnica direttoriale e molte delle più famose interpretazioni, ci racconta, nei suoi incontri con Karajan, della personalità più nascosta e segreta del grande Maestro austriaco. Ne risulta un aspetto umano pressoché sconosciuto, con risvolti mai narrati precedentemente.

Fragmented into 16 excerpts, stories, or scenes, this brief work by León focuses on the breakup of a couple of unnamed lovers without explicit gender, swept away by the gale of passion and desire, with the moon as their sole spectator and accomplice, and the presence of a cat that serves as witness to the impulses of a love that is hopelessly undone in the misunderstanding of bodies scorched by the fire of the sexes. The work is a heartbroken cry of a lonely, proud individual, overpowered by his own ego in the face of the loss and abandonment of the one who filled his days.

In this novella, an elderly man, who has endured a lengthy period of imprisonment for murder, relates how he has become reconciled with his incarceration. Prison has not made him bitter or robbed him of his intellectual acuity, but it may have put at risk his ability to function effectively as a free man after his release.

Leonid Andreyev spent most of the last decade of his life in the Finnish village Vammelsu, near the Black Rivulet, where he built for himself a villa. The village was close to the sea, and Andreyev spent many hours exploring the local seas in his yacht.

Vite rubate. Come quella di Miriam, moglie di un turco musulmano che nel 1936 decide di sostituirsi al mercante ebreo con cui è in affari, costringendo anche lei a cambiare nome e religione. A rubare la vita a Giuditta nel 1938 sono le leggi razziali: cacciata dalla scuola, con il padre in prigione e i fascisti alle calcagna, può essere tradita, venduta e comprata; deve imparare a nascondersi ovunque, persino in un ospedale e in un bordello.

Repitiendo la fórmula de su primera versión, Ciencia pop 2 entrega nuevas historias y hazañas científicas. Biografías, descubrimientos, accidentes, errores e incógnitas son abordadas mediante una pluma informada y fascinante.

Many great writers have written about war, but few have explored the personal trauma endured by combatants as did Leonid Andreyev in this tale of the traumatic experiences of a soldier in the Russo - Japanese war in 1905.

In this unflinching and inspiring memoir, Jesse Leon tells an extraordinary story of resilience and survival, shining a light on a childhood spent devastated by sex trafficking, street life, and substance abuse. "A book for survivors and those who know someone they hope survives, bodhisattvas...

Leonid Andreyev was one of the major literary artists at the turn of the 20th century and is widely regarded as perhaps the most talented and prolific representative of the "Silver Age" period of Russian literature. The Seven Who Were Hanged is considered by many to be his masterpiece.

Recopilación de relatos de Juan León Mera. Estas narraciones muestran una amplia visión de costumbres, un cuadro del Ecuador del siglo XIX, y nos introducen en el pensamiento del autor. Estos cuentos son "Entre dos tías y un tío", "Porque soy cristiano", "Un matrimonio inconveniente", "Historieta", "Un recuerdo y unos versos" y "Una mañana en los Andes".

In this typically gloomy novella, Andreyev explores the stunning finality of death and the futility of regret.

In this novella, set in the French Revolution, Leonid Andreyev explores the behavior of a people as it prepares to exchange one form of public servitude for another. As with most of the works of Andreyev, the mood is somber and reflects the author's extreme disillusion with the fallout from the Russian revolution, which he had initially greeted with enthusiasm.

Writing in the heat of struggle against the rise of fascism in Germany, France, and Spain in the 1930s, communist leader Leon Trotsky examines the class origins and character of fascist movements. Building on foundations laid by the Communist International in Lenin's time, Trotsky advances a working-class strategy to combat and defeat this malignant danger.

El milagro de ser próspero te invita a un viaje de amor y reconocimiento para trabajar tu conciencia de prosperidad y construir la vida que siempre has deseado. La prosperidad es algo innato en todos los seres humanos, es el camino que te conecta con tu destino y tu misión de vida; simplemente tienes que conectar con ella y reconocerla para que comiences a fluir en abundancia plena.

Si la curiosidad te mata pero las enciclopedias te aburren, ¡este libro es para ti! Si de hacer preguntas raras se trata... ¡yo tengo el récord! Por suerte mi papá es científico y me las responde todas, todas, todas... Para este episodio, mi selección será: ¿Se tiraban peos los dinosaurios? ¿¡Qué hago para que se me pase el hipo!? ¿Envejezco cuando me baño? ¿Por qué la gente tiene distinto color de piel? Y por supuesto: ¿¡qué son los mocos!? Entre muchas otras....

Ameno y didáctico, el bioquímico y escritor Gabriel León relata el estudio de las enfermedades a través de la historia, y cómo la ciencia descubrió y controló, tardíamente muchas veces, a virus y bacterias. El gran avance que significó para la medicina el lavado de manos y cómo pudieron evitarse las cientos de miles de muertes de mujeres durante el parto, provocadas justamente por faltas de higiene.

Standing on the edge of the stage, I knew this was it. This was the moment I had been preparing for. I pushed through 20 long weeks of grueling mental and physical training to be able to step out on stage and make it all worth it. I was 35 years old, and in the last eight months, I had experienced the most challenging adversity of my life. It was a fight to the end. It was trying to keep my head on for 20 weeks. And when it was all over, I wasn't even guaranteed a plastic trophy. The day was finally here, but I had nothing left.

Four strangers are missing. Left at their last-known locations are birthday cards that read: Your gift is the game. Dare to play? The police aren’t worried – it’s just a game. But the families are frantic, and psychologist and private detective Dr Augusta Bloom is persuaded to investigate. As she delves into the lives of the missing people, she finds something that binds them all. 

This novel sees police secretary Signorina Elettra drawn into danger, as she volunteers to go undercover among the clam fishermen of the Venetian Lagoon. And Commissario Brunetti finds himself torn between duty and his feelings for her.