When Good Drugs Go Bad. Opium, Medicine, and the Origins of Canada's Drug Laws, Paperback - Dan Malleck

This intoxicating look at the history of drug regulation in Canada reveals how a variety of social and political forces converged at the turn of th...

Stand-up comedian Wilkins presents a funny story of Ella wanting her dad to bend to her desire to be cool, opting to bring this about through being...

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The first historian ever granted access to these exceptional medical records, Lamb offers a compelling new perspective on the integral but misunder...

Reducere. James F. Sulzby Book AwardCombining biography with regional and national history, Dan T. Carter chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of George Wal...

DRAYA JENNINGS is a sheltered country girl from Gonzalez, La. Under her mother's influence, she has college aspirations that'll help her struggling...

Reducere. One of the great tribes of the Southwest Plains, the Kiowas were militantly defiant toward white intruders in their territory and killed more durin...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Deirdre Benia Cooper OwensThe accomplishments of pioneering doctors such as John Peter Mettauer, James Marion Sims, and Nat...

Reducere. It is now forty years since the discovery of AIDS, but its origins continue to puzzle doctors, scientists and patients. Inspired by his own experie...

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Reducere. The contemporary and mythological worlds collide in this 4th thrilling Pegasus adventure with a feisty female heroine. A deadly plague has struck O...

Publisher: St Martin's PressAuthor(s): Christine SchultzNumber of pages: 128Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 139 x 190 x 11Cover type: Paperback /...

Greek Vase-Painting and the Origins of Visual Humour - Alexandre G. Mitchell

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In this revealing study, now available in a revised and expanded new edition, Christopher Wood shows how Altdorfer prised landscape out of its subs...

Reducere. Did rebel angels take on human bodies to fulfill their lust for the "daughters of men"?Did these fallen angels teach men to build weapons of war?Th...

A New York Times multi-million copy bestseller, this is a modern classic about some of life's most difficult questions.

Reducere. Education plays a critical role in preventing substance abuse. Drugs of Abuse, A DEA Resource Guide, is designed to be a reliable resource on the m...

DescriptionThe marvellous complexity of the Universe emerges from several deep laws and a handful of fundamental constants that fix its shape, scal...

There is perhaps no greater fear in a parent's heart than the thought that a much-loved and well-cared-for child will make bad choices or even beco...

Reducere. Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966) was an influential Egyptian ideologue credited with establishing the theoretical basis for radical Islamism in the post col...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Kojin KarataniTranslator: Joseph a. MurphyIn Isonomia and the Origins of Philosophy--published originally in Japanese and n...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): David WhitehouseIllustration(s): Ill.Number of pages: 182Publication date: 1998Dimensions: 154 x 228...

Eating the flesh of an Egyptian mummy prevents the plague. Distilled poppies reduce melancholy. A Turkish drink called coffee increases alertness. ...

The #1 bestselling inspirational classic from the nationally known spiritual leader; a source of solace and hope for over 4 million readers. When H...

Reducere. The world is a better place than it used to be. People are healthier, wealthier, and live longer. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many has l...

Reducere. DescriptionIn Minimal Selfhood and the Origins of Consciousness, R.D.V. Glasgow seeks to ground the logical roots of consciousness in what he has p...

Reducere. Pharaoh Akhenaten, who reigned for seventeen years in the fourteenth century B.C.E, is one of the most intriguing rulers of ancient Egypt. His odd ...

Reducere. DescriptionIn the warped world of prescription drug pricing, generic drugs can cost more than branded ones, old drugs can be relaunched at astronom...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): David SmailNumber of pages: 250Publication date: 2015Dimensions: 154 x 230 x 21Cover type: Paperback / so...

A compelling and comprehensive history of opium, a drug that has both healed and harmed since civilization began.

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In the sixth century BC, Anaximander of Miletus, an associate of Thales, initiated Western philosophy and science with a theory of how the world or...

Publisher: Rutgers University PressAuthor(s): Eike ExnerIllustration(s): 10 colour, 50 black & white imagesNumber of pages: 270Publication date: 20...

In the sixth century BC, Anaximander of Miletus, an associate of Thales, initiated Western philosophy and science with a theory of how the world or...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Claudia LosiIllustration(s): 72 black and white illustrationsNumber of pages: 152Publication date: 2021Dimension...

A shocking true story of corruption and crime in the ranks of the NYPD in the worst police scandal since the revelations of Fred Serpico In the 197...

Reducere. How children and children's literature helped build America's empire America's empire was not made by adults alone. During the nineteenth and twent...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Elisabeth AndersonIllustration(s): 22 b/w illus. 14 tables.Number of pages: 384Collection: Princeto...

Offers a vision of how Islam first evolved. This title argues that the origins of Islam lie in what we may call the Believers' movement begun by th...

A common topic throughout Ellen White's prolific writings is healthy living. She believed that the use of artificial drugs and drug-taking accounte...

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How did representative institutions become the central organs of governance in Western Europe? What enabled this distinctive form of political orga...

Reducere. In this wide-ranging yet concise study, Alain de Benoist brings his incisive intelligence and wide erudition to bear on the fiercely debated subjec...