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The Curious World of Drugs and Their Friends

A Very Trippy Miscellany

By: Ingo Niermann,Adriano Sack

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The Curious World of Drugs and Their Friends

A Very Trippy Miscellany

By: Ingo Niermann,Adriano Sack

Wacky but well-researched, unbiased and shameless, this informational book about drugs dares to take readers on a long, strange trivia trip. Following in the tradition of The Ultimate Book of Useless Information, The Curious World of Drugs and Their Friends is a wry potpourri of interesting information about every conceivable kind of drug. Readers can feed their heads with anecdotes, facts, lists, statistics, and illustrations, including: • The test results of animals on LSD—cats lose their fear of dogs, and goats walk in geometric patterns • Drugs found in nature, from magic mushrooms to St. John’s wort to beaver secretions • Celebrities who overdosed at age 27—Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Brian Jones, and Jean Michel-Basquiat • Imaginary drugs in literature and film, from spice the mélange in Dune to Moloko plus in A Clockwork Orange • Nicknames for a joint—from doobie to giggly stick to Mr. Boom Bizzle • The global percentages of adults who have used cannabis—.004 percent in Singapore and 12.6 percent in the United States • The uses of opium in ancient Rome—from treatments for insomnia and epilepsy to colic and deafness • The most glamorous rehab clinics and their celebrity alumni • Mini-biographies of the biggest drug kingpins around the world

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193

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Penguin

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ISBN 10

1440651183

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9781440651182

Relative Constructions in European Non-Standard Varieties

By: Adriano Murelli

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Relative Constructions in European Non-Standard Varieties

By: Adriano Murelli

Cross-linguistic studies on relative constructions in European languages are often centred on standard varieties as described in reference grammars. This volume breaks with the tradition in that it investigates relative constructions in non-standard varieties from a multidisciplinary perspective and addresses a crucial question: what does Europe's typological panorama actually look like?

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501

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Walter de Gruyter

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3110238799

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9783110238792

Justice Blindfolded

The Historical Course of an Image

By: Adriano Prosperi

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Justice Blindfolded

The Historical Course of an Image

By: Adriano Prosperi

Justice Blindfolded gives an overview of the history of “justice” and its iconography through the centuries. Justice has been portrayed as a woman with scales, or holding a sword, or, since the fifteenth century, with her eyes bandaged. This last symbol contains the idea that justice is both impartial and blind, reminding indirectly of the bandaged Christ on the cross, a central figure in the Christian idea of fairness and forgiveness. In this rich and imaginative journey through history and philosophy, Prosperi manages to convey a full account of the ways justice has been described, portrayed and imagined. Translation of Giustizia bendata. Percorsi storici di un'immagine (Einaudi, 2008).

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284

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BRILL

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ISBN 10

9004368671

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9789004368675

Crime and Forgiveness

Christianizing Execution in Medieval Europe

By: Adriano Prosperi

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Crime and Forgiveness

Christianizing Execution in Medieval Europe

By: Adriano Prosperi

A provocative analysis of how Christianity helped legitimize the death penalty in early modern Europe, then throughout the Christian world, by turning execution into a great cathartic public ritual and the condemned into a Christ-like figure who accepts death to save humanity. The public execution of criminals has been a common practice ever since ancient times. In this wide-ranging investigation of the death penalty in Europe from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century, noted Italian historian Adriano Prosperi identifies a crucial period when legal concepts of vengeance and justice merged with Christian beliefs in repentance and forgiveness. Crime and Forgiveness begins with late antiquity but comes into sharp focus in fourteenth-century Italy, with the work of the Confraternities of Mercy, which offered Christian comfort to the condemned and were for centuries responsible for burying the dead. Under the brotherhoods’ influence, the ritual of public execution became Christianized, and the doomed person became a symbol of the fallen human condition. Because the time of death was known, this “ideal” sinner could be comforted and prepared for the next life through confession and repentance. In return, the community bearing witness to the execution offered forgiveness and a Christian burial. No longer facing eternal condemnation, the criminal in turn publicly forgave the executioner, and the death provided a moral lesson to the community. Over time, as the practice of Christian comfort spread across Europe, it offered political authorities an opportunity to legitimize the death penalty and encode into law the right to kill and exact vengeance. But the contradictions created by Christianity’s central role in executions did not dissipate, and squaring the emotions and values surrounding state-sanctioned executions was not simple, then or now.

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657

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Belknap Press

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0674659848

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9780674659841

Among the Lilies

By: Mary Adriano,Mary Bruno

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Among the Lilies

By: Mary Adriano,Mary Bruno

A post civil war novel of history, intrigue, spirituality, romance and grim reality.

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724

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0965190617

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9780965190619

The Curious World of Drugs and Their Friends

A Very Trippy Miscellany

By: Ingo Niermann,Adriano Sack

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A Very Trippy Miscellany

By: Ingo Niermann,Adriano Sack

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Penguin

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0452289912

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9780452289918

The Next 100

Ideas, Views and Visions of Tomorrow's World

By: Adriano Sack,B. M. W. Group

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The Next 100

Ideas, Views and Visions of Tomorrow's World

By: Adriano Sack,B. M. W. Group

The Next 100 - with this in mind, the BMW Group marks its 100th birthday by focusing its attention on the future. What will mobility be like tomorrow? What role will companies play in society? How and where will people live? What effects will digitisation and globalisation have on the world we live in? How will it be possible to maintain the company's position as the driving force behind progress and innovation? In The Next 100 the BMW Group does not limit its coverage to its own plans and scenarios but invites experts from a variety of social spheres - scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, journalists and artists - to join the BMW Group in reflecting on and discussing the future. However, the publication also pays due attention to the history of the company, which has been consistently characterized by its focus on the future. The book offers fascinating insights into the fundamental thought processes behind the vehicles and takes a detailed look at their genesis.

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589

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Hatje Cantz

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3775742220

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9783775742221

Book's by Adriano Sack

The Curious World of Drugs and Their Friends

The Curious World of Drugs and Their Friends

Relative Constructions in European Non-Standard Varieties

Relative Constructions in European Non-Standard Varieties

Justice Blindfolded

Justice Blindfolded

Crime and Forgiveness

Crime and Forgiveness

Among the Lilies

Among the Lilies

The Curious World of Drugs and Their Friends

The Curious World of Drugs and Their Friends

The Next 100

The Next 100

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