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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater is an autobiographical account written by Thomas De Quincey, about his laudanum (opium and alcohol) addiction and its effect on his life. The Confessions was "the first major work De Quincey published and the one which won him fame almost overnight... "
First published anonymously in September and October 1821 in the London Magazine, the Confessions was released in book form in 1822, and again in 1856, in an...
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"Born to an American mother and a late Afghan war hero-turned-magnate, Daniel Sajadi has spent his life navigating a complex identity. After years in Los Angeles, he is returning home to Kabul for the first time as the head of a US foreign aid agency dedicated to staunching the growth of the poppy fields in Fever Valley that feed the world's opiate epidemic. But on the drive back to Kabul from an anniversary trip with his wife, Rebecca, Daniel hits...
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xxiv, 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, portraits (some color) ; 24 cm
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Opioid addiction is fast becoming the most deadly crisis in American history. In 2017, it claimed nearly fifty thousand lives -- more than gunshots and car crashes combined, and almost as many Americans as were killed in the entire Vietnam War. But even as the overdose crisis ravages our nation -- straining our prison system, dividing families, and defying virtually every legislative solution to treat it-- few understand how it came to be. Opium tells...
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xxiv, 440 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
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An intelligent and authoritative history of opium--a drug that has both healed and harmed since the beginning of civilization. Poppy tears, opium, heroin, fentanyl: humankind has been in thrall to the "Milk of Paradise" for millennia. The latex of papaver somniferum is a bringer of sleep, of pleasurable lethargy, of relief from pain--and hugely addictive. A commodity without rival, it is renewable, easy to extract, transport, and refine, and subject...
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xii, 334 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
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In the nineteenth century, Chinese society was crippled by a vast addiction to opium, which was largely supplied by British traders. For years, the British and Chinese governments had clashed over Britian's right to trade in China and be treated by the Chinese officials as equals. So when China tried to close its ports to opium, the British fought back, starting two of the most bizarre wars in history.
7) Opium
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After running away from his abusive home, Felan is alone on the streets. Cold and hungry, he is saved by Nick, the terrifying leader of the Wolves; one of the most feared gangs of Guadalupe. Enticed by the promise of safety, food, and somewhere to call home, Felan goes with him. There, he meets Blaez, a girl who becomes his solace, and his closest friend.
But what if his new home is just as bad, if not worse, than the home he left behind?
From...
8) Opium
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Opium, once used for ritual purposes, is a substance, which dulls pain and offers access to an artificial world, and has long been idealized by artists and markets. Baudelaire, Picasso, and Dickens were all inspired to create by the blue clouds of smoke. Known as either a sacred drug or the worst of poisons, opium rapidly became popular in Great Britain and a source of commerce with Imperial China. This illustrated work presents the history and quasi-religious...
9) Opium
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L'opium, cette substance autrefois utilisée à des fins rituelles contre la douleur et offrant l'accès à un univers artificiel, fut longtemps idéalisée par les artistes et les écrivains. baudelaire, malraux, cocteau, tous s'inspirèrent des nuages de la fée bleue pour créer. drogue sacrée ou bien pire des poisons, l'opium devint rapidement populaire en grandebretagne et source de commerce avec la chine impériale. ce titre présente de manière...
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In the mid-19th century, China under the Qing dynasty suffered a series of natural disasters, economic problems, and defeats at the hands of the Western powers-in particular, the humiliating defeat in 1842 by the British in the First Opium War. The war disrupted shipping patterns and threw many out of work. It was these disaffected who flocked to join the charismatic visionary Hong Xiuquan. The sect's power grew in the late 1840s, initially suppressing...
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In the mid-19th century, China under the Qing dynasty suffered a series of natural disasters, economic problems, and defeats at the hands of the Western powers-in particular, the humiliating defeat in 1842 by the British in the First Opium War. The war disrupted shipping patterns and threw many out of work. It was these disaffected who flocked to join the charismatic visionary Hong Xiuquan.The sect's power grew in the late 1840s, initially suppressing...
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xxviii, 556 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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Describes how nineteenth-century British efforts to open China to trade set in motion the fall of the Qing dynasty and started a war that allowed for the rise of nationalism and communism in the twentieth century.
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Thomas De Quincey, an English essayist during the turn of the nineteenth century, began life as a fairly sickly child, and would spend much of his life in the grips of one illness or another. Through a series of misguided attempts at getting an education, De Quincey dropped out of college and instead became a vagrant. The youth barely had enough food to eat and resorted to begging in order to survive. These years served as a depressing foundation...
19) On Opium
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A groundbreaking meditation on pain, painkillers, and dependence from a prescription opioid user.
Her writing has been described as "measured," "sensuous," and "compelling." In 2016, Carlyn Zwarenstein's short narrative on pain made the Globe and Mail's Top 100 Books. Now, she returns with a seductive dive into opioids and the nature of dependence.
North Americans are the world's most prolific users of opioid painkillers. In On Opium, Zwarenstein...
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An impossible smuggling route. A smuggler who won't quit Will Adelma's stubbornness bring her success or ruin her life?
Adelma has one dream: to set herself up as a smuggler. But as the daughter of a fisherman, that's easier said than done.
As she slowly starts to network in the smuggling world, she comes across a man who loudly mocks her looks. What's a self-respecting wannabe smuggler to do? Punch his lights out, of course. Preferably in front...
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