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Much of the world's landmass is already known. Deep sea and outer space are beyond most people's reach. It feels like there are fewer places left to discover. Psychedelics, on the other hand, reveal worlds that remain largely obscure. Altered states offer modern, 21st-century audiences boundless opportunities to explore what a human being can experience. In this book, I show you how to become a capable discovery-maker, sample-collecting naturalist, and rational thinker of visionary phenomena.

Welcome to the electrifying world of K-pop! From its origins in a once-overlooked corner of Asia to today's global superstars like BTS and BLACKPINK, discover how South Korea built an entertainment empire that's revolutionizing modern culture. This comprehensive guide reveals the fascinating story behind K-pop's meteoric rise and lasting impact.

A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A rich, captivating, and darkly humorous look into the evolution of apocalyptic thought, exploring how film and literature interact with developments in science, politics, and culture, and what factors drive our perennial obsession with the end of the world...

لماذا ينقص ذكاء الإنسان كلما ازداد ماله: قصة وفاة مايكل جاكسون. مدوان هي سلسلة مقالات فكرية قصيرة، يتناول فيها المُقدِّمون عدة مواضيع تساهم بجعل الحياة أفضل...

The air conditioner is often hailed as one of the modern world's greatest inventions—yet nearly as often blamed for global disaster. It has changed everything from architecture to people's food habits; saved countless lives, and caused countless deaths. First appearing in 1902, when Willis Carrier, an engineer barely out of college, developed the "Apparatus for Treating Air," everyone assumed it would instantly change the world. But the story of air conditioning and its rise to ubiquity is far from simple.

Assinada por uma constelação de consagrados estudiosos das ciências humanas, esta importante e necessária obra dedica cada um de seus 45 artigos a grandes mulheres brasileiras cujas trajetórias pessoal e profissional impactaram enormemente a história do país, mas que, quase sempre, tiveram seus feitos obscurecidos e suas vozes silenciadas pela história oficial – branca, masculina, patriarcal e burguesa.

"Ist das Kunst oder kann das weg?", fragt man sich bei so manchem - vermeintlichen - cineastischen Meisterwerk. Ein Panel aus Filmnerds, bestehend aus Grimme-Preisträger und "Bernd das Brot" Erfinder Tommy Krappweis, den Machern des Hoaxilla Podcasts Alexa und Alexander Waschkau und Barbara...

يرى مؤلّف هذا الكتاب أن مجتمع الإنسان المبني على قانون الجينات الأناني، من الممكن أن يكون منفراً ومزعجاً العيش فيه. ولسوء الحظّ، لن يؤدّي استنكارنا ذلك كلّه إلى...

Назначение этих лекций — помочь человеку, далекому от систематического изучения культуры, начать ориентироваться в мировом культурном процессе. Нравы классической Античности, живопись Высокого Возрождения, русский реализм, современное постмодернистское искусство, язык китча, рекламы и нашей повседневности — мы видим, что язык культуры меняется, но есть ли незримый закон, подобно маятнику определяющий ее движение? От пещер каменного века до рождения мегаполиса — автор прослеживает этапы становления культуры и выделяет признаки, которые характеризуют культуру, клонящуюся к закату.

A scholar and activist’s brilliant socio-political examination of Asian Americans who refuse to assimilate and instead build their own belonging on their own terms outside of mainstream American institutions. In this hard-hitting and deeply personal book, a combination of manifesto and memoir...

ONE OF THE NEW REPUBLIC'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR “Nothing I’ve read has cut to the heart of the ’00s like Y2K.” — Bustle Perfect for fans of Jia Tolentino and Chuck Klosterman, Y2K is a delightfully nostalgic and bitingly told exploration about how the early 2000s forever changed us...

Over the next five years, millions of more Americans are expected to take Ozempic and other GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, which are rapidly being recognized as the miracle drugs of this century. If you’re not on them, you’ll probably know someone who is. What are the implications of the widespread use of these drugs, both on our bodies and our society? In this show, you’ll meet people across America who are either taking the jab or thinking about it, and the shocking intentional and unintentional results they are seeing.

This book introduces you to the basic skills needed to become a master manipulator. Learn in turn how to lie, how to justify your vilest misdeeds, how to manage your image to better manipulate your victims and how to guess them so that you can better abuse them. Your losing days are over. You will now be able to abuse your landlord, your friends, the government, your family members, your colleagues, your employees, your customers, insurance companies, your suppliers, your constituents, the people you meet, and everyone else you envy.

Who was Jimmy Savile? More than anything he was a list of contradictions. He was a practising Catholic who raped young boys and girls and had sex with corpses. He was a God-fearing believer who participated in satanic rituals. He was an unprecedentedly generous charity fundraiser who was too tight to buy his own meals. He was a friend of princes and dukes who ate bacon sandwiches at his local greasy spoon. He was a peace activist who tied up troublemakers in his nightclubs and had them brutally beaten. He was a fairy godfather who hated children.

Asks what has happened to English football and how we can launch a revolution amongst English fandom in order not just to take back control of the game, but invent new ways our society and economy can work in the interest of the people again. Football has always been the People's Game and even after three decades of clubs being loaded with debt, ticket prices hiked, and fans blasted with gambling ads, football persists as a source of solidarity, civic engagement and national and international pride.

In 1999, the bestselling video game Tony Hawk’sPro Skater was released, and a new generation was exposed to skateboarding culture right in their very own homes. Kids and adults alike could now spend hours playing as actual skateboarders, learning the vernacular, listening to the music skateboarders loved, and having fun onscreen before trying to skate IRL in the driveway.

Looking to connect with family and friends over shared memories? This audiobook is your perfect companion. Are you seeking a fun way to keep your mind active? Want to bond with your grandchildren over shared stories? Trivia for Seniors brings back the joy of favorite past moments while creating new ones with loved ones. Filled with over 500 multiple-choice questions from the 1950s to 1990s, this collection covers music, movies, historical events, and cultural milestones.

The Pleasure Trap: Hidden Games of Modern Culture unveils the subtle yet powerful forces shaping our desires, behaviors, and identities in today’s entertainment-saturated world. Drawing from the insights of critical theory and modern psychology, this book dives into the "hidden games" of culture, where pleasure is weaponized, creativity commodified, and individuality molded to serve the machine of mass production.

Que vous ayez déjà vu treize fois chacune des dix saisons, ou bien que vous l’ayez découverte récemment et soyez encore dans votre premier visionnage des 236 épisodes qui constituent cette série culte, ce livre est fait pour vous ! Car oui ! Les vies apparemment ordinaires de nos six héros new-yorkais regorgent de questionnements philosophiques.

19 aprile 1943. Albert Hofmann, chimico in forze all'azienda farmaceutica Sandoz di Basilea, inforca la bicicletta e si avvia verso casa. Sembra un giorno come un altro, se non fosse che ha appena assunto 250 microgrammi di dietilammide-25 dell'acido lisergico, un composto da lui stesso sintetizzato nella ricerca di uno stimolante della circolazione sanguigna. Ciò che accade durante il tragitto sconvolge la sua nozione del reale: visioni coloratissime, meravigliose e mostruose, percezioni di realtà parallele, terrori, euforie. È nato l'Lsd.