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La situazione della giustizia in Italia è peculiare. Da un lato si assiste a una dilatazione del ruolo dei giudici, dall’altro a una crescente inefficacia del sistema giudiziario. Molti osservatori concordano sul fatto che la magistratura sia diventata parte della governance nazionale; che vi sia una indebita invasione della magistratura nel campo della politica e dell’economia; che in qualche caso la magistratura cerchi persino di prendere il posto della politica, controllando anche i costumi, oltre ai reati.

Attraversiamo metropoli futuristiche e hutong, locali fumosi e campi di ginseng, antichi principi confuciani e intelligenza artificiale, neomarxismo e ipercapitalismo. Incontriamo l’ambiguo funzionario del Partito comunista, l’operosa dottoressa di Wuhan, l’eterea vlogger della Cina rurale, l’astro della letteratura fantascientifica, la giovanissima attivista per l’ambiente. Addentriamoci nella Cina nuova, quella che scopriamo appena smettiamo di leggerne soltanto la superficie.

Reveals how these scientists, doctors, therapists, and teachers have applied their entheogenic experiences in their professions, leading to therapeutic advancements, scientific discoveries, and healing for thousands Includes contributions from scientific psychonaut Amanda Feilding...

A compendium of 100 words and phrases smart people use--even if they only kinda sorta (secretly don't) know what they mean--with pithy definitions and fascinating etymologies to solidify their meanings. Your boss makes a joke about Schrodinger's cat--which is something you've heard of but you're...

Para empezar, analizaremos por qué los seres humanos distamos mucho de ser seres racionales. Entenderemos cómo procesamos la información de una manera que está lejos de ser objetiva porque, en definitiva, buscamos creer lo que queremos creer. Examinaremos por qué nuestra memoria no es fiable y cómo elaboramos falsos recuerdos de una manera perfecta.

Mental health advocate Lucy Nichol takes a deep dive into 10 of the most harmful mental health stereotypes. She examines where they come from and how they are fed, drawing heavily on the impact of social media, the press and popular culture.

In a world where violence—of the market, of climate change, of capitalism—is part of our everyday lives, Which as You Know Means Violence focuses on those who enact violence on themselves, or for art and entertainment, and analyzes the role that violence plays in 21st century culture.

The essential guide to veteran British indie favorites Saint Etienne—the story of how they made music out of memories, and how we made memories out of them. Saint Etienne have spent three decades making music out of memories for people who make memories out of music. How We Used Saint Etienne to Live is the story of that reciprocal process, told in the wrong order, but the right time.

"Sprechtraining to go" ist das Übungsprogramm für alle, die im entscheidenden Moment gut ankommen wollen. Fundiert, humorvoll und leicht verständlich erklärt, ist das Training darauf ausgelegt, sofort mit den Übungen zu starten. Die langjährige Schauspielerin, Sprecherin und Dozentin Tatjana Auster zeigt spielerisch, wie durch gezielte Übungen die Stimme an Leistungsfähigkeit gewinnt. Auf natürliche Weise wird die Stimme lebendiger und findet ihren individuellen Klang.

An entertaining and informative guide to the most common 150 words even smart people use incorrectly, along with pithy forays into their fascinating etymologies and tangled histories of use and misuse. Even the most erudite among us use words like apocryphal, facetious, ironic, meteorite...

If you’re a never-Trumper, maybe you’d like to understand better your Trump-supporting relative at Thanksgiving dinner. Over 74 million of your fellow Americans voted for Trump in 2020. Despite all the things about him that make you crazy, they decided, "that’s my guy", and filled in the dot or pulled the lever. Why did they? How could they? Is there any way to bridge the gap between you and them?

In Under Pressure, Carl Honoré shows how the pressure to give our children the best of everything and make them the best at everything is backfiring on kids, parents and society as a whole. He maps out how we can rescue childhood from the excesses of the 21st century.

Whether through a movie, television show, novel, or even myth, horror as a genre has always spoken to our deepest human fears and anxieties: fear of death, of the unknown, of knowing too much. Whether you're looking at classic narratives like Frankenstein, or contemporary films like Get Out, which explores racism and white guilt, horror provides a window into our culture and what makes us human. The same can be said of religion.

On Being Unreasonable mounts a vital and spirited defence of why and how being unreasonable can help improve the world. It examines and parses the pros and cons of our rules around reason, but leaves us with the rousing question: What if behaving unreasonably at times might be the best way to bring about meaningful change that is long overdue?

In this beguiling, incisive book, critically acclaimed writer Katherine Angel examines the place of fathers in contemporary culture with her characteristic mix of boldness and nuance, asking how the mixture of love and hatred we feel toward our fathers—and patriarchal father figures—can be turned into a relationship that is generative rather than destructive.

In the early 1960s, the nation was on track to fulfill its destiny in what was being called "the American Century." Baby boomers and rock & roll shared the country's optimism and energy. For "one brief, shining moment" in the early 1960s, both President John F. Kennedy and young people across the country were riding high. The dream of a New Frontier would soon give way, however, to a new reality involving assassinations, the Vietnam War, Cold War crises, the civil rights movement, a new feminist movement, and various culture wars.

A collection of essays about father figures in popular culture, Dad Bod unpack the ideas that inform our collective image of fatherhood as it is found in movies, television shows, and video games. Follow a newly minted parent as he journeys to the heart of dadness to redefine what it means to be a father.

Oggi, l'inondazione di immagini a cui molti bambini, adolescenti e adulti vanno incontro per l'abitudine di stare per molte ore davanti a uno schermo, (televisione, telefonino) espropria gli stessi di quel tipo di azione che è caratterizzato dal linguaggio parlato e dalla comunicazione sociale. Insomma, la tendenza naturale che l'individuo ha di immaginare, giocare, dialogare, viene lentamente ma progressivamente repressa dall'influenza di questi mezzi moderni di comunicazione.

Read by the author, Michael Bond Fans takes you on a journey into the world of superfans – in all of its strange, sometimes dark, and complicated forms. 'A celebration of human idiosyncrasy and of our talent for building shared meaning and solidarity out of the strangest material' – TLS...

The Allman Brothers Band’s Brothers and Sisters was not only the band’s best-selling album at over seven million copies sold, it was also a powerfully influential release, both musically and culturally, one whose influence continues to be profoundly felt.