Arthur Ford, uno dei più grandi medium del XX secolo, constatò, dopo quarantanni di attività, che la maggior parte delle domande che gli venivano continuamente rivolte riguardavano la vita dopo la morte. Le questioni più frequenti erano: Che corpo avremo? Ricorderemo gli avvenimenti della nostra vita? E le persone conosciute e amate? Che rapporti avremo con loro? Potremo incontrare i grandi personaggi della storia? E i grandi 'spiriti dell'umanità'? Che cosa faremo nell'aldilà? Svolgeremo compiti precisi o non faremo nulla? Come vedremo questo mondo? Vedremo Dio? Dovremo subire, se lo avremo meritato, un castigo? Sarà eterno o temporaneo? A tutte queste domande e a molte altre, Ford risponde in quest'opera, che ha lo scopo di illuminare pienamente sulla vita dopo la morte. Allo stesso tempo, il libro è una fonte di spiegazioni anche circa la vita terrena, sempre e comunque collegata con quella ultraterrena, dalla quale ci separano non tempo, spazio e materia - limitazioni del nostro io fisico - ma semplicemente diversità di vibrazioni.

Un luogo magico, al di Cuori del tempo, l'Oracolo Fate ci porta nella fatata epoca Vittoriana, tra poesie, incantesimi e Impero. È un viaggio personale ed intimo nei racconti del Popolo Incantato.

Nel crepuscolo londinese una figuretta vola sui tetti delle case: è Peter Pan, l'unico bambino che non cresce mai. Il motivo della visita in città è presto detto: deve riacciuffare la sua ombra ribelle, fuggita mentre ascoltava di nascosto le storie che Mrs. Darling racconta ogni sera ai piccoli Wendy, John e Michael prima di dormire. Sarà l'inizio di una meravigliosa avventura, con una tribù di ragazzi smarriti che vivono su un'isola non riportata dalle mappe (non le vostre, perlomeno!), indiani, fatine dispettose, pirati senza una mano, coccodrilli affamati e sirene ammaliatrici. Il fantastico universo creato da James M. Barrie rivive in queste pagine nell'edizione integrale delle avventure del bambino che non voleva crescere, in una nuova traduzione e con illustrazioni d'epoca. Il volume riunisce infatti i romanzi 'Peter Pan nei Giardini di Kensington', racconto della fuga tra le fate di Peter neonato, e 'Peter e Wendy', la seconda puntata della saga, resa celebre dalla versione disneyana degli anni Cinquanta. Arthur Rackham, fra i più amati artisti di età vittoriana, e F.D. Bedford, illustratore della prima edizione di 'Peter e Wendy', raffigurano le avventure di Peter e compagni con tratto gioioso e sognante, fissando nella fantasia dei lettori di ogni epoca ed età personaggi e ambientazioni di una fiaba senza tempo, che parla dell'incanto perduto dell'infanzia e del potere dei sogni.

The Village of Grosse Pointe Shores, nestled along the shore of Lake St. Clair just north of Detroit, is the smallest of the five Grosse Pointe communities. After the settlement of Detroit in 1701, the area that would become Grosse Pointe Shores saw the arrival of French habitants who built their ribbon farms. Beginning in the 1860s, the area began to change as well-to-do Detroiters erected summer homes on the lakeshore. The Village of Grosse Pointe Shores was formally established in 1911, and the community grew as great mansions were built along Lake Shore Road. Following World War II, the community evolved yet again as the grand mansions disappeared and properties were subdivided. By the end of the 20th century, the village had grown into an established community of comfortable, well-maintained homes. In 2011, these residents gathered together to celebrate the 100th anniversary of their community.

When did we first serve meals at regular hours? Why did we begin using individual plates and utensils to eat? When did 'cuisine' become a concept and how did we come to judge food by its method of preparation, manner of consumption, and gastronomic merit?

Food: A Culinary History explores culinary evolution and eating habits from prehistoric times to the present, offering surprising insights into our social and agricultural practices, religious beliefs, and most unreflected habits. The volume dispels myths such as the tale that Marco Polo brought pasta to Europe from China, that the original recipe for chocolate contained chili instead of sugar, and more. As it builds its history, the text also reveals the dietary rules of the ancient Hebrews, the contributions of Arabic cookery to European cuisine, the table etiquette of the Middle Ages, and the evolution of beverage styles in early America. It concludes with a discussion on the McDonaldization of food and growing popularity of foreign foods today.

Principles of Clinical Pharmacology is a successful survey covering the pharmacologic principles underlying the individualization of patient therapy and contemporary drug development. This essential reference continues to focus on the basics of clinical pharmacology for the development, evaluation, and clinical use of pharmaceutical products while also addressing the most recent advances in the field. Written by leading experts in academia, industry, clinical and regulatory settings, the third edition has been thoroughly updated to provide readers with an ideal reference covering the wide range of important topics impacting clinical pharmacology as the discipline plays an increasingly significant role in drug development and regulatory science.

* Includes new chapters on imaging and the pharmacogenetic basis of adverse drug reactions. * Offers an expanded regulatory section that addresses US and international issues and guidelines. * Provides extended coverage of earlier chapters on transporters, pharmacogenetics and biomarkers and also illustrates the impact of gender on drug response. * Presents a broadened discussion of clinical trials from Phase 1 to incorporate Phases II and III.

Tashmoo Park, located 20 miles north of Detroit on Harsen's Island, opened in 1897. Owned by the White Star Line excursion boat company, the park was a pleasant two-hour ride from the city. To reach the park, visitors traveled aboard one of the White Star Line's excursion boats, the most famous of which was--without question--the steamer Tashmoo. Completed in 1900, the Tashmoo was the grandest excursion steamer of her day. The park was a 60-acre resort that included picnic grounds, a large dance pavilion, two baseball diamonds, a bicycle track, amusement rides, and at the water's edge, a bathhouse and swimming beach. For nearly 50 years, Tashmoo was Detroit's most popular park destination, and a trip aboard the Tashmoo was a highlight of the summer season. Sadly, after the steamer sank in 1936, the park went into decline and finally closed in 1951. Today, Tashmoo, the park and the steamer, are only a happy memory of a far simpler time.

'A major collection of essays from leaders in the field of medical anthropology, Chronic Conditions, Fluid States pays much-needed attention to one of the greatest challenges currently faced by both the wealthiest and poorest of nations. For anyone wishing to think critically about chronic illness in cross-cultural perspective, the social forces shaping this issue, and its impact on the lived experiences of people worldwide, there is no better place to start than this pioneering volume.'---Richard Parker, Columbia University, and editor-in-chief, Global Public Health

Chronic Conditions, Fluid States explores the uneven impact of chronic illness and disability on individuals, families, and communities in diverse local and global settings. To date, much of the social as well as biomedical research has treated the experience of illness and the challenges of disease control and management as segmented and episodic. Breaking new ground in medical anthropology by challenging the chronic/acute divide in illness and disease, the editors, along with a group of rising scholars and some of the most influential minds in the field, address the concept of chronicity, an idea used to explain individual and local life-worlds, question public health discourse, and consider the relationship between health and the globalizing forces that shape it.

First-ever revision of a classic guidebook

Information on each plant's characteristics, distribution, and medicinal qualities as well as updated taxonomy and 15 new species

How to identify and use wild plants for medicinal purposes

This illustrated guide to North American wild medicinals has been a nature classic for over thirty years. In this new edition, David K. Foster revises Bradford Angier's invaluable handbook, updating the taxonomy and adding more than a dozen species, including the purple coneflower, popularly known as echinacea, as well as ephedra, jewelweed, goldenseal, and more. Scientific information for a general audience and full-color illustrations combine with intriguing accounts of the plants' uses, making this a practical guide for anyone interested in the medicinal uses of wild plants.

First-ever revision of a classic guidebook

Essential information on each plant's characteristics, distribution, and edibility as well as updated taxonomy and 18 new species

How to find, prepare, and eat plants growing in the wild

This illustrated guide to North American wild edibles has been a nature classic for over thirty years. In this new edition, David K. Foster revises Bradford Angier's invaluable foraging handbook, updating the taxonomy and adding more than a dozen species. Scientific information for a general audience and full-color illustrations combine with intriguing accounts of the plants' uses, making this a practical guide for modern-day foragers.

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Jules Verne (1828-1905) was the first author to popularize the literary genre of science fiction. Written in 1898 and part of the author's famous series Voyages Extraordinaires, The Mighty Orinoco tells the story of a young man's search for his father along the then-uncharted Orinoco River of Venezuela. The text contains all the ingredients of a classic Verne scientific-adventure tale: exploration and discovery, humor and drama, dastardly villains and intrepid heroes, and a host of near-fatal encounters with crocodiles, jungle fever, Indians and outlaws -- all set in a wonderfully exotic locale. The Mighty Orinoco also includes a unique twist that will appeal to feminists -- readers will need to discover it for themselves. This Wesleyan edition features notes, and a critical introduction by renowned Verne scholar Walter James Miller, as well as reproductions of the illustrations from the original French edition.

CONTRIBUTORS: Walter James Miller, Stanford Luce, Arthur B. Evans.

When two European scientists unexpectedly inherit an Indian rajah's fortune, each builds an experimental city of his dreams in the wilds of the American Northwest. France-Ville is a harmonious urban community devoted to health and hygiene, the specialty of its French founder, Dr. Francois Sarrasin. Stahlstadt, or City of Steel, is a fortress-like factory town devoted to the manufacture of high-tech weapons of war. Its German creator, the fanatically pro-Aryan Herr Schultze, is Verne's first truly evil scientist. In his quest for world domination and racial supremacy, Schultze decides to showcase his deadly wares by destroying France-Ville and all its inhabitants. Both prescient and cautionary, The Begum's Millions is a masterpiece of scientific and political speculation and constitutes one of the earliest technological utopia/dystopias in Western literature. This Wesleyan edition features notes, appendices, and a critical introduction as well as all the illustrations from the original French edition.