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1) 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?
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In 1886, five men met at San Francisco's luxurious Baldwin Hotel to discuss a most profitable business: opium smuggling. The exploits of Will Whaley and his partners became the stuff of legend, with tales of landing contraband on deserted shores by the light of the moon, voyages across the Pacific, typhoons and shipwrecks. Their co-conspirator was the notorious Halcyon, a schooner that novelist Jack London once admiringly wrote "sailed like a witch."...
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Chan, une Chinoise début trentaine, sans histoire et finissante en théâtre à l'Université, se retrouve sans le vouloir en possession de deux millions de dollars destinés à son copain agent de douanes brûlé vif dans sa voiture; pendant que Ying, ami d'enfance de «l'héritière», réalise avec ses collègues «reporters associés» un reportage sur l'épopée de l'opium du célèbre Chinatown de Montréal.
Chan est sur la liste des personnes...
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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "An Essay on the Effects of Opium. Considered as a Poison" by John Awsiter. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic...
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"Co-Winner of the Giovanni Sartori Best Book Award, Qualitative Methods Section of the American Political Science Association" "Honorable Mention, Charles Taylor Book Award, American Political Science Association" "Honorable Mention for the Allan Sharlin Memorial Award, Social Science History Association" Diana S. Kim is assistant professor of political science at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Habits that Handicap: The Menace of Opium, Alcohol, and Tobacco, and the Remedy" by Charles Barnes Towns. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and...
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This Anthology of poem is typically Indian poetry in English. The idea, concept, including the locale and the landscape, all are Indians in these poems. Only the poems are written English. Since the time of the growth of Indian Nationalism after the British colonization in India, English in India enjoyed a special status. English was the medium of teaching and learning at all levels of education. Even after the decolonization of India in 1947, the...
11) Opium Wars and Sino-Japanese Wars: The History of the Conflicts that Ended China's Standing as a
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The 19th century saw the rise of one of the largest, most powerful empires of the modern era. The sun never set on the British Empire, whose holdings spanned the globe, in one form or another. Its naval supremacy linked the Commonwealth of Canada with the colonies in South Africa and India, and through them trade flowed east and west. An integral but underutilized part of this vast trade network included China, a reclusive Asian kingdom closed off...
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Zur Kritik der Hegelschen Rechts-Philosophie ist eine Schrift von Karl Marx aus den Jahren 1843 und 1844. Sie besteht aus einer von März bis August 1843 verfassten Kritik des Hegelschen Staatsrechts, die 1927 erstmals veröffentlicht wurde, und einer Ende 1843 bis Januar 1844 entstandenen Einleitung, die im Jahr 1844 erschien. Ersterer Text ist auch als Kreuznacher Manuskript bekannt. Dieser berühmte Text erschien 1844 in den Deutsch-Französischen...
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"An evolutionary biologist tells the story of nature's toxins and why we are attracted--and addicted--to them, in this "magisterial, fascinating, and gripping tour de force" (Neil Shubin). A deadly secret lurks within our spice racks, medicine cabinets, backyard gardens, and private stashes. Scratch beneath the surface of a coffee bean, a red pepper flake, a poppy seed, a mold spore, a foxglove leaf, a magic-mushroom cap, a marijuana bud, or an apple...
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"Hong Kong has always been many cities to many people: a seaport, a gateway to an empire, a place where fortunes can be dramatically made or lost, a place to disappear and reinvent oneself, and a mixing pot of diverse populations from literally everywhere around the globe. A British Crown Colony for 155 years, Hong Kong is now ruled by the Chinese Communist Party who continues to threaten its democracy and put its rich legacy at risk. Here, renowned...
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"Awakening unusually early one morning, Phryne Fisher finds herself with a rare stretch of free time to fill. After dropping her daughters off for their school-sponsored charity work at the Blind Institute, she visits a university professor whose acquaintance she'd made--and admired--on a prior case. At lunch, the smitten professor invites Phryne to dine at his home in Williamstown later that week. Bookending her pleasant dinner with her new friend...
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