Plant Intoxicants: A Classic Text on the Use of Mind-Altering Plants

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This pioneering study of psychoactive plants and their role in society, initially published in 1855, is one of the first books to examine the cultivation, preparation, and consumption of the worldâ€™s major stimulants and inebriants. It presents a fascinating panorama of the world-wide use of psychoactive plants in the nineteenth century.

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One of Earliest Text on People and Plants.......2006-01-11

First of all the Notes section of the book is written by Jonathan Ott and that alone makes this book a valuable purchase, especially considering the prices of Mr. Ott's other works.

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Plant Intoxicants is a pioneering study of psychoactive plants and their role in society. Initially pusblished in Nuremberg is 1855, it is one of the first books to examine the cultivation, preperation, and consumption of the world's major stimulants and inebriants. Drawing on his own travel experiences as well as the writings of his predeccessors, Baron Ernst von Bibra (1806-78) devotes a full chapter to each of seventeen plants, ranging from such mild stimulants as coffee and tea, through tobacco and hashish, to powerful narcotics and hallucinogens such as opium and fly agaric mushrooms.
Written in a lively style, Plant Intoxicants paints a fascinating panorama of the worldwide use of psychoactive plants in the nineteenth century. Von Bibra brings to the subject a keen intellect, an engaging sense of humor, and a refreshing open-mindedness unusual for his, or any, time. While frankly acknowledgeing and describing in vivid detail the depravities of the opium den, he holds the opinion that intoxicants, when used in moderation are "gifts bestowed by the gods on man to alleviate his misery and reconcile men with one another." His findings, unhampered by the restrictive morality of his era, are a testemant to the intellectual freedom enjoyed by wealthy private researchers in the nineteenth century.
Complementing and enhancing von Bibra's work is a full annotation by his modern-day counterpart Jonathan Ott, an ethnobotanist and the author of Pharmacotheon along with many other great books. A foreward by Martin Haseneier, the world's foremost authority on von Bibra's life and work, supplies a biographical sketch and places Plant Intoxicants at the vangaure of popular scientific writing on the role of plants in human culture.

Plant Intoxicants: A Classic Text on the Use of Mind-Altering Plants.

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Plant Intoxicants: A Classic Text on the Use of Mind-Altering Plants.
Ernst von Bibra
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Plant Intoxicants: A Classic Text on the Use of Mind-Altering Plants.

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From awe-inspiring pyramids and exquisite Islamic monuments to bustling bazaars and beguiling belly dancers, this lively guide will show you the heart and soul of Cairo.

27 maps, including 9 full-colour, large-scale maps
special features on the Egyptian Museum and the Khan al-Khalili souq
where to smoke the smoothest sheesha, eat the spiciest fuul and see the best belly-dance shows
expanded coverage of dining, shopping and entertainment from an author who has lived, worked and played in Cairo
new chapter dedicated to the Pyramids, covering Giza, Abu Sir, Saqqara and Dahshur

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Don't Leave Home Without It.......2001-05-03

We had five travel books going into a one week trip to Cairo last month. After one day we realized the quality of this guide and tossed the others back in the bag. We stayed in the heart of Islamic Cairo, so the detailed information on that part of the city was especially helpful. There are even several walking paths that the author maps out to help you make the most out of your sight seeing. Other guides might have a lot of colorful pictures, but the quality of information is not even comparable. Several pages started falling out of the guide by the end of our trip because of overuse!

p.s. I think we had the 2nd edition.

Great guide.......2001-01-05

This guide is excellent. I lived in Cairo for a year and this book gives you a lot of "inside" information for anyone who wants to thoroughly explore the city.

Good to have, but not as your only guide.......2000-05-10

During our recent trip to Egypt, we found this guide to be extremely helpful. Its information on lodgings, restaurants, and sights is unmatched by other guides. We found it had slightly more information than Lonely Planet Egypt, but we could easily have gotten by with the latter. It *is* nice to have the smaller volume to carry around in Cario, though.

If you get only one guide, make it the Lonely Planet Egypt (unless your plans only include Cairo). If you are spending significant time in Cairo, it's probably worth springing for the smaller volume, too.

Nothing more than a chapter from Lonely Planet Egypt.......2000-02-24

Just returned from Egypt. Took the Lonely Planet Egypt and Cairo. Every word in this book is in the Egypt text, which is far more thorough and informative. Don't waste your money on this older book when the newest Egypt has all of this plus the rest of country updated.

This is the best travel guide I have ever used........1999-09-10

This guide is the most accurate and well-written travel book that I have ever purchased. I took it everywhere. It honestly told me what to expect - good and bad. I am certain that my positive travelling experience would have been different without it. Please buy this book over its rivals it is indispensible!

Lonely Planet Istanbul to Cairo on a Shoestring (Lonely Planet Shoestring Guides)

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Travelling from Istanbul to Cairo

Lonely Planet Istanbul to Cairo on a Shoestring (Lonely Planet Shoestring Guides)
Andrew Humphreys , and Jeff Williams
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Lonely Planet Egypt

ASIN: 0864427492

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Istanbul to Cairo is a classic overland route offering an extraordinary range of travel experiences in six of the Middle East's most fascinating countries. With over 75 maps this brand new budget-travellers' guide covers all the essentials and more.

Coverage: Egypt, Israel & the Palestinian Territories, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey.

wander through some of the 400 rooms of the harem in Istanbul's Topkapi Palace
explore the fine Roman-era ruins and palm-fringed oasis at Palmyra
retrace the steps of Lawrence of Arabia among the rockscapes of Wadi Rum
dance the night away in Beirut, home to the Middle East's best nightclubs
bob about like a cork on the Dead Sea
be awestruck by the Pyramids of Giza or the Great Temple of Karnak

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Great Guide..........2002-01-01

This is a great and detailed guide to the classic land route, covers the area and the trip in outstanding detail, but at the same time does not try to force you to stay on a certain itenerary. Highly reccomended.

Very good, if..........2001-08-27

This book outlines an excellent journey from Istanbul to Cairo, with all the detail and information we expect from Lonely Planet. The only problem emerges if you want to take a different route than the one they've outlined. They make hardly any allowance for this possibility, and this is the book's fatal flaw. Use it as a suggestion book, as a guide; but consider buying a guide to the Middle East instead, and thus providing yourself with much more information on the places between Istanbul and Cairo, places you may want to visit even though they're "off the beaten track." For instance, with more information I chose to go South through Jordan, ferry to Egypt, and then go back North into Israel, ending in Jerusalem. This made sites such as Petra in Jordan and St. Anthony's Monastery in Egypt fit nicely on the itinerary, and for me ending in Jerusalem provided a more fitting climax. No one trip can fit everyone. Whatever your desires, consider a guidebook that presents more options. Make sure you include Istanbul, Ephesus, Damascus, Baalbek, Beirut, Petra, Jerusalem, Cairo. Strongly consider Nazareth, Haifa, Luxor, and Mt. Sinai. Have fun!

Very good, if..........2001-08-27

For instance, with more information I chose to go south through Jordan, ferry to Egypt, and then go back north into Israel, ending in Jerusalem. This made sites such as Petra in Jordan and St. Anthony's Monastery in Egypt fit nicely on the itinerary, and for me ending in Jerusalem provided a more fitting climax. No one trip can fit everyone. Whatever your desires, consider a guidebook that presents more options.

----UPDATE: I didn't take that trip actually; but I think the principle is still valid! Design your own trip! Lonely Planet's general guide to the Middle East is not bad.

not bad.......2001-04-12

I used this book for Israel and Jordan. I liked the layout and found it useful. The entries for each country are basically abbreviated versions of Lonely Planet's single-country books. Instead of giving it five starts, I'm giving it only four because I usually found the city maps to be deplorable. These maps are more like sketches than real maps. The main problem is that all the city streets are not on the maps, and the steets that are there often don't have their names. This makes it impossible to orient oneself when lost, and it is very difficult to find something marked on a steet that has no name on the map and located amidst other streets that aren't on the map. I realized I was not alone in this appraisal when I went to the tourist information office in Eilat, Israel. I asked where a bicycle shop was and asked the man to show me where it was on Lonely Planet's map. He glanced at the map and had obviously seen it before because he gave a disgusted grunt and brushed the book aside saying, "That's not a map," and proceeded to give me verbal directions.

Travelling from Istanbul to Cairo.......2001-03-27

I have backpacked in this area extensively. Most of the guides I have used in the past weren't really that useful. I was therefore really surprised by this guide. I found it useful in Turkey, Jordan and Eygpt - detailing all the major sites (relatively in depth for a guide this length) and finding cheap guesthouses. It wasn't, however, very helpful in getting around - for example - the "travel agencies" recommended in Istanbul beyond being run by westerners for backpackers were much more expensive than any of the other local agencies. However, as I've never lived in any of those countries I can't really give a proper opinion beyond saying I personally found the guide helpful. On Israel it's a different matter - and I can only say well done to the writers - I didn't know you could find such cheap guesthouses in Israel, and I've travelled around the country quite a bit. I still use this guide when I travel here which says alot - especially seeing as I only bought the guide for its coverage of the neighbouring countries. All in all I recommend this guide and the route it contains.

Lonely Planet Cairo City Map (Maps & Atlases)

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Lonely Planet Publications
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Around Cairo
Central Cairo
Al-Azhar & Khan al-Khalili
The Citadel
Greater Cairo
Coptic Cairo
Heliopolis
Giza Plateau
Unique Lonely Planet Walking Tour
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At the age of fourteen, Francisco Jimenez, together with his older brother Roberto and his mother, are caught by la migra. Forced to leave their home, the entire family travels all night for twenty hours by bus, arriving at the U.S. and Mexican border in Nogales, Arizona. In the months and years that follow, Francisco, his mother and father, and his seven brothers and sister not only struggle to keep their family together, but also face crushing poverty, long hours of labor, and blatant prejudice. How they sustain their hope, their goodheartedness, and tenacity is revealed in this moving sequel to The Circuit. Without bitterness or sentimentality, Francisco Jimnez finishes telling the story of his youth.

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Es un muy bueno libro.......2005-05-31

No yo lo ponia abio. Es el sengundo parte de la autobiografia. El primero parte es "Cajas de carton" que es tambien un muy bueno libro. Los dos dicen el cuento de un joven muchacho y su famalia que venen a Califoria a hallar a mejor vida. Es muy triste en partes y muy divertido en otros. La familia tiene a muy dificil vida. Son muy pobre. Este cuento comienza cuando el escritor esta en el grado de ocho y termina cuando va a universidad. Pero mucho sucede entre. Leelo.

Best of its class/ Que Bueno.......2004-02-06

Este libro es una clasica lucha contra probreza,discriminacion, y
un padre fuerte. Este es una contuacion del primer libro, Cajas de Carton, y destaca los anos adolescentes. Con tristesa asi como deversion este autor mostra como supera las realedades de una vida sin recursos. Me gusataria recomendar este libro para adolescentes asi como adultos.

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The critically acclaimed laboratory standard for more than forty years, Methods in Enzymology is one of the most highly respected publications in the field of biochemistry. Since 1955, each volume has been eagerly awaited, frequently consulted, and praised by researchers and reviewers alike. More than 260 volumes have been published (all of them still in print) and much of the material is relevant even today--truly an essential publication for researchers in all fields of life sciences.

Key Features
* Liquid chromatography
* Electrophoresis
* Mass spectrometry

Methods of High Resolution Separation and Analysis of Biological Macromolecules : Fundamentals (Methods in Enzymology Series, Vol 270, Part A) (Methods in Enzymology)

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Methods of High Resolution Separation and Analysis of Biological Macromolecules : Fundamentals (Methods in Enzymology Series, Vol 270, Part A) (Methods in Enzymology)
Academic Press
Manufacturer: Academic Press
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ASIN: B000OHA4RS

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Offering readers key women's writings from the eighth century to the present, this global and multicultural anthology includes selections written in English by women from Great Britain and the U.S. as well as Australia, Canada, the Caribbean, Croatia, Ghana, India, New Zealand, Nigeria, South Africa. Organized thematically, the anthology emphasizes five important topics for women writers finding a voice, writing the body, rethinking the maternal, identity and difference, and resistance and transformation. Pivotal works of feminist theory by Woolf, Cixous, Showalter, hooks, Trinh, and others are also included. For those interested in women's literature.

The Longman Anthology of World Literature by Women: 1875-1975 (Longman Series in College Composition & Communication)

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A rare collection of perspectives

The Longman Anthology of World Literature by Women: 1875-1975 (Longman Series in College Composition & Communication)
Marian Arkin
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ASIN: 0582285593

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A rare collection of perspectives.......2000-04-05

This is a terrific collection of writing by women from around the world, covering the last 100 years. It offers an incredible variety of different perspectives, topics and genres of women's writing--including short fiction, essays, theory and poetry. A great source to check out short works by famous writers and not so famous ones who are often equally interesting.

Victorian Women Poets, An Annotated Anthology (Longman Annotated Texts Series)

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Victorian Women Poets, An Annotated Anthology (Longman Annotated Texts Series)
Virginia Blain
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Victorian Women Poets (Longman Critical Readers)

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Victorian Women Poets (Longman Critical Readers)
Tess Cosslett
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Women's Writing in Middle English (Longman Annotated Texts)

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Women's Writing in Middle English (Longman Annotated Texts)

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Women's Writing in English, Medieval England: Medieval England (Longman Critical Readers Series)

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Women's Writing in English, Medieval England: Medieval England (Longman Critical Readers Series)
Laurie Finke
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