William Burroughs

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El Nino, La Nina, global warming--terms that crop up frequently in current media coverage of anomalous weather conditions: a spring thaw in January in New York City...a snowstorm in Bakersfield, Calif

In January 1953, William S. Burroughs began a seven month expedition into the jungles of South America, ostensibly to find yage, the fabled hallucinogen of the Amazon. But Burroughs also cast his ant

The incredible and complex history of opium throughout the world.Opium has played a dramatic and varied role in human history, inspiring religious veneration, scientific exploration, the bitterest ran

"As I read Choukri's notes, I saw and heard Jean Genet as clearly as if I had been watching a film of him. To achieve such precision simply by reporting what happened and what was said, one must have

中世紀的西方動物寓言集中，出現了多種奇幻神獸，如吸血鬼、異形、克拉肯、獨角獸等等，威廉·奧康納根據文學作品中關於它們的各種描述，進行了大膽的想像和設計，為每一種幻獸設計了獨特而有趣的形象，並提供了設計依據和繪畫步驟指導。想知道這些幻獸長什麼樣子嗎？想親自動手設計自己心目中的幻獸嗎？馬上翻開《幻獸藝術志》吧！

This practical guide to the spiritual life, cherished by monks, beguines, and lay folk for eight centuries, can still lead men and women to God.