For decades, Colombia was the 'narcostate'. Now it's seen as one of the rising stars of the global economy. Where does the truth lie? How did a land likened to paradise by the first conquistadores become a byword for hell on earth? And how is it rebuilding itself after decades of violence?
How Cocaine Took Over the World
The narrative explores Japan's societal transformation over the past few decades, highlighting the alarming decline in birth rates and population. Through Feiling's journey across the country, he interviews individuals affected by this change, revealing how economic shifts influence sexual behavior and relationships. The book emphasizes the implications of solo living and the cultural phenomena emerging from this crisis, suggesting that Japan's experience may foreshadow similar challenges globally, from Spain to South Korea.
Long forgotten in England, Providence Island is a microcosm of the 400-year- old Atlantic story, a narrative of colonial struggle and empire, slavery and drugs, pirates and puritans and amazing reversals of fortunes. At once intimate and global, this book casts new light on the part England played in the making of the modern world.