By Galina Toktalieva – Why are always dressed up in black? It does not suit you at all, – dropped one of my female companions exhaling smoke of her cigarette, while we were on porch of one feeding on unemployment institutions, where we had our German classes, – three women making small talk in Russian. [...]
by Galina Toktalieva As quick portraiture photographer and sporadic photo model I have never met someone really joyful about her own portraits, including myself. Moreover, certain persons, who at first enthusiastically pose, give signs of bitter disappointment with their pictures afterwards. Similarly to me – when I posture for my colleagues, – my improvised models [...]
by Galina Toktalieva I could appreciate advantages of living in 15 “ghetto” district of Vienna only when spring came. There was Schmelz nearby, – spacious patch of ground, where local pensioners cultivated vegetables and flowers in small private gardens. Most of the time outer environment could look grim for us – city folks trapped in [...]
GENES behind the immune system may explain why some women have more sexual partners than others. The major histocompatibility complex is the most gene-dense region of the genome and plays an important role in our immune system. The more diverse the genes of this region are, the more effective this complex is at disease resistance [...]
New Age Authors Ram Dass (born 1931) is a contemporary spiritual teacher who wrote the 1971 bestseller Remember Be Here Now. He was born to a prominent Jewish family in Massachusetts. After studying psychology and earning a Ph.D., he conducted research at Harvard University. Ram Dass’s explorations of human consciousness led him to conduct intensive [...]
Best-selling refers to the estimated number of copies sold of each book. The books are listed according to the highest sales estimate as reported in reliable, independent sources. Photo: one of world bestselling authors Xaviera Hollander, who became famous after publishing her autobiography of former call girl, highly ranked prostitute and owner of brothel