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“Fascinating.”—Thomas W. Hodgkinson, The Guardian “Richly detailed and frequently illuminating.”—Rhys Blakely, Times (UK)  “Excellent.”—Clare Bucknell, New Yorker A New Yorker Best of the Week PickA provocative and original history of the scientists and writers, artists and philosophers who too... Read More about Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind

A provocative and original history of the scientists and writers, artists and philosophers who took drugs to explore the hidden regions of the mind  A New Yorker Best of the Week Pick  “Jay is a leading expert on the history of Western drug use, and Psychonauts is the latest in a series of... Read More about Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind

A definitive history of mescaline that explores its mind-altering effects across cultures, from ancient America to Western modernity Mescaline became a popular sensation in the mid-twentieth century through Aldous Huxley’s The Doors of Perception, after which the word “psychedelic” was coined to des... Read More about Mescaline: A Global History of the First Psychedelic

An illustrated cultural history of drug use from its roots in animal intoxication to its future in designer neurochemicals • Featuring artwork from the upcoming High Society exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in London, one of the world’s greatest medical history collections • Explores the role... Read More about High Society: The Central Role of Mind-Altering Drugs in History, Science, and Culture

A compelling and evocatively illustrated exploration of the evolution of the asylum, and its role in society over the course of four centuries This Way Madness Lies is a thought-provoking exploration of the history of madness and its treatment as seen through the lens of its proverbial home: Bethlem... Read More about This Way Madness Lies

This is the remarkable story of James Lee who, starting in 1895, spent 20 years pursuing all the pleasures and dangers that the Far East had to offer. A twilight world of ports, red light districts, drug dens and secret chambers of vice from Aden to Kyoto.... Read More about The Underworld of the East: Being Eighteen Years' Actual Experiences of the Underworlds, Drug Haunts and Jungles of India, China and the Malay Arc