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 | Examines how the drinking of laudanum for medical reasons developed and how it became an everyday safeguard against pain, poverty, and boredom. Opium eating was catapulted into fame by the confessions of Thomas De Quincy and insinuated itself into... |
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 | A pair of herbal professionals have created this survey of the herbaceous plants, bushes, and grasses of the Western U.S., including an identifying guide and each plant's history. |
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 | Moksha, a Sanskrit word meaning "liberation," serves as the title for this collection of Aldous Huxley's writings on mind expansion through psychedelic drugs. Along with parts of BRAVE NEW WORLD and ISLAND, it also includes selections from THE DOORS... |
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