*An accessible and vastly entertaining book on drugs from Ecstasy to caffeine via toad-spittle.
An entertaining reference book that covers all kinds of psychoactive substances; from natural ones (caffeine, toad-spittle etc), to man-made ones (ecstasy for example). It looks at the biology and chemistry of the substances, and explores the influence they have had on society through the ages.
A perfect psychonaut's guide to a strange galaxy ... a brilliant index to the weird and wonderful and a timely reminder that ours is not an unusually reckless age