Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind, Mike Jay

Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind, Mike JayNew Paperback A provocative and original history of the scientists and writers, artists and philosophers who took drugs to explore the hidden regions of the mind Until the twentieth century, scientists investigating the effects of drugs on the mind did so by experimenting on themselves. Vivid descriptions of drug experiences sparked insights across the mind sciences, pharmacology, medicine, and philosophy. Accounts in journals and literary fiction

well-researched history of the Women's Land Army Hostels in Yorkshire and thanks to the excellent memories and joviality of many veterans contacted by the author

was captured at Narvik in April 1940\

This book is the story of a year of soul-searching that followed a terrible loss

through to the wild celebrations around the world on Armistice Day

dancing to jazz

But he is beleaguered by an unhappy marriage

Moscow and New York

accounts from commanders and participants

and this absorbing account - part detective story

and various attempts were made to power them but it was the arrival of the internal combustion engine that saw the balloon transformed into the airship

Bomber Command's highly controversial bombing tactics

record breaking pilot