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Published by Pan Macmillan, United Kingdom, London, 2018
ISBN 10: 144728576X ISBN 13: 9781447285762
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 'Lucy Inglis has done a wonderful job bringing together a wide range of sources to tell the history of the most exciting and dangerous plants in the world. Telling the story of opium tells us much about our faults and foibles as humans our willingness to experiment; our ability to become addicts; our pursuit of money. This book tells us more than about opium; it tells us about ourselves.' - Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads The only thing that is good is poppies. They are gold. Poppy tears, opium, heroin, fentanyl: humankind has been in thrall to the Milk of Paradise for millennia. The latex of papaver somniferum is a bringer of sleep, of pleasurable lethargy, of relief from pain and hugely addictive. A commodity without rival, it is renewable, easy to extract, transport and refine, and subject to an insatiable global demand. No other substance in the world is as simple to produce or as profitable. It is the basis of a gargantuan industry built upon a shady underworld, but ultimately it is a farm-gate material that lives many lives before it reaches the branded blister packet, the intravenous drip or the scorched and filthy spoon. Many of us will end our lives dependent on it. In Milk of Paradise, acclaimed cultural historian Lucy Inglis takes readers on an epic journey from ancient Mesopotamia to modern America and Afghanistan, from Sanskrit to pop, from poppy tears to smack, from morphine to todays synthetic opiates. It is a tale of addiction, trade, crime, sex, war, literature, medicine and, above all, money. And, as this ambitious, wide-ranging and compelling account vividly shows, the history of opium is our history and it speaks to us of who we are. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Macmillan, 2018
ISBN 10: 144728576X ISBN 13: 9781447285762
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Published by Macmillan., 2018
ISBN 10: 144728576X ISBN 13: 9781447285762
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Published by Pan Macmillan, 2018
ISBN 10: 144728576X ISBN 13: 9781447285762
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Published by Pan Macmillan, 2018
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Hardback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. A compelling and comprehensive history of opium, a drug that has both healed and harmed since civilization began.
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Hardcover. Condition: New. The cultural historian Lucy Inglis intersperses her wide-ranging history of morphine ? a product subject to an insatiable demand like no other ? with the stories of those whose lives it has impacted. Taking the reader from ancient Mesopotamia to modern America, Afghanistan and beyond, she explores the drug in all its guises, from poppy tears to heroin and from morphine to modern synthetic opiates.
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ISBN 10: 144728576X ISBN 13: 9781447285762
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Published by Macmillan, 2018
ISBN 10: 144728576X ISBN 13: 9781447285762
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Milk Of Paradise by Lucy Inglis. Published by Macmillan in 2018. Hardcover ISBN:9781447285762. Collectible item in very fine condition.