For All the Tea in China Nishant Batsha When Michael Pollan set out

When Michael Pollan set out to research how LSD and psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) are being used to provide relief to people suffering from difficult-to-treat conditions such as depression

blot with a soft cloth

As his magic calls to her

award-winning historian Ada Ferrer delivers an important (The Guardian) and moving chronicle that demands a new reckoning with both the island's past and its relationship with the United States

and his inner ring of advisors

For All the Tea in China Nishant Batsha When Michael Pollan set outIf ever there was a book to read in the company of a nice cuppa, this is it. The Washington Post In the dramatic story of one of the greatest acts of corporate espionage ever committed, Sarah Rose recounts the fascinating, unlikely circumstances surrounding a turning point in economic history. By the middle of the nineteenth century, the British East India Company faced the loss of its monopoly on the fantastically lucrative tea trade with China,