Illegal Poppies
Illegal opium poppies (Papaver somniferum)are worth the risk from the DEA. I was quite amused to read the front-page news in July about the huge opium poppy bust in a nearby community. If you missed it, federal drug enforcement agents raided a ... [... more]
Suite101 |
Alison Weaver
Alison Weaver is copublisher of the literary journal H.O.W., the proceeds of which go to needy orphans worldwide. Her work has appeared in Small Spiral Notebook, Opium magazine, Red China, and the Fifth Street Review. [... more]
Harper Collins |
Tom Bradby
Tom Bradby, a foreign correspondent for the British television network ITN, is the author of Shanghai, 1926: a sultry city lousy with opium, warlords, and corruption at the highest levels. Into this steamy morass walks Richard Field, an ... [... more]
Random House |
Ben Greenman
Ben Greenman is an editor at The New Yorker. His short fiction has appeared in the Paris Review, Zoetrope: All Story, McSweeney's, Opium Magazine, the Mississippi Review, and elsewhere. He lives in Brooklyn. The rise and fall of a true American ... [... more]
Random House |
The Last Opium Den
 the last word regarding opium dens: It's always ammusing and exciting to me how Mr. Tosches can put into words thoughts about his subject matter that he so aptly describes in TLOD on pg 53 as such, "Anyway, as I said-or was it one of those other [... more]
CDN$4.99
Amazon CA |
The Chinese Opium Wars
The Very First Drug War: When Hong Kong was handed over by the British in 1997, some asked why the Chinese were showing such lack of gratitude for the 150 years of British rule. Had they read this book, they would understand. The seizure of Hong Kong was [... more]
CDN$19.80
Amazon CA |
Opium for the Masses: A Practical Guide to Growing ...
Good history of opium but not worth the money: This book is a decent overall history of opium use with a bit of the authors two cents thrown in.The aftertitle is very decieving though since a very minute portion of the book is dedicated to telling the [... more]
CDN$36.07
Amazon CA |
Opium: A History
From Amazon.com: With personages from Khun Sa to Coleridge to Kurt Cobain populating its far-ranging pages, Opium: A History provides a comprehensive look at the drug as it's been used, abused, fought over, and profited from throughout the millennia. In [... more]
CDN$19.75
Amazon CA |
The Opium Wars
The Great Helmsman just said no: This well written narrative describes the roots and actions of the two Opium Wars (1839-42, 1856-1860) fought primarily between Great Britain and China. It_s not a pretty story, and it_s not a story familiar to many [... more]
CDN$23.95
Amazon CA |
Art of Opium Antiques
A stunning and decadent art form that I never even knew existed.: In 1914 the mayor of San Francisco was presiding over the burning of hundreds of opium pipes that had been confiscated in police raids on opium dens. But before the torch could be put to [... more]
CDN$27.50
Amazon CA |
Opium Dreams
Amazon.ca: Her family warned Maggie Glass never to tell the truth about them, but she does so anyway in narrating Opium Dreams, the lyrical debut novel by award-winning short story writer Margaret Gibson. Filled with imagery and insight, the novel [... more]
CDN$14.99
Amazon CA |
Opium: A portrait of the heavenly demon
Beautiful book, but only skin deep: The best reason I can think to recommend this book is that it is indeed a physically beautiful book. I loved the purple cloth-lined covers, the gorgeous illustrations, even the typeface. It had the feel of a book from 1 [... more]
CDN$29.95
Amazon CA |
