Cannabis: A History by Martin Booth


My rating: 4 of 5 stars
There were areas I wish he would have went more in depth with, like how the coffeehouse scene in Holland came into existance and other areas I wasn't as interested in, like hippy pop culture. Also he overemphasizes a lot of things that went on in Britain, which historicly isn't exactly the epicenter for Marijuana activity and culture. The author isn't a stoner, or at least doesn't come off as one, but he seems to be pro-Cannabis at least to the extent of showing the stupidity of the law enforcement witchhunts against what is more or less a harmless "drug". Overall a good general history of Cannabis.

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Russian Myths by Elizabeth Warner


My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Really just as much about Russian Pagan beliefs, Gods, folklore and folk custom as much as any Russian mythological system. Its a short and basic book but is also full of nice illustrations. This seems to me like a very good introductory book for someone studying this books subject matter. I look forward to reading more about the Slavic interpretations of the Indo-European Gods in the future.

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Conspiracy Theories by Kate Tuckett


My rating: 2 of 5 stars
This book is listings of various common and some maybe not so common because I haven't heard many of these, conspiracy theories. The explanations are very short, basic, and thats short basic as in 1-3 page large print in a dime store paperback sized overviews of everything from JFK, 9-11, to conspiracy theories about The Smurfs cartoon. To state the obvious I can't recomend this to anybody that likes to do real conspiracy research but I also don't think I'd send somebody to this book who has a vague interest or to wake somebody either.

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