Mike Jay

25 books

The Air Loom Gang: The Strange and True Story of James Tilly Matthews and His Visionary Madness by Mike Jay

The Air Loom Gang: The Strange and True Story of James Tilly Matthews and His Visionary Madness

Mike Jay

nonfiction biography history psychology dark tense slow-paced

320 pages | first published 2003

The Atmosphere of Heaven: The Unnatural Experiments of Dr Beddoes and His Sons of Genius by Mike Jay

The Atmosphere of Heaven: The Unnatural Experiments of Dr Beddoes and His Sons of Genius

Mike Jay

nonfiction history science informative fast-paced

296 pages | first published 2009

Bristol Rovers: The Official Definitive History by Mike Jay, Stephen Byrne

Bristol Rovers: The Official Definitive History

Mike Jay, Stephen Byrne

nonfiction art history sports informative medium-paced

432 pages

Emperors of Dreams: Drugs in the Nineteenth Century by Mike Jay

Emperors of Dreams: Drugs in the Nineteenth Century

Mike Jay

nonfiction history self help informative reflective medium-paced

254 pages

1900: A Fin-de-Siecle Reader by Michael Neve, Mike Jay

1900: A Fin-de-Siecle Reader

Michael Neve, Mike Jay

nonfiction history informative slow-paced

384 pages | first published 2000

High Society: The Central Role of Mind-Altering Drugs in History, Science, and Culture by Mike Jay

High Society: The Central Role of Mind-Altering Drugs in History, Science, and Culture

Mike Jay

nonfiction history religion science informative slow-paced

192 pages | first published 2010

Medical London: City of Diseases, City of Cures: Two thousand years of life and death in London by Richard Barnett, Mike Jay

Medical London: City of Diseases, City of Cures: Two thousand years of life and death in London

Richard Barnett, Mike Jay

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced

500 pages | first published 2008

Mescaline: A Global History of the First Psychedelic by Mike Jay

Mescaline: A Global History of the First Psychedelic

Mike Jay

nonfiction history challenging informative fast-paced

304 pages | first published 2019

Oh Excellent Air Bag: Under the Influence of Nitrous Oxide, 1799-1920 by Adam Green, Mike Jay

Oh Excellent Air Bag: Under the Influence of Nitrous Oxide, 1799-1920

Adam Green, Mike Jay

nonfiction history informative lighthearted slow-paced

146 pages | first published 2016

This Way Madness Lies by Mike Jay

This Way Madness Lies

Mike Jay

nonfiction history psychology science challenging informative slow-paced

256 pages | first published 2016