Mike Jay

29 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

320 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction biography history psychology dark tense slow-paced
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

296 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative fast-paced
Bristol Rovers: The Official Definitive History by Stephen Byrne, Mike Jay

Bristol Rovers: The Official Definitive History

Stephen Byrne, Mike Jay

432 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction art history sports informative medium-paced
Emperors of Dreams: Drugs in the Nineteenth Century by Mike Jay

Emperors of Dreams: Drugs in the Nineteenth Century

Mike Jay

254 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history self help informative reflective medium-paced
1900: A Fin-de-Siecle Reader by Mike Jay, Michael Neve

1900: A Fin-de-Siecle Reader

Mike Jay, Michael Neve

384 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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

192 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history religion science informative slow-paced
Medical London: City of Diseases, City of Cures: Two thousand years of life and death in London by Mike Jay, Richard Barnett

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

Mike Jay, Richard Barnett

500 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
Mescaline: A Global History of the First Psychedelic by Mike Jay

Mescaline: A Global History of the First Psychedelic

Mike Jay

304 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative fast-paced
Oh Excellent Air Bag: Under the Influence of Nitrous Oxide, 1799-1920 by Mike Jay, Adam Green

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

Mike Jay, Adam Green

146 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history informative lighthearted slow-paced
This Way Madness Lies by Mike Jay

This Way Madness Lies

Mike Jay

256 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history psychology science challenging informative slow-paced