Book Reviews

Cherniak bio

karlis — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Laurence Cherniak is a man with many talents. Over the course of his life and career he has excelled in a wide variety of fields.

Sci-fi family Robinson

karlis — Wed, 25 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700

The Crazy YearsSpider and Jeanne Robinson are two renowned minds, twin jewel authors in the crown of the High Authority of World Science Fiction. So intertwined are they that they might as well be one person. They even share a single email address; address the one, and you can just as well expect the other to reply.

Cannabis lit.

karlis — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Crossing the Rubicon

By Michael Ruppert

Cannabis lit

karlis — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0800

Spliffs: A Celebration of Cannabis CultureBy Nick Jones ? Foreword by Howard Marks

This cool, brightly illustrated six-inch square book, complete with realistic looking burn-hole on the cover, is the perfect little package of pot history, famous quotes, strain information, trivia and popular marijuana culture.

Grow Like A Pro

karlis — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0800

In collaboration with our good friends at Quick Trading. Grow Like a Pro is a compilation of Cannabis Culture's best "how to grow pot" articles, interspersed with global grow techniques and cultural updates from areas as diverse as Jamaica, Australia, Morocco, Afghanistan, Russia and China.

Hemp Conspiracy

karlis — Wed, 30 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0700

Hemp Conspiracy should shake the foundations of the war on hemp, and change the world forever.
The 417-page book, currently available only online as an e-book, details Canadian author Paul Wylie's year-long imprisonment in a horrific Nicaraguan prison. Wylie's crime? Growing industrial hemp, with the written permission of the Nicaraguan government (CC#27, Nicaraguan hemp nightmare).

The Cannabible 2

karlis — Mon, 31 May 2004 00:00:00 -0700

This second volume of photos by renowned pot photographer Jason King is a visual treat for anyone who likes looking at quality buds. With over 150 strains chronicled in the book's 182 pages, King packs the shots onto each page, yet still manages to find room for comments on every one.

Summer reading for stoners

karlis — Fri, 21 May 2004 00:00:00 -0700

As summertime approaches, many people look forward to vacations and relaxing weekends. The mainstream media is already offering its "summer reading" lists, encouraging us to read meaningless novels or tell-all television and movie star biographies.
Of course, Cannabis Culture readers are far more astute than most people. Along with packing copies of the world's best marijuana magazine to the beach, they want to read books that educate and entertain.

Grow Like a Pro

karlis — Fri, 14 May 2004 00:00:00 -0700

This fine book is the newest release from Cannabis Culture, in collaboration with our good friends at Quick Trading. Grow Like a Pro is a compilation of some of our best "how to grow pot" articles, interspersed with global grow techniques and cultural updates from areas as diverse as Jamaica, Australia, Morocco, Afghanistan, Russia and China.

Castaneda's Enigma

karlis — Fri, 16 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0700

Carlos Castenada: enigmatic sorcererThe film "Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer" opened yesterday in Toronto, New York and Milwaukee. Today it opens in San Francisco and Chicago.

High Times announces non-pot format

karlis — Mon, 15 Mar 2004 00:00:00 -0800

High Times magazine, the voice of America's pot culture since 1974, has announced it will be changing its format, and not covering so much marijuana news. "We're trying to get away from just being a pot magazine," said new executive editor John Mailer, in a November interview with the New York Times.

"Good Medicine, Great Sex" by David R Ford

karlis — Mon, 23 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0800

This is a wonderful book, an autobiography full of sex, marijuana, adventure, and unique accomplishments. David R Ford, author of the 1997 book Marijuana: Not guilty as charged, has led a fascinating life, and he crams it into almost 500 pages, also including much information about the benefits of cannabis and the tragedy of the drug war.

"Homegrower's Manual" by Billy McCann

karlis — Mon, 16 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0800

This is an amazingly comprehensive book which covers everything you need to know to grow, prepare, and sell marijuana. This book lives up to its bold subtitle: The definitive guide to understanding and growing cannabis.
Printed in the UK, this book includes chapters on medical, religious and historical uses of marijuana, details on urine testing and how to beat a pee test, and a "bonus chapter" about the proper use and effects Salvia Divinorum.

"Animals and Psychedelics" by Giorgio Samorini

karlis — Mon, 09 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0800

This new book by Giorgio Samorini, one of the world's leading experts on the tribal, ritual use of psychedelics, observes the drug habits of dozens of animals, from elephants to goats, and even a few insects. He tells what they get high on, what they do when they're high, and suggests tantalizing reasons for why they do it.
Samorini writes vividly; his 112 page book is like going on a stimulating psychedelic safari.

Cannabis Lit.

karlis — Thu, 08 Jan 2004 00:00:00 -0800

Why Marijuana Should be Legal
Cannabis Culture readers are already familiar with the trials and tribulations of grow guru Ed Rosenthal and med-pot activist Steve Kubby. Yet despite both being involved in ongoing legal proceedings, Rosenthal and Kubby found the time to team up on this informative and inspiring update to their classic book.

Two stoned shows

karlis — Tue, 30 Sep 2003 00:00:00 -0700

Julian (John Paul Tremblay), Bubbles (Mike Smith) and Ricky (Robb Wells) are the Trailer Park Boys.Trailer Park Boys is a hilarious Canadian mockumentary which follows a trio of pot-growing, heavy-drinking, intellectually-challenged guys through their misadventures in a fictional Nova Scotia trailer park.

Grow guru on trial

karlis — Mon, 20 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800

Defiant Ed: ready to testify about his `state of mind`Grow guru Ed Rosenthal, who has spent 30 years telling people how to grow nature's kindest plant, is spending his January 20th Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday preparing to be put on trial for growing it.

Pot Planet

karlis — Mon, 30 Dec 2002 00:00:00 -0800

In his new book Pot Planet, author Brian Preston tokes his way around the world, documenting the people, places and events that make up the core of the world's modern cannabis culture.

How did Holland do it?

karlis — Wed, 16 Oct 2002 00:00:00 -0700

In North America, the talk is of war, repression and depression.
In Haarlem, Holland, at Nol Van Schaik's newly-renovated Willie Wortels coffee shops, the talk is of books, cannabusiness classes, and new types of Dutch hashish.

On a brisk autumn day, Van Schaik sits in Willie Wortels Sativa coffee shop near the train station, typing chapters for a new book into his laptop.

Cannabis comedy

karlis — Mon, 24 Jun 2002 00:00:00 -0700

With all the seriousness in the world right now, it's nice to remember that laughter, along with marijuana, is good medicine. Smokey Jay, a multi-talented comedian, songwriter, video star, and internet wizard, has a prescription for fun.
His new comedy CD, Smokey Jay's 4:20 Marijuana Comedy Hour, will light up a party with pro-pot hilarity. The CD features creative skits, melodies, and politics reminiscent of Cheech and Chong, but updated with a 21st century edge.

Bible of buds

karlis — Wed, 19 Jun 2002 00:00:00 -0700

You may not know Jason King's name but you've no doubt seen his work. He's one of the world's top pot photographers and has delighted Cannabis Culture readers for many years with his shots of delicious buds and his close-ups of trichomes.
His latest compilation, The Cannabible, is a mouth-watering experience. It contains almost 200 pages of beautifully shot buds, interspersed with amazing microphotography of ripe resin glands.

CC reader poll

karlis — Thu, 06 Jun 2002 00:00:00 -0700

Our typical reader is a single male over 30 with no children.In issue #33 we ran a reader poll, asking our readers what they liked and disliked about Cannabis Culture, and to tell us about themselves, so we could find out what kind of people enjoy our magazine.

Pot pioneer

karlis — Wed, 05 Jun 2002 00:00:00 -0700

In the 1990's, Dr Ethan Russo spent two months in Peru's remote Manu National Park, researching use of medicinal plants by members of the Machiguenga tribes.

Transfigutory art

karlis — Mon, 06 May 2002 00:00:00 -0700

Artist Alex Grey has released a new collection of art and paintings called Transfigurations, a coffee-table volume which contains stunning and mind-expanding images accompanied by essays and interviews into the meaning of art and the visionary experience. Among other topics, Grey discusses the use of LSD and DMT in his spiritual journey, and how the visions he has experienced have found their way into his art.

Growers' tomes

karlis — Thu, 02 May 2002 00:00:00 -0700

The book gods have given us a sweet crop of reading material in the last few months, and Cananbis Culture readers will derive pleasure from many of the texts and periodicals reviewed in this issue's literature review section.