Michael Pollan
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Michael Pollan

Science & Technology | Bios & Memoirs | Health & Fitness

Michael Pollan is the author of seven previous books, including Cooked, Food Rules, In Defense of Food, The Omnivore's Dilemma and The Botany of Desire, all of which were New York Times bestsellers. A longtime contributor to the New York Times Magazine, he also teaches writing at Harvard and the University of California, Berkeley. In 2010, TIME magazine named him one of the one hundred most influential people in the world.

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    • How to Change Your Mind

    • What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
    • By: Michael Pollan
    • Narrated by: Michael Pollan
    • Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 8,661
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 7,825
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 7,760

    An investigation by Michael Pollan into the medical and scientific revolution taking place around psychedelic drugs - and the spellbinding story of his own life-changing psychedelic experiences....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • A delightful trip

    • By Paul E. Williams on 05-19-18

    • How to Change Your Mind

    • What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
    • By: Michael Pollan
    • Narrated by: Michael Pollan
    • Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 05-15-18
    • 5 out of 5 stars 8,661 ratings

    Regular price: $31.50

    Free with 30-day Trial

    • The Omnivore's Dilemma

    • A Natural History of Four Meals
    • By: Michael Pollan
    • Narrated by: Scott Brick
    • Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 6,656
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 4,054
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 4,049

    "What should we have for dinner?" To one degree or another, this simple question assails any creature faced with a wide choice of things to eat....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • Great presentation of a moral dilemma

    • By MCRedding on 02-07-09

    Regular price: $35.00

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    • The Botany of Desire

    • By: Michael Pollan
    • Narrated by: Scott Brick
    • Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,554
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,715
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,711

    Michael Pollan ingeniously demonstrates how people and domesticated plants have formed a reciprocal relationship....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • Amazing Listen - Thoroughly Satisfying

    • By Dominique Hackett on 01-17-09

    Regular price: $27.97

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    • In Defense of Food

    • An Eater's Manifesto
    • By: Michael Pollan
    • Narrated by: Scott Brick
    • Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3,119
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,157
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,150

    Humans used to know how to eat well, but the balanced dietary lessons that were once passed down through generations have been confused, complicated, and distorted by food industry marketers....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • Life and Death

    • By James on 06-03-10

    Regular price: $24.50

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    • Cooked

    • A Natural History of Transformation
    • By: Michael Pollan
    • Narrated by: Michael Pollan
    • Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,832
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,633
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,630

    In Cooked, Michael Pollan explores the previously uncharted territory of his own kitchen....

    • 4 out of 5 stars

    • A bit bland

    • By Mark on 12-12-14

    • Cooked

    • A Natural History of Transformation
    • By: Michael Pollan
    • Narrated by: Michael Pollan
    • Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 04-23-13
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,832 ratings

    Regular price: $31.50

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    • Second Nature

    • A Gardener's Education
    • By: Michael Pollan
    • Narrated by: Michael Pollan
    • Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 681
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 525
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 520

    A new literary classic, Second Nature has become a manifesto not just for gardeners but for environmentalists everywhere.....

    • 3 out of 5 stars

    • Love Pollan, don't love this (but you might)

    • By Mary on 02-05-12

    Regular price: $29.99

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    • A Place of My Own

    • The Architecture of Daydreams
    • By: Michael Pollan
    • Narrated by: Michael Pollan
    • Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 602
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 511
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 514

    With this updated edition of his earlier book A Place of My Own, listeners can revisit the inspired, intelligent, and often hilarious story of Pollan’s realization of a room of his own....

    • 4 out of 5 stars

    • Pollan is a great narrator

    • By justin chidester on 05-07-12

    Regular price: $29.99

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