Caffeine is a nonfiction book which discusses that how caffeine played its role in creating the modern world. The book is written and narrated by Michael Pollan. He is an American writer of nonfiction books and a journalist. This Is Your Mind on Plants is one of his better books. You will also have a good view of his The Botany of Desire title.
The audio narration of the Caffeine novel is done by Michael Pollan just as he does most of his other books. You will like his voice in this one.
Caffeine is a two hours long book only in audio and that will be packed with some excellent content for the audience to enjoy. This will be for sure an exciting and controversial listen as well. The author did a magnificent job in exploring all the powers of caffeine which in today’s world is the most-used drug. It is the only one that we could give to children, ideally in the form of soda pop as a treat.
Michael Pollan in this book took us all on a great journey of the origin and the complete history of that drug. It was discovered for the first time in East Africa and it became a huge addiction within a century which affected a lot of the human species. Caffeine has changed the course of the entire human history. It has played a critical role in losing and winning wars. It has done its part in changing the dynamics of politics and has also dominated different economies.
The author in this title showed us that the Industrial Revolution across the world would have been impossible without this drug. The science behind the evolution of this drug into addiction is no less fascinating than all for all of us. Caffeine has achieved all of it while hiding itself within plain sight.
