Kava : medicine hunting in paradise / Chris Kilham
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- 3004134
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- Author:
- Kilham, Christopher
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- Rochester, Vt. : Park Street Press, c1996
- ix, 166 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0892816406
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The pursuit of a natural alternative to anti-anxiety drugs and sleeping pills. Story of a botanical researcher in the South Seas as he searches for kava. A journey through the mystical legends, outlandish history, and exciting science surrounding kava.
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- The True Kava
- 1. A Warm Night in June
- 2. The Hawaiian Connection
- 3. Peace Plant of Paradise
- 4. Vanuatu Calling
- 5. The Packing Sutra
- 6. Body Surfing
- 7. Erakor
- 8. In Vila
- 9. Santo Kava
- 10. Preparing Kava
- 11. In the Nakamal
- 12. The Kava Experience
- 13. Commentaries on Kava
- 14. Expats in the Nakamal
- 15. Kava and the Church
- 16. In the Native Queen
- 17. Kava and Sorcery
- 18. The Monster Mulcher
- 19. Kava as Medicine
- 20. The Tranquil Drug
- 21. Making Contact
- 22. A Tattooed Tahitian
- 23. Baie Martellie
- 24. Fields of Kava
- 25. Nakamal Hopping
- 26. Devil's Point
- 27. Panbanglap
- 28. The Tabu of a Chief
- 29. Kava Futures
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-166)
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