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    Michael Pollan

    Michael Pollan is the author of ten books, including This Is Your Mind on Plants, How to Change Your Mind, Cooked, Food Rules, In Defense of Food, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, and The Botany of Desire, all of which were New York Times bestsellers. He is also the author of the audiobook Caffeine. A Guggenheim and Radcliffe Fellow, Pollan has taught writing at the University of California, Berkeley, and at Harvard University. In 2010, Time named him one of the one hundred most influential people in the world.

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    A World Appears
    A World Appears
    A Journey into Consciousness
    Michael Pollan
    9781984881991
    $32.00 US
    Hardcover
    Feb 24, 2026
    Penguin Press
    The Botany of Desire Young Readers Edition
    The Botany of Desire Young Readers Edition
    Our Surprising Relationship with Plants
    Michael Pollan
    9780593531525
    $18.99 US
    Hardcover
    May 09, 2023
    Rocky Pond Books
    This Is Your Mind on Plants
    This Is Your Mind on Plants
    Michael Pollan
    9780593296929
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Jul 19, 2022
    Penguin Books
    How to Change Your Mind
    How to Change Your Mind
    What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
    Michael Pollan
    9780735224155
    $19.00 US
    Paperback
    May 14, 2019
    Penguin Books
    The Omnivore's Dilemma
    The Omnivore's Dilemma
    Young Readers Edition
    Michael Pollan
    9781101993835
    $10.99 US
    Paperback
    Aug 04, 2015
    Rocky Pond Books
    Cooked
    Cooked
    A Natural History of Transformation
    Michael Pollan
    9780143125334
    $19.00 US
    Paperback
    Apr 29, 2014
    Penguin Books
    Food Rules
    Food Rules
    An Eater's Manual
    Michael Pollan , Maira Kalman
    9780143124108
    $20.00 US
    Paperback
    Oct 29, 2013
    Penguin Books
    Food Rules
    Food Rules
    An Eater's Manual
    Michael Pollan
    9780143116387
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Dec 29, 2009
    Penguin Books
    In Defense of Food
    In Defense of Food
    An Eater's Manifesto
    Michael Pollan
    9780143114963
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Apr 28, 2009
    Penguin Books
    A Place of My Own
    A Place of My Own
    The Architecture of Daydreams
    Michael Pollan
    9780143114741
    $19.00 US
    Paperback
    Dec 30, 2008
    Penguin Books
    The Omnivore's Dilemma
    The Omnivore's Dilemma
    A Natural History of Four Meals
    Michael Pollan
    9780143038580
    $19.00 US
    Paperback
    Aug 28, 2007
    Penguin Books
    The Botany of Desire
    The Botany of Desire
    A Plant's-Eye View of the World
    Michael Pollan
    9780375760396
    $20.00 US
    Paperback
    May 28, 2002
    Random House Trade Paperbacks

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    A World Appears
    A World Appears
    A Journey into Consciousness
    Michael Pollan
    9781984881991
    $32.00 US
    Hardcover
    Feb 24, 2026
    Penguin Press
    The Botany of Desire Young Readers Edition
    The Botany of Desire Young Readers Edition
    Our Surprising Relationship with Plants
    Michael Pollan
    9780593531525
    $18.99 US
    Hardcover
    May 09, 2023
    Rocky Pond Books
    This Is Your Mind on Plants
    This Is Your Mind on Plants
    Michael Pollan
    9780593296929
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Jul 19, 2022
    Penguin Books
    How to Change Your Mind
    How to Change Your Mind
    What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
    Michael Pollan
    9780735224155
    $19.00 US
    Paperback
    May 14, 2019
    Penguin Books
    The Omnivore's Dilemma
    The Omnivore's Dilemma
    Young Readers Edition
    Michael Pollan
    9781101993835
    $10.99 US
    Paperback
    Aug 04, 2015
    Rocky Pond Books
    Cooked
    Cooked
    A Natural History of Transformation
    Michael Pollan
    9780143125334
    $19.00 US
    Paperback
    Apr 29, 2014
    Penguin Books
    Food Rules
    Food Rules
    An Eater's Manual
    Michael Pollan, Maira Kalman
    9780143124108
    $20.00 US
    Paperback
    Oct 29, 2013
    Penguin Books
    Food Rules
    Food Rules
    An Eater's Manual
    Michael Pollan
    9780143116387
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Dec 29, 2009
    Penguin Books
    In Defense of Food
    In Defense of Food
    An Eater's Manifesto
    Michael Pollan
    9780143114963
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Apr 28, 2009
    Penguin Books
    A Place of My Own
    A Place of My Own
    The Architecture of Daydreams
    Michael Pollan
    9780143114741
    $19.00 US
    Paperback
    Dec 30, 2008
    Penguin Books
    The Omnivore's Dilemma
    The Omnivore's Dilemma
    A Natural History of Four Meals
    Michael Pollan
    9780143038580
    $19.00 US
    Paperback
    Aug 28, 2007
    Penguin Books
    The Botany of Desire
    The Botany of Desire
    A Plant's-Eye View of the World
    Michael Pollan
    9780375760396
    $20.00 US
    Paperback
    May 28, 2002
    Random House Trade Paperbacks

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    New York, NY 10003
    Google Map

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    The First Parish in Cambridge
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    Cambridge, MA 02138
    Google Map

    Fri Feb 27 | 07:00 PM
    Sidwell Friends
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    Washington, DC 20016
    Google Map

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    Google Map

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    Revolution Hall 1300 SE Stark St.
    Portland, OR 97214
    Google Map

    Wed Mar 04 | 07:30 PM
    The Sydney Goldstein Theater
    275 Hayes Street
    San Francisco, CA 94102
    Google Map

    Thu Mar 05 | 07:00 PM
    First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
    540 S. Commonwealth Avenue
    Los Angeles, CA 90020
    Google Map

    Mon Mar 09 | 07:00 PM
    Crest Theater
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    Sacramento, CA 95814
    Google Map

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    First Congregational Church of Berkeley
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    Berkeley, CA 94704
    Google Map

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    Congregation Emanu El
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    Google Map

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    Google Map

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    Google Map

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