Category Archives: Author Bill Powers

Just Where Do Drugs Come From?

US Pharmaceutical sales topped $450 billion in 2016. This is a mega-industry with considerable political clout in the US. So, …

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How did I come up with the story and title for The Pharm House? My first attempt at writing a …

Speaking of Toxicologist (as in Nicholas Harding in The Pharm House), any aficionados of The Borgias out there? As …

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Nicholas Harding, the protagonist in my first novel, The Pharm House, is a toxicologist by training, like myself. When I …

A couple of years ago, when I saw that the American Museum of Natural History in New York, was running …

“Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.” …

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Above – HMS Terror shipwreck In my previous blog (The Terror of The Terror), I shared with you my minor …

Have you ever experienced a story, be it a television show or series, …

Strauss-Howe Generational Theory is another esoteric concept that I stumbled across while doing research for a storyline. It’s a little …

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Under conditions of traditional hypnosis, the client is fully aware that they are being hypnotized. You have all see the …

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“Fill your house with stacks of books, in all the crannies and all the nooks.” — Dr Seuss. Many people …