Takes us into the bizarre and often humorous lives of such people as Lady Blount, who was sure that the earth is flat, Cyrus Teed, who believed that the earth is a hollow shell with us in the inside; Edward Hine, who believed that the British are the lost Tribes of Israel; and Baron de Guldenstubbe, who was sure that statues wrote him letters. British writer and housewife Nesta Webster devoted her life to exposing international conspiracies, and Father O'Callaghan devoted his to opposing interest on loans. The extraordinary characters in this book were and in some cases still are wholehearted enthusiasts for the various causes and outrageous notions they adopted, and John Michell describes their adventures with spirit and compassion.

The psychedelic Sixties and the aftermath, as seen from the perspective of a fully-participating Berkeley acid head, along with an exploration of the credit and/or blame assigned to the Beatles, Ram Dass, Alan Watts, Hunter S. Thompson, R. Crumb, Jerry Garcia, Timothy Leary, and Carlos Castaneda.

From the literary wonder boy to the countercultural guru whose cross-country bus trip inspired The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, this candid biography chronicles the life and times of cultural icon Ken Kesey from the 1960s through the 1980s. Presenting an incisive analysis of the author who described himself as "too young to be a beatnik, and too old to be a hippie," this account conducts a mesmerizing journey from the perspective of Mark Christensen, an eventual member of the Kesey "flock." Featuring interviews with those within his inner circle, this exploration reveals the bestselling author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in his many forms, placing him within the framework of his time, his generation, and the zeitgeist of the psychedelic era.

Priya joins forces with a group of acid attack survivors as they fight against the demon-king, Ahankar, and his tyrannical hold on them.

Justice man is a real-life hero. He has a lot of fans, mostly these fans are children who love to mimic his heroic moves. Our main protagonist Jeet and his best friend want to be strongest of all . They are training hard to be powerful. There are many dangerous villains in the world. They want to destroy the planet. All villains have different kinds of power. Some can fly, some can control the nature and some has magical powers. Jeet and others join Hero School for training. They want to learn new skills. Our heroes want to save the world from the villains. Enemies are coming from multiverse and they have evil plans to destroy humanity and snatch freedom from them. Day by day the villains are becoming powerful so we need more heroes. So this is the story of a new generation to save the world from villains.

An entertaining scientific analysis of the real-life facts behind the superpowers portrayed on the hit TV series Heroes examines the possibilities of human physical and mental capabilities, drawing on the latest research and cutting-edge technology to examine such topics as flight, telepathy, invisibility, teleportation, and tissue regeneration. Original.