Outside Looking In
Title | Outside Looking In PDF eBook |
Author | T.C. Boyle |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Total Pages | 400 |
Release | 2019-04-09 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0062883003 |
A provocative new novel from bestselling author T.C. Boyle exploring the first scientific and recreational forays into LSD and its mind-altering possibilities In this stirring and insightful novel, T.C. Boyle takes us back to the 1960s and to the early days of a drug whose effects have reverberated widely throughout our culture: LSD. In 1943, LSD is synthesized in Basel. Two decades later, a coterie of grad students at Harvard are gradually drawn into the inner circle of renowned psychologist and psychedelic drug enthusiast Timothy Leary. Fitzhugh Loney, a psychology Ph.D. student and his wife, Joanie, become entranced by the drug’s possibilities such that their “research” becomes less a matter of clinical trials and academic papers and instead turns into a free-wheeling exploration of mind expansion, group dynamics, and communal living. With his trademark humor and pathos, Boyle moves us through the Loneys’ initiation at one of Leary’s parties to his notorious summer seminars in Zihuatanejo until the Loneys’ eventual expulsion from Harvard and their introduction to a communal arrangement of thirty devotees—students, wives, and children—living together in a sixty-four room mansion and devoting themselves to all kinds of experimentation and questioning. Is LSD a belief system? Does it allow you to see God? Can the Loneys’ marriage—or any marriage, for that matter—survive the chaotic and sometimes orgiastic use of psychedelic drugs? Wry, witty, and wise, Outside Looking In is an ideal subject for this American master, and highlights Boyle’s acrobatic prose, detailed plots, and big ideas. It’s an utterly engaging and occasionally trippy look at the nature of reality, identity, and consciousness, as well as our seemingly infinite capacities for creativity, re-invention, and self-discovery.
On the Outside Looking in
Title | On the Outside Looking in PDF eBook |
Author | Russell Lehmann |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 416 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | American poetry |
ISBN | 9781614758266 |
"In this book is Russell's story of overcoming the odds and achieving immense personal growth. Exposing his vulnerabilities, naiveties and painful personal experiences, he relays the many lessons learned and insights gained throughout the challenging circumstances in his life. Through emotionally powerful stories and intense poetry Russell paints a 100% unapologetic, no-holds-barred portrait into how his mind has coped through constant struggle. Also included are numerous poems that give a very raw and transparent look into the world of autism, OCD, depression, anxiety and more. This book is unlike most. Beginning with words in both poetry and prose, everything is built to increase the understanding of Lehmann's unusual and creative mind"--Amazon.com.
On the Outside Looking Indian
Title | On the Outside Looking Indian PDF eBook |
Author | Rupinder Gill |
Publisher | Penguin |
Total Pages | 290 |
Release | 2012-05-01 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1101575255 |
A memoir of a young woman, the product of a strict upbringing by conservative Indian parents, who decides to go on a Ram-Singha, her Indian version of the rumspringa, and learns how to dance, swim, drive, travel, and play in order to be happy. Rupinder Gill was raised under the strict rules of her parents' Indian upbringing. While her friends were practicing their pliés, having slumber parties, and spending their summers at camp, Rupinder was cleaning, babysitting her siblings, and watching hours on end of American television. But at age 30, Rupinder realized how much she regretted her lack of childhood adventure. Stepping away from an orderly life of tradition, Rupinder set put to finally experience the things she missed out on. From learning to swim and taking dance lessons, to going to Disney World, her growing to-do list soon became the ultimate trip down non-memory lane. What began as a desire to experience all that had been denied to her leads to a discovery of what it means to be happy, and the important lessons that are learned when we are at play. Reminiscent of Mindy Kaling, this is a warm funny memoir of the daughter of Indian immigrants learning to break free and find her own path.
From the Outside Looking In
Title | From the Outside Looking In PDF eBook |
Author | Manfred Max-Neef |
Publisher | Zed Books |
Total Pages | 216 |
Release | 1992-09-07 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN |
5 In a world apart
Outside Looking In
Title | Outside Looking In PDF eBook |
Author | Nicholas P. Lovrich |
Publisher | Washington State University Press |
Total Pages | 386 |
Release | 2021-10-05 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1636820832 |
The recent advent of gridlock and hyper-partisanship in the United States Congress has raised questions about whether similar divides are occurring in state governments, and if so, why? To find out, researchers--working in 2018 and 2019 under a National Institute for Civil Discourse (NICD) grant--conducted a survey of registered lobbyists and public agency legislative liaison officers in all fifty states. They received over 1,200 completed surveys. The researchers hope that understanding reasons behind politicians’ inability to demonstrate civility and reach bipartisan agreements will yield effective, purposeful interventions. In Outside Looking In, scholars from across the country interpret the survey results. Using a variety of lenses, they present unique perspectives, revealing both regional and national insights. Chapters address findings on a variety of topics, including effects of political culture heritage on perceptions of civil discourse phenomena and the impact of legislative professionalization; sentiments about civil discourse and perceptions of their own state legislature among lobbyists; a multivariate cross-state comparison of the relative impact of political culture, professionalism, and term limits; presumed and actual impact of term limits on civility; a comparison of lobbyists with and without prior legislative service; and effects of the rural/urban divide and state-level inequality across the states. Also discussed are the efforts by the National Conference of State Legislatures to advance the cause of civil discourse, and NICD interventions to support civil discourse in state legislatures. Offering rare insights on discourse in state legislatures, this work is a must-read for political science scholars studying state governments, state-level lobbying, and civility in government, as well as for state legislators and public interest groups committed to enhancing civility in government.
On the Outside Looking in
Title | On the Outside Looking in PDF eBook |
Author | Daniela Grazia |
Publisher | Booklocker.com |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2010-09 |
Genre | Social phobia |
ISBN | 9781609104559 |
Imagine feeling extremely uncomfortable and out of place no matter where you go where there are people - panicked to the point you're immobilized and unable to speak. Your only thought is that of fleeing to somewhere you can be alone and yet, when you get there, you can't stand to be alone. This is Daniela Grazia's detailed account of living with Social Anxiety Disorder and accepting her sexuality after 30 years of silence.
From the Outside Looking In
Title | From the Outside Looking In PDF eBook |
Author | R. Winston Carroll |
Publisher | iUniverse |
Total Pages | 120 |
Release | 2016-08-29 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1532001894 |
The United States has morphed into one nation under Google where ideas are outsourced and people increasingly live in artificial worlds. But R. Winston Carroll comes from the real worldone in which he witnessed the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Civil Rights Movement, John F. Kennedys assassination, Watergate, and much moreand he shares candid reflections on all hes seen in this memoir. He also shares his own Zapruder moment as a freshman at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, where members of the National Guard killed four students and wounded several more amid student protests of the Vietnam War. Carroll presents history as a strained relationship between reality and illusion, and he sees technology as a tool that improves efficiency at the expense of human interaction. He also believes nonsense has become legitimate, and people are increasingly blathering opinions to advance their own questionable agendas. Join an old curmudgeon as he throws his voice into the fray, commenting on politics, race, sex, history, and more to help the world rediscover common sense From the Outside Looking In.