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This heady illustrated collage is supposedly written by past and future "agents" but is actually authored by Leary himself. Memos addressed to "All Evolutionary Agents on Planet Earth" and Leary's theories of terrestrial and postterrestrial "circuits" guiding human destiny complete the picture. In Leary's view, DNA will evolve to take humankind from Earth to space, with a simultaneous advance in intelligence. This vision of a positive, paradisiacal future is one of the most challenging in countercultural thought. ... Read more

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In this brief, lively book of reminiscences, the man Allen Ginsberg called a hero of American consciousness describes his transformation from bohemian professor to avatar of the new age. In his typically wry, provocative style, Timothy Leary gives firsthand accounts of his interrogation before Congress, Robert F. Kennedy's LSD use, his own flamboyant campaign for governor of California, and much more. ... Read more

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Timothy Learys Chaos and CyberCulture is his futuristic vision of the emergence of a new humanism with an emphasis on questioning authority , independent thinking, individual creativity, and the empowerment of computer and other brain technologies.This cyberpunk manifesto describes a new breed that loves technology and uses it to revolutionize communication and tweak Big Brother while being successful, achieving political power and having fun.Timothy Leary is a leadingfigure in the consciousness revolution of the 1960s.

Chaos and CyberCulture brings together his provocative, futuristic writings, lively interviews and cogent conversations with a variety of writers and thinkers. Chaos and CyberCulturedefines the emergence of the New Breed of the Information Age, who are creating the cyberdelic politics and culture of the 21st Century.

Chaos and CyberCultureis a substantial work (over 100,000 words) consisting of over forty chapters and conversations with leading figures.There are eight main sections and a epilogue. ... Read more

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Cyberpunk on pg 200
Archival Information, Artificial Intelligence

This is archangel idiotis delivering the treasure map.

Personality data-base transmission

the "Head Coach" says click on the reviewer's name to find the address of the treasure.

Timothy Leary seemed reluctant to comment, when asked if he would survive bodily death, except to state he'd spread his memories around as much as he could.

A good cyberpunk manifesto

Love it!
I eagerly bought it as soon as I discovered it.Really fun book and worth getting it (esp used) for the insight into Timothy Leary and early 90's "Cyber" edge culture.

Freedom
a variety of the treasured libertarian-laden articles and essays of Dr. Tim, displayed with interesting graphics and text. A little color with so many photos would have been nice but for twenty bucks you get a lot of Leary in a big book.

A great synopsis that should turn on a few more people to the Leary magic.

Essential for the Leary collection.

One of the Best Tim Leary Books!!
Leary does it again! That brilliant Irish neuronaut has once again travelled far into the future of humanity and come back to the past to tell us all about it.It is the first fun and scientific analysis ofcyber-culture ever written. What's astounding about this book is that Learyconceptualizes Cyberia like no one before or since has done, withcrystal-clear vision, irreverent wit, and razor-sharp insight. Many of hisideas in this book, and it was written a few years ago, have alreadydiluted into the popular culture through magazines, television, and movies.This book is not just about psychedelic drugs, virtual reality, andquestioning authority. It epitomizes the philosophy of the future which weare creating in the present. It is a manual of the future written by oneman who has seen it. Forget Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, or Esther Dyson, whenwe look at computers today, and what they are fast becoming, remember thatTim Leary has been telling us all about it decades ago.

Read it!
A wonderful feast for the mind and soul.If more of our books were like this, we wouldn't need--or even want--television! ... Read more

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A memorial volume to one of this century's most colorfuland pioneering figures in the consciousness movement.

* A wide array of individuals from all stages of Leary's life provides* a comprehensive view of the man and his impact on American culture.

One of the most influential and controversial people of the 20thcentury, Timothy Leary inspired profound feelings--both pro andcon--from everyone with whom he came into contact. He was extravagant,grandiose, enthusiastic, erratic, and an unrelenting proponent ofexpanding consciousness and challenging authority. His experimentswith psilocybin and LSD at Harvard University and Millbrook, New York,were instrumental in propelling the nation into the psychedelic era ofthe 1960s. From the 1980s until his death in 1996 he fully embracedthe possibilities of freedom offered by the developments in computertechnology and the instant communication made possible by theInternet.

The essence of Leary's life has often been reduced to the celebratedformula of Turn On, Tune In, and Drop Out.The wider implications ofthis esoteric call to communion have been lost, just as themultifaceted nature of Leary's personality was obscured by thesuperficial spin put on his life and ideas. In this book a wide arrayof individuals from all stages of Leary's life, friends and foesalike, provides a more complete view of the man and his impact onAmerican culture.

It is still too early to know how posterity will judge the man and hisideas, but Timothy Leary: Outside Looking In shows that Leary wasoften so far ahead of his time that few could follow the extensiverange of his thought. ... Read more

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The battle against drug hypocrisy
Regardless of one's personal opinions about Timothy Leary, one cannot really deny the fact that he was a great man; great in the sense that his thoughts and ideas influenced an entire generation (and continues to do so), and that A LOT of people had - and still have - A LOT of strong feelings about everything he stood for. Perhaps it's too early to figure out how extensive his influence actually was. Everything he talked about didn't revolve around LSD, even though many tend to think just that. What many don't know, for instance, is that he contributed greatly to the field of psychology and developed different tests that are still in use today.

Robert Forte has edited a book, not about Leary's life, but more about people who met him, were familiar with him, were close to him, were affected and influenced by him, and all in all had some sort of relation to him. Some of these people are Winona Ryder (to whom Leary was godfather), Hunter S. Thompson, Albert Hofmann (the chemist who synthesized LSD in 1938), Ken Kesey (another "psychedelic pioneer"), Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, Robert Anton Wilson, and many more.

Some of the contributions consist of Forte simply interviewing the individual in question, while in other cases the contributor has written the piece him/herself. But it's not all about Leary all the time. Timothy Leary is more a book about the psychedelic revolution itself than about one of its leading advocates. Richard Nixon referred to him as "the most dangerous man in the world", and sure, a great deal of the content is about him, what he accomplished, different incidents in his life, and so on. However, another great deal is about the use and abuse of psychedelic drugs, how they shaped and changed society and individual consciousness, how dangers (or harmless) they actually are, what happens to people who choose to try them, and how these now criminalized drugs could be used beneficially in different sorts of therapies.

It's not the best book on the market if you want to learn more about Timothy Leary's opinions and messages, but on the other hand, it's a great book if you want to know some of the influence and the affect he had on his surroundings. Furthermore, through its use of sensible discussions by and with well-informed and rational people, the book offers great knowledge about the absurd American "War on Drugs" and all the hypocrisy this futile and senseless war is built upon.

important and revealing
This is a rich and revealing book that I always recommend to anyone trying to grasp the contradictory figure that was Timothy Leary - not least because many of its subjects are still struggling to grasp exactly what hit them when Leary entered their lives.Highlights for me include the essays by Ram Dass, Robert Anton Wilson and Ralph Metzner, as well as William Burroughs' ability to use a few brief words so well.Winona Ryder's eulogy is also terrific -- it has since been included in Copeland's book on the greatest eulogies of our time, and I liked it so much I used it as the foreword to my own biography on Leary, 'I Have America Surrounded'.

As Forte writes in his introduction, this is "not a biography of Leary, nor an in-depth study of his ideas", and as such the critical review on this page by R. Goldstein seems to have missed the point of the book.Forte is not attempting to be a 'cheerleader' or promote his 'thesis', as is claimed, but instead provides a forum where those who knew Leary could record their memories and reminiscences.True, the majority are positive and loving, but this is no reason to criticize the book.The fact is Leary was deeply loved by many - which is something that those who condemn his character find it convenient to overlook.For this reason the book is an important record, but perhaps more importantly it is those who knew him best who often have the most revealing insights - and this is why the book is so valuable.

A little rain on the celebration
This book is a source of comfort to anyone disgruntled by Robert Greenfield's less than appreciative bio of Timothy Leary. Editor Robert Forte calls his project a "festschrift," which, if my rusty German holds up, loosely means "celebration of writing." It is by no means balanced; its cover promises castigations but delivers only one, ironically from former outlaw chemist Owsley Stanley.There are polite rebukes of Leary's methods from Huston Smith and Myron Stolaroff, but the rest of the book is mainly a chorus of paeans, a love fest that gets sloppy in places.

Part of Forte's thesis is that Leary will come to be vindicated and revered as another Socrates or Galileo.Inevitably the uptight world will recognize the transformational power of psychedelics and, grasping the keys to the missing link in evolution, start popping them like vitamin supplements.Why millions of grateful acid veterans haven't united to demand a change in the drug laws goes unexplained.Like a lot of other issues the book grazes.Why was Eldridge Cleaver not more supportive of Leary in Algeria?Why was Art Linkletter hostile to Leary?What happened to Leary's children?What was "The Brotherhood" that Forte cryptically refers to a couple of times? What about the charges that Leary betrayed friends, including the lawyers who helped him avoid lengthier prison time?Although Forte concedes that Leary failed "to confront his shadow," the negative aspects of his life, he left the shadowy particulars for Robert Greenfield to detail.

There are other shortcomings.The correspondence between Aldous Huxley and Gerald Heard is vacuous, discussing where and when they plan to meet next. Albert Hofman's contribution is brief.Hunter Thompson's more caustic criticisms of Leary are absent, replaced by a short, all-is-forgiven comment.Some of the respondents use a pretentious argot prevalent in the `60s, reflecting the mindless blather of the drug-addled.And there are outrageous claims that transcendentalist philosophers Emerson and Thoreau took drugs, that psychedelics brought forth the computer revolution and the Internet.At least Forte didn't suggest that psychedelics are "the only visible hope for a race tottering on the brink of extinction."That claim was in a recent letter of complaint from the Leary estate to The New Yorker over the favorable review its critic gave to the Greenfield book.

I don't blame Forte for being a cheerleader.He was only 11 years old during the '67 Summer of Love, so he didn't see the zombies walking down Haight Street and other hippie enclaves ingesting not only psychedelics but other wares sold by hierarchical criminal outfits (such as the Brotherhood?) engaged in the "democratization" of drug distribution.Gosh and golly, why would law enforcement ever consider LSD a gateway to heroin, methamphetamine and crack?Set and setting indeed.

I thought I'd had enough of Leary after reading the Greenfield book, but I picked this one up after browsing its table of contents.It has limited appeal, so I give it three stars:one for the interview with Huston Smith, one for the interviews with Metzner & Stolaroff, and one for likening Leary to Huck Finn.Greenfield mistakenly linked him to Tom Sawyer.

Multiperspective View of Leary
Timothy Leary is a mythological figure.Almost everyone has an opinion of him, even if they have never read a word he wrote.
Often opinions are second-hand filtered through this or that media source.

The editor for this book, Robert Forte, one
of Mircea Eliade's last students at the University of Chicago,
does not provide us with second-hand information that he has digested, but instead, gathers an anthology of viewpoints from those who knew Timothy Leary.Not all are positive, and I was surprized to read the negative remarks of Owlsley Stanley in regards to Leary.Thanks to this compendium, we are allowed past the veil of the myth and get a glimpse of the human Timothy Leary.

Robert Forte knew Timothy Leary personally and has edited another book, Entheogens and the Future of religion, that I highly recommend.

Thomas Seay

a refreshingly honest multi-angled profile of Leary
Robert Forte is one of the most important living documentarians of psychedelic history and phenomonology. In this book, he's gathered a myriad voices of people who were really "there" when Leary was influencing people and who therefore have valuable commentary worth hearing -- both positive and negative. The folksy, chatty style of this book make it a pleasure to read. Along with his other book "Entheogens and the Future of Religion," Forte is performing an important informational and documentary service toward a fair assessment of the role that drugs have in society and also of the real-life figures who have affected this. This book is a must read for anyone interested in what Tim Leary (and for that matter, ...) were really like. ... Read more

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A work of social, moral, religious and scientific satire, including articles by and about people who are changing the meaning of freedom all over the world. The fifth and final volume of Dr. Leary's 'Future History Series.' Lots of fun pictures and ideas for your brain. ... Read more

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So, Who and What Are the Intelligence Agents?
As Marvin Minsky desribes in his book 'Society of Mind' the Agents are small programs that achieve small tasks on their own. Once an Agent is grouped with another Agent new functions and actions can occur that single Agents cannot produce on their own. So what about a whole society ofAgents?

Dr. Timothy Leary, in his own chaotic style, recapitulatesevolution from the first organism in which life began in the EasternOriental shorelines. DNA, the breath of life is always chasing the SunWestward towards our neurological destiny. If you are familar with Dr.Leary's 24 Stage/8 Neuro-Circuit theory, then you will get a rise from thisbook. We have migrated from Asia to California as the launching pad intospace where we will create H.O.M.E.s (High Oribtal Mini-Earths). TheIntelligence Agents have already established their homes in future hivecolonies. The secret to becoming an Intelligence Agent and IntelligenceIncrease is to SMILE (Space Migration Intelligence Increase Life Extension- the 'I' is squared).

The book is designed to look like articleswritten from future and past Intelligence Agents, with Leary out in thewings sending you transmissions from Switzerland on his update. Thearticles falsely written by such neuronauts as Carol Rosin, Anise Nun,Henry Marshall, Pauline Kael, Andy Warhol, Susan Kaiser Vogel and so manyothers that Leary includes in the Genetic Hall of Fame (however, one mustrealize at some point this was all written by Leary himself). TheIntelligence Agents are all working together to get you moving.

Leary'sstyle is jumbled with theories, ideas, histories, dedications, neurologicaldata, DNA information, cultures of smaller organisms, cultures of cosmiclife, evolution of organisms and individuals, occult, philosophy andmetaphors compact in what seems to be a cross of 'Neuropolitique' and 'TheGame of Life.' What I find exciting about this book is not so much theconfusing writing, but within the chaos there is a positive code that Learyis sending to all of us, possibly decoded from his own DNA transmissions,and that code is: "Move On!"

Philosophy as Art and Dance.
A superbly, creatively paradoxical book. This book doesn't just set forth, dogmatically and exclusively, a set of ideas held by the author to be 'objectively true', it puts forward a set of ideas which enter intoparadoxical (critical) relationships with each other, stimulating thereader to take up a critical position towards the book hirself. Ifintelligence rests on a critical attitude, then this book will increaseyour intelligence. Philosophy as art and dance. ... Read more

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Mind Politics!
This is Leary's seminal work on the mind of consciousness politics. A single work worth reading even if you don't indulge. My offer idea of what makes some people use mind expansion theraphy.

Man, consciouness and power
I think Timothy Leary gets written off too easily because many of his thoughts and theorems have to do with psychoactive drugs. And yes, he does have the occasional nonsensical, mad moment- but he's experimenting with psychoactive drugs so that's to be expected!. The parts that are lucid are insightful, optimistic(sometimes overly so), and really make one think about the short-sightedness of the current path of man.

The one thing I wish he addressed more is the path to change (personal, political, and social) instead of just addressing the mechanics of realizing that we need to change. But other than that it's a very interesting read with a couple of horrid short sci-fiish stories tucked between the better essays.

Also the self analyzation of his short conversation with Charles Manson when he was an inmate and his description of the eight circuit brain model are both fascinating.

fun and games
Neuropolitique is a socio-political romp and richly educated overview of the sixties, seventies, and briefly goes into "stages" of the human nervous system more fully elucidated in Exo-Psychology.

I felt inspired by the madness and joy of Leary's experiences! ... Read more

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In 1987 at Timothy Leary's house in Beverly Hills, California, Tim and Dr. Christopher S. Hyatt got together and made this recording. But the cassette went missing for over 20 years and just recently resurfaced!

Their discussion is fascinating on many levels. Among other things, you might note how these two very talented people brainstorm the then-upcoming re-release of Tim's Future History Series: Exo-Psychology (redone as Info-Psychology), Neuropolitics (retitled Neuropolitique), The Game of Life, Intelligence Agents, and What Does WoMan Want? Some of the ideas came to fruition, some did not. Such is the nature of the creative process... ... Read more

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A chat with 'theory Leary'
There are some interesting observations from Timothy Leary about his 'future history' series. For many, Leary's future history was the height of his intellectual achievement and it's good to have these remarks made public. Is this informal recording worth the price tag? Probably only if you are a Leary or Hyatt completist. ... Read more

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Your definitive guide to computing concepts! Motivate your students to reveal the relevancy of technology. O'Leary, Computing Essentials 2011 provides you with a complete learning package, focusing on the most important and essential concepts of information technology. Students are given a streamlined, concise, attractive approach to the fundamental issues surrounding the world of computing. It has a balanced approach between theory and applied learning while highlighting the relevance of these important topics. All of the items featured with this text - including the end of chapter materials and the text websites - work together to help you truly understand the basics of computer concepts. This text also correlates with SimNet Online, our online training and assessment program for the Microsoft Office Suite and also computing concepts! ... Read more

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John Bryan, newsman and contemporary historian, watched Leary's incredible escapades, reported on the "High Priest of LSD" all through the 1960's and '70s. This account is equally concerned with both the man and the era in which he became best known. It traces the development of psychedelics, discusses their use and abuses, considers what might have happened without Leary, attempts to put the man and "his" era into the perspective of history. Includes 48 pages of photographs and drawings, one of the most interesting pictorial retrospectives yet put together on the sixties. Thoroughly researched, full of intimate detail and stories which still seem incredible. This limited run, first edition is definitely a collector's item. --- from book's back cover ... Read more

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worth the trip
a "highly" entertaining journey through a few windows of Leary's life in the sixties as perceived by the author, who comes across as a cohort/colleague/friend to Leary. At times there are harsh words expressed about Leary and the sixties. At other times there is praise and admiration. I believe that balance is basically achieved through this approach.

Dr. Slack seems an alternately considered and adventurous participant in the wild goings on of the time. At times, he seems to be analyzing the subject and at other times seems to rush headlong into the bizarre experiences like any other anxious, adventurous kid.

It was interesting to read an account by one who is not an unbridled supporter of the era or the icon Leary. Dr. Slack is a self-professed member of the establishment in some ways; in other ways he is a fearless neuronaut like the others.

It begs the question: what would Leary have said about Slack?

Overall this work is an entertaining romp through the multicolored corridors of a very interesting time. Leary serves as the elusive one being intellectually hunted by so many.

The author, Dr. Slack, does a noble job of painting a uniquely rich version of the events. ... Read more

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B. H. Friedman, who wrote the first biography of Jackson Pollock, returns in "Tripping" to the time, shortly after Pollock died, when the author and wife participated in the early drug experiements conducted by Timothy Leary, the Harvard psychologist. Much of this memoir is based on reports Friedman wrote to Dr. Leary and on correspondence with him and others. The author creates a candid and fascinating portrait of the firsthand effect of "tripping," and the ultimate price some paid when dreams of innocence and liberation turned into nightmares. A true flashback to a turbulent time of excess and exhilaration, "Tripping" is the dramatic account of one man's journey through personal and professional upheaval and toward enlightenment. ... Read more

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Tripping to Success
B.H. Friedman applies a master's literary touch to the multifaceted mystery of personal and social transformation aided by the psychedelic mushroom, showing yet again, it is the artists who lead the way.Here is an honest and intimate memoir of a fateful meeting between that irascible and unrepentant, brilliant and erratic, patriotic revolutionary trickster, Timothy Leary, with a cross section of the New York "high" society.Take that any way you like.Friedman, through Leary's provocation, turned on, tuned into his true self, dropped out of the booming New York real estate market, and became a full time writer, a decision that cost him an estimated 10-20 million dollars, give or take a few--and he is ever grateful.Leary comes across as Leary was: a paradox, mercurial, manipulative, ego centric, inconsistent, sane and insane, a mass of contradictions, like life itself.Friedman's thoughtful, experienced, and rich, textured prose is just right for the difficult task of portraying Leary and the (r)evolution he was an advocate for, without stifling it because of a few blunders.This is a wonderful and soulful memoir that I hope inspires more.

A remarkably account of the life and times of Dr. Timothy Leary
Tripping: A Memoir by B. H. Friedman is a remarkably account of the life and times of Dr. Timothy Leary, including his accomplishments and influence with an active coterie of students, teachers, and artists during the freewheeling decade of the 1960's. Vividly offering an exclusive perspective of the world in sixties, Tripping details Leary's progressive discoveries and passion for LSD, cannabis, mushrooms, and other psychologically altering substances as part of his controversial views with respect to the liberation of life, love, beauty, society, and the "journey of peace". A "must read" for anyone with an interest in Timothy Leary's life and thought, Tripping is very strongly recommended as a one-of-a-kind memoir which documents of his life story.
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The goal of the O’Leary Series is to give students a basic understanding of computing concepts and to build the skills necessary to ensure that information technology is an advantage in whatever career they choose in life. The O’Leary Microsoft Office 2003 texts are crafted to be the true step-by-step way for students to develop Microsoft Office application skills. The text design emphasizes step-by-step instructions with full screen captures that illustrate the results of each step performed. Each Tutorial (chapter) combines conceptual coverage with detailed software-specific instructions. A running case that is featured in each tutorial highlights the real-world applications of each software program and leads students step-by-step from problem to solution. ... Read more

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o'leary series, Microsoft Access 2003 book
The book is in great shape, no markings, as described.
It was shipped promptly.I am very well pleased with
my purchase.
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This comprehensive assessment of Michel Foucault's later work responds to the contemporary crisis in ethics, focusing on the way Foucault attempts to bring together the two seemingly-incompatible spheres of ethics and aesthetics through his reassessment of the Greek tradition. The book argues that Foucault's exploration of the history of sexuality and his re-interpretation of the critical philosophical tradition combine to frame a new approach both to the way we understand the tasks of philosophy and to the way we live our lives. It is aimed at those working at the intersection of contemporary debates in philosophy, ethics, politics and cultural studies. ... Read more

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This monograph develops a unique approach to thinking about the transformative power of literature by drawing upon the much-neglected concept of experience in Foucault's work. For Foucault, an 'experience book' is a book which transforms our experience by acting on us in a particular way. In this book, Timothy O'Leary develops a unique approach to thinking about the transformative power of literature by drawing upon this often neglected concept and applying it to literary texts. Starting from the premise that works of literature are capable of having a profound effect on their audiences, he suggests a way of understanding how these effects are produced.Offering extended analyses of a range of Irish writers, including Swift, Yeats, Joyce, Beckett, Friel and Heaney, O'Leary draws on Foucault's concept of experience as well as the work of Plato, Aristotle, Dewey and Deleuze and recent debates about literature and ethics. Of interest to readers in both philosophy and literature, this study offers new insights into Foucault's mature philosophy and an improved understanding of what it is to read and be affected by a work of fiction. ... Read more

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Publisher: Hamden, Conn. : Archon BooksPublication date: 1988Subjects: Leary, Timothy, 1920-1996PsychologySocial sciencesUnited States -- Social life and customs 20th century BibliographyUnited States -- Social conditions BibliographyNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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Superb Annotated Bibliography
If you are a highly committed fan of Timothy Leary (like me), or if you are a researcher following his every literary footstep, or if you are a librarian considering adding a reference work on this important figure ofthe 1960s counterculture, you definitely will want this wonderful volume. However, if you're just a casual reader, I'm afraid this book will be muchtoo heavy on bibliographic detail for your purposes and tastes.Aninteresting aside is that the volume is edited by the parents of thewell-known actor Winona Ryder (whose given name is Horowitz). ... Read more