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... Views: 598
While Trinity Barrett searches for herself, the complications of family life get in the way. Her husband of twenty years and two teenage children add to the messiness of her life. The give and take nature of friendship is demanding. Her work requires compassion and understanding of others. She knows that she has a good life, is surrounded by good people, but can't seem to get out of her own way. She needs a place of her own, somewhere she can recover her former contentment and happiness. When she does finally begin to pull it all together, tragedy strikes and life deals her a blow that changes everything. This is the story of one woman's quest to learn enough about herself to navigate both the mundane and the breathtaking heartbreak that life has to offer. Views: 598
Zach Johnston had it all. A billion dollar software empire, a different girl in his bed every night, and a business partner who shared his vision of market domination, one gaming console at a time.No one can stay on top forever, and calling what their biggest competitor did to them a hostile takeover doesn't do it justice. No-lube violation is more accurate.Even worse, the only woman he's never been able to forget is back in his life. Rae Nielson is filling his business partner's head with delusions of starting over and haunting Zach's most vivid fantasies.But giving into desire means losing his heart and his company again.Publisher's Note: This book was previously released as Denial of Interest (Version 2.0 Book 1) and has been edited and revised for this re-release. Views: 598
War doesn't end. It sleeps. Delphine Venner is an old woman now. She is old, but she remembers everything. She remembers what it is to be a child of war, she remembers fighting for her life and she remembers what the terrifying creatures from another world took from her all those years ago. She remembers the gateway, and those she lost. And in that other world, beast-filled and brutal, someone waits for her. Hagar, a centuries-old assassin, daily paying a terrible price for her unending youth, is planning one final death: that of her abhorrent master, the Grand-Duc. The death that will cost her everything. The death which requires Delphine. Voyaging into this violence and chaos, Delphine must remember who she really is and be ready to fight once more, as war reawakens. In the battle to destroy an ageless evil, will both worlds be saved — or will every mortal creature lose everything? Views: 598
"This sharp debut...sets a bittersweet love story within the cut-throat world of academic research, a great pairing [Rothman] explores with heart, smarts, and a lot of furtive sex." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)A powerful debut novel—a wonderfully engaging infusion of Lab Girl, The Assistants, and Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine—that pits the ambition of scientific discovery against the siren call of love.How does smell work? Specifically, how do olfactory sensory neurons reach their targets in the brain, where smell is processed? Justin McKinnon has hired Emily Apell to study that question. What Justin hasn't told Emily is that two other scientists in the lab, Aeden and Allegra, are working on a very similar topic, and their findings may compete with her research.Emily was born focused and driven. She's always been more comfortable staring down the barrel of a microscope than making small talk with strangers.... Views: 598
