The Harvard Psychedelic Club is Don Lattin’s new book about “How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil killed the fifties and ushered in a New Age for America.”

That is the neat and tidy synopsis from the cover of the book. The story, however, was intricate and colorful and incredible and bursting with so much fascinating juiciness throughout, it could barely be contained.

I cannot tell you if YOU will like this book, but I CAN tell you I couldn’t get enough of it. I read it cover to cover (which is a rarity these days) with pencil in hand to underline, highlight, and scribble in the margins. I didn’t feel like I was reading it, though… I felt like I was living it. I was transported to a different time and place (like when I listen to John Lennon.)

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Who doesn’t want to know how to be RICH and HAPPY? But first things first, what kind of idiot would post a book review before having finished the book? THIS kind. Right here. You’re looking at her (sort of).

Please don’t assume Tim Brownson’s new book how to be RICH and HAPPY (written in collaboration with John P. Strelecky) is a slow read. It isn’t. But it’s not the sort of book you skim, either.

This masterpiece is more of a student workbook, where you read a few chapters, then grab a pencil, and do your very best to come up with the right answers (for you). At least that’s what I’m doing. I am now about 3/4 of the way through, and thrilled with the results so far.

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A short while ago I wrote a post called, “2012: The End of the World as We Know It?” I’m SO glad I did because soon after that I was contacted about this new book, The Twelve (by William Gladstone), that will be available on September 9.

I’m not a huge fan of doing book reviews, but I LOVED this book! I could NOT put it down. I even read it in the car, during the road trip, risking major car-sickness… it was well worth it. I LOVED this book (did I already say that?). It’s kinda hard for me to review it objectively because I enjoyed it so much.

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