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California Institute of Integral Studies/Lecture

Dec.19.2009

Don will discuss the book, read several passages, take questions and sign copies.

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May.11.2012 - 7:39 am
  Perhaps it's true of any generation, but those of us who came of age in the 1960s and 1970s tend to romanticize the past. We remember the good times - the good sex, the...
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Jan.11.2012 - 11:36 am
  Nearly half a century has passed since two Stanford University graduates, Michael Murphy and Dick Price, held their first series of seminars at an old hot springs resort on...
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Nov.21.2011 - 7:04 pm
On this Thanksgiving week, the sidewalks of downtown San Francisco have been bustling with activity as thousands of people ignored a rainy cold front, bustling to and fro...
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Oct.29.2010 - 4:46 pm
Talk about your flashbacks…   Blogging about media coverage of Prop. 19 takes my boggled mind back to those heady days in  the spring of 1973 and my own misadventures...
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Comments from Don

Dec.02.2009 - 8:26 am
In response to: Blue Christmas
I forgot how great that record is until "River" popped into my head the other day. I used to have the vinyl,...

Published Reviews

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Dec.09.2010
Published by Booklist Magazine
This would be a terrific social history of a fascinating historical period even if it didn’t star some of the most important influences on today’s culture. But Andrew Weil remains...