This is the story of a young man's coming of age in the decade when pet rocks adorned coffee tables, "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" lived at the top of the bestseller lists, and free love and limitless possibilities seemed like universal birthrights. Ptolemy Tompkins is the son of Peter Tompkins, author of cult classics "The Secret Life of Plants" and "Secrets of the Great Pyramid", and one of the New Age's most influential and colourful architects. The book narrates four years in the mid-1970s when Ptolemy was growing up ...
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This is the story of a young man's coming of age in the decade when pet rocks adorned coffee tables, "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" lived at the top of the bestseller lists, and free love and limitless possibilities seemed like universal birthrights. Ptolemy Tompkins is the son of Peter Tompkins, author of cult classics "The Secret Life of Plants" and "Secrets of the Great Pyramid", and one of the New Age's most influential and colourful architects. The book narrates four years in the mid-1970s when Ptolemy was growing up inside the outlandish utopian household that his father had created, a household where the ancient dream of paradise was re-enacted in a modern setting; where even the most mundane details of daily life were infected with cosmic optimism.
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Add this copy of Paradise Fever: Dispatches From the Dawn of the New Age to cart. $10.99, fair condition, Sold by Booksalvation rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Manchester, LANCASHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1998 by Bloomsbury Publishing.
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Fair in fair dust jacket. Outline: -This title tells of four years in the mid-1970s when the author was growing up inside the outlandish utopian household that his father has created. There the ancient dream of paradise was re-enacted in a modern setting and even the most mundane details of daily life were infected with cosmic optimism. -> the publisher of this PAPERBACK book is Bloomsbury Publishing The date of this copy is 1998 booksalvation have grade it as Acceptable and it will be shipped from our UK warehouse This book is from the Series. Shipping is Free for UK buyers and at a reasonable charge for buyer outside the UK.
Add this copy of Paradise Fever: Dispatches From the Dawn of the New Age to cart. $47.14, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC.
Add this copy of Paradise Fever: Dispatches From the Dawn of the New Age to cart. $133.23, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Bloomsbury.
Add this copy of Paradise Fever: Dispatches From the Dawn of the New Age to cart. $234.57, very good condition, Sold by Reuseabook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester, GLOS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1998 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.
