
A revealing, courageous, fascinating, and funny account of the author’s experiment with microdoses of LSD in an effort to treat a debilitating mood disorder, of her quest to understand a misunderstood drug, and of her search for a really good day. Ayelet Waldman has produced a book that is eye-opening, often hilarious, and utterly enthralling.

When a young man is abducted and his kidnappers threaten to broadcast his beheading live on the Internet, River, a disgraced spy, sees an opportunity to redeem himself. Is the victim whom he first appears to be? And what’s the kidnappers’ connection with a discredited journalist? As the clock ticks on the execution, River finds that everyone has his own agenda…

Most personal and organizational problems are the result of a little-known phenomenon called "self-deception". This audiobook explains what self-deception is, how people get trapped in it, how it undermines relationships and organizational achievement, and – most importantly – the surprising way to solve it.