{"product_id":"outside-of-a-dog-isbn-9781780331195","title":"Outside of a Dog","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOutside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eInside of a dog, it's too dark to read. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eGroucho Marx\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOutside of a Dog\u003c\/i\u003e is the captivating account of twenty-five books drawn from the fields of literature, psychology and philosophy, and a memoir of a reading self.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTracing the formative role books have played in his life, Rick Gekoski trains the same ironic and analytic eye on these books and their authors as he does on himself. The result is unique: a sustained, witty book dedicated to the proposition that we are what we read. \u003ci\u003eOutside of A Dog\u003c\/i\u003e might be described as an intellectual bibliomemoir, except that the author regards the noun 'intellectual' as a term of abuse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGekoski's twenty-five include: Dr. Seuss, \u003ci\u003eHorton Hatches the Egg\u003c\/i\u003e; Magnus Hirschfeld \u003ci\u003eSexual Anomalies and Perversions;\u003c\/i\u003e Allen Ginsberg\u003ci\u003e, Howl\u003c\/i\u003e; J.D. Salinger, \u003ci\u003eThe Catcher in the Rye\u003c\/i\u003e; T.S. Eliot, \u003ci\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/i\u003e; Descartes, \u003ci\u003eMeditations\u003c\/i\u003e; David Hume, \u003ci\u003eAn Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding\u003c\/i\u003e; W.B. Yeats, \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e; F.R. Leavis, \u003ci\u003eThe Common Pursuit\u003c\/i\u003e; Matthew Arnold, \u003ci\u003eCulture and Anarchy\u003c\/i\u003e; Tom Wolfe, \u003ci\u003eThe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test\u003c\/i\u003e; Ludwig Wittgenstein, \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Investigations\u003c\/i\u003e; R.D. Laing, \u003ci\u003eThe Divided Self\u003c\/i\u003e; Germaine Greer, \u003ci\u003eThe Female Eunuch\u003c\/i\u003e; D.H. Lawrence, \u003ci\u003eWomen in Love\u003c\/i\u003e; A.S. Neill, \u003ci\u003eSummerhill\u003c\/i\u003e; Roald Dahl, \u003ci\u003eMatilda\u003c\/i\u003e; Alice Miller, \u003ci\u003ePictures of a Childhood\u003c\/i\u003e; A.J. Ayer, \u003ci\u003eLanguage, Truth, and Logic\u003c\/i\u003e; Sigmund Freud, \u003ci\u003eThe Interpretation of Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e; Carl Hiaasen, \u003ci\u003eDouble Whammy\u003c\/i\u003e; Peter Wright, \u003ci\u003eSpycatcher\u003c\/i\u003e; and Rick Gekoski, \u003ci\u003eStaying Up\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Constable \u0026 Robinson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44896573751525,"sku":"NP9781780331195","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/O_e31e42b2-381b-44f8-9223-536035fcce1c.jpg?v=1773104388","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/outside-of-a-dog-isbn-9781780331195","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}