Tracks33 reviews Robyn Davidson Vintage, 1995 Writing from the Guts + One of the best books I've read + Tracks the story behind from alice to ocean The integrity of this writing, this soul-baring, reminded me of Doug Peacock's Grizzly Years: a flight from the insanities of civilization into the healing refuge of nature's raw dangers. Tracks was written by a rare bird; this is writing from the guts. For a first book, exploding out of nowhere, ...             The Spiritual Tourist: A Personal Odyssey Through the Outer Reaches of Belief21 reviews Mick Brown Bloomsbury USA, 1998 Great Book about an outer/inner journey + first-rate journalism + A great read + For the armchair devotee in all of us... + A Fascinating Tour             Playing the Future: What We Can Learn from Digital Kids7 reviews Douglas Rushkoff Riverhead Trade, 1999 A startling accurate perspective + Mind expanding, a great read for Gen-X'ers + An interesting perspective on familial relationships + In pure Rushkoff fashion... This book is fantastic             Travelers' Tales - Women in the Wild2 reviews Travelers' Tales Guides, 1998 Look for my piece... + Women - experiencing Check out page 100...the inset box. That's from my story! You may laugh at its miniscule size, but at least TT paid me for it! Oh yeah. The rest of the book is good too.             A Season in Heaven: True Tales from the Road to Kathmandu5 reviews David Tomory Lonely Planet Publications, 1998 a great read for anyone who made the overland trail + Sketches the Istanbul-Kathmandu route through a collection of oral histories + An insight into the hippy trail + The hardships, the highs, the attitudes....             Siddhartha462 reviews Hermann Hesse Bantam Classics, 1982 A must read for any spiritual seeker + A rambling spiritual adventure... + A Philisophical Classic A journey through the life of a man with a single purpose: to find his own truth. Knowing that the only way to discover life's greatest mysteries is to go through the heart of them alone, he finds himself living one extreme after another until he finally rests in the balance. The ending will ...             Fever Pitch123 reviews Nick Hornby Riverhead Trade, 1998 Even if You Hate the Gunners + Probably the best book ever about football + Great book for any football fan!!! + Insughtful: another Hornby winner! + Obsessive sports fans need only apply.             Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals70 reviews Robert Pirsig Bantam, 1992 Metaphysics of Quality + Great ideas, but don' t lose your head.... + A great book, but don't expect "Motorcycle Maint - Part 2". + Lila + Creates a useful framework for thinking about one's life             Are You Experienced?47 reviews William Sutcliffe Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999 Very funny (if you have been there) + A must-read for would-be backpackers... + insight! + Very Funny + More than funny             The Saddest Pleasure: A Journey on Two Rivers (A Graywolf Memoir)12 reviews Moritz Thomsen Graywolf Press, 1990 Life as it is, not as it should be + A Masterpiece Memoir + lose yourself in the jungle + Amazing journey within these pages... + Stop it, I love it !             Homage to the Sun: The Wisdom of the Magus of Strovolos4 reviews Kyriacos C. Markides Penguin (Non-Classics), 1988 An excellent book on out of body experience and travel + Another Amazing Book + A great read + Great!!!             Undiscovered Country Kathryn C. Hulme Watersign Pr, 1997             Off the Road: My Years with Cassady, Kerouac, and Ginsberg13 reviews Carolyn Cassady Penguin (Non-Classics), 1991 Very Enjoyable! + Not bad overview + great portrait of cassady and kerouac + Another Party Heard From             What the Buddha Never Taught12 reviews Tim Ward Celestial Arts, 1993 Tim Ward: THE MAN + A Good First Step In The Process Of Refreshing Buddhism + Book exposes hypocrisy and literalism If you are new to the path, or have been on it for a while... READ THIS BOOK. If your the average Western thinker looking for insight into the life of a monk and one man... READ THIS BOOK. For me, the average American, this book spoke volumes to me, it was smart, clever, humorous, and very ...             On the Road624 reviews Jack Kerouac Penguin (Non-Classics), 1976 The Day After Superman Died + The Classic Outlaw + Great book about youth I began this book with weary thoughts, suspecting some Beatles, hippie mumbo jumbo about life, love and drugs. I was right but also dead wrong. After reading it I can fully understand why this is thought of as the definitive read from the beat generation. It's basically a crazed story on life on ...             Entering the Circle: Ancient Secrets of Siberian Wisdom Discovered by a Russian Psychiatrist30 reviews Olga Kharitidi HarperOne, 1997 Lifting + Full circle + Russian Agony/Inspiration + excellent             The Empty Mirror: Experiences in a Japanese Zen Monastery18 reviews Janwillem van de Wetering St. Martin's Griffin, 1999 how many books have been written about my 'trip to zen'? + is a cloud a member of the sky? + A humorous, grouchy, true story too many - this is one of the first and is the BEST. period.             Nothing on My Mind: Berkeley, LSD, Two Zen Masters, and a Life on the Dharma Trail6 reviews Erik Storlie Shambhala, 1996 Enlightening, Amusing and Real, + Not a waste of time A valuable first-hand gonzo-historical account of many of the second generation of Zen teachers in America. Read this along with 'How the Swans Came to the Lake', for more nitty gritty detail of what it really takes to get a Zen Center going on a day-to-day basis. Though the author has few ...             The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge94 reviews Carlos Castaneda Washington Square Press, 1985 Merely A First Step Towards Being a Man of Knowledge + personal fav + Great reading, but Castaneda is not what he claimed to be! + What is Defined as Fact or Fiction?             The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test132 reviews Tom Wolfe Bantam, 1999 Interesting and well-written + Mind-blowing experience + Very good...not great. Tom Wolfe takes us through part of the acid-movement of the 60's with Ken Kesey (author of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest") and company as they embark on their journey across America to popularize acid. Wolfe writes in a way that sort of makes you feel that you are on acid too. His writing ...