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Here Comes the Sun: The Spiritual and Musical Journey of George Harrison 26 reviews Joshua M. Greene
Wiley, 2006
A Must-Read for Baby Boomers!
+ Love it, Insightful and Inspiring + This book was very informative for a true Beatles fan!
Born on VJ-Day, I was one of the original Baby-Boomers. Until I read Here Comes the Sun, I had almost forgotten how good the 1960's were... and what a big part the Beatles played in most Baby-Boomers' lives. My gender and persona didn't allow me to participate in 'Beatlemania', but the Beatles, ...
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Bob Dylan Lyrics, 1962-96 Bob Dylan
Jonathan Cape, 1998
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Charles Bukowski 3 reviews Barry Miles
Virgin Books, 2005
The Best Bukowski biography
+ A fresh look at a worn subject
Barry Miles has covered a lot of ground in his life. Someone should wrtie a book about him. But when it comes to Bukowski I am in a strange position. I corresponded with him in a minor way. (He wrote me 20 times, I wrote him about 55) I own a bookstore in San Francisco where I've gotten to know ...
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Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Dead 59 reviews Phil Lesh
Little, Brown and Company, 2005
Great Insider's Perspective
+ The Best Book On The Grateful Dead So Far + Luuuvv U Uncle Phil! + The Best Book Written About The Dead + Confessions of a milk freak
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Garcia: A Signpost To New Space 9 reviews Jerry Garcia, Charles Reich, ...
Da Capo Press, 2003
Like A Smile On Empty Space
+ Getting Deep With Jerry and Mountain Girl + Garcia in a intimate print + Well Worth Reading
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Gonzo: An Oral History Hunter S. Thompson, Corey Seymour
Wenner Books, 2007
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Conversations on the Edge of the Apocalypse: Contemplating the Future with Noam Chomsky, George Carlin, ... 9 reviews David Jay Brown
Palgrave Macmillan, 2005
Los Angeles Times Review by Susan Salter Reynolds
+ What is consciousness, and where does it go when we die? + A spectacular encounter at the borderlands of science
"Pressure to evolve has never been greater. In interviews with leading-edge thinkers in genetics, neurobiology, linguistics, media, psychiatry and parapsychology, David Jay Brown asks the Big Questions: Will we survive? What is the effect of technology on the biosphere? What happens to ...
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Beat Collection
Virgin Books, 2006
By dividing the Beat Collection into three sections: The Original Beats – New York 1944-53; The San Francisco Scene 1954-57 and The Second Wave – New York 1958-60, New York Times bestselling author and Beat expert Barry Miles pulls together writings from, among others, Jack Kerouac, Gregory Corso, John Clellon Holmes, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Philip Lamantia, Frank O'Hara, Diane DiPrima ...
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Garcia Plays Dylan 7 reviews Jerry Garcia
Rhino / Wea, 2005
This is a must have
+ Jerry Garcia and Dylan + THERE ARE SOME OUTSTANDING COVERS HERE.... + Nice + Dylan play some Garcia
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The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics 24 reviews
Free Press, 2005
Great book!
+ An amazing work... + The Oracle! + Must have if you're like me
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Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Dead 59 reviews Phil Lesh
Back Bay Books, 2006
Great Insider's Perspective
+ The Best Book On The Grateful Dead So Far + Luuuvv U Uncle Phil! + The Best Book Written About The Dead + Confessions of a milk freak
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Wild Ducks Flying Backward 27 reviews Tom Robbins
Bantam, 2005
Robbins & Ducks
+ i'm torn + Contrary to popular belief
Tom Robbins has been a favorite writer of mine since the 70's. However, I was only aware of his fiction. In Wild Ducks, I found a whole new genre of his writings and musings. Some essays, some reports, some simply not available for a pigeon hole but all highly entertaining. If you have been a ...
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Timothy Leary: Outside Looking In: Appreciations, Castigations, and Reminiscences by Ram Dass, Andrew Weil, ... 7 reviews
Park Street Press, 1999
Multiperspective View of Leary
+ The battle against drug hypocrisy + important and revealing + a refreshingly honest multi-angled profile of Leary
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Jerry Garcia: The Collected Artwork 7 reviews
Running Press, 2005
Good condition for an inspiring book of art
+ Jerry was THE MAN! + My dad liked it + Not just for "Dead Heads" + Garcia
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Waking Life 316 reviews Louis Black, Julie Delpy
20th Century Fox, 2002
hang on for the ride
+ Good movies like this aren't made very often. + open you rmind + Waking Life + Eye opening and artistic
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test 133 reviews Tom Wolfe
Bantam, 1999
Interesting and well-written
+ Good, better if you have read "On The Road First" + Fascinating to contemplate + Mind-blowing experience
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Beyond the Bleep: The Definitive Unauthorized Guide to What the Bleep Do We Know!? 24 reviews Alexandra Bruce
The Disinformation Company, 2005
Very good book,
+ Objective enlightenment + Co-Create with the Universe
Probably the best thing about this book is that it's both sympathetic to the movie and willing to look at some areas most "advocates" wouldn't look at. She's willing to look at the problematic aspects of Transcendental Meditation and New Age Thinking as well as the fantastic (as in wonderful) ...
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The Illuminatus! Trilogy: The Eye in the Pyramid, The Golden Apple, Leviathan 250 reviews Robert Anton Wilson
Dell, 1983
Essential reading
+ Complete mind f*** + Had I only read it back in '83 I would have been blown away!
especially for anyone who is into modern occultism or self programming, etc. RAW bring humor and insight to this work of amazing scope.
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Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge A Radical History of Plants, Drugs, and Human ... 51 reviews Terence Mckenna
Bantam, 1993
Not your grandfather's history
+ Good but "Stoned apes" needs more research + Interesting Perspective + Stoned Apes
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A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.) 641 reviews Howard Zinn
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005
History of the U.S. book
+ History falls somwhere in the middle, and this is an important side of it + Everyone should read this book.
A must for high school, jr. high/middle school students who want a good, solid summary understanding of U.S. history!
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