Cronies, A Burlesque: Adventures with Ken Kesey, Neal Cassady, the Merry Pranksters and the Grateful Dead
By: Ken Babbs
4.35
Format: 518 pages, Hardcover
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1. Still Life with Woodpecker
By: Tom Robbins
4.04
Format: 277 pages, Paperback
Still Life with Woodpecker is a sort of a love story that takes place inside a pack of Camel cigare… read more
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"It’s never too late to have a happy childhood."-Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker
"It's never too late to have a happy childhood."-Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker
"Morality depends on culture. Culture depends on climate."-Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker
"If this typewriter can't do it, then fuck it, it can't be done."-Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker
2. The Human Stain (The American Trilogy, #3)
By: Philip Roth
3.91
Format: 361 pages, Paperback
It is 1998, the year in which America is whipped into a frenzy of prurience by the impeachment of a… read more
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"Niente dura, e nondimeno niente passa. E niente passa proprio perché niente dura."-Philip Roth, The Human Stain (The American Trilogy, #3)
"Tanta istruzione, e non serve a nulla. Nulla può isolare dal più infimo livello del pensiero."-Philip Roth, The Human Stain (The American Trilogy, #3)
"موته كان خلاصها.الموت تدخل ليبسط كل شيء.كل شك،كل ريبة،كل الهواجس أزيحت جانبا على يد ذلك المستخف الأعظم بهم جميعا،الذي هو الموت."-Philip Roth, The Human Stain (The American Trilogy, #3)
"Because that is when you love somebody - when you see them being game in the face of the worst. Not courageous. Not heroic. Just game."-Philip Roth, The Human Stain (The American Trilogy, #3)
3. Garcia : An American Life
By: Blair Jackson
4.35
Format: 520 pages, Paperback
He was there when Dylan went electric, when a generation danced naked at Woodstock, and when Ken Ke… read more
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- cultural
- nonfiction
- memoir
"David Nelson says that one of the staples of his diet during this era was ketchup sandwiches"-Blair Jackson, Garcia : An American Life
"Hunter he had these big tins of crushed pineapple that he'd gotten from the army,' Garcia said, 'and i had this glove compartment full of plastic spoons, and we had this little cooperative scene, eat…"-Blair Jackson, Garcia : An American Life
"Speaking more generally about what attracted him to bluegrass banjo, he said it was 'just the sound of the instrument, and then the fire, you know; the speed and all that. I was attracted by the inte…"-Blair Jackson, Garcia : An American Life
4. Nova
By: Samuel R. Delany
3.80
Format: 241 pages, Paperback
These are [at least some of] the ways you can read NOVA: as a fast-action farflung interstellar adv… read more
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"The inevitable is that unprepared for."-Samuel R. Delany, Nova
"How many notes have you made on this book?"-Samuel R. Delany, Nova
"Wind passed again; the iris shuddered about the diamond chip."-Samuel R. Delany, Nova
"Right now I'm just a bright guy with a lot to say and nothing to say it about."-Samuel R. Delany, Nova
5. The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey
By: Rinker Buck
3.95
Format: 254 pages, Hardcover
In the bestselling tradition of Bill Bryson and Tony Horwitz, Rinker Buck's "The Oregon Trail" is a… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
6. Bear: The Life and Times of Augustus Owsley Stanley III
By: Robert Greenfield
3.94
Format: 338 pages,
Augustus Owsley Stanley III, better known by his nickname, Bear, was one of the most iconic figures… read more
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- cultural
- nonfiction
7. In a Sunburned Country
By: Bill Bryson
3.42
Format: None pages, Paperback
A CLASSIC FROM THE NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ONE SUMMER Every time Bill Bryson walks out… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
8. The Book of Drugs: A Memoir
By: Mike Doughty
4.30
Format: None pages, Paperback
Mike Doughty first came to prominence as the leader of the band Soul Coughing then did an abrupt so… read more
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- cultural
- nonfiction
- memoir
9. This Is All a Dream We Dreamed: An Oral History of the Grateful Dead
By: Blair Jackson , None
4.25
Format: 151 pages, Hardcover
In This Is All a Dream We Dreamed, two of the most well-respected chroniclers of the Dead, Blair Ja… read more
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10. Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Dead
By: Phil Lesh
4.48
Format: None pages,
Right in time for the Grateful Dead's 40th anniversary, eccentric bass player extraordinaire Phil L… read more
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11. Sometimes a Great Notion
By: Ken Kesey
4.26
Format: 628 pages, Paperback
The magnificent second novel from the legendary author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest... Follo… read more
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"Man is certain of nothing but his ability to fail"-Ken Kesey, Sometimes a Great Notion
"He couldn't seem to get his teeth into anything. Except books. The things in books was darn near more real to him than the things breathing and eating."-Ken Kesey, Sometimes a Great Notion
"Cafe Owners are more frustrated than the common laborer," Draeger writes. "The common laborer answers only to the foreman; the cafe owner answers to every patron who stops in"-Ken Kesey, Sometimes a Great Notion
". . .sometimes reading the same page over and over, until one sleepy afternoon something clicked, like a lock unlocking, and she saw those printed doors swing open on a vast house of words."-Ken Kesey, Sometimes a Great Notion
12. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
By: Ken Kesey
4.02
Format: 293 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In this classic of the 1960s, Ken Kesey's hero is Randle Patrick McMurphy, a boisterous, brawling, … read more
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13. The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo
By: Amy Schumer
4.09
Format: 372 pages,
The Emmy Award-winning comedian, actress, writer, and star of Inside Amy Schumer and the acclaimed … read more
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14. A Summons to Memphis
By: Peter Taylor
4.04
Format: 431 pages, Paperback
One of the most celebrated novels of its time, the Pulitzer Prize winner A Summons to Memphisintrod… read more
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16. The Dharma Bums
By: Jack Kerouac
4.71
Format: None pages,
Two ebullient young men search for Truth the Zen way: from marathon wine-drinking bouts, poetry jam… read more
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17. Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson
By: Jann S. Wenner , Corey Seymour
4.34
Format: 196 pages, Hardcover
Few American lives are stranger, more action-packed, or wilder than that of Hunter S. Thompson. Bor… read more
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18. Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
By: Cormac McCarthy
3.87
Format: 190 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER. The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Road returns with the second v… read more
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"I would like to belong but I dont."-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
"Love is quite possibly a mental disorder itself."-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
"The notion of nothing is an inconceivable notion"-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
"Rage is only for what you believe can be fixed. All the rest is grief."-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
19. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
By: Heather Cox Richardson
4.42
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
“Engaging and highly accessible.” —Boston Globe “A vibrant, and essential history of America's u… read more
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- nonfiction
20. The Philosophy of Modern Song
By: Bob Dylan
3.80
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan’s first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Vol… read more
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- nonfiction
"The thing about being misunderstood is that it diminishes your enjoyment of life"-Bob Dylan, The Philosophy of Modern Song
21. Also a Poet: Frank O'Hara, My Father, and Me
By: Ada Calhoun
4.02
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A staggering memoir from New York Times bestselling author Ada Calhoun tracing her fraught relation… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
22. Leon Russell: The Master of Space and Time's Journey Through Rock & Roll History
By: Bill Janovitz
4.29
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
New York Times Bestseller The definitive biography of legendary musician, composer, and perform… read more
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- cultural
- nonfiction
23. Red Rabbit
By: Alex Grecian
4.18
Format: 455 pages, Hardcover
A folk horror epic about a ragtag posse that must track down a witch through a wild west beset by d… read more
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24. The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont
By: Shawn Levy
3.67
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Since 1929, Hollywood’s brightest stars have flocked to the Chateau Marmont as if it were a second … read more
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- nonfiction
25. Larry McMurtry: A Life
By: Tracy Daugherty
4.25
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
A biography of the late Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and screenwriter Larry McMurtry fr… read more
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- memoir
26. The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here
By: Hope Jahren
4.14
Format: 210 pages, Paperback
From the bestselling author of Lab Girl comes a slim, urgent missive on the defining issue of our t… read more
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- nonfiction
"All measures of conservation, as well as all technologies meant to wean us from fossil fuels, are worth pursuing in the same way that doing something is always more than doing nothing."-Hope Jahren, The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here
"We are strong and lucky. Our planet is home to many who struggle to survive on too little. The fact that we are of the group with food, shelter, and clean water obligates us not to give up on the wor…"-Hope Jahren, The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here
"Convincing people to examine their energy use is like trying to get them to quit smoking or eat more healthfully: they already know that they should do it, but there is a billion-dollar industry work…"-Hope Jahren, The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here
"All species will go extinct eventually, even our own: it is one of nature's few imperatives. As of today, however, that train has not quite left the station. We still have some control over our demis…"-Hope Jahren, The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here
27. Mother American Night: My Life and Crazy Times
By: John Perry Barlow
4.16
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
John Perry Barlow wrote 30 songs for the Grateful Dead--and that's just the start to a Zelig-like l… read more
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- cultural
- nonfiction
- memoir
28. Long Train Runnin': Our Story of The Doobie Brothers
By: Tom Johnston
3.84
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
For the first time, the incredible true story of the legendary band, the Doobie Brothers, written b… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
29. Cronies, A Burlesque: Adventures with Ken Kesey, Neal Cassady, the Merry Pranksters and the Grateful Dead
By: Ken Babbs
4.35
Format: 518 pages, Hardcover
A bullet train of a book, fast-paced, hilarious, rich with action. A harbinger of good things to co… read more
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- cultural
- nonfiction
- memoir
30. Earth to Moon: A Memoir
By: Moon Unit Zappa
4.42
Format: 351 pages, Hardcover
The saying goes that "God only gives you what you can handle." Well God didn't grow up in my atheis… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
31. Bookstore Clerks & Significant Others: Tsunami Press 1
By: Scott Landfield
4.50
Format: 250 pages, ebook
Fiction, poetry, prose, and illustration by fourteen Tsunami Books clerks and fourteen significant … read more
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