The Rose Of Paracelsus: On Secrets & Sacraments
By: William Leonard Pickard
4.40
Format: 654 pages, Paperback
A Harvard graduate student and researcher explores a global entheogen system, discovering their pra…
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1. A Scanner Darkly
By: Philip K. Dick
4.02
Format: 219 pages, Paperback
Substance D is not known as Death for nothing. It is the most toxic drug ever to find its way on to… read more
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- fiction
"We're all dreaming,"-Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly
"I have seen myself backward."-Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly
"It's easy to win. Anybody can win."-Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly
"Okay, I'll come back again on Thursday."-Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly
2. A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
By: David Foster Wallace
4.15
Format: 353 pages, Paperback
In this exuberantly praised book — a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television… read more
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- literature
- philosophy
"What I know about auto racing could be inscribed with a dry Magic Marker on the lip of a Coke bottle."-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
"If Realism called it like it saw it, Metafiction simply called it as it saw itself seeing itself see it."-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
"Quentin Tarantino is interested in watching somebody's ear getting cut off; David Lynch is interested in the ear."-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
"American human beings are a slippery and protean bunch in real life, hard as hell to get any kind of universal handle on."-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
3. The Atlas
By: William T. Vollmann
3.88
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
Winner of the PEN Center USA West Award for Fiction – a collection of fifty-three interconnected st… read more
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- literature
- fiction
4. Girl with Curious Hair
By: David Foster Wallace
3.62
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Remarkable, hilarious and unsettling re-imaginations of reality by "a dynamic writer of extraordina… read more
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- literature
- fiction
5. Man and His Symbols
By: C.G. Jung , Marie-Louise von Franz , Jolande Jacobi , Aniela Jaffé , Joseph L. Henderson , John Freeman
4.19
Format: 415 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Man and His Symbols owes its existence to one of Jung's own dreams. The great psychologist dreamed … read more
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- philosophy
- spirituality
"There is a desert on the moon where the dreamer sinks so deeply into the ground that she reaches hell."-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols
"We are so captivated by and entangled in our subjective consciousness that we have forgotten the age-old fact that God speaks chiefly through dreams and visions."-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols
"The girl dreams she is dangerously ill. Suddenly birds come out of her skin and cover her completely ... Swarms of gnats obscure the sun, the moon, and all the stars except one. That one start falls …"-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols
"It is a common illusion to believe that what we know today is all we ever can know. Nothing is more vulnerable than scientific theory, which is an ephemeral attempt to explain facts and not an everla…"-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols
6. The Lottery
By: Shirley Jackson
4.05
Format: 30 pages, Paperback
In a small American town, the local residents are abuzz with excitement and nervousness when they w… read more
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- literature
- fiction
"It's not the way it used to be... people ain't the way they used to be."-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery
"It isn't fair, it isn't right," Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her."-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery
"The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green."-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery
7. The Loser
By: Thomas Bernhard , Jack Dawson
3.34
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Thomas Bernhard was one of the most original writers of the twentieth century. His formal innovatio… read more
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- literature
- fiction
8. The Hero With a Thousand Faces
By: Joseph Campbell
3.79
Format: 32 pages,
The first popular work to combine the spiritual and psychological insights of modern psychoanalysis… read more
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- philosophy
9. LSD: My Problem Child – Reflections on Sacred Drugs, Mysticism and Science
By: Albert Hofmann
3.72
Format: 374 pages,
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- spirituality
10. Ubik
By: Philip K. Dick , Manuel Espín , None
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Glen Runciter está muerto. ¿O lo están todos los demás? Lo que es seguro es que alguien ha muerto e… read more
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- fiction
"Hey,"-Philip K. Dick, Ubik
"One of these days,"-Philip K. Dick, Ubik
"Ubik ... Safe when taken as directed."-Philip K. Dick, Ubik
"My father told me what it used to feel like, waiting in the dentist's office. Every time the nurse opened the door you thought, It's happening. The thing I've been afraid of all my life."-Philip K. Dick, Ubik
11. Out of Your Mind
By: Alan W. Watts
3.75
Format: None pages, Audio CD
In order to come to your senses, Alan Watts often said, you sometimes need to go out of your mind. … read more
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- philosophy
- spirituality
12. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
By: Italo Calvino , William Weaver
3.90
Format: 216 pages,
If on a Winter's Night a Traveleris a marvel of ingenuity, an experimental text that looks longingl… read more
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13. Le otto montagne
By: Paolo Cognetti
3.80
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Pietro e un ragazzino di citta, solitario e un po' scontroso. La madre lavora in un consultorio di … read more
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14. The Tartar Steppe
By: Dino Buzzati , Stuart Hood
3.80
Format: 25 pages,
Often likened to Kafka's The Castle, The Tartar Steppe is both a scathing critique of military life… read more
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15. The Fires of Heaven (Wheel of Time, #5)
By: Robert Jordan
3.97
Format: None pages,
The fifth book in Robert Jordan's internationally bestselling epic fantasy series, THE WHEEL OF TIM… read more
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16. Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
By: Philip K. Dick
3.98
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Jason Tavener woke up one morning to find himself completely unknown. The night before he had been … read more
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17. Camere separate
By: Pier Vittorio Tondelli
3.22
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
"'Camere separate' e uno straordinario e felice romanzo d'amore e di morte, di nostalgia e maturita… read more
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18. The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell
By: Aldous Huxley
2.83
Format: None pages, Paperback
As only he can, Aldous Huxley explores the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human … read more
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19. Dr. Bloodmoney
By: Philip K. Dick
3.77
Format: 230 pages, Paperback
Dr. Bloodmoneyis a post-nuclear-holocaust masterpiece filled with a host of Dick's most memorable c… read more
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20. Barney's Version
By: Mordecai Richler
3.78
Format: 472 pages, Hardcover
Before his brain began to shrink, Barney Panofsky clung to two cherished beliefs. Life was absurd, … read more
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21. The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety
By: Alan W. Watts
0.00
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
In this fascinating book, Alan Watts explores man's quest for psychological security, examining our… read more
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22. Água Viva
By: Clarice Lispector , Benjamin Moser , Stefan Tobler
4.29
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
Lispector at her most philosophically radical. A meditation on the nature of life and time, Água Vi… read more
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- philosophy
- fiction
"I always give names to things"-Clarice Lispector, Água Viva
"I'm not a synonym—I'm a proper noun."-Clarice Lispector, Água Viva
"Suddenly I was crying. It was already love."-Clarice Lispector, Água Viva
"To write you I first cover myself with perfume."-Clarice Lispector, Água Viva
23. The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
By: Cormac McCarthy
3.58
Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition
1980, PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI: It is three in the morning when Bobby Western zips the jacket of… read more
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- literature
- fiction
"All of history [is] a rehearsal for its own extinction."-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
"...do you think if you died drunk you’d sober up before you met Jesus?"-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
"The evil has no alternate plan. It is simply incapable of assuming failure"-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
"She asked the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and she said dead."-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
24. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
By: Merlin Sheldrake
4.35
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
There is a lifeform so strange and wondrous that it forces us to rethink how life works…Neither pla… read more
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"I have tried to find ways to enjoy the ambiguities that fungi present, but it's not always easy to be comfortable in the space created by open questions. Agoraphobia can set in. It's tempting to hide…"-Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
"Anthropomorphism is usually thought of as an illusion that arises like a blister in soft human minds: untrained, undisciplined, unhardened. There are good reasons for this: when we humanise the world…"-Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
"Fungi make worlds. They also unmake them. There are lots of ways to catch them in the act. When you cook mushroom soup, or just eat it. When you go out gathering mushrooms, or buy them. When you ferm…"-Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
25. Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
By: Tom O'Neill
4.03
Format: 504 pages, Kindle Edition
A journalist's twenty-year obsession with the Manson murders brings shocking revelations about the … read more
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26. Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
By: Robert M. Sapolsky
4.25
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the … read more
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"I’m being diplomatic. Many readers will know of the “replication crisis"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"Obviously, imposing these classifications on determinism, free will, and moral responsibility is wildly simplified. A key simplification is pretending that most people have clean “yes"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"You cannot decide all the sensory stimuli in your environment, your hormone levels this morning, whether something traumatic happened to you in the past, the socioeconomic status of your parents, you…"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
27. The Maniac
By: Benjamín Labatut
4.34
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From one of contemporary literature’s most exciting new voices, a haunting story centered on the Hu… read more
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- philosophy
- fiction
"[...] si nuestra especie iba a sobrevivir el siglo XX, necesitábamos llenar el enorme vacío dejado por la huida de los dioses, y la única candidata viable para realizar esa extraña y esotérica transf…"-Benjamín Labatut, The Maniac
28. How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
By: Michael Pollan
4.27
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Could psychedelic drugs change our worldview? One of America's most admired writers takes us on a m… read more
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- spirituality
"The opposite of spiritual is not material but egotistical."-Michael Pollan, How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
"Normal waking consciousness feels perfectly transparent, and yet it is less a window on reality than the product of our imaginations-a kind of controlled hallucination."-Michael Pollan, How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
"Nature does in fact teem with subjectivities — call them spirits if you like — other than our own; it is only the human ego, with its imagined monopoly on subjectivity, that keeps us from recognizing…"-Michael Pollan, How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
"The philosophical implications of "predictive coding" are deep and strange. The model suggests that our perceptions of the world offer us not a literal transcription of reality but rather a seamless …"-Michael Pollan, How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
29. Tihkal: The Continuation
By: Alexander Shulgin
4.41
Format: 804 pages, Paperback
A continuation of the classic PIHKAL, TIHKAL focuses on the family of psychoactive drugs in the try… read more
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- spirituality
30. The Rose Of Paracelsus: On Secrets & Sacraments
By: William Leonard Pickard
4.40
Format: 654 pages, Paperback
A Harvard graduate student and researcher explores a global entheogen system, discovering their pra… read more
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- alchemy
- philosophy
- spirituality
- fiction
31. Snow Crash
By: Neal Stephenson
4.02
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The "brilliantly realized" (The New York Times Book Review) modern classic that coined the term "me… read more
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"They made data a controlled substance."-Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
"To condense fact from the vapor of nuance."-Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
"I just saved your fucking life, Mom. . . . You could at least offer me an Oreo."-Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
"Southern California doesn't know whether to bustle or just strangle itself on the spot."-Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
