Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind
By: Mike Jay
3.94
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
A provocative and original history of the scientists and writers, artists and philosophers who took…
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1. Lost Japan
By: Alex Kerr , Bodhi Fishman
3.97
Format: None pages, Paperback
An enchanting and fascinating insight into Japanese landscape, culture, history and future. Origina… read more
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2. Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences
By: William A. Richards
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In the early 1960s, scientists openly advocated for experimentation with psychedelics. This effort,… read more
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3. Under Saturn's Shadow: The Wounding and Healing of Men (Studies in Jungian Psychology By Jungian Analysts, 63)
By: James Hollis
4.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
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4. 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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5. The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross
By: John Marco Allegro
3.26
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
s/t: A Study of the Nature and Origins of Christianity within the Fertility Cults of the Ancient Ne… read more
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6. The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality
By: William Egginton
4.28
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A poet, a physicist, and a philosopher explored the greatest enigmas in the universe—the nature of … read more
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7. Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
By: Edmund Conway
4.52
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed… read more
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"You can get anything you want from anywhere in the world at a bargain price, but don't [whatever you do] expect to understand how it was made or how it got to you."-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"Brothers and sisters,’ said the man. ‘I want to tell you this. The greatest thing on earth is to have the love of God in your heart, and the next greatest thing is to have electricity in your house.’…"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"To say that concrete is everywhere is hardly an exaggeration. Despite the fact that we only began mass producing this mixture of sand, aggregates and cement just over a century ago, there are now mor…"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"A few years ago some geologists sifted through the data [and] estimated that the amount of sand, soil and rock we humans mine and quarry and dredge each year is some 24 times greater than the amount …"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
8. 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool
By: James Kaplan
4.35
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the definitive biography of Frank Sinatra, the story of how jazz arrived at the … read more
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9. Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind
By: Mike Jay
3.94
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
A provocative and original history of the scientists and writers, artists and philosophers who took… read more
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10. The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
By: Zoë Schlanger
4.37
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning environment and science reporter Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popu… read more
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11. Psychedelics: The revolutionary drugs that could change your life – a guide from the expert
By: David J. Nutt
4.43
Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition
We are on the cusp of a major revolution in psychiatric medicine and neuroscience. After fifty year… read more
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12. Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being
By: Neil Theise
4.02
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An electrifying introduction to complexity theory, the science of how complex systems behave—from c… read more
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13. Stealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between
By: Eric Nusbaum
4.15
Format: 333 pages, Hardcover
A story about baseball, family, the American Dream, and the fight to turn Los Angeles into a big le… read more
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14. Conflicted: How Productive Disagreements Lead to Better Outcomes
By: Ian Leslie
4.18
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Drawing on advice from the world’s leading experts on conflict and communication—from relationship … read more
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15. The Survivor: How I Survived Six Concentration Camps and Became a Nazi Hunter
By: Josef Lewkowicz
4.20
Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition
WINNER OF THE CANADIAN JEWISH LITERARY AWARD FOR HOLOCAUST LITERATURE An amazing, untold story of … read more
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16. Tripping on Utopia: Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science
By: Benjamin Breen
3.90
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A bold and brilliant revisionist take on the history of psychedelics in the twentieth century, ill… read more
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17. Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy
By: Colin Dickey
3.90
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From beloved cultural historian and acclaimed author of Ghostland comes a history of America's obse… read more
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18. Tripped: Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age
By: Norman Ohler
3.90
Format: 226 pages, Hardcover
The author of the New York Times bestseller Blitzed returns with a provocative new history of drugs… read more
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19. Mescaline: A Global History of the First Psychedelic
By: Mike Jay
3.93
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Mescaline became a popular sensation in the mid-twentieth century through Aldous Huxley’s The Doors… read more
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20. Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind
By: Annalee Newitz
3.99
Format: 246 pages, Hardcover
A sharp and timely book about the dark art of manipulation through weaponized storytelling Best-… read more
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21. I Feel Love: MDMA and the Quest for Connection in a Fractured World
By: Rachel Nuwer
4.44
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The unlikely story of how the psychedelic drug MDMA emerged from the shadows to the forefront of a … read more
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