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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into ValuesZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by Robert M. Pirsig
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the best way to open the door...
On the RoadOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
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the existentialist's roadmap
Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and SpiritIshmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit by Daniel Quinn
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answers two of the most essential questions: "How did we get here?" and "Where do we go?"
Columbus and Other Cannibals: The Wetiko Disease of Exploitation, Imperialism, and TerrorismColumbus and Other Cannibals: The Wetiko Disease of Exploitation, Imperialism, and Terrorism by Jack D. Forbes
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dispells the myth of Christopher Columbus and sheds light on American Culture
A People's History of the United States: 1492 to PresentA People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present by Howard Zinn
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dispells the myths of American History
Up from Slavery (Oxford World's Classics)Up from Slavery (Oxford World's Classics) by Booker T. Washington
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one of the most inspiring lives ever lived
Black Boy (The Restored Text Established by The Library of America) (Perennial Classics)Black Boy (The Restored Text Established by The Library of America) (Perennial Classics) by Richard A. Wright
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essential reading to understand the disinherited
The Autobiography of Malcolm X : As Told to Alex HaleyThe Autobiography of Malcolm X : As Told to Alex Haley
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the most important biography in contemporary American History
Nigger : An AutobiographyNigger : An Autobiography by Dick Gregory
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born with the cards stacked against your favor?
Black Like MeBlack Like Me by Robert Bonazzi
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put the shoe on the other foot
Post OfficePost Office by Charles Bukowski
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Bukowski emerges from the underground as the voice of the common man in America
Ham On RyeHam On Rye by Charles Bukowski
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the life of Bukowski in his own words...an American of the most truthful brutality, a revolutionary
Notes of a Dirty Old ManNotes of a Dirty Old Man by Charles Bukowski
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Bukowski at his best
Ask the DustAsk the Dust by John Fante
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Ask Bukowski
Hunger: A NovelHunger: A Novel by Knut Hamsun
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for the starving artist
Solitude:  A Return to the SelfSolitude: A Return to the Self by Anthony Storr
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for any artist
The Spirit in Man, Art, & Literature (Collected Works of Jung Vol. 15)The Spirit in Man, Art, & Literature (Collected Works of Jung Vol. 15) by C. G. Jung
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for any artist as well...
Ideas and OpinionsIdeas and Opinions by Albert Einstein
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a look into the most popular brilliant mind of our time, outside of scientific discoveries
Howl and Other Poems (City Lights Pocket Poets Series)Howl and Other Poems (City Lights Pocket Poets Series) by Allen Ginsberg
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this started the San Francisco Rennaissance......which may as well be referred to as The American Renaissance
The SubterraneansThe Subterraneans by Jack Kerouac
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jazz, bop prosody, prose, poetry, San Francisco....Kerouac chronicles The San Francisco Rennaissance
The Dharma BumsThe Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac
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handicapped by the rigid dogma of Christendom, Kerouac finds his own answers in nature and zen and...
The First ThirdThe First Third by Neal Cassady
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the unsung hero of The Beat Generation, Kerouac's "On The Road" hero, driver of the "furthur" bus, Cassady in his own words
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest CassetteOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Cassette by Ken Kesey
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the 60's would never have happened without Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid TestThe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
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a hippie chronicle
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American DreamFear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson
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decadent is the future, according to Dr. Gonzo