The History of Swimming: A Memoir
 An exhausting search.: I was exhausted by all of the drama in one person's life - both real and manufactured. Undeniably the Powers Twins were sensitive youths, products of their dysfunctional family, subject to the pressures of the time and place, prone [... more]
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Midnight Cowboy
In some ways, it was unfortunate for author James Leo Herlihy that his novel Midnight Cowboy was adapted into the landmark film of the same name starring Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight. Although the film, which won several Oscars including Best Picture, [... more]
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The Chronicles of a Cynic
An offbeat and satirical work of what might be considered literary fiction, The Chronicles of a Cynic is a loosely allegorical spin on Dante's Purgatorio.This contemporary bildungsroman follows the unlikely path of the title character--a writer/educator [... more]
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40th Anniversary Edition
Few novels have had as profound an impact as On the Road, and Kerouac's vision continues to inspire: three generations of writers, musicians, artists, and poets cite their discovery of On the Road as the event that set them free. This hardcover edition [... more]
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The Lessons of On the Road (They're Not What You Think)
BThe author of IHip: The History/Ireveals the lessons of the original hipster bible, IOn the Road/I/BBRBRLegions of youthful Americans have taken IOn the Road/Ias a manifesto for rebellion and an inspiration to hit the road. But there is much more to the [... more]
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On the Road: The Original Scroll
Amazon.com Review: The legendary 1951 scroll draft of On the Road, published word for word as Kerouac originally composed it Though Jack Kerouac began thinking about the novel that was to become On the Road as early as 1947, it was not until three weeks [... more]
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The Dharma Bums (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Though Not His Best, MY Favorite: My favorite read among Kerouac's work, as I grew up in Berkeley & know a lot of the places he talks about & though Kerouac was a hopeless closet-Catholic the Zen Buddhist stuff at the end is all right. I met Gary [... more]
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A Blue Hand: The Tragicomic, Mind-Altering Odyssey of ...
A Jewish Poet in India: During the 1970s there were the punks, during the 1960s there were the hippies, and during the 1950s, and beyond, the Beatniks were the epitome of America's counterculture. Normally from respectable, if not wealthy families, and [... more]
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A Blue Hand: The Beats in India
A Jewish Poet in India: During the 1970s there were the punks, during the 1960s there were the hippies, and during the 1950s, and beyond, the Beatniks were the epitome of America's counterculture. Normally from respectable, if not wealthy families, and [... more]
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On the Road (Essential Edition): (Penguin Essential Edition)
'What's Your Road, Man?: Before there were Hippies or Yuppies, it was hip to be "Beat".The generation of writers, poets, artists, and musicians living Bohemian lifestyles, yearning for knowledge,and enjoying life to it's fullest. "On The [... more]
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Bushwhacked Piano
I guess you had to be there: Nicholas Payne is one of those quirky, independent characters that I normally love, but Payne crosses over from eccentric to obnoxious. This book was published in the early 70s when rebellious youth triumphing over pompous [... more]
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On the Road: The Original Scroll (Penguin Classics ...
Amazon.com Review: The legendary 1951 scroll draft of On the Road, published word for word as Kerouac originally composed it Though Jack Kerouac began thinking about the novel that was to become On the Road as early as 1947, it was not until three weeks [... more]
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