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2022
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A Brief History of IndonesiaTim Hannigan Solar LotteryPhilip K. Dick Creativity and TaoismChang Chung-yuan The Journey to the EastHermann Hesse ExhalationTed Chiang Wholeness and the Implicate OrderDavid Bohm Kitchen ConfidentialAnthony Bourdain Owning Your Own ShadowRobert Johnson Understanding IslamThomas Lippman Ramana Maharshi and the Path of Self-KnowledgeArthur Osborne The Meaning of Human ExistenceEdward O. Wilson I Hope I Shall Arrive SoonPhilip K. Dick


2021
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The Six The Pillars of Self-EsteemNathaniel Branden Operating Manual For Spaceship EarthR. Buckminster Fuller Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human SocietiesJared Diamond The Wisdom of Florence Scovel ShinnFlorence Scovel Shinn The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher CreativityJulia Cameron Scientific Healing AffirmationsParamahansa Yogananda All About Love: New Visionsbell hooks GreenlightsMatthew McConaughey True Love: A Practice for Awakening the HeartThich Nhat Hanh If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him!Sheldon B. Kopp The Moon Is a Harsh MistressRobert A. Heinlein A Sociable God: Toward a New Understanding of ReligionKen Wilber Listen to the Echoes: The Ray Bradbury InterviewsRay Bradbury, Sam Weller Art and the Creative Unconscious: Four EssaysErich Neumann A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of LivingJoseph Campbell





2020
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Nature & Self-RelianceRalph Waldo Emerson Bhagavad Gita: The Song of GodPrabhavananda (Translator) The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of CapitalismMax Weber, Stephen Kalberg (Translation) I and ThouMartin Buber The Sirens of TitanKurt Vonnegut Jr. How to Be Bad: The Way of Nature in the Contemporary WorldEdwin Morris Parable of the SowerOctavia E. Butler The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Lovebell hooks Women, Race & ClassAngela Y. Davis Black Elk SpeaksJohn G. Neihardt, Black Elk Learning by Heart: Teachings To Free The Creative SpiritCorita Kent Freedom from the KnownJiddu Krishnamurti The Origin of SpeciesCharles Darwin A Scanner DarklyPhilip K. Dick Count Zero (Sprawl #2)William Gibson The Gateless Gate: The Classic Book of Zen KoansWumen Huikai, Koun Yamada (Translation) Charles Darwin: VoyagingJanet Browne The Word for World Is ForestUrsula K. Le Guin The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You AreAlan W. Watts The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human NatureGeoffrey Miller A General Theory of LoveThomas Lewis, Fari Amini, Richard Lannon The Martian ChroniclesRay Bradbury The Real World of TechnologyUrsula M. Franklin




2019
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The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living FullyFrank Ostaseski More Than HumanTheodore Sturgeon Autobiography of a YogiParamahansa Yogananda Gaia: A New Look at Life on EarthJames E. Lovelock The Evolution of CooperationRobert Axelrod The Hero With a Thousand FacesJoseph Campbell Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and BadAustin Kleon Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the MindAnnaka Harris How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and TranscendenceMichael Pollan A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic JoyWilliam B. Irvine The Futurological CongressStanisław Lem On Human NatureEdward O. Wilson DuneFrank Herbert







2018
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The Way to LoveAnthony de Mello Cultural Literacy for ReligionMark Berkson What It IsLynda Barry The Perennial PhilosophyAldous Huxley When Things Fall ApartPema Chödrön Einstein's DreamsAlan Lightman Kafka on the ShoreHaruki Murakami A Natural History of the SensesDiane Ackerman On LoveAlain de Botton Foundation and EmpireIsaac Asmov Tao Te ChingLao Tzu, Ursula K. Le Guin FoundationIsaac Asimov Homo DeusYuval Noah Harari Second FoundationIsaac Asimov Out of Your MindAlan Watts Healing Back PainJohn Sarno The Incredible Unlikeliness of BeingAlice Roberts The Left Hand of DarknessUrsula K. Le Guin Rainbows EndVernor Vinge