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Keep the Aspidistra Flying (Penguin Modern Classics)Keep the Aspidistra Flying (Penguin Modern Classics) by George Orwell
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Kill it with cigarettes, vinegar or ink this England will keep that damn aspidistra flying.
Atlas ShruggedAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
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A terrifying portayal of the way we might be going or a paranoid belief system for a thinker born in the wrong place at the wrong time?
Girl, Interrupted: Now a major motion picture from Columbia Pictures starring Winona Ryder and Angelina JolieGirl, Interrupted: Now a major motion picture from Columbia Pictures starring Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie by Susanna Kaysen
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A good example of the faults in the mental health system.
Wanting Seed (Norton Paperback Fiction)Wanting Seed (Norton Paperback Fiction) by A Burgess
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Society - is gay the new black.
Being and NothingnessBeing and Nothingness by Jean Paul Sartre
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'The Look' - Brave, failed attempt at a solution to solipsism.
The Bell JarThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
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An interesting exploration of depression.
NauseaNausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
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The most important philosophical novel written?
And the Band Played on: People, Politics and the AIDS EpidemicAnd the Band Played on: People, Politics and the AIDS Epidemic by Randy Shilts
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Some of the best journalism written, much better than the movie.
How Proust Can Change Your LifeHow Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain de Botton
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A way into the mind of Proust and a way to understand other people.
Tihkal: The ContinuationTihkal: The Continuation by Alexander Shulgin
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Things that people should know before we do drugs.
Disco BloodbathDisco Bloodbath by James St.James
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Funny, yet sad, and sick very sick!
Lustmord: The Writings and Artifacts of MurderersLustmord: The Writings and Artifacts of Murderers
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More sickness! But very interesting.
Introduction to the Reading of Hegel: Lectures on the "Phenomenology of Spirit" (Agora Paperback Editions)Introduction to the Reading of Hegel: Lectures on the "Phenomenology of Spirit" (Agora Paperback Editions) by Alexandre Kojeve
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Hegel understood?
Sexus (Flamingo Modern Classics)Sexus (Flamingo Modern Classics) by Henry Miller
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Sex and more sex, but done very well.
The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your DreamThe Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream by Paulo Coelho
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A good read.
JunkyJunky by William S. Burroughs
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Another good read, but in a different direction.
Our Right to Drugs: The Case for a Free MarketOur Right to Drugs: The Case for a Free Market by Thomas Szasz
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Perhaps a little consiratorial, but interesting.
"Justine", "Philosophy in the Bedroom" and Other Writings"Justine", "Philosophy in the Bedroom" and Other Writings by Marquis de Sade
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Fantastic.