Sixties


The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
Chronicles, Volume One
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage
Hippie
Acid Dreams: The CIA, LSD and the Sixties Rebellion
1968: The Year that Rocked the World
11/22/63
No One Here Gets Out Alive
Wonderful Tonight
Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina and Richard Farina
The Haight-Ashbury: A History
Inherent Vice
I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
Kafka Was the Rage by Anatole BroyardHowl and Other Poems by Allen GinsbergChronicles, Volume One by Bob DylanThe Gift of the Magi by O. HenryAnother Country by James Baldwin
Greenwich Village
129 books — 19 voters

DMT by Rick StrassmanFood of the Gods by Terence McKennaThe Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos CastanedaTrue Hallucinations by Terence McKennaHypnotherapy Fundamentals by Artem Kudelia
Best Altered States and More
71 books — 62 voters

Peyton Place by Grace MetaliousValley of the Dolls by Jacqueline SusannWood, Talc And Mr. J by Chris   RoseFear of Flying by Erica JongPlay It As It Lays by Joan Didion
Vintage Deliciousness
11 books — 11 voters
The Skinner by Jay GilbertThe Missing Girl by Stacia MoffettThe Threshold by Michael StapletonInterrupted Journey by James WilsonLight Cakes for Tea by Eirlys Trefor
New Authors Limited
66 books — 2 voters

Very early on, the Hungryalists had announced, rather brashly, their lack of faith and what they thought of god. To them religion was an utter waste of time, and they made no bones about this. In fact, in one of their bulletins, they had openly denounced god and called organized religion nonsense. Many of the Hungryalists, with their sharp knowledge of Hindu scriptures, had been challenging temple elders on the different rituals and modes of worship. This came as a shock to many, in a country wh ...more
Maitreyee Bhattacharjee Chowdhury, The Hungryalists

Kate Morton
This photo is classic aestheticism. The engaging expression, the loose dress and fluid posture. Early to mid-1860's, if I had to guess." "It reminded me of the Pre-Raphaelites." "Related, definitely; and of course the artists of the time were all inspired by one another. They obsessed over things like nature and truth; color, composition, and the meaning of beauty. But where the Pre-Raphaelites strove for realism and detail, the painters and photographers of the Magenta Brotherhood were devoted ...more
Kate Morton, The Clockmaker's Daughter

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