The Lucky Country - Donald Horne
First published in 1964 about Oz in the 60s. The first 2 chapters: 'The Australian Dream' and 'What is an Australian?' are the most interesting parts of the book to read in this day & age. A lot hasn't changed.
Uncommon Wisdom - Fritjof Capra
Capra, who fuses science with eastern mysticism, writes in this book about the conversations he had with people like Werner Heisenberg, Schumacher, Krishnamurti & R.D. Laing. These people deepened his understanding over the years.
Penguin 60s:
The Marquise of O- by Heinrich Von Kleist
Kleist 1799-1811
A Visitation of the Plague - Daniel Defoe
About the Great Plague of 1665.
Madame De Treymes - Edith Wharton
Wharton 1862-1937.
A Taste of Life - Sara Paretsky
Short detective stories
The Pretender - William Shatner
The search for the mysterious Preservers, the supposed master race of beings who seeded the galaxy millions upon millions of years ago to ensure that several humanoid species would evolve and inhabit the stars.
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