🌳 Return To Ancestral Roots

A deeply personal pilgrimage to the homeland or heritage of one's forebears, seeking connection to lineage, culture, and the stories written into one's blood.

Of Water and the Spirit

by Malidoma Patrice Somé • 1994

A kidnapped West African returns home a stranger. To belong, he must survive a deadly initiation.

4.41

2k+

🌀 Shamanic Memoir 🌉 Bridge Between Cultures ⚔️ Clash Of Worldviews

Of Water and the Spirit 89%

A kidnapped West African returns home a stranger. To belong, he must survive a deadly initiation.

by Malidoma Patrice Somé 1994

4.41

2k+ ratings

🌀 Shamanic Memoir 🌉 Bridge Between Cultures ⚔️ Clash Of Worldviews

The Cows of Bangalore [Paperback] Shoba Narayan

by Shoba Narayan • 2018

She went to India for her roots and found them in a milk vendor's cowshed.

3.64

2k+

🗽 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇳 Modern India 🐄 Human-Animal Bond

The Cows of Bangalore [Paperback] Shoba Narayan Summary

The Cows of Bangalore [Paperback] Shoba Narayan 87%

She went to India for her roots and found them in a milk vendor's cowshed.

by Shoba Narayan 2018

3.64

2k+ ratings

🗽 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇳 Modern India 🐄 Human-Animal Bond

Red Paint

by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe • 2022

Medicine failed her. She drove to the Skagit River and let ancestral waters do the healing.

4.12

3k+

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🌿 Cultural Reclamation

Red Paint 87%

Medicine failed her. She drove to the Skagit River and let ancestral waters do the healing.

by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe 2022

4.12

3k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🌿 Cultural Reclamation

Ritual

by Malidoma Patrice Somé • 1993

When a community stops its rituals, the ancestors withdraw and the witches move in.

4.22

597

🌍 African Spirituality 🕯️ Ancestral Healing 😢 Grief Rituals

Ritual 87%

When a community stops its rituals, the ancestors withdraw and the witches move in.

by Malidoma Patrice Somé 1993

4.22

597 ratings

🌍 African Spirituality 🕯️ Ancestral Healing 😢 Grief Rituals

Dreams from My Father

by Barack Obama • 2008

Across continents, a mixed-race man hunts an absent father and the shape of his own identity.

4.04

529

🧬 Mixed-Race Identity 🏛️ Political Memoirs 🤝 Community Organizing

Dreams from My Father 87%

Across continents, a mixed-race man hunts an absent father and the shape of his own identity.

by Barack Obama 2008

4.04

529 ratings

🧬 Mixed-Race Identity 🏛️ Political Memoirs 🤝 Community Organizing

Navajos Wear Nikes

by Jim Kristofic • 2011

The only white kid on the Rez: learning Navajo, herding sheep, earning what belonging costs.

4.08

709

🏜️ Reservation Life 🌐 Cultural Identity 👁️ Outsider Perspective

Navajos Wear Nikes 86%

The only white kid on the Rez: learning Navajo, herding sheep, earning what belonging costs.

by Jim Kristofic 2011

4.08

709 ratings

🏜️ Reservation Life 🌐 Cultural Identity 👁️ Outsider Perspective

The Healing Wisdom of Africa

by Malidoma Patrice Somé • 1999

A West African elder's ritual and community practices for restoring the purpose you forgot.

4.48

474

🌿 Indigenous Wisdom 🌍 African Spirituality 🕯️ Ritual Healing

The Healing Wisdom of Africa 86%

A West African elder's ritual and community practices for restoring the purpose you forgot.

by Malidoma Patrice Somé 1999

4.48

474 ratings

🌿 Indigenous Wisdom 🌍 African Spirituality 🕯️ Ritual Healing

Ancestral Medicine

by Daniel Foor • 2017

A therapist's ritual guide to healing with your ancestors: repair the dead, reclaim your life.

4.42

343

🕯️ Ancestral Healing 🔥 Ritual Practice 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

Ancestral Medicine 86%

A therapist's ritual guide to healing with your ancestors: repair the dead, reclaim your life.

by Daniel Foor 2017

4.42

343 ratings

🕯️ Ancestral Healing 🔥 Ritual Practice 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

Life in the City of Dirty Water

by Clayton Thomas-Muller • 2021

He learned violence in Winnipeg's gangs. A sweat lodge showed him what was worth protecting.

3.65

4k+

🏙️ Urban Indigenous Life 🌍 Environmental Justice 🪶 Cultural Reclamation

Life in the City of Dirty Water 86%

He learned violence in Winnipeg's gangs. A sweat lodge showed him what was worth protecting.

by Clayton Thomas-Muller 2021

3.65

4k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Indigenous Life 🌍 Environmental Justice 🪶 Cultural Reclamation

Roots

by Alex Haley • 1976

One stolen African refuses to forget his name. Seven generations on, his family still speaks it.

4.45

165k+

🌳 Multi-Generational Saga ⛓️ Neo-Slave Narrative 🌍 African Diaspora

Roots 86%

One stolen African refuses to forget his name. Seven generations on, his family still speaks it.

by Alex Haley 1976

4.45

165k+ ratings

🌳 Multi-Generational Saga ⛓️ Neo-Slave Narrative 🌍 African Diaspora

Ancestors

by Pierre Zalloua • 2025

Your genes don't define your identity. A geneticist's journey through the Levant shows what does.

3.74

🧬 Population Genetics 🦍 Human Evolution 🏛️ Levantine History

Ancestors 86%

Your genes don't define your identity. A geneticist's journey through the Levant shows what does.

by Pierre Zalloua 2025

3.74

80 ratings

🧬 Population Genetics 🦍 Human Evolution 🏛️ Levantine History

America Before

by Graham Hancock • 2019

Mainstream archaeology says the Americas were settled 13,000 years ago. The evidence says 100,000.

4.13

4k+

🏛️ Lost Civilizations 🔍 Alternative Archaeology 🗺️ Ancient Americas

America Before 86%

Mainstream archaeology says the Americas were settled 13,000 years ago. The evidence says 100,000.

by Graham Hancock 2019

4.13

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Lost Civilizations 🔍 Alternative Archaeology 🗺️ Ancient Americas

We Survived the Night

by Julian Brave NoiseCat • 2025

A newborn found in a residential school incinerator. His son's memoir of survival and return.

4.27

1k+

📖 Indigenous Memoir 🏫 Residential Schools 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

We Survived the Night 86%

A newborn found in a residential school incinerator. His son's memoir of survival and return.

by Julian Brave NoiseCat 2025

4.27

1k+ ratings

📖 Indigenous Memoir 🏫 Residential Schools 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

Moon of the Turning Leaves

by Waubgeshig Rice • 2023

Six Anishinaabe scouts journey through a dead America toward the homeland their people once lost.

4.22

11k+

🌱 Indigenous Futurism 👵 Generational Wisdom 🏕️ Ancestral Homeland

Moon of the Turning Leaves 86%

Six Anishinaabe scouts journey through a dead America toward the homeland their people once lost.

by Waubgeshig Rice 2023

4.22

11k+ ratings

🌱 Indigenous Futurism 👵 Generational Wisdom 🏕️ Ancestral Homeland

Facing the Lion

by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton • 2003

A Maasai boy shamed for fleeing a lion reclaims his courage on a soccer field.

3.90

2k+

🐄 Maasai Culture 🌍 East African Memoir 🔥 Rites Of Passage

Facing the Lion 86%

A Maasai boy shamed for fleeing a lion reclaims his courage on a soccer field.

by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton 2003

3.90

2k+ ratings

🐄 Maasai Culture 🌍 East African Memoir 🔥 Rites Of Passage

Spirit Run

by Noé Álvarez • 2020

He joined a 6,000-mile indigenous run, and his mother's silence finally made sense.

3.50

5k+

🏃 Running Memoirs 🌿 Indigenous Spirituality 🧳 Immigrant Experience

Spirit Run 86%

He joined a 6,000-mile indigenous run, and his mother's silence finally made sense.

by Noé Álvarez 2020

3.50

5k+ ratings

🏃 Running Memoirs 🌿 Indigenous Spirituality 🧳 Immigrant Experience

Where White Men Fear to Tread

by Russell Means • 1995

How a California street kid reclaimed his Lakota identity and led the occupation of Mount Rushmore.

4.14

1k+

🪶 Lakota Culture ✊ Indigenous Activism 🏫 Boarding School Legacy

Where White Men Fear to Tread 86%

How a California street kid reclaimed his Lakota identity and led the occupation of Mount Rushmore.

by Russell Means 1995

4.14

1k+ ratings

🪶 Lakota Culture ✊ Indigenous Activism 🏫 Boarding School Legacy

Sastun

by Rosita Arvigo • 1994

A Chicago transplant in Belize becomes the last apprentice of a 92-year-old Maya shaman.

4.38

678

🪴 Ethnobotany 💊 Traditional Medicine 🌿 Plant Medicine

Sastun 86%

A Chicago transplant in Belize becomes the last apprentice of a 92-year-old Maya shaman.

by Rosita Arvigo 1994

4.38

678 ratings

🪴 Ethnobotany 💊 Traditional Medicine 🌿 Plant Medicine

A Long Way Home

by Saroo Brierley • 2013

Lost as a boy in India, Saroo Brierley spent years searching for home with Google Earth.

4.12

68k+

📖 Adoption Memoir 🔍 Search For Identity 🧒 Childhood Survival

A Long Way Home 86%

Lost as a boy in India, Saroo Brierley spent years searching for home with Google Earth.

by Saroo Brierley 2013

4.12

68k+ ratings

📖 Adoption Memoir 🔍 Search For Identity 🧒 Childhood Survival

Ceremony

by Leslie Marmon Silko • 1977

To heal his mind and the land, a war-haunted Laguna veteran undertakes a ceremonial quest.

3.84

27k+

🎖️ Post-War Trauma 🌌 Indigenous Cosmology 📣 Storytelling As Resistance

Ceremony 86%

To heal his mind and the land, a war-haunted Laguna veteran undertakes a ceremonial quest.

by Leslie Marmon Silko 1977

3.84

27k+ ratings

🎖️ Post-War Trauma 🌌 Indigenous Cosmology 📣 Storytelling As Resistance

A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived

by Adam Rutherford • 2016

The genome reveals one family: shared ancestors 3,400 years ago. Race was never real.

4.03

12k+

🧬 Human Genetics 🏺 Ancient DNA 🌍 Human Origins

A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived Summary

A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived 86%

The genome reveals one family: shared ancestors 3,400 years ago. Race was never real.

by Adam Rutherford 2016

4.03

12k+ ratings

🧬 Human Genetics 🏺 Ancient DNA 🌍 Human Origins

Homegoing

by Yaa Gyasi • 2016

Two half-sisters: a governor's bride above, a captive below. Their lines diverge for centuries.

4.47

411k+

🏛️ Generational Saga ⛓️ Colonial Legacy 🌍 Diaspora Identity

Homegoing 86%

Two half-sisters: a governor's bride above, a captive below. Their lines diverge for centuries.

by Yaa Gyasi 2016

4.47

411k+ ratings

🏛️ Generational Saga ⛓️ Colonial Legacy 🌍 Diaspora Identity

The Forest People

by Colin M. Turnbull • 1961

The Mbuti have no chiefs, no crime, and no fear of the forest that feeds them.

3.96

3k+

🧑‍🏫 Cultural Anthropology 🏹 Hunter-Gatherer Societies 🤝 Egalitarian Societies

The Forest People 86%

The Mbuti have no chiefs, no crime, and no fear of the forest that feeds them.

by Colin M. Turnbull 1961

3.96

3k+ ratings

🧑‍🏫 Cultural Anthropology 🏹 Hunter-Gatherer Societies 🤝 Egalitarian Societies

Custodians of Wonder

by Eliot Stein • 2024

Firsts get statues. Lasts get silence. A search for the final keepers of ancient traditions.

4.19

3k+

🏺 Endangered Traditions 🛡️ Cultural Preservation 🗣️ Oral Tradition

Custodians of Wonder 86%

Firsts get statues. Lasts get silence. A search for the final keepers of ancient traditions.

by Eliot Stein 2024

4.19

3k+ ratings

🏺 Endangered Traditions 🛡️ Cultural Preservation 🗣️ Oral Tradition

Imagine a City

by Mark Vanhoenacker • 2022

A pilot's repeated city layovers trace one hidden route: back to the small hometown he fled.

3.65

422

🏙️ Urban Travel Writing ✈️ Aviation Memoirs 🧭 Sense Of Place

Imagine a City 86%

A pilot's repeated city layovers trace one hidden route: back to the small hometown he fled.

by Mark Vanhoenacker 2022

3.65

422 ratings

🏙️ Urban Travel Writing ✈️ Aviation Memoirs 🧭 Sense Of Place

The Reason You Walk

by Wab Kinew • 2015

His father endured residential school. His final lesson: how to forgive, and how to die.

4.07

4k+

🧡 Indigenous Memoir 🏚️ Residential Schools 🪶 Anishinaabe Culture

The Reason You Walk 86%

His father endured residential school. His final lesson: how to forgive, and how to die.

by Wab Kinew 2015

4.07

4k+ ratings

🧡 Indigenous Memoir 🏚️ Residential Schools 🪶 Anishinaabe Culture

The Songlines

by Bruce Chatwin • 1987

The Australian Outback is sung, not surveyed: each verse a landmark, and the song holds the law.

3.96

13k+

🎨 Aboriginal Australia 📚 Travel Literature 🐪 Nomadism

The Songlines 86%

The Australian Outback is sung, not surveyed: each verse a landmark, and the song holds the law.

by Bruce Chatwin 1987

3.96

13k+ ratings

🎨 Aboriginal Australia 📚 Travel Literature 🐪 Nomadism

Lose Your Mother

by Saidiya Hartman • 2007

A historian goes to Ghana seeking roots. All anyone calls her is stranger.

4.29

3k+

🚢 Atlantic Slave Trade 🌍 African Diaspora ✊ Pan-Africanism

Lose Your Mother 86%

A historian goes to Ghana seeking roots. All anyone calls her is stranger.

by Saidiya Hartman 2007

4.29

3k+ ratings

🚢 Atlantic Slave Trade 🌍 African Diaspora ✊ Pan-Africanism

Providence

by Daniel Quinn • 1994

A week of uncanny coincidences sets him on a fifty-year search for the story humanity forgot.

3.70

1k+

📖 Spiritual Memoir 🌍 Ecological Philosophy 🔮 Animism

Providence 86%

A week of uncanny coincidences sets him on a fifty-year search for the story humanity forgot.

by Daniel Quinn 1994

3.70

1k+ ratings

📖 Spiritual Memoir 🌍 Ecological Philosophy 🔮 Animism

They Call You Back

by Tim Z. Hernandez • 2024

1948 crash: 28 Mexican dead labeled 'deportees.' One writer's hunt to learn and return their names.

4.43

🕳️ Historical Erasure 🌳 Family History 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

They Call You Back 86%

1948 crash: 28 Mexican dead labeled 'deportees.' One writer's hunt to learn and return their names.

by Tim Z. Hernandez 2024

4.43

30 ratings

🕳️ Historical Erasure 🌳 Family History 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

The Invisible History of the Human Race

by Christine Kenneally • 2014

Human history is written in DNA: migrations, crashes, and secrets we are only starting to read.

3.81

2k+

🧬 Human Genetics 🗺️ Genetic Ancestry 📜 Genealogy Studies

The Invisible History of the Human Race Summary

The Invisible History of the Human Race 86%

Human history is written in DNA: migrations, crashes, and secrets we are only starting to read.

by Christine Kenneally 2014

3.81

2k+ ratings

🧬 Human Genetics 🗺️ Genetic Ancestry 📜 Genealogy Studies

The Living Stones

by Ithell Colquhoun • 1957

A surrealist painter flees the Blitz for a Cornish shack. The prehistoric stones are alive.

3.99

167

⛵ Coastal Memoir 🖌️ Artist Memoir 🌿 Animist Nature Writing

The Living Stones 86%

A surrealist painter flees the Blitz for a Cornish shack. The prehistoric stones are alive.

by Ithell Colquhoun 1957

3.99

167 ratings

⛵ Coastal Memoir 🖌️ Artist Memoir 🌿 Animist Nature Writing

American Aloha

by Heather A. Diamond • 2008

A hula stage on the National Mall: how festivals manufacture tradition and erase a colonial past.

4.20

🏛️ Public Folklore 🧳 Cultural Tourism 🎪 Festival Studies

American Aloha 86%

A hula stage on the National Mall: how festivals manufacture tradition and erase a colonial past.

by Heather A. Diamond 2008

4.20

10 ratings

🏛️ Public Folklore 🧳 Cultural Tourism 🎪 Festival Studies

They Came Before Columbus

by Ivan Van Sertima • 2003

Africans built ships, crossed the Atlantic, and left stone faces in Mexico before Columbus was born.

4.46

3k+

🗺️ Pre-Columbian Contact 📜 Afrocentric History 🏺 Alternative Archaeology

They Came Before Columbus 86%

Africans built ships, crossed the Atlantic, and left stone faces in Mexico before Columbus was born.

by Ivan Van Sertima 2003

4.46

3k+ ratings

🗺️ Pre-Columbian Contact 📜 Afrocentric History 🏺 Alternative Archaeology

Princess Bari

by Hwang Sok-yong • 2007

Abandoned at birth, a seventh daughter carries a shaman's gift from famine to London's margins.

3.72

2k+

📜 Mythic Retelling 🌀 Shamanic Journey 💔 Generational Trauma

Princess Bari 86%

Abandoned at birth, a seventh daughter carries a shaman's gift from famine to London's margins.

by Hwang Sok-yong 2007

3.72

2k+ ratings

📜 Mythic Retelling 🌀 Shamanic Journey 💔 Generational Trauma

Living Resistance

by Kaitlin B. Curtice • 2023

Resistance is a daily practice of integration, starting in your body and extending to the land.

4.11

2k+

🪶 Indigenous Spirituality 🔓 Decolonial Practice 🦶 Embodied Resistance

Living Resistance 86%

Resistance is a daily practice of integration, starting in your body and extending to the land.

by Kaitlin B. Curtice 2023

4.11

2k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Spirituality 🔓 Decolonial Practice 🦶 Embodied Resistance

Decolonial Daughter

by Lesley-Ann Brown • 2018

Letters from a Black mother to her European son about the colonial past they carry together.

4.13

📚 Postcolonial Theory 📜 Colonial Legacy 🩹 Generational Trauma

Decolonial Daughter 86%

Letters from a Black mother to her European son about the colonial past they carry together.

by Lesley-Ann Brown 2018

4.13

86 ratings

📚 Postcolonial Theory 📜 Colonial Legacy 🩹 Generational Trauma

Scatterlings

by Martin Shaw • 2019

Myths were never metaphors. They are the earth's living speech, and they have not fallen silent.

4.63

106

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Folklore 🗣️ Oral Tradition 🌿 Animism

Scatterlings 86%

Myths were never metaphors. They are the earth's living speech, and they have not fallen silent.

by Martin Shaw 2019

4.63

106 ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Folklore 🗣️ Oral Tradition 🌿 Animism

Happier Than A Billionaire

by Nadine Hays Pisani • 2011

What two burnt-out chiropractors discovered in Costa Rica: bat caves, monkeys, and a weird dog lady.

3.89

2k+

🧳 Expat Memoirs 🌎 Cultural Immersion ⏬ Downshifting

Happier Than A Billionaire 85%

What two burnt-out chiropractors discovered in Costa Rica: bat caves, monkeys, and a weird dog lady.

by Nadine Hays Pisani 2011

3.89

2k+ ratings

🧳 Expat Memoirs 🌎 Cultural Immersion ⏬ Downshifting

African Religions & Philosophy

by John S. Mbiti • 1990

The dead are still family. Time has no future. Religion is the air.

3.85

280

🧠 African Philosophy 📚 Comparative Religion ✝️ African Theology

African Religions & Philosophy 85%

The dead are still family. Time has no future. Religion is the air.

by John S. Mbiti 1990

3.85

280 ratings

🧠 African Philosophy 📚 Comparative Religion ✝️ African Theology

The Magic of the Lost Temple

by Sudha Murty • 2015

After a storm, a city girl uncovers a thousand-year-old stepwell beneath her father's village.

4.29

4k+

🌾 Village Adventure ⛏️ Archaeological Dig 🏙️ City Meets Village

The Magic of the Lost Temple 85%

After a storm, a city girl uncovers a thousand-year-old stepwell beneath her father's village.

by Sudha Murty 2015

4.29

4k+ ratings

🌾 Village Adventure ⛏️ Archaeological Dig 🏙️ City Meets Village

The Lion Tracker's Guide To Life

by Boyd Varty • 2014

Find purpose like a lion tracker: ignore the big picture, follow one footprint, trust the silence.

4.26

3k+

🧭 Purpose And Calling 🌿 Nature-Based Wisdom 👂 Inner Listening

The Lion Tracker's Guide To Life Summary

The Lion Tracker's Guide To Life 85%

Find purpose like a lion tracker: ignore the big picture, follow one footprint, trust the silence.

by Boyd Varty 2014

4.26

3k+ ratings

🧭 Purpose And Calling 🌿 Nature-Based Wisdom 👂 Inner Listening

Split Tooth

by Tanya Tagaq • 2018

A young Inuk girl hides from violence and discovers the Arctic's spirits live in her blood.

3.88

14k+

🪶 Indigenous Magical Realism ❄️ Arctic Wilderness 🕯️ Ancestral Spirits

Split Tooth 85%

A young Inuk girl hides from violence and discovers the Arctic's spirits live in her blood.

by Tanya Tagaq 2018

3.88

14k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Magical Realism ❄️ Arctic Wilderness 🕯️ Ancestral Spirits

Dreams from My Father

by Barack Obama • 1995

From Hawaii to Kenya, a fatherless son pieces together an inheritance he was never given.

3.94

232k+

🧬 Biracial Identity 🏘️ Community Organizing 👤 Absent Fathers

Dreams from My Father 85%

From Hawaii to Kenya, a fatherless son pieces together an inheritance he was never given.

by Barack Obama 1995

3.94

232k+ ratings

🧬 Biracial Identity 🏘️ Community Organizing 👤 Absent Fathers

Indaba My Children

by Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa • 1964

Before Africa wrote, it remembered: the Bantu sacred history from creation to a future messiah.

4.41

450

🌍 African Mythology 🗣️ Bantu Oral Tradition 🌌 Creation Myths

Indaba My Children 85%

Before Africa wrote, it remembered: the Bantu sacred history from creation to a future messiah.

by Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa 1964

4.41

450 ratings

🌍 African Mythology 🗣️ Bantu Oral Tradition 🌌 Creation Myths

Spirit Hacking

by Shaman Durek • 2019

Stop fighting the darkness. Shamanic keys to turn it into personal and planetary transformation.

3.90

998

🌀 Neo-Shamanism 🌑 Shadow Work 🕯️ Ancestral Healing

Spirit Hacking 85%

Stop fighting the darkness. Shamanic keys to turn it into personal and planetary transformation.

by Shaman Durek 2019

3.90

998 ratings

🌀 Neo-Shamanism 🌑 Shadow Work 🕯️ Ancestral Healing

Culture

by Martin Puchner • 2023

Borrowing, theft, lucky accidents: four millennia of cultural history. Purity was never the point.

3.92

924

🔄 Cultural Exchange 📜 Cultural Transmission 🏛️ Ancient Civilizations

Culture 85%

Borrowing, theft, lucky accidents: four millennia of cultural history. Purity was never the point.

by Martin Puchner 2023

3.92

924 ratings

🔄 Cultural Exchange 📜 Cultural Transmission 🏛️ Ancient Civilizations

The Sunset Route

by Carrot Quinn • 2021

A young woman rides freight trains west to escape a broken past, searching for a new kind of family.

4.16

2k+

🚂 Freight Train Culture 🏡 Off-Grid Living 🎒 Nomadic Lifestyles

The Sunset Route 85%

A young woman rides freight trains west to escape a broken past, searching for a new kind of family.

by Carrot Quinn 2021

4.16

2k+ ratings

🚂 Freight Train Culture 🏡 Off-Grid Living 🎒 Nomadic Lifestyles

Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss

by Dennis McKenna • 2023

A psychedelic prophet, his scientist brother, and the Amazon meltdown that bound them forever.

4.52

🍄 Psychedelic Culture 🌿 Shamanism 🌀 Altered States

Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss Summary

Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss 85%

A psychedelic prophet, his scientist brother, and the Amazon meltdown that bound them forever.

by Dennis McKenna 2023

4.52

31 ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Culture 🌿 Shamanism 🌀 Altered States

American Shaolin

by Matthew Polly • 2007

A Princeton dropout arrives at Shaolin expecting mystical masters and finds a kung fu theme park.

4.02

3k+

🥋 Martial Arts Memoirs 🇨🇳 China Travelogues 🌏 Cultural Immersion

American Shaolin 85%

A Princeton dropout arrives at Shaolin expecting mystical masters and finds a kung fu theme park.

by Matthew Polly 2007

4.02

3k+ ratings

🥋 Martial Arts Memoirs 🇨🇳 China Travelogues 🌏 Cultural Immersion

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