Best Books To Read While High

Discover the path to inner peace and balance with a renowned Buddhist meditation teacher's best-selling mindfulness guide. Learn how to find well-being and happiness in eight areas, including relationships, love, and spirituality, while forging deep connections with others and practicing self-compassion. With over three million copies sold in Korea and multiple best book of the year awards, this book offers guideposts to help you slow down and see the world more clearly.

The Secret Life of Plants explores the fascinating relationship between plants and mankind, including their ability to act as lie detectors and ecological sentinels. Discover how plants adapt to human wishes, respond to music, and even communicate with us. This book suggests that the most important revolution of the 20th century could come from the bottom of your own garden. With hard facts and astounding scientific insights, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in the mysteries of nature.

Explore the complex and divisive world of cannabis through this in-depth and fascinating study. From medical advancements and religious use to politics and criminalization, Martin Booth covers all angles of the topic. Discover the history of cannabis, its impact on the global economy, and the varied perspectives on its use. Delve into the stories of smugglers, pushers, writers, artists, and musicians who have been affected by cannabis throughout the Western world. Whether you believe it should be legal or not, this book is sure to challenge your views and spark conversation.

Grass Roots tells the remarkable story of marijuana’s rise from acceptance to demonization and back again. Historian Emily Dufton explores how grassroots activists fought for decades to change marijuana laws, only to face fierce backlash from frightened parents and a national scourge-like reputation. While pro-pot campaigners secured decriminalization in the 1970s, marijuana’s path to legalization was far from smooth. Dufton shines a light on the thousands of ordinary Americans who made changing marijuana laws their life’s work, and warns of the swift counterrevolutions that could undo their progress.

This self-help guide takes a realistic and raw approach to improving our lives. Forget positivity, acceptance is key, according to the author, who argues that we should confront painful truths and embrace our limitations. The book encourages readers to focus on what truly matters and find wealth in experiences rather than material possessions. The no-holds-barred writing style, filled with humor and real-life anecdotes, provides a refreshing perspective on how to lead a contented and grounded life.

Discover a new season of freedom and joy with this spiritual daybook by philosopher-poet and cancer survivor Mark Nepo. In his poetic prose, Nepo exposes life's multiple dimensions in awe and affection, touching on themes of spirit, friendship, pain, wonder, and love. Each entry is accompanied by an exercise that surprises and delights in its ability to awaken the mind. With insight on how to reclaim aliveness and savor life's beauty, The Book of Awakening will inspire readers to embark on their own soul journey.

Embark on a wild journey into the heart of American pop culture with this chronicle of drug-soaked road trip shenanigans. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas will take you on a rollicking adventure that you won't soon forget.