I'm very partial to music. Won't list it all.
Happy Blues
NorthernSoul and Rock and Roll
"Of Hopes And Dreams And Tombstones" - Jimmy Fraser
Blue note
the 6th St. Missionaires
Burning Idiot Noise
Kangarucci
The Woodsmen
Moore Brothers
Nick Rossi Set
Stereolab
Marquee Moon
Fly Fishing by J.R Hartly
Jakob Von Guten by Robert Walser
Being there by Jerzy Kosinski
Demian by Hermann Hesse
Cats Piss and Hairspray: A Young Mods Half-forgotten Story by R.Russell
All the fiction of Robert Irwin
I would recommend all of the above, especially the last: you may have difficulty getting a copy of the first.
Miracle Mike (R.I.P)