13 Books to Get You Going

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Monday blends into Tuesday, Tuesday blends into Wednesday, Wednesday … well you get the picture … I think it’s time to hit the road. Here are 13 books, in no particular order, to help you get out of the rut and return to the open road.

 1) On the Road by Jack Kerouac

On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac’s years traveling the North American continent with his friend Neal Cassady, “a sideburned hero of the snowy West.” As “Sal Paradise” and “Dean Moriarty,” the two roam the country in a quest for self-knowledge and experience. Kerouac’s love of America, his compassion for humanity, and his sense of language as jazz combine to make On the Road an inspirational work of lasting importance. 
Kerouac’s classic novel of freedom and longing defined what it meant to be Beat and has inspired every generation since its initial publication more than fifty years…

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