Mr. Klein was kind enough to let the cast use the 1st edition 4th printing of "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac as a prop.
The gentleman that plays a customer in the bookshop is the actual owner of Sam: Johnson's Bookshop and the author R. E. Klein. His latest book "The History of Our World Beyond the Wave" is featured in the scene.
"Aura" was originally created for Ron Howard's Project Imagina10n film contest which requires entrants to create a film inspired by photographs.