One of the most important and influential books written in the past half-century, Robert M. Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is a powerful, moving, and penetrating examination of how we live . . . and a breathtaking meditation on how to live better. Here is the book that transformed a generation: an unforgettable narration of a summer motorcycle trip across America's Northwest, undertaken by a father and his young son. A story of love and fear -- of growth, discovery, and acceptance -- that becomes a profound personal and philosophical odyssey into life's fundamental questions, this uniquely exhilarating modern classic is both touching and transcendent, resonant with the myriad confusions of existence . . . and the small, essential triumphs that propel us forward.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values

Arts & Photography

PIRSIG, Robert M.

History & Criticism

Mariner Books

“The real cycle you’re working on is a cycle called ‘yourself.’”
One of the most important and influential books of the past half-century, Robert M. Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is a powerful, moving, and penetrating examination of how we live and a meditation on how to live better. Pirsig’s narrative of a father and son on a summer motorcycle trip across America’s Northwest becomes a profound personal and philosophical odyssey into life’s fundamental questions. A true modern classic, it remains at once touching and transcendent, resonant with the myriad confusions of existence and the small, essential triumphs that propel us forward.

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Mariner Books Classics

“No se trata de un libro escrito por mí, sino que me ha ocurrido a mí”. —Neale Donald Walsch Había llegado al límite. Se encontraba en ese momento en que el dolor —el peor dolor, el que produce la soledad de espíritu —amenazaba con llevarle a la más terrible desesperación. ¿Qué mejor prueba podía tener de la inexistencia de Dios que su sufrimiento sin sentido? Y si Dios existiera ¿no podría, en su soledad, hablarle? Fue este último gesto de esperanza el que obró el milagro. A partir de esta reveladora experiencia, Conversaciones con Dios es la transcripción del más infrecuente —aunque quizá el más necesario— de los diálogos, a través del cual se revela un Dios tolerante, conocedor profundo de las virtudes y las debilidades del ser humano y, por ello, más interesado en proponernos una actitud en la vida que en exigirnos rígidas normas. Un Dios, pues, humano, en la medida en que los hombres estamos hechos a Su imagen y semejanza. Sencilla, clara y, sobre todo, esperanzadora, Conversaciones con Dios es una obra que tiene vocación de dejar huella, de ayudar a los seres humanos a ver sus relaciones con Dios desde otra perspectiva, de permitirles ser mejores sin por ello deshumanizarse con un exceso de exigencias.

Conversaciones con Dios: Una experiencia extraordinaria (Spanish Edition)

Religion & Spirituality

Walsch, Neale Donald

New Age & Spirituality

Vintage Espanol

Neal Donald Walsch was experiencing a low period in his life when he decided to write a letter to God, venting his frustrations. What he did not expect was a response. As he finished his letter, he was moved to continue writing - and out came extraordinary answers to his questions. This work presents the answers that Walsch received, helping him to change himself, his life and the way he viewed other beings.

Conversations With God : An Uncommon Dialogue

NEALE DONALD WALSCH

Hodder & Stoughton

The Unitarian Conscience: Harvard Moral Philosophy, 1805-1861

Howe, Daniel W.

Other Religions, Practices & Sacred Texts

Harvard University Press

A renowned, respected teacher and mentor to thousands, Sobonfu Somi is one of the first and foremost voices of African spirituality to come to the West. 
Somi was born in Dano, Burkina Faso, a remote West African village with a population of about two hundred people. Dano has preserved the old ways of African village life, with family structures, spiritual practices, and methods of living that have been in place for more than ten thousand years. In The Spirit of Intimacy, Somi distills the ancient teachings and wisdom of her native village to give insight into the nature of intimate relationships. 
Somi generously applies the subtle knowledge from her West African culture to this one. Simply and beautifully, she reveals the role of spirit in every marriage, friendship, relationship, and community. She shares ancient ways to make our intimate lives more fulfilling and secure and offers powerful insights into the "illusion of romance," divorce, and loss. Her important and fascinating lessons from the heart include the sacred meaning of pleasure, preparing a ritual space for intimacy, and the connection between sex and spirituality. Her ideas are intuitively persuasive, provocative, and healing--and supported by sound practical advice, along with specific rituals and ceremonies based on those used for thousands of years. 
With this book, the spiritual insights of indigenous Africa take their place alongside those of native America, ancient Europe, and Asia as important influences on Western readers.

The Spirit of Intimacy: Ancient African Teachings in the Ways of Relationships

Self-Help

Some, Sobonfu

Relationships

William Morrow Paperbacks

Divine Hierarchies: Class in American Religion and Religious Studies

Placing the neglected issue of class back into the study and understanding of religion, Sean McCloud reconsiders the meaning of class in today's world. More than a status grounded in material conditions, says McCloud, class is also an identity rhetorically and symbolically made and unmade through representations. It entails relationships, identifications, boundaries, meanings, power, and our most ingrained habits of mind and body. He demonstrates that employing class as an analytical tool that cuts across variables such as creed, race, ethnicity, and gender can illuminate American religious life in unprecedented ways.Through social theory, historical analysis, and ethnography, McCloud makes an interdisciplinary argument for reinserting class into the study of religion. First, he offers a new three-part conception of class for use in studying religion. He then presents a focused cultural history of religious studies by examining how social class surfaced in twentieth-century theories of religious affiliation. He concludes with historical and ethnographic case studies of religion and class. Divine Hierarchies makes a convincing case for the past and present importance of class in American religious thought, practice, and scholarship.

Politics & Social Sciences

McCloud, Sean

Social Sciences

The University of North Carolina Press

Placing the neglected issue of class back into the study and understanding of religion, Sean McCloud reconsiders the meaning of class in today's world. More than a status grounded in material conditions, says McCloud, class is also an identity rhetorically and symbolically made and unmade through representations. It entails relationships, identifications, boundaries, meanings, power, and our most ingrained habits of mind and body. He demonstrates that employing class as an analytical tool that cuts across variables such as creed, race, ethnicity, and gender can illuminate American religious life in unprecedented ways. Through social theory, historical analysis, and ethnography, McCloud makes an interdisciplinary argument for reinserting class into the study of religion. First, he offers a new three-part conception of class for use in studying religion. He then presents a focused cultural history of religious studies by examining how social class surfaced in twentieth-century theories of religious affiliation. He concludes with historical and ethnographic case studies of religion and class. Divine Hierarchies makes a convincing case for the past and present importance of class in American religious thought, practice, and scholarship.

Univ of North Carolina Pr

The Unitarian Conscience: Harvard Moral Philosophy, 1805–1861

Howe, Daniel Walker

Philosophy

Wesleyan University Press

About the Author\nDaniel Walker Howe is Rhodes Professor of American History, Oxford.

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