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Possible Alternatives & Extensions To Book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.(ZMM).The Books Suggested Below Are Good Reading Plus They Will Support and or Extend Your Understanding of the Ideas That Robert Pirsig Wrote Into His Book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.This page offers "comparable" books so you may learn more about the topics covered in ZMM, and/or related ideas. In a sense this is my list of recommended books, in addition of course, to my solid recommendation for ZMM itself. This ZMM Alternatives Page is dedicated to USCA Professor Donald Blount who firmly believes ONLY two authors, Shakespeare (All of his) and Cervantes' Don Quixote, are worthy of the designation Classic. Thus, in Dr. Blount's judgment, ZMM can hardly be worth any consideration at all! In fact he has repeatedly tried to convince me to quit bothering with ZMM ….. period.! To support his judgment, Dr. Blount has promised an essay. While we await his essay, please read-on below for much good reading on topics related to ZMM. AND .... For those persons who have considerable reservations (misgivings?) re ZMM, I offer this collection of "Alternates and Extensions" to ZMM so they don't have to read ZMM! "Lila", the sequel to Pirsig's "ZMM", Must Be Mentioned First, As an Alternate / Supplement to ZMM. (And Of Course, "Lila" Has Its Own Mentioned Books/Authors. These Are an Implied Pirsig Book Recommendation. A List Of These Books Will Be Reported Here ASAP, Or Perhaps Amazon "Look In the Book" will get there first?)We may assume Mr. Pirsig answers (in his second book "Lila") many objections and questions, which were raised by readers of ZMM. "Lila", written in the same manner as ZMM, follows the trail of Phaedrus along the Erie Canal, down the Hudson River to New York City, and on to the expansive freedom of the Atlantic Ocean. See explanation at:
Concerning the Creative Force Called LILA, Answers.com says:"Inside of the sleeping Hindu (see Hinduism entries) god Viṣṇu (see Viṣṇu), the Goddess (see Devī, Lakṣmī) is the world contained within him waiting to be created. In creation she is Māyā (see Māyā) or the illusion of reality. That is to say, she becomes Lila or “divine play,” divine illusion in the created world." More (including Wikipedia) at
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When considering books that might be alternatives to ZMM, we should quickly mention those books mentioned by Robert Pirsig himself in either ZMM or Lila.We may consider his mention as actually a recommendation of those books.
"Zen and Now: On the Trail of Robert Pirsig and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance." By Mark Richardson A journalist and motorcycle enthusiast – Mark Richardson – decides to get on his Jackie New (Suzuki One Banger) with his leather jacket, factory repair manual, and a bag of tools, ..... to retrace the seminal journey taken by author Robert Pirsig, described in the book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values (ZMM).
The Following Lettered Items (A thru E) Are Actually Mentioned In ZMM Book Itself.A) The Tao Te Ching By Lao Tzu: Any one who has read ZMM should become more familiar with (or read) the The Tao Te Ching !![On ZMM page 226 Phaedrus quotes extensively from the The Tao Te Ching. He discusses how close his own analysis of Quality matches that of the The Tao Te Ching. In describing the meaning of the The Tao, The following passage, explains Lao Tzu's ancient book of wisdom, but in the process, actually does a great job in describing what ZMM is all about as well!! ] "The philosophy of Lao Tsu is simple: Accept what is in front of you without wanting the situation to be other than it is, Study the natural order of things and work with it rather than against it, for to try to change what is only sets up resistance. Nature provides everything without requiring payment or thanks and also provides for all without discrimination—therefore let us present the same face to everyone and treat all men as equals, however they may behave. If we watch carefully, we will see that work proceeds more quickly and easily if we stop "trying," if we stop putting in so much extra effort, if we stop looking for results. In the clarity of a still and open mind, truth will be reflected. We will come to appreciate the original meaning of the word "understand," which means to stand under". We serve whatever or whoever stands before us, without any thought for ourselves. Te—which may be translated as “virtue” or "strength"—lies always In Tao, or "natural law." In other words: Simply be." "The Tao Te Ching, the esoteric but infinitely practical book written most probably in the sixth century B.C. by Lao Tsu, has been translated more frequently than any work except the Bible. This translation of the Chinese classic, which was first published twenty-five years ago, has sold more copies than any of the others. It offers the essence of each word and make Lao Tsu’s teaching Immediate and alive. " The above passages were taken from the back cover of: Tao de Ching: 25th Anniversary Edition. See link below. Those that that already have read ZMM, should also read Lao Tzu!! Here is a good place to start:
B) On ZMM Page 36, The Narrator Mentions The Three Books With Them On The Trip. Here Is His Statement:"Books. I don’t know of any other cyclist who takes books with him. They take a lot of space, but I have three of them here anyway, with some loose sheets of paper in them for writing. These are:"
B-cont.) Walden Pond by Henry David Thoreau:[In the Amazon.com reviews of the ZMM book, Mr. D. Waldrep pointed out the parallels between ZMM and Walden as follows:] ...... And if ZMM isn't a sequel to Walden, I don't know what else it could be. Pirsig invokes Thoreau, who used an extremely similar technique, early on. Pirsig, in one of my favorite parts, elucidates in a VERY tedious manner the various equipment he takes with him on the road, and I couldn't help but be reminded of Thoreau's bean-planting ventures in Walden (especially since Pirsig mentions how boring Thoreau can be right after he's gone on about his knapsack for 5 pages; it's called tongue-in-cheek humor). On the whole, though. ZMM is just too idealistic, yet again just like Thoreau. Editing by HSG. B-cont.) A Review: Walden Pond, What Is It?Is it a book on nature, a book on ecology, a book on human nature, a prescient description of the struggle between modern civilization and the land that nurtured it, a critique of mankind, a string of quotable gems, an account of a mind, or, like Star Wars, a way of slipping a deep and human spirituality into someone else's mind without their recognizing it? It depends on who is doing the reading and when. Read it for any of these purposes, and it will not disappoint. If you've never read it, read it. If you read it for class years ago and hated it, read it again. This may be the most subtle, multi-layered and carefully worked piece of literature you'll ever find. By keeping the down-to-earth tone (no doubt in reaction to the high-flying prose of his friend, R. W. Emerson) Thoreau pulls a Columbo, and fools us into thinking he's writing simply about observing nature, living in a cabin, or sounding a pond. Somehow by the end of Walden, however, you may find it is your self he has sounded. People have accused Thoreau of despising mankind, but read deeper and you will discover he loved people well enough to chide us, show us our faults (admitting he's as bad as the worst of us), and give to all of us this wonderful gift, a book you could base your life on. There is more day to dawn, he reminds us at the end: the sun is but a morning star.
B-cont) ZMM, Page 36, Mentions "Chilton’s Motorcycle Troubleshooting Guide written by Ocee Rich".[See second & third items down, in this list of Chilton's for every possible vehicle!!]
B-cont) ZMM, Page 36, Mentions a "Motorcycle Repair Manual For Your Specific Cycle or Car or Truck, from your vehicle manufacturer or Powell's."[Powell's has 69 Cycle Manuals for seemingly every possible vehicle!! Hit "next" for 25 more results.]
B-Cont. ZMM Is A General Trouble-Shooting & Problem-Solving Guide. Below are Two WebPages that echo ZMM In Practical Maintenance. Let me know if you know of others.a) This Site Offers strategies for computers, but their advice can be generalized to most any endeavor. http://www.directron.com/strategy.html b) This Site Has strategies for maintenance and repair of liquid & Hi pressure hydraulic systems, but their advice can be generalized to most any endeavor.
C) The ZMM Narrator Discusses At Length An Abbreviated History Of Western Philosophy. This Is Done So As Prepare the Reader For His Own Meta Physics of Quality (MOQ). Shall we say Mr. Pirsig recommends these Philosopheres?Philosophical authors mention, or just named, include: Socrates, Plato (Platonist), Aristotle (Aristotelian), St. Thomas Aquinas, Berkeley, Hume, Kant, Fichte, Schelling, Hegel, Bradley, Bosanquet, Whitehead, Mathematician Jules Henri Poincaré, and Astronomer- Mathematician. Nicholos Copernicus (Each of these can be well studied at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents .)
D) Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam By Omar Khayyam[On ZMM page 271 the Narrator, seeing a Persian-like desert cliff above them, is reminded of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. He is thus is inspired to recite several verses of this poem, much to Chris's dismay! May we conclude that this 1000 year old Persian poem has some of the same messages as ZMM? Here, excerpted from the much longer poem, are the several verses that appear in ZMM:] Morning a thousand Roses brings, you say;
But come with old Khayyám, and leave the Lot
With me along the strip of Herbage strown
For the entire poem and commentary, see http://www.therubaiyat.com/fitzindex.htm E) The University of Chicago's "Great Books Program" Is Mentioned In ZMM, Pages 308 - 324. The Narrator also says that Phaedrus " .....was there solely to write a Great Book of his own."!! .The ZMM Narrator Mentions favorably UC's Innovative Educational Reforms Which the use of what they called "The Great Books". This eventually lead to the publication of The Great Books, as a "library set" by the Encyclopedia Britannica Company. On page 309 he says: "The work of Aquinas and of the Greeks, as interpreted by Aquinas, was to Adler the capstone of the Western intellectual heritage. Therefore they provided a measuring rod for anyone seeking the good books. ..... man is counted a rational animal, capable of seeking and defining the good life and achieving it. When this 'first principle' about the nature of man was accepted by the president of the University of Chicago, it was inevitable that it would have educational repercussions. ..... ."
The Following Two Alternatives to ZMM Are Mentioned by ZMM Author Pirsig In His Talk: Subjects, Objects, Data and Values.[Mr. Pirsig Recommends These Two Books As Key Influences In Writing His Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Any one who has liked ZMM, will learn much from these, especially "Zen and Art In Archery". But "The Meeting of East and West" is a difficult book. Pirsig even says so as he discusses Northrop in ZMM.] In This Talk Robert Pirsig stated: "For those who would like more information about this "Conceptually Unknown" than I can give today, there is a valuable book called Zen in the Art of Archery by Eugen Herrigel from which I derived the title for my own first book. When the Zen Archer refers to an "it" that shoots the arrow he is referring to what I mean by Dynamic Quality. For those who prefer to stay more within the confines of Western analytical thought there is a book by Prof. F.S.C. Northrop of Yale University called The Meeting of East and West. It is the book that really started me on this philosophic quest that has now lasted 47 years."
F) In the Passage Above Pirsig Mentions How He Was Influenced By The Book Zen in the Art of Archery by Eugen Herrigel, Daisetz T. Suzuki.Zen in the Art of Archery (ISBN 0679722971) is a book written by Eugen Herrigel in 1953. This was one of the first books to introduce Zen to westerners, and still one of the best for taking the practical route rather than the contemplative. He describes Zen in archery as follows: "The archer ceases to be conscious of himself as the one who is engaged in hitting the bull's-eye which confronts him. This state of unconscious is realized only when, completely empty and rid of the self, he becomes one with the perfecting of his technical skill, though there is in it something of a quite different order which cannot be attained by any progressive study of the art..."
F-cont) Another Review of Zen in the Art of Archery at Amazon.comSo many books have been written about the meditation side of Zen and the everyday, chop wood/carry water side of Zen. But few books have approached Zen the way that most Japanese actually do--through ritualized arts of discipline and beauty--and perhaps that is why Eugen Herrigel's Zen in the Art of Archery is still popular so long after it first publication in 1953. Herrigel, a philosophy professor, spent six years studying archery and flower-arranging in Japan, practicing every day, and struggling with foreign notions such as "eyes that hear and ears that see." In a short, pithy narrative, he brings the heart of Zen to perfect clarity--intuition, imitation, practice, practice, practice, then, boom, wondrous spontaneity fusing self and art, mind, body, and spirit. Herrigel writes with an attention to subtle profundity and relates it with a simple artistry that itself carries the signature of Zen. --By Brian Bruya
F-cont) A Third review of Zen in the Art of Archery Review: From Audio FileThere's more to archery than you think, according to this compact audio, which is based on a 1953 book by a German philosophy professor. His philosophical work addresses intention and personal integration, and the importance of the unconscious in dealing with life's realities. The program's lessons are so broad and practical that you don't have to be attracted to Zen or archery to be thoroughly transported by what's expressed through the teacher-student dialogue. Selecting reader Ralph Blum was a great way to resurrect the ideas in this rich and satisfying book. His academic tone inspires respect and makes the
G) In the Passage Above Pirsig Mentions How He Was Influenced By The Book The Meeting of East and West, by F. S. C. Northrop.Also on ZMM page 108, the Narrator says: "The difference is that the classic reality is primarily theoretic but has its own esthetics too. The romantic reality is primarily esthetic, but has its theory too. The theoretic and esthetic split is between components of a single world. The classic and romantic split is between two separate worlds. The philosophy book, which is called The Meeting of East and West, by F. S. C. Northrop, suggests that greater cognizance be made of the "undifferentiated aesthetic continuum" from which the theoretic arises." Thus Northrop Is Suggested By Pirsig in Both ZMM, and his above mentioned talk Subjects, Objects, Data and Values. We take these mentions as recommendations to read Northrop.
G-cont) A Review of The Meeting of East and West,This is one of those truly great books that slaps your mind awake, offering you a completely new world view and interpretation of intellectual history. This book is partially responsible for my choice to study for a PhD in philosophy. It was a life-changer for me and is especially relevant now with its novel, and I believe, accurate understanding of Mexican culture. A monumental work!
G-cont) My Own Review of The Meeting of East and West by Henry Gurr = ZMMQ Web Master is athttp://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/index.php?n=Documents.NorthropInfluencedZMM H) George Steiner, "The New Yorker Magazine", In Discussing ZMM, Points To Moby Dick As Being a Comparable Book to ZMM."It [ZMM] lodges in the mind as few recent novels have...The book is inspired, original...the narrative tact, the perfect economy of effect defy criticism. The analogies with "Moby Dick" are patent. Robert Pirsig invites the prodigious comparison. What more can one say?" Entire Steiner Review Here:
Because of Steiner's Great Recommendation, I Include the following two Moby Dick Reviews, and where to see an online copy of the book.H-cont) Moby Dick. Book Description.No American masterpiece casts quite as awesome a shadow as Melville's monumental Moby Dick. Mad Captain Ahab's quest for the White Whale is a timeless epic--a stirring tragedy of vengeance and obsession, a searing parable about humanity lost in a universe of moral ambiguity. It is the greatest sea story ever told. Far ahead of its own time, Moby Dick was largely misunderstood and unappreciated by Melville's contemporaries. Today, however, it is indisputably a classic. As D.H. Lawrence wrote, Moby Dick "commands a stillness in the soul, an awe . . . [It is] one of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world."
H-cont) Moby Dick The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature(in full Moby-Dick; or, The Whale) Novel by Herman Melville, published in London in October 1851 and published a month later in the United States. Moby-Dick is generally regarded as its author's masterpiece and one of the greatest American novels. The basic plot of Moby-Dick is simple. The narrator (who asks to be called "Ishmael") tells of the last voyage of the ship Pequod out of New Bedford, Mass. Captain Ahab is obsessed with the pursuit of the white whale Moby-Dick, which finally kills him. On that level, the work is an intense, superbly authentic narrative. Its theme and central figure, however, are reminiscent of Job in his search for justice and of Oedipus in his search for truth. The novel's richly symbolic language and tragic hero are indicative of Melville's deeper concerns: the equivocal defeats and triumphs of the human spirit and its fusion of creative and murderous urges.
H-cont) Moby Dick by Herman Melville. A Searchable Online Version: Has Author Information:http://www.online-literature.com/melville/mobydick/ MORE ZMM Alternatives Collected By Henry Gurr, WebMaster For This Site.I) The Essay Novel Reality by David L Thomas Recommends Several More Books, Which Like ZMM, Are Philosophy Discourse Presented In the Framework of a Novel. Thomas asks:"But why did Mr. Pirsig spent years crafting a compelling metaphysical theory then disguised it as [two] novels published over 15 years apart? Fiction has a long history of seriously discussing important issues. One only has to scratch fiction's surface to recall Swift's Gulliver's Travels, Orwell's 1984 or the plays and satire of Voltaire. The publishing of Alexander Solzhenitsyn's 1962 novel "A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" is said to have played a significant role in starting the process that led to the recent break up of the Soviet Union. If the following quotes [on web page] are any indication, current novelists also feel their fictions contain strong truths."
Gulliver's Travels From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.Gulliver's Travels (1726, amended 1735) is a novel by Jonathan Swift that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the "Travelers' tales" literary sub-genre. Swift's masterpiece is his most celebrated work and one of the indisputable classics of the English language.
Nineteen Eighty-Four From Wikipedia.Nineteen Eighty-Four is an allegorical political novel written by George Orwell. The story takes place in a nightmarish dystopia where the omnipresent State enforces perfect conformity among members of a totalitarian Party through indoctrination, propaganda, fear, and ruthless punishment. The novel introduced the concepts of the ever-present, all- seeing Big Brother, Room 101, the Thought Police, and the bureaucrats' and politicians' language of control, Newspeak. The novel was successful in terms of sales, and has remained one of the most influential books of the 20th century.
One Day in the Life of Ivan DenisovichFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is a novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, set in a Soviet work camp in the 1950s. The novel describes a single day for Ivan Denisovich, more commonly referred to as Shukhov. Ivan Denisovich was first published under the Russian title of Odin den Ivana Denisovicha in 1962. Although it is widely available in book form today, it was originally published in the Soviet literary magazine Novy Mir in November, 1962. The novel was originally written in Russian, so it should be noted that any English copy is a translation. At least four English translations have been made.
The Following Book Is Regularly Mentioned, With ZMM, as a Popular Story Based Philosophy Book. (I Include Four Reviews.)Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder.{These are two questions Sophie, a fifteen year-old Norwegian girl,
"Sophie's World is set to become a unique popular classic: a wonderfully engaging mystery story that also forms a completely accessible and lucid introduction to philosophy and philosophers." - The Times "Remarkable...What Jostein Gaarder has managed to do is to condense 3,000 years of thought into 400 pages; to simplify some extremely complicated arguments without trivialising them...Sophie's World is an extraordinary achievement." - Sunday Times
Wikipedia Says"Sophie's World (Sofies verden in the original Norwegian) is a novel by Jostein Gaarder, published in 1991. It was originally written in Norwegian, but has since been translated into English (1995) and many other languages. .. Mostly consisting of dialogues between Sophie Amundsen and a mysterious man named Alberto Knox, interwoven with an increasingly bizarre and mysterious plot, Sophie's World acts as both a novel and a basic guide to philosophy.
Sophie's World. From Publishers WeeklyThis long, dense novel, a bestseller in the author's native Norway, offers a summary history of philosophy embedded in a philosophical mystery disguised as a children's book-but only sophisticated young adults would be remotely interested. Sophie Amundsen is about to turn 15 when she receives a letter from one Alberto Knox, a philosopher who undertakes to educate her in his craft. Sections in which we read the text of Knox's lessons to Sophie about the pre-Socratics, Plato and St. Augustine alternate with those in which we find out about Sophie's life with her well-meaning mother. Soon, though, Sophie begins receiving other, stranger missives addressed to one Hilde Moller Knag from her absent father, Albert. As Alberto Knox's lessons approach this century, he and Sophie come to suspect that they are merely characters in a novel written by Albert for his daughter. Teacher and pupil hatch a plot to understand and possibly escape from their situation; and from there, matters get only weirder. Norwegian philosophy professor Gaarder's notion of making a history of philosophy accessible is a good one. Unfortunately, it's occasionally undermined by the dry language he uses to describe the works of various thinkers and by an idiosyncratic bias that gives one paragraph to Nietzsche but dozens to Sartre, breezing right by Wittgenstein and the most influential philosophy of this century, logical positivism. Many readers, regardless of their age, may be tempted to skip over the lessons, which aren't well integrated with the more interesting and unusual metafictional story line. Author tour. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Sophie's World. Editorial Reviews Amazon.comWanting to understand the most fundamental questions of the universe isn't the province of ivory-tower intellectuals alone, as this book's enormous popularity has demonstrated. A young girl, Sophie, becomes embroiled in a discussion of philosophy with a faceless correspondent. At the same time, she must unravel a mystery involving another young girl, Hilde, by using everything she's learning. The truth is far more complicated than she could ever have imagined.
Other Books That Have Been Suggested as Alternatives to ZMM.[These, like ZMM, are thought provoking books that will make you think about your life and what you are about. You will be a better person after reading them.] Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach. Editorial Reviews. Amazon.com"Most gulls don't bother to learn more than the simplest facts of flight--how to get from shore to food and back again," writes author Richard Bach in this allegory about a unique bird named Jonathan Livingston Seagull. "For most gulls it is not flying that matters, but eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that mattered, but flight." Flight is indeed the metaphor that makes the story soar. Ultimately this is a fable about the importance of seeking a higher purpose in life, even if your flock, tribe, or neighborhood finds your ambition threatening. (At one point our beloved gull is even banished from his flock.) By not compromising his higher vision, Jonathan gets the ultimate payoff: transcendence. Ultimately, he learns the meaning of love and kindness. The dreamy seagull photographs by Russell Munson provide just the right illustrations--although the overall packaging does seem a bit dated (keep in mind that it was first published in 1970). Nonetheless, this is a spirituality classic, and an especially engaging parable for adolescents. --Gail Hudson
Jonathan Livingston Seagull From Audio File.Jonathan Livingston Seagull is a bird who teaches us how to follow our dreams and reach our goals, no matter what anyone else might think. Jonathan is a seagull who wants to master the art of flying, even though his flock has told him many times that all seagulls should concentrate on is getting food. Jonathan has tried to be a "good gull," but he cannot quell his urge to fly. Richard Bach reads this fable in a calm voice that sounds like a blowing wind. When there's fighting among the gulls, the tone of his voice reflects that
Gift from the Sea: by Anne Morrow Lindbergh.Anne Morrow Lindbergh's lyrical words are still relevant and presage so many of the themes of today's most popular books: simplicity, peaceful solitude, caring for the soul, a woman finding her place in society and life. I heard that the woman who had lived in the cabin had actually passed away some time before. Thank you, Eve, for your gift... from the sea.
Gift from the Sea: by Anne Morrow Lindbergh. Book DescriptionA modern-day classic. Gift from the Sea is like a shell itself in its small and perfect form . . . It tells of light and life and love and the security that lies at the heart."--New York Times Book Review.
"Pilgrim at Tinker Creek" By Annie DillardAn exhilarating meditation on nature and its seasons-a personal narrative highlighting one year's exploration on foot in the author's own neighborhood in Tinker Creek, Virginia. In the summer, Dillard stalks muskrats in the creek and contemplates wave mechanics; in the fall she watches a monarch butterfly migration and dreams of Arctic caribou. She tries to con a coot; she collects pond water and examines it under a microscope. She unties a snake skin, witnesses a flood, and plays -King of the Meadow' with a field of grasshoppers.
Cont: "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek" By Annie DillardThe Pulitzer Prize-winning Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is a series of interconnected essays which challenge the listener to contemplate the natural world beyond its commonplace surfaces. ….. Dillard's beautiful alliterative phrasing, glorious imagery, and inspired themes. ….[makes the book full of] …. meanings of this energetic, Thoreauvian ramble through Nature's seasons and secrets. Coming across a cedar tree one day, Dillard sees "the tree with the lights in it," a spiritual phenomenon emblematic of her uncanny way of knowing what is real and true about a universe designed by "a maniac." Cassidy brilliantly conveys Dillard the seer interacting with the grotesque majesties of the scene.
Pilgrims Progress. Customer Review."Let it be clear that I am commenting on "The Pilgrim's Progress" as literature, indeed, as great literature. The religious content of the book is plain in any version. From Bunyan, it is a plain-spoken tale effectively told by a plain-spoken and popular preacher. Bunyan's book, though, is far from being the touchy-feely, ecumenically-friendly thing that the modernized versions might suggest. After all, Bunyan managed to get himself into hot legal water in 1658 when the Puritan-dominated English Republic was in power and then again when the Anglican-dominated Restoration of Charles II came along."
''The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" by Steven CoveyEditorial Reviews Amazon.com.
'The Knowledge-Creating Company, by Ikujiro Nonaka and Hirotaka Takeuchi, ."We found it the book most frequently cited by practicing managers. It offers a good blend of theory (distinguishing tact and explicit knowledge, describing knowledge conversion processes and the knowledge-creating spiral) and practical examples including innovation at Matushita, Canon and Honda. The seminal book on the subject."
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter.Editorial Reviews Amazon.com.
Web Page Asks: What Is the Most Important Work of Philosophy To Be Written In the Last Fifty Years? Answer Suggests Several More Books:Ask a panel of experts and you'll probably be told it's something like Rawls's Theory of Justice , Mac Intyre's After Virtue , or Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, all books the average person in the street has never heard of. Jo Public is most likely to remember an international bestseller: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values by Robert M Pirsig, published in 1974.
Web Page Suggests Several More Important Authors.Other people, coming from different religious traditions or inspired by such writers as Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Albert Schweitzer, recognize an invisible bond between themselves and the physical world--a universal stream of inner vitality they may label "spiritual." Their experience of being "in unity with nature" isn't mere aesthetic appreciation; it is a profound recognition that humankind and the Earth share a common lifeblood, a common pulse, and a common destiny. Whatever the origins of our Earth-consciousness, we can explore and nurture it by intimate contact with nature herself:
This Web Page Whole Systems Quotes Offers Another Way To Discover Recommended Books and Authors.See http://www.worldtrans.org/whole/wsquotes.html "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" (ZMM) Is a Writers Book!Robert Pirsig's ZMM discusses how to teach good writing, and how to support the creative process. And because of this emphasis, author Pirsig has stated that "he better be damed sure" his book was good writing!! I and many others believe he was quite successful at this. Indeed ZMM is used as a text in university writing courses around the world! I was able to find 16 universities where ZMM is used in writing courses. To see these use the Edit > Find [write] at the top of
Other Books on the writing process.See Amazon.com for more info and for "View Inside the Book". "The Making of Truth" by Theodore L. Brown"Science As Writing" by David Locke (1992)"The Elements of Style" by William Strunk and E. B. White
Those who need help on writing might take a university writing course or get editing help.ZMM Alternatives Mentioned by Various People.The Catcher in the Rye is a novel by J. D. Salinger.First published in the United States in 1951, the novel has been a frequently challenged book[1][2][3] in its home country for its liberal use of profanity and portrayal of sexuality and teenage angst. .. Originally published for adults,[4] the novel has become a common part of high school and college curricula throughout the English-speaking world; it has also been translated into almost all of the world's major languages.[5] Around 250,000 copies are sold each year, with total sales of more than 65 million.[6] .. The novel was chosen by Time magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present.[7] The novel's protagonist, Holden Caulfield, has become an icon for teenage rebellion and defiance.[8] Written in the first person, The Catcher in the Rye follows Holden's experiences in New York City in the days following his expulsion from Pencey Prep, a college preparatory school.
Blue Highways, by William Least Heat-Moon[This book] spent 42 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list in 1982-83, is a chronicle of a three-month-long road trip that Heat-Moon took throughout the United States in 1978, after losing his teaching job and being left by his wife. He travelled 13,000 miles, as much as possible on secondary roads (often drawn on maps in blue, esp. on the old style Rand McNally road atlas) and tried to avoid cities, living out of the back of his van "Ghost Dancing" and visiting small towns such as Nameless, Tennessee; Hachita, New Mexico; and Bagley, Minnesota in an attempt to find places in America that were untouched by fast food chains and interstate highways. The book chronicles the people he talked to in roadside cafés as well as his personal soul-searching. Prairyerth, also by William Least Heat-Moon.[this] is a deep map account of Chase County, Kansas, and River Horse is an account of a four-month coast-to-coast boat trip across the U.S., using only the nation's waterways, and explores Heat-Moon's continuing observation of American culture. River Horse details Heat-Moon's retracing of Lewis and Clark's exploration of the American frontier in a nation at the end of the Twentieth century and only a short time from the rude awaking of September 11th. The reader can sense the same internal search through River Horse that the writer began with Blue Highways: for an America stripped of the commercial fog and tabloid mentality that often masks the great strengths of her people.
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