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The Beaten Path: Field Notes on Getting Wise in a Wisdom-Crazy World
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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780380978229
 
1 edition from William Morrow & Co (August 1, 2001)
9780380978229 | details & prices | 225 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $25.00
About: Looks at everything from Taoism to Native American spirituality to challenge the modern-day search for meaning, examines where they fail to teach full enlightenment, and discusses ways in which meaningfulness can be achieved.
Paperback
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from Quill (January 1, 1975)
9780380810505 | details & prices | 240 pages | List price $12.95
About: In an America obsessed with quickie enlightenment and wisdom-acquisition, Ptolemy Tompkins is a seeker who has been there and done that.