Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance
an inquiry into values
by Robert M. Pirsig
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"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. The narrative of a father on a summer motorcycle trip across America's Northwest with his young son, it 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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Pirsig, Robert M., Biography, Description and travel, Fathers and sons, Journeys, Maintenance and repair, Motorcycles, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Philosophy and civilization, Popular culture, Psychology, Self, Zen Buddhism and science, Conduct of life, Existentialism, Travel, Values, Social Values, Autobiography, 18.06 Anglo-American literature, Zen buddhism, Motorcycles, maintenance and repair, United states, description and travel, Christmas decorations, Handicraft, Open Library Staff Picks, Essentialism (Philosophy), Pirsig, Robert M, Pirsing, Robert M., General, Fathers and sons--united states, Ct275.p648 a3 1974, 917.3/04/920924 bPeople
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
October 1, 2000, Harper Perennial
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Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance: an inquiry into values
1999, Quill
in English
- 25th Anniversary ed.
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Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance: an inquiry into values
1999, W. Morrow
in English
- Quill ed.
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Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance: an inquiry into vlalues
1999, Morrow
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- 25th anniversary ed., with a new introduction by the author.
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Traite Du Zen Et De L'entretie
1998, Editions du Seuil, Editions du Seuil/points
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January 20, 1998, Editions du Seuil
Paperback
in French
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Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance: an inquiry into values
1991, Vintage
in English
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Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance: an inquiry into values
1984, Morrow
in English
- Special anniversary ed., with a new introd. / by the author.
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Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance : An Inquiry Into Values
1979, Harpercollins
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
1974, HarperPerennial Modern Classics
in English
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Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance: an inquiry into values
1974, Morrow
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Originally published: New York : Morrow, 1974. With new introd. and reader's guide.
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