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Dr M Scott Peck - The Road Less Travelled (2nd Hand Paperback)
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Synopsis
Confronting and solving problems is a painful process which most of us attempt to avoid. And the very avoidance results in greater pain and an inability to grow both mentally and spiritually.
Drawing heavily on his own professional experience, leading psychiatrist Dr M. Scott Peck suggests ways in which facing our difficulties - and suffering through the changes - can enable us to reach a higher level of self-understanding.
He discusses the nature of loving relationships: how to recognise true compatibility, how to distinguish dependency from love, how to become one's own person, and how to be a more sensitive parent.
This is the bestselling self-help book that will change the way you live, and love, for good.
Details
- Format : Slightly Smaller 2nd Hand Paperback.
- Condition : Very Good (Almost As New)
- Category : Non-Fiction - Health, Medicine, Psychology & Self Help
- Published : 1978 (This Edition 2006 - Arrow Books)
- ISBN : 9780099727408
- SKU : B001566
- PPC : LL250gm
- RRP : £6.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
"An extraordinary book about Life and the art of Living. It was the most complete and indepth book about personal development from which one become much more aware of the nature of all kinds of relationships. This book will help to shape your vision of Life! Please, just read it. Your perspective about things will never be the same." - Goodreads Review.
"Magnificent . . . This is not just a book but a spontaneous act of generosity written by an author who leans towards the reader for the purpose of sharing something larger than himself." - Washington Post.
"The granddaddy of self-help manuals and among the wiser of them." - The Times.
"Sound advice on how to build a happy life." - Daily Mail.
AI Summary
First published in 1978 and rarely out of print since, The Road Less Travelled is one of those rare works of popular psychology that genuinely deserves its reputation. Peck - a psychiatrist drawing on decades of clinical experience - opens with the disarmingly simple observation that life is difficult, and builds from there into a wide-ranging exploration of love, discipline, spiritual growth, and the hard work of becoming a fully functioning human being.
The book moves between case studies, philosophical reflection, and practical guidance with unusual fluency, and while it engages seriously with questions of faith and meaning, it does so without dogma or sentimentality. Challenging, humane, and frequently profound - the kind of book that readers return to at different stages of life and find something new each time.
The Author
Morgan Scott Peck was an American psychiatrist and best-selling author who wrote the book The Road Less Travelled, published in 1978.
