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Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Here are three books on spirituality, Specifically Zen Buddhism. "Everyday Zen : Love & Work" by Charlotte Joko Beck, published by Harper Collins; The Spirit of Zen : a Way of Life, Work, and Art in the Far East" by Alan Watts is an Evergreen Book, published by Grove Press; the third book is "Questions to a Zen Master, Taisen Dashimaru : "Practical and Spiritual Answers from the Great Japanese Master" - Translated by Nancy Amphoux. The book was published by E. P. Dutton. ******************************************** TITLE : Everyday Zen : Love and Work / AUTHOR : Charlotte Joko Beck / EDITOR : Steve Smith / IMPRINT : HarperCollins / PLACE : San Francisco / DATE : (1989) / PHYSICAL DETAILS : Trade Paperback; contains a Preface and notes; x + 214 pages; approx. 5 3/8" x 8 1/4"; decorated wraps, glued / CONDITION : VERY GOOD - this is a Previously owned book that remains clean and attractive , with the following particulars noted : No creasing to spine - soft bumps to corner tips - binding is solid - interior is lightly toned, else clean and free of marking. //// This book is, as it states on the cover, "Zen American - Style by an American Zen Master" ; it "offers a warm , engaging, and uniquely American approach to using Zen to deal with the problems of daily living - love, relationships, work, fear, ambition, suffering. Beck shows how to live each moment to the fullest. At the time of this book , she was a teacher at the Zen Center in San Diego. ************************************************** SERIES : An Evergreen Book / TITLE : The Spirit of Zen: A Way of Life, Work , and Art in the Far East / AUTHOR : Alan W. Watts / IMPRINT : Grove Press Books (Evergreen #E 219) / PLACE : New York / DATE : (1981) / EDITION : Reprint 21st Evergreen Printing / PHYSICAL DETAILS : Trade Paperback; Contains a few monochrome illustrations; contains the prefaces to the First , Second and Third Editions; contains a Glossary , and a Bibliography ; 136 pages + six pages of publisher's list; approximately 5 1/4" x 8"; decorated wraps, glued. / CONDITION : VERY GOOD - Also previously owned, the following particulars noted: On the inside of the rear cover is a blank card pocket - but there is no marking or identity stamp on the book. Slight crease to spine; a scratch displays across the front cover; rear cover has mild surface rub - corner tips are softly bumped. Text-block edges toned, else clean. binding is tight; interior paper is toned, else clean and free of marking. //// "The Spirit of Zen" is a famous book that was originally published in 1958, and which has since gone through many printings. Alan Watts established himself as a leading Countercultural guide in the process of joining Eastern spiritual practices and philosophy with Western traditions. "The Spirit of Zen" remains a key text for western enthusiasts interested in Zen Buddhism. For many people this book was their introduction to Zen. *********************************************** TITLE : Questions to a Zen Master / AUTHOR : Taisen Deshimaru (1914 - 1982) / TRANSLATOR : Nancy Amphoux (Originally published in France as "Questions à un Maitre Zen") / IMPRINT : E. P. Dutton / PLACE : New York / DATE : (© 1985) No printing date stated [ circa 1990] / EDITION : 5th E. P. Dutton Printing (Fifth American Printing) / PHYSICAL DETAILS : Trade Paperback; contains one illustration and some calligraphy; has an Introduction and Glossary; [xvi] + 144 pages; 5 5/16" x 8 1/4'; decorated wraps, glued; there is a color photography of Taisen Deshimaru on the rear cover. / CONDITION . VERY GOOD PLUS . This is a previously owned book that remains in exceptional condition, clean and bright, with tight binding and clean, unmarked interior. /// From the rear cover : Taisen Deshimaru Roshi was a man of true wisdom, trained in the traditionally rigorous Soto Zen School. Yet he was a bit of a rebel, and took as his life work the mission to transmit the authentic teaching of Zen Buddhism to the west. In this vol.