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Book

On quality : an inquiry into excellence : unpublished and selected writings

Call Number

  • 179.9 P672 (CEN)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

Boston : Mariner Books, [2022]

Physical Description

xxxi, 153 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Summary

For the first time, readers are granted access to fifty years of the author's personal writings in this posthumous collection that includes previously unpublished texts, speeches, letters, interviews and private notes, as well as key excerpts from the multi-million-copy-selling classic Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

  • Bob's quest
  • "The right way"
  • Quality
  • Values
  • The metaphysics of quality
  • Dharma
  • Attitude.

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