The Road Less Traveled
A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth
by M. Scott Peck
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“Profound truths and bold opinions on discipline, life, and love, written by a psychiatrist in 1978. It's been a bestseller all these years for a good reason.”
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Enlightenment, Stoicism, and Spiritual.
Perhaps no book in this generation has had a more profound impact on our intellectual and spiritual lives than The Road Less Traveled. With sales of more than seven million copies in the United States and Canada, and translations into more than twentythree languages, it has made publishing history, with more than ten years on the New York Times be...
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Enlightenment, Stoicism, and Spiritual.
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“Profound truths and bold opinions on discipline, life, and love, written by a psychiatrist in 1978. It's been a bestseller all these years for a good reason.”
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