false 2756399 8 On the Trail of Robert Pirsig's <b>Zen and the</b> <b>Art of Motorcycle Maintenance</b>, <b>Zen and Now</b> is the story of a story that will appeal to the 5 million readers of the original and serve as an initiation to a whole new generation. <br><br>Since its original publication in 1968, <b>Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values</b> has touched whole generations of readers with its serious attempt to define &#8220;quality&#8221; in a world that seems indifferent to the responsibilities that quality brings. Mark Richardson expands that journey with an investigation of his own &#8211; to find the enigmatic author of <b>Zen and the Art</b>, ask him a few questions, and place his classic book in context. The result manages to be a biography of Pirsig himself &#8211; in the discovery of an unknown life of madness, murder and eventual resolution &#8211; and a splendid meditation on creativity and problem-solving, sanity and insanity. 2782101 book 9 9 2008 Zen and Now: on the Trail of Robert Pirsig and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance total:62|5:11|4:29|3:14|2:6|1:2| 62 227 143 22 2756399 0307397475 9780307397478 53 17 3.66 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2756399.Zen_and_Now_on_the_Trail_of_Robert_Pirsig_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_Maintenance 5 1 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 28 16:28:47 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 16:54:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2756399 0307397475 9780307397478 53 17 3.66 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2756399.Zen_and_Now_on_the_Trail_of_Robert_Pirsig_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_Maintenance 3 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 18:31:34 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 18:37:22 -0800 2009 Unabridged: 9 hrs and 58 mins

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In 1968, Robert Pirsig and his son, Chris, made the cross-country motorcycle trip that was the basis for Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, a book that has inspired generations with its searching...more...]]> 2756399 0307397475 9780307397478 53 17 3.66 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2756399.Zen_and_Now_on_the_Trail_of_Robert_Pirsig_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_Maintenance 3 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 12 08:12:25 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 12 08:30:04 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2756399 0307397475 9780307397478 53 17 3.66 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2756399.Zen_and_Now_on_the_Trail_of_Robert_Pirsig_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_Maintenance 3 0 false Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 12:35:45 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 22:38:12 -0700 2009 Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Mainte...more...]]> 2756399 0307397475 9780307397478 53 17 3.66 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2756399.Zen_and_Now_on_the_Trail_of_Robert_Pirsig_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_Maintenance 4 0 false Wed May 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 12:39:56 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 21:53:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2756399 0307397475 9780307397478 53 17 3.66 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2756399.Zen_and_Now_on_the_Trail_of_Robert_Pirsig_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_Maintenance 4 0 false Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 13:39:01 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 13:39:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2756399 0307397475 9780307397478 53 17 3.66 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2756399.Zen_and_Now_on_the_Trail_of_Robert_Pirsig_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_Maintenance 5 0 false Sun Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Sep 27 19:20:04 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 29 05:43:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 6473802 0307390691 9780307390691 5 2 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255696810m/6473802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6473802-zen-and-now 1 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1983 Sat Nov 28 14:46:26 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 28 14:48:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2756399 0307397475 9780307397478 53 17 3.66 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2756399.Zen_and_Now_on_the_Trail_of_Robert_Pirsig_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_Maintenance 3 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 25 17:48:55 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 17:51:53 -0700 2009 2756399 0307397475 9780307397478 53 17 3.66 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2756399.Zen_and_Now_on_the_Trail_of_Robert_Pirsig_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_Maintenance 4 0 false Thu Aug 20 03:58:51 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 04:02:54 -0700 2009 6473802 0307390691 9780307390691 5 2 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255696810m/6473802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6473802-zen-and-now 4 0 false Fri Dec 04 12:56:20 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 04 12:57:19 -0800 2009 2756399 0307397475 9780307397478 53 17 3.66 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2756399.Zen_and_Now_on_the_Trail_of_Robert_Pirsig_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_Maintenance 4 0 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 13 21:19:44 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 21:25:45 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 2756399 0307397475 9780307397478 53 17 3.66 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2756399.Zen_and_Now_on_the_Trail_of_Robert_Pirsig_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_Maintenance 4 0 false Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 20 08:55:29 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 25 09:45:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2756399 0307397475 9780307397478 53 17 3.66 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2756399.Zen_and_Now_on_the_Trail_of_Robert_Pirsig_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_Maintenance 0 0 false Wed Feb 04 14:57:07 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 14:57:26 -0800 2009 6021081 0307397483 9780307397485 2 1 3.66 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6021081.Zen_and_Now_On_the_Trail_of_Robert_Pirsig_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_Maintenance 0 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue Jan 06 18:42:42 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 18:43:08 -0800 2009 2756399 0307397475 9780307397478 53 17 3.66 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2756399.Zen_and_Now_on_the_Trail_of_Robert_Pirsig_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_Maintenance 3 1 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 05 16:50:13 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 08 19:19:23 -0800 2009 Not the greatest book I ever read, definitely took advantage of ZAMM hype to publicize a mediocre road trip retracing Pirsig's steps. Read ZAMM and save yourself the trouble of reading this one. Though I learned a few things about Robert Pirsig's life that I didn't know before and discovered...more...]]> 2756399 0307397475 9780307397478 53 17 3.66 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2756399.Zen_and_Now_on_the_Trail_of_Robert_Pirsig_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_Maintenance 4 0 false Wed Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Sep 29 05:33:09 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 25 07:45:05 -0800 2009 Z&AMM of the past and present running side by side – I definitely enjoyed reading this. The author is an even bigger fan of Z&AMM than me (my motorcycle riding never got off the ground after an a...more...]]> 2756399 0307397475 9780307397478 53 17 3.66 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2756399.Zen_and_Now_on_the_Trail_of_Robert_Pirsig_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_Maintenance 2 0 false Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 11:12:36 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 11:10:00 -0700 2009
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