{"product_id":"the-second-book-of-the-tao-9780143116707","title":"The Second Book of the Tao","description":"\u003cb\u003e \"A twenty-first-century form of ancient wisdom . . . Mitchell's flights, his paradoxes, his wonderful riffs are brilliant and liberating.\" -Pico Iyer \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The most widely translated book in world literature after the Bible, Lao-tzu's \u003ci\u003eTao Te Ching\u003c\/i\u003e, or \u003ci\u003eBook of the Way\u003c\/i\u003e, is the classic manual on the art of living. Following the phenomenal success of his own version of the \u003ci\u003eTao Te Ching\u003c\/i\u003e, renowned scholar and translator Stephen Mitchell has composed the innovative \u003ci\u003eThe Second Book of the Tao\u003c\/i\u003e. Drawn from the work of Lao-tzu's disciple Chuang- tzu and Confucius's grandson Tzu-ssu, \u003ci\u003eThe Second Book of the Tao\u003c\/i\u003e collects the freshest, most profound teachings from these two great students of the Tao to offer Western readers a path into reality that has nothing to do with east or west, but everything to do with truth. With his own illuminating commentary alongside each adapta-tion, at once explicating and complementing the text, Mitchell makes the ancient teachings at once modern, relevant, and timeless. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eListen to a special podcast with Stephen Mitchell: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143116707\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.42h x 5.56w x 0.59d","brand":"Stephen Mitchell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36634911178908,"sku":"9780143116707","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_31d64ad2-0665-41d6-b516-5aa914cf6636.jpg?v=1603837990","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-second-book-of-the-tao-9780143116707","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}