New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/ Putnam's, 1993. 3rd ptg . Soft cover. Near Fine. 9700 shelf. Solid square trade paperback, pictorial gray covers. Partial remainder "P" bottom edge. No names, clean text. Bibliography. Handsome production.

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Mel Ash is a writer, artist, and teacher/performer with a lifelong interest in transformative experience, cultural change, and consciousness. A former authorized Zen teacher in an Asian tradition, he has taught workshops nationally on Zen, Beat spirituality, and alternative psychology. Present during many cultural shifts, he attended Woodstock as a young teenager, worked at a punk rock paper in the eighties, and is currently active in contemporary alt. culture, exploring the cultural dimensions of spiritual action. In addition to Shaving the Inside of Your Skull , he is also the author and illustrator of The Zen of Recovery (1993) and Beat Spirit (both published by Tarcher/Putnam). He is currently researching and working on his new book. He is active in Providence's First Unitarian Church, lives with Sarah Owens-Ash, a Boston radio personality, his two sons, many cats, one newt (no, NOT THAT ONE!), and occasional wayfarers in Providence's "International Neighborhood."

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Bookseller: Gil's Book Loft (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 078573
Title: The Zen of Recovery
Author: Mel Ash
Format/Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 3rd ptg
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0874777062
ISBN 13: 9780874777062
Publisher: Jeremy P. Tarcher/ Putnam's
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1993
Pages: 243
Keywords: self-help

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