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 twenty-three languages, it has made publishing history, with more than ten years on the New York Times bestseller list.

Now, with a new Introduction by the author, written especially for this twenty-fifth anniversary deluxe trade paperback edition of the all-time national bestseller in its field, M. Scott Peck explains the ideas that shaped this book and that continue to influence an ever-growing audience of readers.

Written in a voice that is timeless in its message of understanding, The Road Less Traveled continues to help us explore the very nature of loving relationships and leads us toward a new serenity and fullness of life. It helps us learn how to distinguish dependency from love; how to become a more sensitive parent; and ultimately how to become one's own true self.

Recognizing that, as in the famous opening line of his book, "Life is difficult" and that the journey to spiritual growth is a long one, Dr. Peck never bullies his readers, but rather guides them gently through the hard and often painful process of change toward a higher level of self-understanding.

Becky Slater and her husband have purchased a burnt-out old farmhouse in a small Vermont town, where they plan to rebuild and make a new life for themselves. Before they get very far, however, Rob Slater announces he is in love with another woman and leaves. Now alone, living in a trailer on a backroad, Becky knows only the dairy-farming O'Connor family and Hayden Flynn, the quiet young handyman from a frighteningly dysfunctional family down the road. Her friendship with the O'Connors--brothers Dean and Chip and their wives, Greer and Lauren--becomes central to her future, especially as she seeks to sort out her relationship with Hayden, who both fascinates and frightens her.

As the truth about the O'Connors begins to unfold, however, Becky finds herself fluctuating between being the counseled and the counselor. Dean and Greer have held on to a rocky marriage complicated by childlessness and Dean's post-Vietnam depression, but their trials have just begun. An unexpected pregnancy changes everyone's lives and threatens the survival of this otherwise closely knit farming family. For Becky, the startling revelations only reaffirm her doubts about commitment and fidelity, sending her down a road from which it will be difficult to return.

Becky Slater and her husband have purchased a burnt-out old farmhouse in a small Vermont town, where they plan to rebuild and make a new life for themselves. Before they get very far, however, Rob Slater announces he is in love with another woman and leaves. Now alone, living in a trailer on a backroad, Becky knows only the dairy-farming O'Connor family and Hayden Flynn, the quiet young handyman from a frighteningly dysfunctional family down the road. Her friendship with the O'Connors--brothers Dean and Chip and their wives, Greer and Lauren--becomes central to her future, especially as she seeks to sort out her relationship with Hayden, who both fascinates and frightens her.

As the truth about the O'Connors begins to unfold, however, Becky finds herself fluctuating between being the counseled and the counselor. Dean and Greer have held on to a rocky marriage complicated by childlessness and Dean's post-Vietnam depression, but their trials have just begun. An unexpected pregnancy changes everyone's lives and threatens the survival of this otherwise closely knit farming family. For Becky, the startling revelations only reaffirm her doubts about commitment and fidelity, sending her down a road from which it will be difficult to return.

When the next change in human evolution comes, it's not what anyone expects. Crouched in a ravine in Montana, Arvin Samuels takes aim at a cougar that has been stalking the herd on his uncle's farm. At the moment the bullet tears through the wildcat, something happens to Arvin. At the same moment, the same thing happens to Sylvia Bostic, a worker at a homeless shelter a thousand miles away, and to Jen Brunt, a nine-year old girl bouncing on the trampoline her father gave her for her birthday. None of them anticipated or wanted what happened to them, but the moment Arvin shoots the cougar, their lives are forever altered. And so is the human race.
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When the next change in human evolution comes, it's not what anyone expects. Crouched in a ravine in Montana, Arvin Samuels takes aim at a cougar that has been stalking the herd on his uncle's farm. At the moment the bullet tears through the wildcat, something happens to Arvin. At the same moment, the same thing happens to Sylvia Bostic, a worker at a homeless shelter a thousand miles away, and to Jen Brunt, a nine-year old girl bouncing on the trampoline her father gave her for her birthday. None of them anticipated or wanted what happened to them, but the moment Arvin shoots the cougar, their lives are forever altered. And so is the human race.
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Confronting and solving problems is a painful process, which most of us attempt to avoid. Drawing heavily upon his own professional experience, Dr. M. Scott Peck, a practicing psychiatrist, suggests ways in which confronting and resolving our problems can enable us to reach a higher level of self-understanding.

By melding love, science, and religion into a primer on personal growth, M. Scott Peck launched his highly successful writing and lecturing career with this book. Even to this day, Peck remains at the forefront of spiritual psychology as a result of The Road Less Traveled. In the era of I'm OK, You're OK, Peck was courageous enough to suggest that "life is difficult" and personal growth is a "complex, arduous and lifelong task." His willingness to expose his own life stories as well as to share the intimate stories of his anonymous therapy clients creates a compelling and heartfelt narrative.

Ask yourself this: If the dead rise tomorrow, are you ready? Do you have a plan?

The dead rose, and the living quickly realized that Hollywood-style tactics were the quickest way to find yourself one of the walking dead.

Kasey, a strong-willed loner from West Virginia, and Ben, a college student from Pennsylvania, have shared an unlikely friendship over the years. And their bond is stretched to its limits when society collapses under a tide of zombies. But Kasey has something she likes to call The Zombie Plan. While Ben sets out for West Virginia, taking with him a ragtag group of friends, Kasey prepares for their long-term stand against the deadheads at her home in the mountains.

But every plan has its weaknesses, and the youths are unaware that a freight train of tragedy is bearing down on them all. In the darkness that follows, Kasey’s Plan slowly unravels: friends lost, family taken, their stronghold reduced to ashes.

“C. Dulaney didn’t reinvent the wheel, but goddamn if she didn’t send it spinning down interesting paths. I’m invested now... what’s going to happen next?” —Thom Brannan, author of LORDS OF NIGHT, co-author of SURVIVORS

“If you’re addicted to zombie literature, this one’s for you. C. Dulaney’s ROADS LESS TRAVELED: THE PLAN is crafted with such beautiful and terrifying scenes, you’ll think you are one of Kasey’s friends, running from the dead and preparing to live in a dark new world. Her prose crackles off the pages and into the mind’s eye. By the time you’ve finished reading, you’ll be clamoring for more from this exciting new author!” —Clyde Wolfe, author of DOWN DARKENED PATHS

Written by an award-winning professor with wide experience teaching at many different law schools, 1L of a Ride provides a step-by-step navigational guide to both academic and emotional success in law school s crucial first year. It essentially answers the questions, What s the first year of law school really like and how can I make the most of it? Readers learn what to expect, when to expect it, and how to respond to it. Other how to succeed in law school books exist, but 1L of a Ride is the only book that: Addresses each aspect of academic success, including the top five habits of successful law students, effective class participation, how to interact with professors, case-briefing, note-taking, outlining, exam preparation, and essay and multiple-choice exam strategies. Includes both a professor and student perspective, with comments from real law students as they progressed through their first year from beginning to end. Features authentic samples of Socratic dialogue, student case briefs, student class notes, and exam questions and answers. Focuses on practical advice that can be followed by any student from day one. Employs a lively first-person voice, humor, and dozens of anecdotes to bring the advice to life. Relies on educational research to back up advice. Includes input from other law professors, including an interview with five professors of Legal Writing, the course that causes the most angst and complaints from first-year students. Provides up-to-date advice in step with the changing landscape of U.S. legal education, including coverage of technology issues relevant to law students.

Further Along the Road Less Traveled takes the lectures of Dr. Peck and presents his profound insights into the issues that confront and challenge all of us today: spirituality, forgiveness, relationships, and growing up. In this aid for living less simplistically, you will learn not to look for the easy answers but to think multidimensionally. You will learn to reach for the "ultimate step," which brings you face to face with your personal spirituality. It will be this that helps you appreciate the complexity that is life.

Continue the journey of personal and spiritual growth with this wise and insightful book.

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The Road Less Traveled and Beyond is the culmination of a lifetime of Dr. M. Scott Peck's counseling, lecturing, and writing, and the conclusion of the "Road" trilogy. In it, we are led to a deeper awareness of how to live rich, fulfilling lives in a world fraught with stress and anxiety.

With the rare combination of profound psychological insight and deep spirituality that has already spoken to millions of readers, Dr. Peck talks about decision making and the choices we make every day in business and at home, and the ethical choices that may affect the very survival of humankind. We learn the difference between good and evil, to overcome narcissism, to love and be loved, to live with paradox, to accept the consequences of our actions all through life, and to come to terms with dying and death.

Dr. Peck is a guide on the adventure that is life, learning, and spiritual growth—life's greatest adventure. Building in depth and power from the very first chapter to its lyrical and poetic conclusion, The Road Less Traveled and Beyond is an adventure in itself.

The potential danger in this book's title is the assumption that Peck is rehashing the same material he wrote in The Road Less Traveled. Thankfully, this isn't so. Although he touches upon the same themes that appear in most everything he writes--narcissism vs. self-love and good vs. evil--Peck is clearly speaking to the crucial dilemmas of the 1990s, such as overly simplistic thinking, institutionalized racism and sexism, as well as the media's despairing vision. Now that Peck has reached the maturity of 60, his narrative is less know-it-all than in the days of yore. Yet, ironically, his decades of research, writing, and human service give him more authority than ever.