{"product_id":"book-amx8","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 adapta­tion, at once explicating and complementing the text, Mitchell makes the ancient teachings at once modern, relevant, and timeless.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49338396442928,"sku":"BDamx8","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/299694-amx8-Square.jpg?v=1733993762","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-amx8","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}