The Road He Travelled

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<p>M. Scott Peck was hailed as 'a prophet to the Seventies' when<i>The Road Less Travelled</i>was published. His book spent in excess of 10 years on the<i>New York Times</i>bestseller list - longer than achieved by any other living author. Millions of readers understood his message that life is difficult and that it is by overcoming a constant stream of problems that personal and spiritual fulfilment is attainable, operating at the interface of psychology and theology.</p><p>M. Scott Peck died in 2005 from Parkinsons Disease, having recently divorced his wife, Lily, after 40 years of marriage.<i>The Road</i><i>He Travelled</i>makes sense of the fascinating paradoxes associated with his life and work - modern guru, bad father and husband, excellent writer, self-centred prophet, genuine seeker, a decent person trying sometimes to be better, the wounded carer, the healing physician, the great encourager...</p>

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Veteran author and journalist Arthur Jones has lived in the United States on-and-off since 1958. British-born, he was editor-at-large of the<i>National Catholic Reporter</i>and a former New York associate editor and European bureau chief of<i>Forbes Magazine</i>. Educated at Ruskin College, Oxford, he has reported from more than 50 countries during his career and has served an an international correspondent for the<i>Financial Times</i>as well as broadcaster for Irish and Australian radio. The author of 10 books written from 1976 to 2003, Arthur Jones is married and lives in Southern California.

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