The Tao and the Bard: A Conversation (SIGNED)

DePoy, Phillip

ISBN 10: 1628725885 / ISBN 13: 9781628725889

Published by Arcade Publishing, New York, 2016

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Fine in wrappers. A fine copy with full number line. Signed on title page. The covers are clean and bright and the edges are sharp. No tears or creases. The binding is straight and tight. NO remainder mark, NOT ex-lib. Seller Inventory # 007862

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Tao and the Bard: A Conversation (SIGNED)

Publisher: Arcade Publishing, New York

Publication Date: 2016

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine in wrappers

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

Shakespeare and Lao Tzu match wits and wisdom in this playful encounter a new take on the old dialogue between East and West.
The Tao Te Ching, or Book of the Way of Virtue, is a touchstone of Eastern philosophy and mysticism. It has been called the wisest book ever written. Its author, Lao Tzu, is known as the Great Archivist, but some say he has never lived or is the synthesis of many people. Shakespeare, the Bard, was the West’s greatest writer and even invented human nature, according to some. The Tao and the Bard is the delightful conversation between these two unlikely spokesmen, who join in a free exchange of views in its pages.
Here, in his own words, Lao Tzu offers the eight-one verses that comprise the Tao, and, responding to each verse, the Bard answers with quotations from his plays and poems. In sometimes surprising ways, Shakespeare’s words speak to Lao Tzu’s, as the two trade observations on such topics as good and evil, love and virtue, wise fools and foolish wisdom, and being the nothing from which all things are.” As moderator, Phillip DePoy sometimes adds his own helpful comments, and the reader is invited to take part whether to parse the meanings closely or sit back and enjoy the entertainment!

Review:

Julia MacLeod shares unique and enchanting experiences as a nurse in rural Scotland. Her stories will ring true with every nurse--or anyone--who has ever cared for a family or a community, whether in Scotland or America. Call the Nurse is a delightful read. --LeAnn Thieman, author of Chicken Soup for the Nurse's Soul

This charming, bracing reminiscence of life on a remote Hebridean island captures a vanishing world filled with memorable stories and characters. It ranges from birth to death, with accounts of celebrations and tragedies, elemental struggles and essential relationships, and unique customs and traditions in a culture few of us have encountered. Mary J. MacLeod makes you care, moves you, amuses you, shocks you, teaches you: This is a surprising, satisfying memoir. --Floyd Skloot, author of In the Shadow of Memory and The Wink of the Zenith: The Shaping of a Writer s Life

Julia MacLeod has written a book which encapsulates Hebridean life during some decades past . . . with a sensitivity that reflects her nursing career. --Lady Claire Macdonald of Macdonald, from her foreword