Mark Nepo, Author . Conari $17.95 (301p) ISBN 978-1-57324-315-5
The word “courage” comes from the Latin cor,
Nepo explains in a densely worded, poetic meditation on this essential quality. If to find our way to the core is to face the lion, then to stand by our core is to be the lion, he says. Nepo,
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Mark Nepo, Author Harmony $21 (288p) ISBN 978-1-4000-5177-9
Books concerning spiritual awakening after a near-death experience tend naturally to be self-centered, and Nepo's book is no exception. The 53-year-old writer and motivational speaker (The Book of Awakening) suffered from cancer, which he survived...
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Mark Nepo. HCI, $15.95 trade paper (264p) ISBN 978-0-7573-1571-8
Poet, philosopher, bestselling author (The Book of Awakening), and master of metaphor, Nepo has assembled a collection of soulful stories about “staying awake and staying close to what is sacred” that go straight to the heart. Each vignette relates...
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Mark Nepo. Atria, $26 (320p) ISBN 978-1-4767-7464-0
Nepo (The Book of Awakening) writes reflectively and poetically about the lifelong spiritual journey. His tone is ruminative and intimate, as he draws from his own experience—he is a cancer survivor, which has powerfully shaped his life—but also...
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Mark Nepo. Sounds True, $18.95 trade paper (264p) ISBN 978-1-62203-899-2
Poet and philosopher Nepo (The Endless Practice) combines poetic prose and straightforward, sensible philosophy in this collection of thoughts encouraging readers to mindfully relish their journeys through life. The book sensitively and...
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Mark Nepo. Atria, $27 (352p) ISBN 978-1-5011-6783-6
Poet and philosopher Nepo (Things That Join the Sea and Sky) ruminates on the notion of community and how individuals can sustain it in this sometimes ponderous but pleasingly sincere manifesto. In short essays within six themed sections, Nepo...
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Mark Nepo. Sounds True, $18.95 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-1-68364-230-5
Poet and philosopher Nepo (Seven Thousand Ways of Listening) provides personal reflections and exercises in this passionate testament to the spirituality of expression—particularly prose. “When we express, when we let out what is in... we are...
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Mark Nepo. St. Martin’s, $20.99 (288p) ISBN 978-1-250-34237-9
Poet Nepo (The Book of Awakening) explores the “gifts and challenges of being close to one another” in this florid paean to friendship. Among other personal anecdotes, he shares how undergoing cancer treatment at the same time his friend Robert...
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