Books by Thich Nhat Hanh and Complete Book Reviews

Thich Nhat Hanh, Author . Riverhead $23.95 (227p) ISBN 978-1-57322-187-0
In an age of road rage, Americans would do well to cool down with prolific Buddhist monk Hanh (Living Buddha, Living Christ). There is plenty in this small volume worth skipping, such as Hanh's tedious call for "Healing the Wounded Child...
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Thich Nhat Hanh. HarperOne, $27.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-06-295479-4
Nhat Hanh (How to Relax), a prominent Buddhist monk and peace activist, who has written extensively on topics such as mindfulness, love, and creating peaceful communities, collects many of those teachings focused on finding calm and an optimistic...
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Thich Nhat Hanh. HarperOne, $24.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-06-222469-9
Each of Nhat Hanh's many books tweaks his simple but profound message—mindfulness—to address an acutely perceived need in contemporary society. Here the famed Vietnamese Zen master and activist (perhaps best known for Peace Is Every Step) addresses...
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Thich Nhat Hanh, Author Riverhead Books $19.95 (304p) ISBN 978-1-57322-288-4
Vietnamese Zen Buddhist master Thich Nhat Hanh has authored three national bestsellers that deal with negative emotions: Anger, Going Home and No Death, No Fear. Here he distills some of the best quotations from those three books, offering advice on
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Thich Nhat Hanh, Author . Parallax $14.95 (201p) ISBN 978-1-888375-72-5
Vietnamese Zen Buddhist master Thich Nhat Hanh usually presents teachings simply and often lyrically. This book, a translation and commentary on teachings of the Chinese master Linji, a founder of the Zen tradition, is not so simple and not very...
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Thich Nhat Hanh, Author . Parallax $11.95 (155p) ISBN 978-1-888375-55-8
Hanh, the Vietnamese Zen master and author of more than 60 books, asks: "Why is prayer successful at some times and not at others?" Other questions also animate this brief primer on prayer: How can we pray for healing, say from lung cancer,...
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A Buddhist monk, poet and Zen master, Hanh fled his native Vietnam during the war and became a peace activist, eventually settling in France. He now has followers throughout the world. On this tape—based on a visit Hanh made to San Francisco&
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Thich Nhat Hanh, Author, Thich Nhatthanh, Author Parallax Press $22.5 (253p) ISBN 978-0-938077-81-7
Thich Nhat Hanh's introduction begins with the Turning the Dharma Wheel Sutra, the classic tale of Buddha's announcement in the Deer Park of his awakening. Nhat Hanh then proceeds through a series of laundry-list definitions of core Buddhist...
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Thich Nhat Hanh, Author, Thich Nhatthanh, Author, Mobi Warren, Translator Parallax Press $18 (0p) ISBN 978-0-938077-96-1
In his latest book, the popular Vietnamese monk (Peace Is Every Step) undertakes a renovation of the Western understanding of the word ""love."" According to Nhat Hanh, ""if we learn ways to practice love, compassion, joy, and equanimity, we will...
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Thich Nhat Hanh, Author, Pritam Singh, Introduction by Riverhead Books $22 (202p) ISBN 978-1-57322-145-0
In this short treatise, Vietnamese Buddhist monk Hanh continues the ecumenical dialogue he began in 1995's Living Buddha, Living Christ. The chapters evolved from talks he gave at Plum Village, Hanh's Buddhist retreat center located in the heart of...
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Thich Nhat Hanh. HarperOne, $25.99 (176p) ISBN 978-0-06-200472-7
One of the world’s foremost Buddhist masters and advocates for peace, Nhat Hanh addresses the topic of fear in his latest book. He writes, “The practice of living fully in the present moment—what we call mindfulness—can give us the courage to face...
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Thich Nhat Hanh. Parallax, $12.95 trade paper (120p) ISBN 978-1-937006-20-4
With his characteristic gentleness and insight, Vietnamese Zen master Nhat Hanh (Fear) applies his key teachings to the workplace. "[I]f we practice mindfulness in everything we do," he writes, "our work can help us realize our ideal of living in...
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Thich Nhat Hanh, read by John Lee. Tantor Media, unabridged, three CDs, 3 hrs., $19.99 ISBN 978-14526-1118-1
Esteemed Zen master Hanh presents his approach to achieving a state of mindful awareness and inner peace, and provides strategies and exercises intended to help people awaken to the present moment. The selection of John Lee as narrator proves...
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Edited by Llewellyn Vaughn-Lee. The Golden Sufi Center (IPG, dist.), $24.95 (280p) ISBN 978-1-890350-45-1
In this series of essays, edited by Sufi spiritual teacher and author Vaughn-Lee (Prayer of the Heart in Christian and Sufi Mysticism), writers from different faith traditions mourn the damage done to the Earth. They call for spiritual rather than...
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Thich Nhat Hanh. Parallax, $24.95 (187p) ISBN 978-1-941529-42-3
In a collection of previously published works and unpublished talks, Nhat Hanh (The Miracle of Mindfulness) offers readers stories and teachings from his life. Nhat Hanh, known for his simple and tender style of Zen instruction, teaches through...
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Thich Nhat Hanh, Author, James Gimian, Read by , read by James Gimian. Shambhala $19.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-59030-654-3
Zen monk Nanh offers his insights into love as private emotion and public force in his thought-provoking guide to Buddhism's four key aspects of love. Narrator James Gimian, a Buddhist himself, relates Hanh's ideas with admirable clarity....
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Thich Nhat Hanh, Author, Thich Nhat Hanh, Author, Robert Aitken, Foreword by Parallax Press $8.95 (82p) ISBN 978-0-938077-83-1
In The Long Road Leads to Joy: A Guide to Walking Meditation, Buddhist monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh illuminates the spiritual benefits afforded by walking mindfully. Encouraging his readers to walk with their attention on the present and...
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Thich Nhat Hanh, Author, Thich Nhat Hanh, Author, TBA, Read by , read by Michael York. Simon & Schuster Audio $26 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7435-3003-3
In narrating Nhat Hanh's spiritual guide, York did not have an easy task. The text is an accessible, solid introduction to Buddhist principles. Since Nhat Hanh is committed to what he calls "engaged Buddhism," he takes basic Buddhist...
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Thich Nhat Hanh, Author, Sherab Chodzin Kohn, Translator . Shambhala $12.95 (109p) ISBN 978-1-59030-188-3
This umpteenth volume from the highly regarded Vietnamese Zen monk really has nothing new, but that is precisely the author's point: just do a few simple things, and keep doing them. True love—the real thing—is actually hard to...
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Thich Nhat Hanh, Author, Thich Nhat Hahn, Author, Thich Nat Hanh, Author Bantam Books $17.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-07128-3
``Next time you are caught in a traffic jam . . . sit back and smile . . . a smile of compassion and loving kindness.'' While such sappy Zen advice from a Buddhist monk, a Vietnamese resident in France following his exile in 1966, could send Western
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Thich Nhat Hanh, Author, Nhat, Author, Thich Nhat Hanh, Author . Free Press $23 (224p) ISBN 978-0-7432-4519-7
If Vietnamese Zen monk and peace activist Nhat Hanh has said the same thing over and over again, it's because his message can't be restated too often in a violent world: peace can be found in every step, every breath. Nhat Hanh's books,...
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Thich Nhat Hanh. Parallax (PGW, dist.), $14.95 trade paper (144p) ISBN 978-1-935209-89-8
The aging Zen Buddhist master offers teachings that can form the basis for a global ethic. His Buddhist teachings are familiar: breathe; pay attention to the present and whatever you are doing in order to see deeply; then breathe again. Nhat Hanh...
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Thich Nhat Hanh, Author, Alan Weisman, Introduction by . Parallax $10.95 (141p) ISBN 978-1-8883-7588-6
Past the age of 80 now, the indefatigable Vietnamese Buddhist monk Nhat Hanh continues teaching. As peace flows from Buddhist teachings, so too does an environmental ethic rooted in awareness and interrelatedness. Nhat Hanh's engaged Buddhism,...
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"Life exists only in the present moment. To lose the present is to lose life." This is the simple, potent message of Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, an immeasurably gifted mindfulness teacher. Exiled from his homeland for his work...
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