Books Tell You Why, Inc.

A just about Fine first printing of the first edition with rubbing to the boards and page edge soiling in a shelfworn Nearly Fine dust-jacket.

Rick Hanson's Spare Parts is a memoir about his life's work as a manual labor activist, Buddhist monk, and teacher. Hanson takes readers on a journey from his childhood in a small town in Maine to his time as a labor organizer in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when he helped lead the first major American organizing effort against the Vietnam War. He tells of his time as a Buddhist monk, and his work as a teacher and speaker on subjects ranging from meditation to the psychology of happiness. Hanson's Spare Parts is a moving and inspiring story of one man's lifelong search for meaning and peace.; 8vo; 231 pages; MR, Price check?