Further Along the Road Less Traveled: The Unending Journey Toward Spiritual Growth

M. Scott Peck, Peck. Touchstone Books, $14 (252pp) ISBN 978-0-671-89288-3

Psychiatrist Peck's sequel to The Road Less Traveled was a 10-week PW bestseller. (Oct.)

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