Penguin Books, Summer 2012 - Bookseller Services - Penguin Group

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iSBN 978-0-14-312137-4 $16.00 ($17.00 CAN)
Nature/Religion 5 1 /2 x 8 7 /16 272 pp. Rights: E00
8 pp. color photos; b/w maps Pub history: The Penguin Press
hc 978-1-59420-291-9 On sale: 6/26/2012
SuGGeSTeD ORDeR
“ An absorbing account of
how two priesthoods—professional
wildland firefighters and Zen
monastics—confronted the fire’s
threat.” —Los Angeles Times
“ This book reads like a hairraising
adventure novel.”
—Shambhala Sun
ClASSiC PeNGuiN
july
Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind meets Young
Men and Fire in a real-life adventure that
is “captivating and often exhilarating”
(San Francisco Chronicle)
Fire Monks
Zen Mind Meets Wildfire
Colleen Morton Busch
In June 2008 more than two thousand wildfires blazed across
California, putting Tassajara, the oldest Zen Buddhist monastery
in the United States, at particular risk. Fire Monks is the story of
five monks who turned back after evacuation to save the remote
sanctuary. A gripping narrative, as well as an insider’s portrait of
the Zen path, Fire Monks reveals how these men were able to accomplish
the seemingly impossible, saving Tassajara by greeting
the fire not as an enemy to defeat but as a friend to guide. Their
composure throughout the crisis illustrates the remarkable courage
that lives within every heart.
n Visit colleenmortonbusch.com
n Also available as an e-book
Colleen MoRton BusCh’s nonfiction, poetry,
and fiction have appeared in a wide range of publications, from
literary magazines to the San Francisco Chronicle and The
Huffington Post. A Zen student since 2000, she lives in the San
Francisco Bay Area.
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