Gurdjieff, A Beginner's Guide: How Changing The Way We React To Misplacing Our Keys Can Transform Our Lives
The clearest and most useful book on the basics: This book presents an  excellent and comprehensive overview of Gurdjieff's "the work" with  wonderfully clear examples and explanations of its practical  applications.Best book about The Work: Until I found your book, the literature  (Commentaries, etc.) about the Work was quite immense and confusing. Now  I am able to do the practices and find my life and my self changing at  long, long last.Friedman’s book has translated Gurdjieff into ordinary  understandable English. I would highly recommend this book as a place to  start.I have more than 50 books on Gurdjieff’s and Ouspensky’s Work on my  shelves, but this is no doubt the most practical one for beginners.I want to express my appreciation for for your Beginner's Guide to  Guerdjieff's philosophy. Before reading your book, I have read several  books on Guerdjieff, and at times, got lost in the complexity of what I  was reading, and left wondering. It is not until I read your book, that  Gurdjieff's philosophy emerged to the light, and resonated deeply within  me.