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01-09-2007, 09:31 #141Moderator
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I made out pretty well on the book front for Christmas. Here's my new reading list:
Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind From the Big Bang to the 21st Century by Howard Bloom(Amazon link) ties together concepts from evolutionary biology, psychology, and cybernetics. Very well written.
Don't Know Much About The Bible: Everything You Need to Know About The Good Book But Never Learned by Kenneth Davis (Amazon link) I've enjoyed Davis's earlier books, and so far this one seems as good as the others.
The Assassins' Gate: America In Iraq by George Packer (Amazon link) This has gotten good reviews and I'm looking forward to starting it tonight.Tony Dismukes
"Violence is not a way of getting where you want to go, only more quickly. Its existence changes your destination. If you use it, you had better be prepared to find yourself in the kind of place it takes you to." - Hilary Bok
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01-11-2007, 01:01 #142Senior Member
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Is this a new one? I guess my good friend Google could tell me, so I'll go check.
Originally Posted by Dilligf
Edit: It is new, and its gonna go on my list.
Right now I'm reading Zen Body-Being, by Peter Ralston. I just finished his book Cheng Hsin.Last edited by Bugeisha; 01-11-2007 at 01:05.
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01-12-2007, 12:43 #143Moderator
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I just got a new book which has jumped to the front of my reading list:
The Limits of Expertise: Rethinking Pilot Error and the Causes of Airline Accidents by R. Key Dismukes, Benjamin A. Berman, and Loukia D. Loukopoulos (publisher link)
The topic wouldn't normally be one of my major fascinations, but the fact that my Dad is the lead author kind of makes it more interesting.
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01-22-2007, 09:09 #144Senior Member
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I just finished this one. Found it pretty disturbing. But he's a good writer. Originally Posted by TylerD23
Also read Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. It's pretty good--made a lot of sense to me.
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01-22-2007, 12:44 #145Senior Member
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I'm on to Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. Just great so far. I want to see the movie again.
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01-22-2007, 16:23 #146Senior Member
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The Options Course and The Options Course Workbook by G. Fontanills.
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01-29-2007, 19:48 #147Member
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"Genghis Khan and the making of the modern world" by Jack Weatherford.
I thought I'd be bored but it was quite well written. I liked it."do good when you are able, and when you are unable, maintain goodwill" chinese proverb
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01-30-2007, 06:24 #148Moderator Emeritus
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I just finished Hollywood Station by Joseph Wambaugh.
Good book. So much so I'm going to read his earlier works."I don't lift, too heavy. I don't run, too far. I just hit people.
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01-30-2007, 10:33 #149Junior Member
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I just picked up Nestor Capoeira's Capoeira: A Street Smart Song, and found it to be an interesting read. It's a bit dated, being originally written between 1979 and 1985, but it's a good read for an advanced student of capoeira. More than his other books it examines the place a traditional martial art, like capoeira, has in a modern society. What lessons the martial art can offer us outside of basic physical skills, and what dangers it faces, as an art, in the modern world.
The section on the capoeira roda as a "symbol-made-manifest" are especially interesting, I thought.-Dan Maloy
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LIFELINE OF THE CONFEDERACY: BLOCKADE RUNNING DURING THE CIVIL WAR by Stephen Wise.
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01-30-2007, 11:13 #151Super Moderator
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I recommend: Originally Posted by TonyU
The New Centurions, The Blue Knight, The Choirboys, The Onion Field, and Lines and Shadows.Jiu-Jitsu - like chess, except you get to choke people.
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01-30-2007, 17:47 #152Moderator Emeritus
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Yeah, I was aware of them, but not his writing style as I never read his books before. Now that I have, I am going to read them. Originally Posted by Cliff Hargrave
"I don't lift, too heavy. I don't run, too far. I just hit people.
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01-30-2007, 18:02 #153Super Moderator
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The first three are fiction loosely based on his experiences as an LAPD officer. The Onion Field and Lines and Shadows are true stories.
Jiu-Jitsu - like chess, except you get to choke people.
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02-03-2007, 11:35 #154Moderator
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Last edited by Cliff Hargrave; 02-03-2007 at 12:05.
I realize you think you understand what you thought I said, but what I am not so sure about is whether what you think you heard is what I think I meant.
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02-03-2007, 12:06 #155Moderator Emeritus
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I fixed your link Erik.
Everyone just click on the title.
I am now currently reading History and Traditions of Okinawan Karate by Tesuhiro Hokama."I don't lift, too heavy. I don't run, too far. I just hit people.
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02-03-2007, 12:06 #156Super Moderator
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I guess we were doing that at the same time
Of course it says edited by me so I guess I won
The quotes around the title were keeping it from working.Jiu-Jitsu - like chess, except you get to choke people.
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02-03-2007, 12:07 #157Moderator Emeritus
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I guess we both did. Originally Posted by Cliff Hargrave
"I don't lift, too heavy. I don't run, too far. I just hit people.
"The teacher is more important than the style."- Higa Yuchoku
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02-03-2007, 18:50 #158Senior Member
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Between Heaven and Earth: A Guide to Chinese Medicine by Harriet Bienfield and Efrem Korngold. It's a reread (4 x's), it stays on the toilet tank with Analysis of Shaolin Chin Na by Jwing-Ming Yang.
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Gracie Submission Essentials by Helio and Royler Gracie. One of the coolest things about the Gracie books is they always showcase key details in submissions I have trouble with.
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02-03-2007, 21:24 #160Moderator
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Thanks Tony & Cliff.
Brian, I read that "heaven and earth" book and used tiger balm (no joke) to "treat" the cold symptoms of my host-sister when I was living in Germany.
It actually worked. She had 8 symptoms (if I remember) and the book only covered 7. All 7 went away within 30 minutes but the 8th was still bothering her.
I was amazed both by the medicine and by the fact that I touched something/someone without breaking it/her.
I realize you think you understand what you thought I said, but what I am not so sure about is whether what you think you heard is what I think I meant.
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