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Thomas Hoover


Born
The United States
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Genre
Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers, Nonfiction


Thomas Hoover has a doctorate in oceanography and served as senior vice president of an architect-engineering firm in New York, where he has lived for several decades. His vices include being an avid sailor and a recognized collector of the classical music of India. He began his writing career with two classic non-fiction books on Far Eastern art and religion and then moved into fiction writing with two critically acclaimed novels about English sailors in the early Seventeenth century.

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Average rating: 3.57 · 6,217 ratings · 480 reviews · 31 distinct works • Similar authors
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“Whereas the logical mode of thought can only manipulate the world view of given paradigm, intuition can inspire genuine creativity, since it is not shackled by the nagging analytical mind, which often serves only to intimidate imaginative thought.”
― Thomas Hoover, The Zen Experience
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“When we act on our spontaneous judgment, we are almost always better off.”
― Thomas Hoover, The Zen Experience
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“I was at the famous Shiva temple of Brihadishwari in Tanjore,”
― Thomas Hoover, The Moghul
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