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I have always wondered why all the tai chi forms don't sync up with the bagua, wu xing and ultimately the I Ching. Tai Chi According to the I Ching by Stuart Alve Olson tackles that dilemma. As per usual for Olson, he breaks everything down and backs it up with the ancient texts to support his reasoning. I have been searching for a truly symmetrical form for years and here it is. Very exciting!

Read two chapters and already this is a classic. For sure, the self gene, gun germs and steel, origins of political order, the blank slate, the status syndrome and catching fire are the foundation for my world view.

Fukuyama make sense of this crazy species's journey on this planet from our early hominid ancestors to humans. Amazing. It was one of those books that makes you feel like you are walking through time with a tour guide. My eyes were opened.

Cotton ties together the forced expropriation of Native American land, the currency to purchase slaves, the reason why the South needed so many slaves, war capitalism and industrial capitalism to how America became who it is today! FASCINATING!

It is amazing to read the gritty details of how the free market is not free.

Still an amazing and fascinating glimpse into the history of autism.

Really good read. Lots about treatments and perspectives on raising autistic children.

Reading Cooked by @michaelpollan The bread chapter. Depressed at finding out about whole wheat breads available in stores.

Pollan can really weave long pieces of history, with popular trends, and obsessions into a cogent and compelling sound bite! One of the main questions in this book is can something that acutely aware of itself be AUTHENTIC? He asks quite a lot of important questions in this book. Even though I read some of the books he uses as a foundation for his endeavor the journey doesn't get old or boring.

I am impressed with her prose and how she weaves multiple traditions togethers and brings the chakra system into a coherent metaphor and doable process. The author has really achieved something here! I am glad I happened upon it.

I am impressed with her prose and how she weaves multiple traditions togethers and brings the chakra system into a coherent metaphor and doable process. The author has really achieved something here! I am glad I happened upon it.

This is a completely fascinating book filled with historical facts that will surprise you! One such surprising fact is that Hippocrates thought pork was the best of all meats!

Thank you Danielle for a great Birthday present!

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Rereading Beckett's Molloy again after 18 years. You know a when book stains your mind so deeply that you recall the imagery so intensely as before. What an amazing writer he is.

A very informative book and the history of math and the origins of so many concepts we take for granted!

Tough book to get through. Incredibly informative because I have to look up so many theories and people! Definitely worth the trouble.