false 10 811 500 true 5702138 read 4 true 2546020 currently-reading 307 true 2546019 to-read 54 false 4285926 reference 47 false 4285922 spiritual 36 false 4285923 self-help 34 false 4285945 medicine 22 false 4285939 classics 19 false 4285936 politics 19 false 4285919 novel 18 false 4294721 wilderness 17 false 4285918 history 15 false 4285914 fantasy 12 false 4285933 humor 12 false 4319442 voluntary-simplicity 10 false 4319144 religious 10 false 4285951 military 10 false 4285930 romance 7 false 4294720 writing 5 false 4285917 dogs 4 false 4285927 fitness 4 false 4587777 gardening 4 false 4294697 aquariums 4 false 4378012 financial-management 3 false 4366160 sci-fi 3 false 4319183 art 3 false 5401688 earth-stewardship 2 false 4378212 science 2 false 4408684 poetry 1 false 5394856 cooking 0 false 4611804 biography 0 false 4303691 role-playing-games http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78409025 Lonely Planet the Asia Book (General Pictorial) by Lonely Planet
bookshelves: currently-reading, history, reference
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78408896 Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea and the Kim Dynasty (Paperback) by Bradley K. Martin
bookshelves: currently-reading, history, military, politics
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23668383 to: The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth (Paperback) by M. Scott Peck
bookshelves: classics, currently-reading, self-help, spiritual
My Favorite book of all time. This guy is one of my heroes.

Yep, I have started reading it for the seventh time. This book speaks to me in a way no other book ever has. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78408739 The New Rules of Marriage: What You Need to Know to Make Love Work (Hardcover) by Terrence Real
bookshelves: to-read
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78408372 to: How to Survive the End of the World As We Know It (Paperback) by James Wesley Rawles
bookshelves: earth-stewardship, gardening, politics, voluntary-simplicity
Rawles writes simply and directly, and his words are smooth as the butter he says we should store for the end of the world. Though I disagree with his somewhat pessimistic believe in man's behavior should some world ending disaster strike, I do like some of his views on being prepared and ready to take care of yourself, your family, and your responsibilities starting with very basic skills. It was entertaining though, and Rawles seems like he'd be an interesting guy to have a dinner with, though I suspect he'd end up on some kind of naive conspiracy theory that would make me skip dessert. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63017451 to: Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History, Updated Edition (Paperback) by Bruce Cumings
bookshelves: politics
Succinct summary of Korean history. Most helpful to me in gaining a better understanding of North Korea's current stand. They are not an "irrational" "Psychotic" state with "bizarre" behavior. Like any country, they are shaped by their history and geography. Korea has always been a minnow surrounded by whales: China, Japan, Russia. They have a long history of being invaded and a long mythology of fighting off the invasions from superior powers and demanding to "just be left alone". That is North Korea's heritage, and that is their current stance. I had heard of South Korea's rapid economic growth, but never understood how they did it. They are a complex country with love/hate relationships with Japan-who colonized them before WWII; with North Korea, who is their blood; and with the US, who is their patron saint though sometimes more patronizing thorn also. Overall the book did a great job of helping me understand that both Koreas--like any fascinating character--are both good and bad, beautiful and hideous, fearless and cowards. And for all the simplistic solutions offered in newspapers and magazines for the Korea Situation, the place is as complex and intelligent as a tiger, and potentially much more dangerous. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72541838 to: Coaching Youth Soccer (Paperback) by American Sport Education Program
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72541797 to: Coaching Soccer For Dummies (For Dummies (Sports & Hobbies)) by National Alliance for Youth Sports
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78407840 Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things (Paperback) by Michael Braungart
bookshelves: to-read
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77403685 God Laughs & Plays: Churchless Sermons in Response to the Preachments of the Fundamentalist Right (Paperback) by David James Duncan
bookshelves: to-read
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