false 16 41 41 true 5656628 read 0 true 1339464 currently-reading 0 true 1339463 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59068085 to: Hood Rat (Paperback) by K'wan Foye
The opening belongs with Moby Dick and Tale of Two Cities for all time great beginings. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44018429 to: Yoga: Path to Holistic Health (Hardcover) by B.K.S. Iyengar
granted, I just picked it up and only looked thru parts, but the explanations and photos of the poses alone are worth getting this. I hope they make a sequel for some of the more popular poses they did not get to. God bless this old man that still gets into handstand 1/2 hour each day and had a really hardcore positive effect on western culture that most folks are unaware of. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39742227 to: The Pirate King (Forgotten Realms: Transitions, #2) by R.A. Salvatore
Almost gave it another star for a perfect rating. Simply a very entertaining book. Some of Salvatore's musings via his characters are pretty darn heavy philosophy for what is usually such a shallow genre. Kinda like the Brothers Karamazov. Only way easier to read. And fulla dragons and stuff. And Pirates. If it had ninjas I mighta gave it the last extra star. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39741999 to: Essence of Jung's Psychology and Tibetan Buddhism: Western and Eastern Paths to the Heart (Paperback) by Radmila Moacanin
This one just never really took off for me. I only have two more chapters to go, but can't really bother. Got way more about the same topic by goofin around wikipedia, what can I say? ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36920313 to: On the Road (Penguin Classics) by Jack Kerouac
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36920294 to: Of Mice and Men (Mass Market Paperback) by John Steinbeck
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36920189 to: Rules for Radicals (Paperback) by Saul Alinsky
Must read for burners, activists, and probably a good management lit book also. I suspect Obama was influenced by this guy. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36920060 to: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: Commentary on the Raja Yoga Sutras by Sri Swami Satchidananda (Paperback) by Sri S. Satchidananda
Love the sutras, but didn't really dig the commentaries that Satchidananda wrote. Not really a big fan of that swami to be honest. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31005867 to: Filipino Martial Culture (Paperback) by Mark V. Wiley
I have only read the first 1/5 of this book, so a perfect rating may be premature, but I really appreciate how the author breaks down the subject.

Its a book about martial arts in theory, history, practice, and includes specific biographical information as well. Its a perfect blueprint for one of those history channel things.

Most martial arts books are not written from the perspective of a historian, and vice versa. He also manages to avoid being too dry during subject matter that is, well, too dry.

Its also interesting to me because I do not know enough of Philipino culture in general. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30984376 to: Takedown: The True Story Of The Undercover Detective Who Brought Down A Billion-Dollar Car (Paperback) by Rick Cowan
Better than average writing for one of these "true crime" type of books. Details the mafia's influence over the garbage hauling industry in NYC, and the sting operation that basically brought it down.

I work in solid waste enforcement in NJ, so this was kind of interesting to me. And I was a garbageman back when this book started. I was hoping to see some names I knew, but did not.

I suspect the average Soprano's fan would not be as into this book as some others, and you could tell they tried beefing it up by name dropping as many famous gangsters as they could, but it was still well written and interesting. ]]>