Name the last three books you have read...

"Tang Soo Do, Moo Duk Kwan" - Grandmaster Hwang Kee

"The Passionate State of Mind" - Eric Hoffer

"The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements" -Eric Hoffer
 
Blacktiger2005 said:
Thank you for the kind thought. Yes, one has to have an appreciation for human expression in the combative arts. For me that appreciation is twofold in the groundings of traditional and in the non-traditional martial arts. In the five years since i have started my life has changed on so many levels. I'm a voracious reader of anything i can get my hands on in books. It stimulates my thinking as it has yours. Let me recommend a site for you to explore combative martial arts readings. Go to paladin-press.com for some interesting approaches in self-defense. A true martial artists must have the Warrior attitude as you said. I will say this I'm just beginning to find a greater appreciation for the military martial arts in realistic combat training. This knowledge must never be abused or used. That is why i have the deepest respect for the military warrior who have such devastating power to destroy, yet they never misuse their knowledge. I salute them.
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Martial arts goes beyond the stuff you see in sporting events. Many disciplines are around with the purpose of defending yourself in the street, which can sometimes be life or death. So, you have the small-joint applications (which can lead to nasty bone breaking), pressure points, and other things you work on that you don't see in televised fights, for obvious reasons. In the movie 'Red Belt,' one of the guys says that 'competition makes you weak.' I believe that, to a certain degree, because you can't use a good portion of techniques, that you learn while taking a martial art. On the other hand, competition can strengthen you and build confidence.
 
pettyofficerj said:
Martial arts goes beyond the stuff you see in sporting events. Many disciplines are around with the purpose of defending yourself in the street, which can sometimes be life or death. So, you have the small-joint applications (which can lead to nasty bone breaking), pressure points, and other things you work on that you don't see in televised fights, for obvious reasons. In the movie 'Red Belt,' one of the guys says that 'competition makes you weak.' I believe that, to a certain degree, because you can't use a good portion of techniques, that you learn while taking a martial art. On the other hand, competition can strengthen you and build confidence.
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Mr. Pettyofficerj, the next three titles are for you. This is my last post here. Check these out for the intellectual contents that stir the development of the self. It has been great bro. Be the best you can be. The hell with the closed minds everywhere.

-Tang Soo Do, "Way of the Warrior" by Dominick A. Giacobbe, PH.d, 8th Degree Black Belt

-Secrets for a More Powerful Life, by Dominick A. Giacobbe, PH.d, 8th Dgree Black Belt

-Perfection of Character, by Grandmaster Teruyuki Okazaki
 
goodlove said:
, 7 habits of highly effective people
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Good read...was recommended to listen to the audio version then re-read the book.

1. Beach money - Jordan Adler

2. Conspiracies Of The Rich - Robert Kiyosaki

3. Who Moved My Cheese - Spencer Johnson

Currently reading several books:

If How-To's Were Enough We Would All be Skinny, Rich and Happy - Brian Klemmer

The 50th Law - 50 Cent & Robert Greene

The Leadership Challenge 4th Edition - Kouzes & Posner

Secrets Of The Millionaire Mind - T. Harv Eker (audio)


Now you know....:cool:
 
Bookworm616 said:
Ain't that the truth? :smt081
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not sure why people associate being skinny, with being desired and happy...unless it's from a female perspective...

I can't remember the last time a football coach said 'yeah, lets get that frail, skinny guy over the one who's more solid.'
 
pettyofficerj said:
not sure why people associate being skinny, with being desired and happy...unless it's from a female perspective...

I can't remember the last time a football coach said 'yeah, lets get that frail, skinny guy over the one who's more solid.'
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Yes, it's from a female perspective. Since there's so much emphasis put on women to be a size 0 or 2, if they aren't, they try to find ways to become that. :smt023
 
"Blue Gold" from Clive Cussler. I love his books. Though it's the Dirk Pitt character that I've read. I didn't know he had another set of books with another character: Kurt Austin. "Blue Gold" was pretty good. I'll read some more Kurt Austin books to see if his are as good as Dirk Pitt novels. I'm sure nobody really cares. :smt042 I love the historical fiction books that Clive Cussler writes!!

I just finished reading "Eat Pray Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert. I saw the movie at the end of my soul-searching weekend and decided to pick up the book. I loved the book. It's informative (though she can ramble on a bit), it's very funny at times, very poignant and sweet.
 
Here are the last three books I have read.

The Queen's Slave Trader by Nick Hazlewood is almost more research book than a novel. It is all about the factual details and personal accounts of the early English slave trade. The slave trader John Hawkyns for me represents the modern Christian businessman devoid of the spirit, baptized in the material.

The Negro Family:The Case For National Action
Office of Policy Planning and Research. United States Department of Labor
March 1965. This is not a book at all of course, it is a once classified government report on Black America. It answers almost every question you ever wanted to ask an intelligent Black American but, did not know how to ask it.

The last book I recently read is very personal because I knew the author and his wife. It is called The Right to Riches by Dean Christensen it has little to do with money at all. It is about living a life of optimism and determination. He wrote it for his children and for the sake of others people children.
 
1. Paradise Lost by a blind Franciscan Monk named John Milton written around 1650.

2. RF Circuit Design by Chris Bowick



I can't read a third book right now...:rolleyes:
 
The last 3 books I read (it's a set of 3 by Anne Rice):

The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty

Beauty's Punishment

Beauty's Release
 
BUMP!! :smt023

Right now I'm reading the Twilight series. Why, you ask? Because I'm morbidly curious. And usually when I get morbidly curious about something, I must do it. :smt001

I'm almost finished with book 2 and I amazingly do NOT know how the series ends. Please don't spoil it for me!

Anyway, I was at filming today and I got into a bit of a discussion about these books with one of the actors. He said he doesn't have a problem with the Twilight series in general. But he said that the main character has no motivation on her own. And you know what? He's right.

She literally cannot stand to be alone. She only feels "whole" when she's with either Edward or Jacob. It got me thinking: what kind of message is this author sending to all of the impressionable teenage girls who have read and love these books?

I sincerely hope that Bella will grow a backbone by the end of the series, so that she's redeemed in that she becomes a stronger individual and she realizes that she CAN be happy and feel whole without having to rely on a man for that.

Anyway, has anyone read the series? They're written fairly poorly, if you want to compare them to say....Harry Potter. ;-)

I'm really not too impressed with the level of storytelling. The first book got so obnoxious that by the middle of the book, I was inwardly screaming every time Stephenie Meyer had Bella look at Edward's beautiful face. I mean, really, how many times can a character be described as beautiful before enough is enough?? I just wanted to take the book and scream: ENOUGH ALREADY, WE KNOW EDWARD IS RIDICULOUSLY HOT!!! :smt043

I can honestly say, that if these books were around when I was a teenager, I wouldn't care for them. I was reading Stephen King books when I was like 11 years old. These books pale in comparison.
 
Tamstrong said:
The last 3 books I read (it's a set of 3 by Anne Rice):

The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty

Beauty's Punishment

Beauty's Release
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Oh, Anne Rice porn, huh. Why I'm I not surprised. :cool:

The last 3 for me were:

Ghost of a Chance by Simon R. Green.

King Maker by Maurice Broaddus.

First Lord's Fury by Jim Butcher.
 
Smart Women by Judy Blume

Her Mother's Hope (Marta's Legacy Part 1) by Francine Rivers

Her Daughter's Dream (Marta's Legacy Part 2) by Francine Rivers--reading now

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
 
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'A tiny bit marvellous' by Dawn French (BRILLIANT! Loved it!)

Currently reading 'Dexter is Delicious' by Jeff Lindsey
 
An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution Of The United States by Charles A. Beard

The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order by Samuel P. Huntington

Sybex A+ Study Guide 701-702
 
The Passions and the Interests: Political Arguments for Capitalism before Its Triumph - Albert O. Hirschman

Wealth creation was morally unacceptable in the west prior to the advent of capitalism, so a set of arguments had to be devised to justify an emerging system that marked the transition from feudalism.

Currently reading.

The Market Revolution: Jacksonian America, 1815-1846 - Charles Sellers

A Marxist analysis of early capitalism in America.

Don't Think of an Elephant - George Lakoff
 
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