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The Tao of Pooh
 

The Tao of Pooh

by Benjamin Hoff

Is there such thing as a Western Taoist? Benjamin Hoff says there is, and this Taoist's favorite food is honey. Through brilliant and witty dialogue with the beloved Pooh-bear and his companions, the author of this smash bestseller explains with ease and aplomb that rather than being a distant and mysterious concept, Taoism is as near and practical to us as our morning breakfast bowl. Romp... (read more)

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Tali
  • Rated 5 stars

“Ahhhh...Silly Pooh Bear.
Loved this book. Read it for the wrong reason- it doesn't get into Taoism too deaply. But it's a great forward. And as always Pooh is innocently fun and simple.

Just to wet your buds:
"What's this you're writing?" Asked Pooh, climbing onto the writing table.
"The Tao of Pooh," I replied.
"The HOW of Pooh?" asked Pooh, smudging one of the words I had just written.
"The TAO of Pooh," I replied, poking his paw away with my pencil.
"It's...”

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Didn’t Like It

Colleen S
  • Rated 2 stars

“I needed to read a philosophy book for the Tag It To The Max challenge. My husband is a philosophy major so we have lots of philosophy books. I chose this book for 3 reasons: we already owned it, my girls read it for their 7th grade English class last year, and I love Pooh.

The book fell flat for me, I was annoyed with Hoff's attempts to use Pooh to explain the principles of Taoism. They made sense, but part of the appeal for me in reading Pooh Bear is just to enjoy him and not...”

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Community:
  • Rated 4.076539 stars
Amazon:
  • Rated 4.125 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • Tiffany S. C.

    tiffany s. c. said:

    “Andy- bah. Anyone who's petty enough to make fun of a person for liking a book is certainly not important enough to change your mind about. Like Dr. Seuss said (yes, Dr. Seuss,) "Be who you are and say what you mean, for those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." Wise words of wisdom. ^_^

    Anyways, to be on-topic, I do believe I want to read this now, thanks to Tali's intriguing review.”

    posted 2 weeks ago
  • andycmaj

    andycmaj said:

    “I really enjoyed it... but then somebody made fun of me for liking it. now i think its stupid.”

    posted Thursday, September 20 2007
  • honey

    honey said:

    “self -help book”

    posted Tuesday, September 18 2007
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