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What I’ve Been Reading

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The Bible: A Biography

Simple Chinese Medicine: A Beginner's Guide to Natural Healing & Well-Being

How to Practice Qigong: The Basics and Principles

The Losing Role

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

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What I Just Finished

American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China

Don't Eat This Book: Fast Food and the Supersizing of America

Combat, Ritual, and Performance: Anthropology of the Martial Arts

Tai Chi Ball Qigong: For Health and Martial Arts

The Pillars of the Earth

Warrior Dreams: The Martial Arts and the American Imagination

Riders of the Purple Sage

The Lost Symbol

Tengu the Mountain Goblin: A Connor Burke Martial Arts Thriller

Noah's Wife

Siddhartha

My Spiritual Journey

Fire Watch

It's Like This, Cat

All Clear

Blackout

The Crossing by Winston Churchill

The Razor's Edge

Remake

A Scattered Life

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