Hagakure: The Secret Wisdom of the Samurai, (Paperback)

from djlimb

Its alright but its probably not like what you think it I'll be like. Its more a guide to how to survive in the buisness world, similar to how to make friends... and books of that ilk. Yes you do have bits like "imagine yourself being ripped apart by arrows..." but at the same time you have it te...

from BooksForDinner

Never read cover to cover... browsed here and there... classic 17th century Asian philosophy

from HoraceSPatoot

This book was a disappointment, perhaps because I expected something along the lines of the Art of War or The Book of Five Rings (Go Rin No Sho) that would have relevance to today's urban warrior. Instead, this would be a good book to give to a dog (if that dog could read). It is mostly about how...

from ZoneSeek

Another one I read years ago. Note the biohazard kamon on the cover.

from shawnd

This book was scribed by a younger samurai who sat basically at the deathbed of the samurai Yamamoto Tsunetomo. For seven years, the scribe sat and had conversations with Tsunetomo. Tsunetomo had become a monk after the death of his 'Master' in 1700. By 1716 the conversations ended, the result wa...