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New 2025 edition of the popular self-help guide, with a brand new cover look!

"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,...…

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I read this when I was in my early twenties, living in a loft apartment in Boston that was situated directly over a brew pub, and working a job divorced from whatever good I thought I had to offer the world.

There was very little Tao about that entire situation, but this book gave me a compass to navigate that period in my life. The narrator moves through his day interacting with characters from Winnie the Pooh, with remarkable observations tied to A.A. Milne's story. I still remember phrases and passages from this book, like "Bisy Backson."

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