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Davis Miller

Autor(a) de The Tao of Muhammad Ali

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About the Author

Davis Miller's award-winning stories have been published in many of the leading national magazines-Men's Journal, GQ, Esquire, Sports Illustrated, and Rolling Stone, among others. He is the internationally best-selling author of two previous books, including The Tao of Bruce Lee, and is mostrar mais co-librettist of the acclaimed chamber opera Approaching Ali, which is based on his classic story, "My Dinner with Ali." mostrar menos

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The Best American Sports Writing of the Century (1999) — Contribuidor — 191 exemplares

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Half of the book is actually a biography on Bruce Lee. The other half is more of a biography of the author. Though initially turned off by reading a biography of someone I didn't know, I warmed to him and eventually cheered him on.

The book moved on, we look as Bruce Lee the legend to Bruce Lee the man. This book made me pause and think with some well-placed quotes and poems without lathering it on too thick.
 
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wellington299 | Feb 19, 2022 |
Este libro no es una biografía de Muhammad Ali. Tampoco es, en realidad, un libro sobre boxeo. Es otra cosa: más bella, más universal, algo que, como editores, nos ha fascinado. ¿Pero de qué hablamos entonces? Hablamos de que Muhammad Ali fue uno de los grandes héroes de nuestro tiempo y una inspiración para millones de personas, tanto en el ámbito del deporte como en el de la política, la lucha por los derechos civiles o la espiritualidad. A algunos, incluso, Ali les salvó literalmente la vida. Es lo que hizo con Davis Miller, autor de este libro (pero de momento no les contaremos esa historia, no haremos el spoiler). Miller es luchador aficionado, escritor y uno de los grandes críticos deportivos de las últimas décadas. Y cuando por fin se decidió a buscar a Ali para darle las gracias, se encontró con un boxeador retirado, enfermo de párkinson y supuestamente millonario, pero que vivía largas temporadas en una caravana aparcada en el jardín de la modesta casa de su madre. Aquel día comenzó entre ambos una amistad extraña, duradera, poderosa. Así, a través de Miller descubrimos a un verdadero mito que, sin embargo, vive por y para los demás, que regala su fortuna a los indigentes y los trofeos a sus fans, que camina kilómetros cada día para sentarse en un McDonald’s y ofrecer su ayuda a cualquier desconocido, o que esconde de manera inexplicable su enfermedad neurodegenerativa para jugar a boxear con cientos de niños. Pero que tiene también aspectos oscuros y contradictorios…

Sobre Muhammad Ali han escrito grandes autores: Norman Mailer, Hunter S. Thompson, Tom Wolfe… Pero ninguno lo ha hecho con tanta intensidad e intimidad como Davis Miller. Nadie hasta ahora había hecho un retrato tan cercano y sorprendente de la vida del Campeón más allá del boxeo. A medio camino exacto entre la mejor literatura y el mejor periodismo, Miller nos propone una serena y bellísima reflexión sobre el paso inexorable del tiempo y la corruptibilidad de todas las cosas, al tiempo que nos relata la historia secreta y fascinante de una leyenda.
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BIBLIOTECAZIZUR | Nov 25, 2016 |
This book by Miller is a very warm portrait of Muhammad Ali. It does not major on the boxing or bouts that he had, but is mainly the story of two men who became friends. In many places there are just snilppets or short stories that Miller has written which bridge the time he is talking about with others. My only wish is that the story could have been told in a consistent manner from start to finish, but it obviously cannot necessarily be told that way. I very much appreciate getting to know the real Ali, his personality, his dealings with people, rather than just a summary of the boxers fights. Received this copy from the Goodreads Giveaways and am certainly happy that I got the opportunity to read this book.

J. Robert Ewbank author "John Wesley, Natural Man, and the Isms" "Wesley's Wars" "To Whom It May Concern" and "Tell Me About the United Methodist Church"
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whoizme8 | Jan 26, 2016 |
My book is titled The Tao Of Muhammad Ali. The authors' name is Davis Miller the main idea of this book was him describing how different aspects of Ali changed his life and him as a person. Davis miller was a skinny white kid from Pennsylvania when he first saw Ali fight, and from that moment on he was Ali's biggest fan. He took interest in martial arts in hopes of one day becoming anywhere near the level of skill that Ali had.

Muhammad Ali was a very complex person, he on one hand was the greatest boxer to ever enter the ring, on the other hand he was a civil rights' activist and a humanitarian. He is a very kind giving person and his way of life was strictly lived by his Muslim religious background. In the ring he was confident and talked more trash than any one person, but outside the ring he was humble and you would not be able to tell that he was as big of a celebrity that he was. If you asked ten different people who Ali was you would most likely get ten different answers.

The plot of this story is actually pretty simple. The point of the story is to explain how things in Ali's life affected Davis Miller’s life. The story explains different experiences that the author either has an encounter with Ali or one of Ali's colleagues. From these experiences he gains new perspective on some certain topic whatever that may be.

The setting of this book takes place in many American cities. There is a sort of below the surface reason to why they are in each place. It in some cases has a special significance to Ali in the sense that something important happened to him in that place. Likewise in other places in the story are important to Davis Miller and such.

The voice that the author uses is a first person narrative type of voice. I think that this is very effective in the type of story that he is telling because he is able to explain how he felt about something that was said or something that happened when he was talking about it in the story. I like this type of story better because I then can gather a better insight on the authors feeling at a particular point in the story

I think that this book is very good. I think that It was one of the better books that I have read. I gained a lot of perspective on Ali and even the author gave me a lot of detail of his own life so all in all I really enjoyed reading the book The Tao Of Muhammad Ali
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jpolanco | Aug 5, 2010 |

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