Daode jing: A Guide is by esteemed scholar of Daoism Livia Kohn, is a fairly comprehensive overview of Laozi's seminal Daodejing (a.k.a. Tao-te-ching by Lao-tzu). Kohn covers the Daodejing text, its concepts, how it was used in different contexts (e.g. social, political, religious, etc.), and...

I've just posted a review of David Hinton's I Ching: The Classic of Change to http://www.contemplatingiching.wordpress.com. There are comments on another thread on Online Clarity about this book. Barbara