Using a three-part perspective on the traditional art, this guide illustrates how wing chun kung fu is still deadly and effective in the context of modern combat. The first part addresses fundamentals such as the history, life benefits, concepts, principles, and basic training--including footwork, k[...]

Elephant's Ear. Dog's Head. Angel's Wing. These names evoke the image of children playing a whimsical game, identifying objects in the clouds.But for Joe Finch and his fellow helicopter pilots of 25th Aviation Battalion, they meant something vastly different: They were the shapes created by map coor[...]

This is for anyone interested in the aerodynamics, structural dynamics, and flight dynamics of small birds, bats, and insects, as well as of micro air vehicles (MAVs).[...]

Completely updated,Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice, Sixth Edition is the most widely used and critically acclaimed text on multicultural counseling, offering students and professionals essential and thought-provoking material on the theory, research, and practice of multicultu[...]

Understand how to maintain everything in your home--including the kitchen sink"How Your House Works, Second Edition" reinforces the fact that it pays to be an informed consumer. Knowledge of your home's systems helps you control repair and construction costs and makes sure the correct elements are b[...]

A practical overview of CMOS circuit design. It includes analytical exercises, simulation exercises, and silicon layout exercises, giving readers guidance and design layout experience for voltage reference circuits. It provides an overview of basic device physics and different building blocks of vol[...]

Designedfor use in multicultural counseling courses, graduate level practicum, or as part of a counseling techniques course, this casebook provides students with the opportunity to think criticallyand learn how to incorporate and apply multicultural skills and competencies in a treatment setting.[...]

Nonlinear Finite Elements for Continua and Structures, 2nd Edition provides a comprehensive introduction to the methods and theory of nonlinear finite element analysis.[...]