Whether you are a law enforcement officer wanting to improve your edge or a martial artist wanting to expand your knowledge edge of street proven techniques, you will find this book is filled with invaluable information including: Joint manipulation that works; leverage control versus pain control; [...]
"Butterfly Valley" is a tour de force, exploring the major themes of life, love, death and art. The form is simple yet complex, a sonnet sequence building to a final sonnet of extraordinary power. Life, love, art, all are transient - like the butterfly, yet beautiful, even in their ephemerality.[...]
When a series of gruesome murders are uncovered around the world, the trail leads back to the SGC - and far beyond...Recalled to Stargate Command, Dr. Elizabeth Weir, Colonel John Shepard, and Dr. Rodney McKay are shown shocking video footage - a Wraith attack, taking place on Earth. While McKay, Te[...]
Arcadia Books is delighted to introduce the fourth novel into English by Norwegian writer Lars Saabye Christensen.[...]
Our Tattoos Vol 4 features the best artists from all over the globe showcasing an eclectic mix of tattoos of various styles.[...]
This is your guide to the martial arts most devastating trips, sweeps and throws. Mark Mireles has combined his knowledge of wrestling and jujitsu with his many years of experience as a member of the LAPD to put together this collection of street effective takedowns that will stop an attacker cold. [...]
There is a truth in the world of hand-to-hand combat that too many martial artists aren't aware of or refuse to believe: Every time you discover a sure-thing technique, one that makes all your training partners groan and writhe in agony, there exists out there in the mean streets, a host of people w[...]
From the literary wonder boy to the countercultural guru whose cross-country bus trip inspired "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test," this candid biography chronicles the life and times of cultural icon Ken Kesey from the 1960s through the 1980s. Presenting an incisive analysis of the author who describ[...]
Complete summary of Clayton Christensen and Michael Raynor's book: "e;The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth"e;.This summary of the ideas from Clayton Christensen and Michael Raynor's book "e;The Innovator's Solution"e; shows how capital markets demand th[...]
Chronicles the history of the telescope, from its invention in the early seventeenth century to the present day, along with a discussion of how images drawn from it and technological advances have influenced how people view the universe.[...]
Our eyes are the result of an evolutionary adaptation to the sun's light. Since the sun is a G dwarf and emits most of its light in only a small part of the electromagnetic spectrum, our eyes are very limited in their capability to show us the universe. This book shows the fundamental change in our [...]
The creation of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in 1962 was the culmination of the dream of leading astronomers from five European countries. Over the years, as more member states joined, ESO constructed the La Silla and Paranal observatories, as well as the Atacama Large Millimeter/submilli[...]
For more than three decades Anton Corbijn has photographed the greatest artists in the music world and beyond. That made him one of the most influential portrait photographers of our days. In Corbijn?s career, however, there has been one constant: the band U2, and their collaboration of 22 years. Hi[...]
Since its founding in 1775, every single piece of china from Royal Copenhagen has borne the now world-famous logo with its three waves. They symbolize the Danish straits of Great Belt, Little Belt and the Sound. This title deals with this topic.[...]
Hans Georg Windelband bor i et krypinn i Thereses gate. En morgen leser han sin egen dødsannonse i Aftenposten. Hvem er det som har dødd i hans sted? Og hvorfor?[...]
Ernst Smith reiser til den lille kystbyen Arcachon, Frankrike, for å hvile. Han leier en ombygget garasje. Men noe uroer ham: Duftene etter mennesket som bodde der før ham, og verten i huset ved siden av som alltid banker i gulvet med krykken. Første natt finner han en tykk svart snegle på gulve[...]
På skolen er Ruby med det store røde håret, som noen påstår at det er fem fuglereder i. Hjemme er moren til Herman som arbeider i Jacobsens kolonial, og som kan le slik at Nesoddbåten går på grunn og klokka i Rådhustårnet stanser. Dessuten er hun ganske god til å kaste langt med matpakke.[...]
Lars Saabye Christensen debuterte som lyriker med Historien om Gly i 1976, og har siden utgitt en rekke diktsamlinger. Dette utvalget ble første gang utgitt i 1991.[...]