In "From the Third Base Coach's Box," Jack Dunn will teach you how to win more baseball games... conduct fun, efficient practices... build a foundation of solid fundamentals... and... More > out-think your opponent. It is a vault of knowledge from a coach who has spent more than four decades learning the finer points of baseball. A must-have for the coach or player seeking the upper-hand.< Less
The 1st week of school becomes a “Week of Hell” when forced busing divides a small southern town during the integration of its school system. The actions of a third-string football... More > player do more than all of the politicians and educators put together, to ease the pain of coming together.< Less
While flying home to New York after a business trip, Bryan Powers, Fractional Jet executive, is asked a simple question by his CEO: “If you could relive one event in your life, what would you... More > choose?”
Powers admits that replaying a football game the team lost his senior year in high school would be a wish he’d make.
Moments later, a strange event occurs on the plane. Powers awakes to discover that he is on a wild and mysterious ride into his past life.
He realizes the wish was not as simple as he’d thought. Seeing his best buddy—who would be killed in Vietnam in 1970—stuns Powers into shifting his original mission from merely changing the outcome of a football game into saving his best friend’s life.
Everything comes to a climax for Powers and his quest during the big game Saturday night in front of 20,000 screaming fans. Join them and experience his race against a ticking clock.< Less
This is a Chinese martial arts primer on using taiji, xingyi and baguaquan principles for throwing an opponent. It represents over 40 years of experience on the author's part, and it is packed with... More > useful knowledge. There are lineage charts, an extensive bibliograhy, index and glossary. The last chapter has descriptions of 37 applications detailed in over 100 photos of throwing techniques. Master Chen Yun-ching of Taiwan has written the forward.
One chapter compares and contrasts Yang Family and Chen Pan-ling taijiquan forms; another sets out leverage-to-resistance principles; another shows how to use the Ba Men or Eight Gates; another explains the use of Silk Reeling Qigong for martial purposes; another explains the pre- and post-heaven bagua patterns as overlaid by the Lo River Map; another deals with san shou free fighting strategies; another sets out a series of exercises to use in training.< Less
I dedicate this book to all men, women, boys, and girls who seek information about the amateur boxing game; and those who want to become a boxer.
I also dedicate this book to parents of future... More > boxers. There will be useful information for parents to give them some knowledge about boxing.
Hopefully this book will motivate you to fulfill your dreams.< Less
Combat Ki is now world famous and the founder Rod Sacharnoski, Soke of Juko Ryu Aiki Inyo Bujutsu tells you the history of this fascinating martial art skill. With pictures of himself and some of his... More > top Combat Ki masters demonstrating their ability to take full power punches, kicks, and strikes, Sacharnoski shows why his Juko Ryu martial arts is one of the best in the world.< Less
This is the true story of my dad's 1965 Shelby GT 350. He brought it home on my twelfth birthday and I was privileged to drive it for 40 to 50 thousand miles. I had gotten the car and myself into a... More > lot of trouble as I was hot rodding all over the LA and Ventura landscape. I met Mr. Shelby at the Reno Air Races when he was with Barron Hilton. The first meeting I could not explain how much his car had meant to me so I went home and started writing. The initial letter he read and signed and took the rest of my manuscript to read later. Steve Fossett disappeared the following year preventing me from catching up to Mr. Shelby at the races and things happenned the next two years so now I will never know in his own words what he thought first hand. I get into some Moto Cross history and some of the Malibu jobs as well as the surfing that occurred back then. This is a fun read and I hope you enjoy!!!! CB< Less
The Practical Guide to Long Range Hunting Rifles draws on Nathan's vast experience and provides a completely fresh approach to the subject of the long range hunting rifle. This book educates the... More > reader about basic rifle engineering and the physics involved through 31 topics to the final result - the ultimate long range hunting tool.
The style of writing pulls no punches and covers everything a reader needs to know before selecting a long range rifle and during the set up process, regardless of whether the reader is selecting a factory rifle or selecting the components for a custom rifle build.
Suitable for people of all backgrounds regardless of their shooting experience, this book removes the head aches from the rifle accuracy game and gives you the knowledge you need to fully understand what it takes to achieve a truly accurate and reliable long range rifle.< Less
The U.S. Ironman Championship Triathlon compelled me to provide details of a year in training, various races, and a wealth of stories. A timeline of events using provocative, innovative, and... More > explorative methods that combines charts, graphs, pictures, and short stories are at your fingertips. I hope to inform, motivate, and inspire anyone that wishes to follow a similar path. You will enjoy heart-felt dedications, tributes, and stories in an unyielding, honest, open, and courageous way with a willingness to share my heart and soul so that others may benefit from my strengths as well as learn from my shortcomings. The Ironman triathlon continues to provide me with an instrument in which I seek my greatest challenges, but more importantly allows me to continue to explore, create, share, and experience life in a way that is filled with joy, love, peace and happiness for all and affords me the opportunity at the end of the day to “Bring It On Home.”< Less
This book is about becoming a professional boxer. Have you ever asked yourself this question: “Why do I want to become a professional boxer?” The average professional boxer starts as an... More > amateur boxer. They have at least 40 or more fights before they become a professional boxer depending on when they started or how many amateur boxing shows the coach took them to. If you have an active coach, you will have a lot of fights. It’s a lot that comes with being a professional boxer. Some boxers just become a professional boxer to say that are. You cannot play boxing. Take it very seriously because your life is on the line. Make a decision on what you want to do.< Less
This may be the greatest baseball story never told. But it is much more than just a baseball story. This is a story of hope and perseverance; of staying positive in the face of life's... More > challenges. It is about looking forward, not backward.
Lefty O'Doul never gave up on his dreams, preferring to listen to his heart rather than to the naysayers. Along the way came inevitable disappointment, but O'Doul kept his faith through all obstacles that he faced. That sometimes
meant learning to recognize his own limitations and shortcomings - which he often did with a healthy dose of
humor.
This book is a fictionalized, though historically accurate,
account of Lefty O'Doul's baseball odyssey. But it was an
odyssey that might never have been were it not for a lightheartedness that endeared O'Doul to fans and teammates
alike.< Less
The purpose of this book is to provide a framework for understanding the martial arts’ intricate story. It reveals how the Art permeates one’s body and soul. The book is both... More > theoretically sound and practically useful. It is intended to appeal to both martial and non-martial artists.< Less
Pulse O2DA Firearms Training, Inc., is a firearms training group. They created the Pulse Engine gunfighting methodology which integrates more than 30 concepts, techniques and principles into a... More > powerful gunfighting methodology that enables you to dominate a lethal force confrontation. At it’s core, the Pulse Engine shapes conflict to your advantage, and to the disadvantage of your attacker. There are 5 manuals that describe the Pulse Engine Methodology. They are Strategy, Tactics and Drills for the handgun, shotgun and rifle.< Less
Pulse O2DA Firearms Training, Inc., is a firearms training group. They created
the Pulse Engine gunfighting methodology which integrates more than 30 concepts, techniques and principles into a... More > powerful gunfighting methodology that enables you to dominate a lethal force confrontation. At it’s core, the Pulse Engine shapes conflict to your advantage, and to the disadvantage of your attacker. There are 5 manuals that describe the Pulse Engine Methodology. They are Strategy, Tactics and Drills for the handgun, shotgun and rifle.< Less
Pulse O2DA Firearms Training, Inc., is a firearms training group. They created the Pulse Engine gunfighting methodology which integrates more than 30 concepts, techniques and principles into a... More > powerful gunfighting methodology that enables you to dominate a lethal force confrontation. At it’s core, the Pulse Engine shapes conflict to your advantage, and to the disadvantage of your attacker. There are 5 manuals that describe the Pulse Engine Methodology. They are Strategy, Tactics and Drills for the handgun, shotgun and rifle.< Less
The account of one man's travails as he prepares and then rides the breadth of Route 66's route from St Louis to Los Angeles on his 1971 BSA Thunderbolt.
Polls show that people have the misconception that karate lengthens one’s life, when in fact the data shows the opposite (via analysis of over one hundred 8th dans in the East & West). If... More > we notice a truth in the data in art that seeks enlightenment, be it good or bad, it should be discussed & hopefully the results will lead to better outcomes for elite karate-ka in the decades to come. We examine the central topic of longevity & karate by using instructor lifespan data, a review of medical diagnostics & research, longevity research encompassing sports physiology, karate psychology and behaviour patterns which has shown to be tied to longevity. We also discuss some interesting statements on the topic by passed masters such as Itosu of the 1800s, Shito-ryu’s Mabuni, Asai of Shotokan who openly stated health may not go hand-in-hand with budo. Despite the fact that karate provides many upsides for its practitioners, why does it appear to reduce lifespan & what can be done about it?< Less
This is the world's first comprehensive book on equipment related to the Olympic sport of Fencing! It contains descriptions, maintenance instructions and repair of commonly used items, ranging from... More > weapons to clothing to scoring equipment. A must have for anyone interested in selecting, taking care of or repairing their investments!< Less
Tomo-ryu Shinobijutsu Shoden no maki, is a reference book to the modern day practice of the Tomo-ryu Koka Ninjutsu tradition. This tradition at one time was said to be one of the most powerful... More > samurai shinobi clans in the Shiga prefecture of Japan.
This book documents and lists all of the skills, knowledge, and philosophy that is taught on the first scroll of the Tomo-ryu; "Shoden-no-maki".
Tomo-ryu Shinobijutsu Shoden no maki is not just for the current students of the school, but for future generations who are seeking the truth of the Koka Shinobi.
CHAPTER 1: REKISHI
CHAPTER 2: MEIYO
CHAPTER 3: SHODEN GATA
CHAPTER 4: KEIKO
CHAPTER 5: KOBU KAKUSHIGOTO
CHAPTER 6: NINKI
CHAPTER 7: ZETSUMEIJUTSU
CHAPTER 8: KUNOICHI
CHAPTER 9: SANJUROKO-KEI
CHAPTER 10: TENCHIJIN NO HO
CHAPTER 11: TOMO RYU HIDENSHO
CHAPTER 12: HIDEN< Less
Working with horses in the farrier and trimming profession requires a level of fitness to protect the back. This guide covers injuries that may occur, fitness tests, and stories of a family history... More > over four generations of a shoeing family.< Less
You may know how to bowl. Take a real look at how you can adjust! Bowling adjustments head to toe. The secret to a powerful release. How to string strikes! How to use your eyes. Lane play. How to... More > line up for corner pins. How to use your bowling shoulder. Your A, B, and C-Game! How to set up a bowling ball arsenal. What ball is right for your speed. How to have balance at the line. How to read the lanes in practice. Thousands have joined the TrueBowler Nation. You have to work through my book, you can't just read it! You know how to bowl, I "will" show you how to adjust!< Less
Edited by Gary Gillette & Pete Palmer
with Rod Nelson and Ted Turocy
The definitive source for batting, pitching, and fielding statistics for every major and minor leaguer active in 2012. The... More > most comprehensive book of record on the 2012 baseball season.
Including Franchise Directories, Schedules, Spring Training Rosters, Minor League Affiliates, Broadcasting Information, and Career Leaders in 26 Categories for All Major League Teams.
Plus a Huge 2012 Year-in-Review Section:
* Comprehensive Essay Covering MLB, On and Off the Field
* Expanded Standings
* Head-to-Head Won-Lost Records
* Head-to-Head Runs Scored & Allowed by Opponent
* Exhaustive Team & Individual Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Statistics
* Expanded Leader Boards
* Day-by-Day Game Logs for all 30 Clubs
* Great Hitting and Pitching Performances
* MLB, NL, and AL Records Set or Tied
* Individual Career Milestones
* Box Scores for Every Postseason Game
* Postseason Batter & Pitcher Registers
and more!< Less
Flier and film maker Brian Lansburgh has long had a reputation for his iconoclastic methods of flight instruction. Now it’s all presented in this eye-opening book which smashes many long-held... More > but largely indefensible flight training beliefs. In “Brian’s Flying Book”, readers will be treated to several flight training maneuvers which will sharpen their flying skills and provide a lot of fun along the way. In “Brian’s Flying Book” you’ll also learn some new terms, such as “Whuffos”, along with some fun flying exercises such as “Sky Doodles”, “Whoopee Stalls” and “Slaloms”. Brian will also introduce readers to his tradition-breaking “Landing in a Turn” and, of course, the “Dead Stick” landing. Not a book for the hidebound pilot, “Brian’s Flying Book” will be a refreshing change for fliers and even some non-fliers who are looking to learn more about the fascinating world of aviation.< Less
Spiral Bound Book Version - "The Lower Black River: An Outdoor Guide" is your guide with everything you need to know about the Black River located in Eastern Arizona. It contains all the... More > maps, fishing, and camping info that you need to make the most of your adventures at the Black River.
Email Ted at:
theodore.standage@blackriveraz.com< Less
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