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Joker's Basket by Bernard

Today's world presents us with an unprecedented set of perplexing challenges. Our bodies are suffering, our minds are confused and our spirits are in turmoil. We need knowledge and understanding, but we also need experience, participation and...

American Entrepreneur follows the amazing life of Bill Joiner, a true self-made businessman in the best American tradition. From wild early days in Texas to a life of service to God and his church, Joiner blazes his own path through hunting, sports,...

“And there went out another horseman that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take piece from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given to him a great sword.”   Revelations 6:4 When Clive Cussler said, “ Nobody does it better than Stephen Coonts ”, he meant it, and The Red Horseman substantiates this claim. The fifth installment of the Jake Grafton series, the novel pits our hero in a race against time to retrieve stolen nuclear arsenal. However, it becomes complicated when rogue agents in his own government are hell-bent on making sure he fails. Throw in a couple of greedy Russian generals and a cruel, sadistic dictator and you’ve got a storyline that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Personally, I had some difficulty grasping the story toward the ending especially his description of dog fights and aviation terminology including the names of fighter planes. Thankfully, it was a brief part of the chapter or el...

Robert Ludlum is undoubtedly one of the world's best storytellers to hit paperback, and The Matarese Countdown is a highly explosive thriller involving a worldwide conspiracy by an ancient evil that has penetrated the bowels of the free world – The Matarese. The Matarese; an ancient organization hell-bent on controlling the economies of the world, first encountered in Ludlum’s The Matarese Circle , is up to something sinisterly big – but what? Enter our protagonist, 36 year old CIA case officer, Cameron Pryce; an agent with a valuable mind that predicted the fall of the Soviet Union within months of its collapse. However, he has to enlist the help of the legendary and elusive Beowulf Agate aka Brandon Scofield – the only man alive ever to penetrate the highly secretive Matarese circle. Pryce and Scofield are like mirror images of each other on different timelines, Pryce the younger and Scofield the older. The characters are so much alike that it feels like Ludlum is clear...

To search for the old is to understand the new The old, the new This is a matter of time. In all things man must have a clear mind. The Way: Who will pass it on straight and well? - A poem by Gichin Funakoshi One of karate’s greatest masters, Gichin Funakoshi, brings a detailed technical manual for every karateka in Karate-dō Kyōhan: The Master Texts . Translated by Tsutomu Ohshima, who founded the first karate association in 1956 in the United States (US), the book contains technical details including photographs of the nineteen katas selected by Funakoshi to give comprehensive training in karate. The katas start with the Taikyoku series and ends with Ten No Kata Omote or the introductory kata to sparring. However, there are also more than just technical details. Funakoshi also defines karate and explains the origins of the Okinawan art. He opens up to his fears of public instruction and talks about the values of karate especially for health, self-defence and spiritualit...

"As a student of Karate, this book is a must read. I’ve gone through it five times and yet I always get a fresh perspective every time." Unlike many technical books on the market, Karate-do: My Way of Life , is a philosophical aspect into Karate from the man who is credited with popularising the Okinawan martial art in mainland Japan. There are many anecdotes and each with its own lesson. However, it is in essence the biography of Gichin Funakoshi; the man which the Shotokan style is credited to. For the Shotokan student, or even karateka in general, this is an absolute must read.