**FINALIST FOR THE 2026 RAKUTEN KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE (LITERARY FICTION)A GOODREADS HOTTEST DEBUT NOVEL OF 2025A sharply funny and tender story about two strangers with only one thing in common: their father.**After her father abandoned Mickey and her mother for his new family, Mickey resolved never to think of him again. Years later, she’s fine without him. Yes, she drinks, but only sometimes—and, really, she can’t not. But with only $181 to her name, she’s not...

Warrior Mind is a guide to understanding and developing the warriors essential mind-set. Warrior mind has three components.The first is inner strengththe development of unassailable integrity, clear intent, and unwavering tenacity.The second is a thorough understanding of the principles of strategycorrect movement and balance, proper angles, proper timing, and proper entry.The thirdis acquiring body intelligence- aspontaneous flow of movement in response to an at...

The subtitle of this book, Strategy and Philosophy from the Martial Arts, sums it up, but this is not justabout the martial arts. it's about the principles that promote inner strength and awareness, aboutcontrolling your breathing to remain calm, about developing a strong mind.Everyone can benefit from these principles. One of my favorite quotes from the book is this:A warrior does not prevail because of his weapons or armor; he prevails because of his relen...

Christmas is disappearing. Archangels Michael and Gabriel examine the Book of Fate for clues. They discover that Balthazar, the third wise man, never arrived at Bethlehem, and that fact has changed history somehow. Gabriel decides to travel back in time to find him, and discover why. God suggests that he take someone with him: a skinny, whiny, choirboy named Davey Hart. It is Christmas Eve, 1970. At his bedside, 12 year-old Davey Hart makes an impulsive wish, and has no idea that now his l...

Fire in the Night is a novella-length tale of four National Guardsmen, lost, soaked, and freezing, who stumble upon an abandoned cabin in the middle of nowhere-- a sanctuary which fulfills their every need. Parker, the reluctant leader who is suffering from PTSD, discovers the cabin’s owner is a recently killed street preacher named John J. Monk. Parker soon realizes Monk’s death in front of hundreds of witnesses sparked the civil rebellion that has engulfed him. Parker investigates Monk’s...

Jamie is an intelligent but rather self centered almost-nine year old girl who is counting and shaking her presents on Christmas Eve. After a failed attempt to read the Christmas story, Jamie’s father gives her a strange gift- a wooden statue of an old, fat, balding angel with tattered wings. Because of a wish that Jamie makes earlier in the evening, the statue comes to life at her bedside, and the irascible old angel takes her on a magical journey back in time to the first Christmas night...

**FINALIST FOR THE 2026 RAKUTEN KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE (LITERARY FICTION)A GOODREADS HOTTEST DEBUT NOVEL OF 2025A sharply funny and tender story about two strangers with only one thing in common: their father.**After her father abandoned Mickey and her mother for his new family, Mickey resolved never to think of him again. Years later, she’s fine without him. Yes, she drinks, but only sometimes—and, really, she can’t not. But with only $181 to her name, she’s not...

HARDCORE SELF-DEFENSE is totally unlike any other martial-arts book you've ever read. It is the result of a lifetime of experience by one who walks the Warrior's Path. Jam-packed with useful information, no space is wasted with "filler material" like training methods, foreign terminology, or photographs of the author pretending to spar. No, this book gets right to the point and tells you the best ways to defend oneself, as well as commonly taught nonsense that will not work agains...

Learn to harness your spiritual and mental energy to acquire the tools for survival and success in martial arts.In Mind Power: Secret Strategies for the Martial Arts, Kazumi Tabata, Grandmaster in the Shotokan and Shorinji styles of Karate, offers his personal teachings as to how martial arts students can reach the point where time seems to slow down, quick movements are seen in slow motion, and the full potential of one's inner power can be harnessed....

"A man who has attained mastery of an art reveals it in his every action."--Samurai Maximum.Under the guidance of such celebrated masters as Ed Parker and the immortal Bruce Lee, Joe Hyams vividly recounts his more than 25 years of experience in the martial arts. In his illuminating story, Hyams reveals to you how the daily application of Zen principles not only developed his physical expertise but gave him the mental discipline to control his personal problems-self-image,...

This Book Stands Alone as an Introduction to the Context of Self-Defense.There are seven elements that must be addressed to bring self-defense training to something approaching ‘complete.’ Any training that dismisses any of these areas leaves you vulnerable.We strongly recommend this book to anybody wishing to learn self-defense, or understand how to stay safe should violence rear it's ugly head.Legal and ethical implications....

An entertaining and insightful history of martial arts and the role of the warrior, drawing on pop culture, philosophy, mythology, religion, and spiritualityThe urge to forge one’s character by fighting, in daily life as well as on the mat, appeals to something deep within us. More than a collection of fighting techniques, martial arts constitute a path to developing body, spirit, and awareness. On the Warrior’s Path connects the martial arts with this lar...