The first part of Volume 1 of 3 volumes includes hundreds of pages and photographs presenting the richness of Okinawan martial traditions, from the original combatives to those influenced by Chinese and mainland Japanese martial art styles. The variety of topics shown in the table of contents indicate the depth and breath in the chapters, along with the authors who are well-known for their meticulous research and practical skills in specific arts. Each volume will prove enjoyable reading a...

Heartland Portrait is the first self-portrait of a region to be written by its residents. This ground-breaking book is drawn from 18 years of Free River Press writing workshops in innesota, Wisconsin and Iowa wirth farm famiies, small twn and village residents, commercial fishermen, towboarts captains and pilots, and other living in the upper Mississpp Ruver Valley. It is a record of transformation of rral America, an ensemble of personal stories and reflections that document not ...

We live in an amazing Universe.Sometimes things happen in our lives where we have no idea of just how that experience will change our lives from that moment on.Like having a dog.They give us love.We give them love.And they make us better just because we loved them.But there’s more.Lots more.Behind the outward affection and love we share with them, come lessons about love, about life and about ourselves that would not and could...

You are invited to make My First 40 Days with the Lord a personal, intimate record of your honeymoon with the Lord.My First 40 Days with the Lord opens the door to a life-changing relationship with the Living God. Now you can begin your study of God’s ways of communicating with His children.Here you will record your initial memories as you come to know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. Even mature believers will enjoy refreshing their ...

Your complete preparation guide for a successful career in personal training. Training authority Robert Wolff walks you through the most important subject areas you need to pass certification, get started, and succeed as a personal trainer. Become a Certified Personal Trainer will guide you through the entire certification process, providing sample questions for each of the top exams and also offering much-needed advice about the business side of the job and beyond. Become a Certified Pers...

The Ideal of the University is a lucid, comprehensive analysis of the rationale, principles, and presuppositions that make contemporary universities what they are.The book begins with four sharp, carefully delineated models of a university. After analyzing such controversial issues as the role of grading in the university and the "myth" of value neutrality. Wolff turns to the crucial question of how the university should be governed. He argues for a radical reconstruction ...

Author Platform: Robert Hewitt Wolfe is the producer of the hit television series, Elementary and has worked on various other hit television series such as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The 4400, The Dresden Files, and Alphas. He will leverage his large audience online and media contacts to promote the Billy Smith and the Goblins series.Diverse Cast of Characters: T...

Dr. Robert Ghost Wolf is not a singular formulated thought. God is the truth in all thought. There are those who would challange your right to live in the freedom of Being.They would try to pull you back into the murk and mire, only to justify their own struggles with owning their self-truth and worth.Daring to have your very own thought makes you different. It makes you in many ways the "Outcast" ... the "Misfit" ...Are you one of God's radical few...?...

This book analyses and explains the central passage of Kant’s philosophy, the “Transcendental Analytic” of the Critique of Pure Reason. It proceeds in the manner of a textual commentary, discussing and explaining each section of the Analytic in turn. The purpose, however, is not merely to comment chapter by chapter on what Kant has written, but rather to reorganise and interpret his argument so that it is seen as coherent and connected.To this end preliminary versions of t...

This collection focuses on a long-running debate over the logical validity of Karl Marx’s theory that exploitation is the exclusive source of capitalists’ profits. The “Fundamental Marxian Theorem” was long thought to have shown that orthodox Marxian economics succeeds in replicating Marx’s conclusion. The debate begins with Andrew Kliman’s disproof of that claim.On one side of the debate, representing orthodox Marxian economics, are contributions by Simon Mohun and Roberto Venezia...

This book explains the development of the classical theory of value from Adam Smith to Karl Marx in a form readily accessible to readers unfamiliar with anything more than elementary arithmetic, while at the same time offering to the specialist a fundamental criticism of Marxian political economy and an original and controversial interpretation of Capital. The author clarifies recent mathematical interpretations of classical political economy, so that philosophers, political scien...

Catch & Release is a refreshingly honest look at the Western church through pithy fishing analogies and biblical truths. Accomplished author Robert Wolff is forthright in his opinions about church unity, “net” worth, discipling, and the call for all believers to be fishers for the Kingdom of God.From the role of government to that of pastors, congregations, and individuals, Catch & Release probes issues most authors shy away from. Readers gain a succinct expressio...