The art and science of real-world fighting. Explore the physics behind the physical!Krav Maga ("contact combat" in Hebrew) is a hard-hitting and efficient form of self-defense that was popularized by Israeli soldiers. Stressing practical, real-world fighting and a philosophy of self-defense, its popularity has grown worldwide over the past few decades.In The Physics of Krav Maga, John Eric Goff, a physicist, best-selling author, and martial arts pr...

Ronan's adventures find him in the town of Varney Flats just as the ominous Night Train rolls in. What is its secret? What's in the mysterious larder? Find out as death rides the rails in one of the meanest, nastiest tales ever written for Deadlands! This is the third Dime Novel in the legendary Deadlands series, following the adventures of Ronan Lynch, Bad Luck Betty, and Velvet Van Helter. This was the Pinnacle fiction debut of long-time contributor John Goff. It contains the fiction of ...

A physicist explains the science behind some of the greatest feats in sports history—from diving like Greg Louganis to bending it like Beckham.Nothing is quite as thrilling as watching superior athletes do the seemingly impossible. From Doug Flutie's "Hail Mary" pass to Lance Armstrong's record-breaking climb of Alp d'Huez to David Beckham's astounding ability to bend a soccer kick, we marvel and wonder, "How did they do that?" Well, physics professor John Eric Goff...

The art and science of real-world fighting. Explore the physics behind the physical!Krav Maga ("contact combat" in Hebrew) is a hard-hitting and efficient form of self-defense that was popularized by Israeli soldiers. Stressing practical, real-world fighting and a philosophy of self-defense, its popularity has grown worldwide over the past few decades.In The Physics of Krav Maga, John Eric Goff, a physicist, best-selling author, and martial arts pr...

God designed men to live with risk, adventure, and danger.But today's man has no rites of passage, no elders, no map to manhood. He may physically be an adult, but still wonders, "Am I a man?"When John Sowers twin daughters were born, he felt exposed, thinking manhood was out of reach. He needed direction. Following in the steps of ordinary men and the heroes of history, legend and myth, he uncovered a new and ancient road.Walk with John on his personal quest to discov...

IBM’s Definitive One-Stop Guide to IMS Versions 12, 11, and 10: for Every IMS DBA, Developer, and System ProgrammerOver 90% of the top Fortune® 1000 companies rely on IBM’s Information Management System (IMS) for their most critical IBM System z® data management needs: 50,000,000,000+ transactions run through IMS databases every day. What’s more, IBM continues to upgrade IMS: Versions 12, 11, and 10 meet today’s business challenges more flexibly and at a lower cost...

Something happened in the darkness of Gettysburg--something that scarred Ronan Lynch for life. Now, years later, he wanders the West finding trouble and generally shooting it for a price. But things are about to get strange in the snowy Rockies. There he meets new allies and a deadly threat that's been around for a long, long time. This chance encounter will change him-and what's left of his life--forever. This is the first Dime Novel in the legendary Deadlands series, setting up the adven...

Murder was always an insult. But the murder, bloody and brutal, of an entire family in their own home, was a different form of evil.Nixie Swisher crept down the stairs for a drink - and saved her own life. When Lieutenant Eve Dallas is called to the house minutes later, she finds the whole family murdered in their beds. But the killers made a mistake: they left a survivor.Nixie saw everything. And unfortunately for her, these elite killers soon realise they...

A Thrilling New Romantic Suspense from the Genre's Newest StarPiper McKenna couldn't be more thrilled that her prodigal brother, Reef, has returned to Yancey, Alaska, after five years. But her happiness is short-lived when Reef appears at her house covered in blood. A fellow snowboarder has been killed--but despite the evidence, Reef swears he's innocent. And Piper believes him.Deputy Landon Grainger loves the McKennas like family, but he's also sworn to find the truth. Pip...

Nicole Patterson is a young, green and very eager probationary constable with the Ontario Provincial Police. Although she spends much of her time breaking up bar fights, giving out traffic tickets and finding lost kids, she dreams of one day becoming a detective. Late one bitterly cold winter night, she comes across the body of a young woman lying on the edge of a snow-covered field on the outskirts of town. The girl appears to have been strangled. Nicole recognizes the victim as a local h...

From New York Times bestselling and award-winning novelist, Douglas Clegg, comes a nightmarish epic that spans 20 years in the lives of a handful of friends who experienced -- as teenagers -- a terrifying apocalyptic event in their small desert town."Horror at its finest!" -- Starred Review in Publisher's Weekly.The high desert town of Palmetto, California, has turned toxic after twenty years of nightmares --In Los Angeles, a woman is tormented by ...

A thrilling Knopf New Face of Fiction debut, A Cold Night for Alligators takes the reader on a breathtaking ride through the seedy, sensual Florida Everglades, unravelling a mystery at the heart of which lies a devastating family secret.Twenty-six-year-old Jasper hasn't seen or heard from his older brother, Coleman, in over ten years. Not since Coleman walked through the back gate one morning, leaving behind a distraught family concerned by his increasingly outland...