Author: Jonathan Snowden
Publisher: ECW Press
ISBN: 177090221X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
From William Muldoon to Brock Lesnar, this history covers those who have divided themselves as tough guys on the professional wrestling circuit and legitimate confrontations. From catch wrestling master Billy Robinson to the Japanese professional wrestler who gave birth to the global phenomenon that is modern mixed martial arts (MMA), this investigation travels from the shadowy carnival tent and the dingy training hall to the bright lights of the squared circle and the Las Vegas glitz of the octagon. Billy Riley's legendary Wigan Snake Pit and the rigorous UWF Dojo in Tokyo are explored, revealing the secret history of both professional wrestling and the rising sport of MMA. Squared circle icons Strangler Lewis and Lou Thesz and Olympic heroes Danny Hodge and Kurt Angle are also featured.
Shooters
Author: Jonathan Snowden
Publisher: ECW Press
ISBN: 177090221X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
From William Muldoon to Brock Lesnar, this history covers those who have divided themselves as tough guys on the professional wrestling circuit and legitimate confrontations. From catch wrestling master Billy Robinson to the Japanese professional wrestler who gave birth to the global phenomenon that is modern mixed martial arts (MMA), this investigation travels from the shadowy carnival tent and the dingy training hall to the bright lights of the squared circle and the Las Vegas glitz of the octagon. Billy Riley's legendary Wigan Snake Pit and the rigorous UWF Dojo in Tokyo are explored, revealing the secret history of both professional wrestling and the rising sport of MMA. Squared circle icons Strangler Lewis and Lou Thesz and Olympic heroes Danny Hodge and Kurt Angle are also featured.
Publisher: ECW Press
ISBN: 177090221X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
From William Muldoon to Brock Lesnar, this history covers those who have divided themselves as tough guys on the professional wrestling circuit and legitimate confrontations. From catch wrestling master Billy Robinson to the Japanese professional wrestler who gave birth to the global phenomenon that is modern mixed martial arts (MMA), this investigation travels from the shadowy carnival tent and the dingy training hall to the bright lights of the squared circle and the Las Vegas glitz of the octagon. Billy Riley's legendary Wigan Snake Pit and the rigorous UWF Dojo in Tokyo are explored, revealing the secret history of both professional wrestling and the rising sport of MMA. Squared circle icons Strangler Lewis and Lou Thesz and Olympic heroes Danny Hodge and Kurt Angle are also featured.
The Shooters
Author: W.E.B. Griffin
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 110121533X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
A key DEA agent has been kidnapped by drugrunners. As much as the news angers Presidential Agent Castillo, he thinks there’s no way he could get permission to rescue the man. But Castillo’s wrong—the President himself orders Castillo to do anything it takes to bring back the agent...anything except get caught.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 110121533X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
A key DEA agent has been kidnapped by drugrunners. As much as the news angers Presidential Agent Castillo, he thinks there’s no way he could get permission to rescue the man. But Castillo’s wrong—the President himself orders Castillo to do anything it takes to bring back the agent...anything except get caught.
A Guest at the Shooters' Banquet
Author: Rita Gabis
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1620401290
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
In prose as beautiful as it is powerful, Rita Gabis follows the trail of her grandfather's collaboration with the Nazis; a trail riddled with secrets, slaughter, mystery, and discovery. Rita Gabis comes from a family of Eastern European Jews and Lithuanian Catholics. She was close to her Catholic grandfather as a child and knew one version of his past: prior to immigration he had fought the Russians, whose brutal occupation of Lithuania destroyed thousands of lives before Hitler's army swept in. Five years ago, Gabis discovered an unthinkable dimension to her family story: from 1941 to 1943, her grandfather had been Chief of Security Police under the Gestapo in the Lithuanian town of Svencionys, near the killing field of Poligon, where 8,000 Jews were murdered over three days in the fall of 1941. In 1942, the local Polish population was also hunted down. Gabis felt compelled to find out the complicated truth of who her grandfather was and what he had done. Built around dramatic interviews in four countries, filled with original scholarship, and mesmerizing in its lyricism, A Guest at the Shooters' Banquet is a history and family memoir like no other, documenting “the holocaust by bullets” in a remarkable quest as Gabis returns again and again to the country of her grandfather's birth to learn all she can about the man she thought she knew.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1620401290
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
In prose as beautiful as it is powerful, Rita Gabis follows the trail of her grandfather's collaboration with the Nazis; a trail riddled with secrets, slaughter, mystery, and discovery. Rita Gabis comes from a family of Eastern European Jews and Lithuanian Catholics. She was close to her Catholic grandfather as a child and knew one version of his past: prior to immigration he had fought the Russians, whose brutal occupation of Lithuania destroyed thousands of lives before Hitler's army swept in. Five years ago, Gabis discovered an unthinkable dimension to her family story: from 1941 to 1943, her grandfather had been Chief of Security Police under the Gestapo in the Lithuanian town of Svencionys, near the killing field of Poligon, where 8,000 Jews were murdered over three days in the fall of 1941. In 1942, the local Polish population was also hunted down. Gabis felt compelled to find out the complicated truth of who her grandfather was and what he had done. Built around dramatic interviews in four countries, filled with original scholarship, and mesmerizing in its lyricism, A Guest at the Shooters' Banquet is a history and family memoir like no other, documenting “the holocaust by bullets” in a remarkable quest as Gabis returns again and again to the country of her grandfather's birth to learn all she can about the man she thought she knew.
Why Kids Kill
Author: Peter Langman, PhD
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0230618286
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Ten years after the school massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado, school shootings are a new and alarming epidemic. While sociologists have attributed the trigger of violence to peer pressure, such as bullying and social isolation, prominent psychologist Peter Langman, argues here that psychological causes are responsible. Drawing on 20 years of clinical experience, Langman offers surprising reasons for why some teens become violent. Langman divides shooters into three categories, and he discusses the role of personality, trauma, and psychosis among school shooters. From examining the material evidence of notorious school shooters at Columbine and Virginia Tech to addressing the mental states of the violent youths he treats, Langman shows how to identify early signs of homicide-prone youth and what preventive measures educators, parents and communities can take to protect themselves from the tragedy.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0230618286
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Ten years after the school massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado, school shootings are a new and alarming epidemic. While sociologists have attributed the trigger of violence to peer pressure, such as bullying and social isolation, prominent psychologist Peter Langman, argues here that psychological causes are responsible. Drawing on 20 years of clinical experience, Langman offers surprising reasons for why some teens become violent. Langman divides shooters into three categories, and he discusses the role of personality, trauma, and psychosis among school shooters. From examining the material evidence of notorious school shooters at Columbine and Virginia Tech to addressing the mental states of the violent youths he treats, Langman shows how to identify early signs of homicide-prone youth and what preventive measures educators, parents and communities can take to protect themselves from the tragedy.
Shooters
Author: Terrill Lankford
Publisher: Forge Books
ISBN: 9780812555387
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Being a high-caliber fashion photographer has its rewards for Nick Gardner, like his black Lamborghini and wild parties along the shores of Malibu, but it cannot save him from the grisly murder that comes back to haunt him. Reprint. AB. K. PW.
Publisher: Forge Books
ISBN: 9780812555387
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Being a high-caliber fashion photographer has its rewards for Nick Gardner, like his black Lamborghini and wild parties along the shores of Malibu, but it cannot save him from the grisly murder that comes back to haunt him. Reprint. AB. K. PW.
School Shooters
Author: Peter Langman
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442233575
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
School shootings scare everyone, even those not immediately affected. They make national and international news. They make parents afraid to send their children off to school. But they also lead to generalizations about those who perpetrate them. Most assumptions about the perpetrators are wrong and many of the warning signs are missed until it’s too late. Here, Peter Langman takes a look at 48 national and international cases of school shootings in order to dispel the myths, explore the motives, and expose the realities of preventing school shootings from happening in the future, including identifying at risk individuals and helping them to seek help before it’s too late.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442233575
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
School shootings scare everyone, even those not immediately affected. They make national and international news. They make parents afraid to send their children off to school. But they also lead to generalizations about those who perpetrate them. Most assumptions about the perpetrators are wrong and many of the warning signs are missed until it’s too late. Here, Peter Langman takes a look at 48 national and international cases of school shootings in order to dispel the myths, explore the motives, and expose the realities of preventing school shootings from happening in the future, including identifying at risk individuals and helping them to seek help before it’s too late.
The Wind Book for Rifle Shooters
Author: Linda K. Miller
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510739742
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
All other factors being equal, it is your ability to read the wind that will make the most difference in your shooting accuracy. The better you understand the behavior of the wind, the better you will understand the behavior of your bullet. Now, champion shooters Linda K. Miller and Keith A. Cunningham reveal everything they wish they’d known about reading the wind before they started shooting (instead of having to learn as they went along) in concise, easy-to-read terms and accompanied with handy ninety-five diagrams. The Wind Book for Rifle Shooters contains straightforward guidance on the simple thought process they use to read the wind, the techniques and tactics they use to win matches, and the underlying skills that support both. Let these champions show you how to put together a simple wind-reading toolbox for calculating wind speed, direction, deflection, and drift. Then learn how to use these tools to read flags and mirage, record and interpret your observations, and time your shots to compensate for wind. Other topics covered include: Analyzing shot placement Recording and record keeping Confidence and following your hunches And much more! The essential wind-reading basics taught in this book will absolutely improve your shooting skills, whether you're a target shooter, a plinker, a hunter or a shooting professional.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510739742
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
All other factors being equal, it is your ability to read the wind that will make the most difference in your shooting accuracy. The better you understand the behavior of the wind, the better you will understand the behavior of your bullet. Now, champion shooters Linda K. Miller and Keith A. Cunningham reveal everything they wish they’d known about reading the wind before they started shooting (instead of having to learn as they went along) in concise, easy-to-read terms and accompanied with handy ninety-five diagrams. The Wind Book for Rifle Shooters contains straightforward guidance on the simple thought process they use to read the wind, the techniques and tactics they use to win matches, and the underlying skills that support both. Let these champions show you how to put together a simple wind-reading toolbox for calculating wind speed, direction, deflection, and drift. Then learn how to use these tools to read flags and mirage, record and interpret your observations, and time your shots to compensate for wind. Other topics covered include: Analyzing shot placement Recording and record keeping Confidence and following your hunches And much more! The essential wind-reading basics taught in this book will absolutely improve your shooting skills, whether you're a target shooter, a plinker, a hunter or a shooting professional.
The Little Black Book of Shots & Shooters
Author: Eric Furman
Publisher: Peter Pauper Press, Inc.
ISBN: 9781593599980
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
All you need to know to become a master of mirth and mixology! Featuring recipes for more than 100 shots and shooters, this is the quintessential "Drinker's Guide to the Sport of Spirits." From etiquette and tips to Bartenders' Favorites, this book helps you upgrade your bar fun and increase the pleasures of your social drinking. So go on, enjoy the most spirited of spirits, get jiggy with those Jigglers, and have an all around good time. It's on us!
Publisher: Peter Pauper Press, Inc.
ISBN: 9781593599980
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
All you need to know to become a master of mirth and mixology! Featuring recipes for more than 100 shots and shooters, this is the quintessential "Drinker's Guide to the Sport of Spirits." From etiquette and tips to Bartenders' Favorites, this book helps you upgrade your bar fun and increase the pleasures of your social drinking. So go on, enjoy the most spirited of spirits, get jiggy with those Jigglers, and have an all around good time. It's on us!
Shooters
Author: Eric S. Trautmann
Publisher: Titan Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781781160176
Category : Iraq War, 2003-2011
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Shooters is the story of Terry Glass, a warrior whose spirit and soul have been hardened in countless battles. When a horrible accident shatters his world, Glass finds himself waging a private war on several fronts--against his career, his marriage, and ultimately his faith.
Publisher: Titan Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781781160176
Category : Iraq War, 2003-2011
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Shooters is the story of Terry Glass, a warrior whose spirit and soul have been hardened in countless battles. When a horrible accident shatters his world, Glass finds himself waging a private war on several fronts--against his career, his marriage, and ultimately his faith.
Hazardous Duty
Author: W.E.B. Griffin
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101636513
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Colonel Charley Castillo is back in action.. Mexican drug cartels are shooting up the streets of Laredo and El Paso. Somali pirates are holding three U.S. tankers for ransom. Chaos reigns… back in the fight. The President has had enough—he needs to get hold of Colonel Charley Castillo and his merry band of fighters and put them on the case. Unfortunately, that might be impossible. Everybody knows that the President hates Castillo’s guts, having had him forcibly retired from the military. And Castillo’s men are scattered far and wide, many of them in hiding. There are also whispers that the President himself is becoming mentally unbalanced. How will it all play out? No one knows for sure, but for Castillo and company, only one thing is definite: it will be hazardous duty.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101636513
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Colonel Charley Castillo is back in action.. Mexican drug cartels are shooting up the streets of Laredo and El Paso. Somali pirates are holding three U.S. tankers for ransom. Chaos reigns… back in the fight. The President has had enough—he needs to get hold of Colonel Charley Castillo and his merry band of fighters and put them on the case. Unfortunately, that might be impossible. Everybody knows that the President hates Castillo’s guts, having had him forcibly retired from the military. And Castillo’s men are scattered far and wide, many of them in hiding. There are also whispers that the President himself is becoming mentally unbalanced. How will it all play out? No one knows for sure, but for Castillo and company, only one thing is definite: it will be hazardous duty.