Author: Martin J Dougherty
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 1466859652
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 50
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Punching. Although it seems like one of the simplest forms of self-defense, this ancient form of combat is actually more complex than you would ever imagine. Now, in this fully illustrated and easy-to-use book, the art of punching is decoded for readers everywhere. This book will teach you the elements of the perfect punch, including: - How to make a fist and not break your fingers - Crashing in - Taking a punch - Striking first - A knockout blow Combining the best punching techniques from various schools of martial arts, including karate, boxing, and Krav Maga, How to Punch by Martin J. Dougherty offers valuable advice for both the beginner and the experienced martial art practitioner who wants to learn about fighting.
Author: Jeannette Leonard Gilder
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Languages : en
Pages : 596
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Author: Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
ISBN: 1785906283
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 281
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Throughout history, plucky, indomitable, daring, fearless women and girls have done what they felt they had to and, intentionally or otherwise, upended the social order and common values. This collection remembers ladies who punched their way through life in the past, whilst also recognising today's amazing rebels.
Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
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Languages : en
Pages : 524
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Author: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
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Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 1312
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Author: James Grant Wilson
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Languages : en
Pages : 486
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Author: Richard Salmon
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317045637
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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An intense fascination with the experience of time has long been recognised as a distinctive feature of the writing of William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863). This collection of essays, however, represents the first sustained critical examination of Thackeray's 'time consciousness' in all its varied manifestations. Encompassing the full chronological span of the author's career and a wide range of literary forms and genres in which he worked, Thackeray in Time repositions Thackeray's temporal and historical self-consciousness in relation to the broader socio-cultural contexts of Victorian modernity. The first part of the collection focusses on some of the characteristic temporal modes of professional authorship and print culture in the mid-nineteenth century, including periodical journalism and the Christmas book market. Secondly, the volume offers fresh approaches to Thackeray's acknowledged status as a major exponent of historical fiction, reconsidering questions of historiography and the representation of place in such novels as Vanity Fair and Henry Esmond. The final part of the collection develops the central Thackerayan theme of memory within four very different but complementary contexts. Thackeray's absorption by memories of childhood in later life leads on to his own subsequent memorialisation by familial descendants and to the potential of digital technology for preserving and enhancing Thackeray's print archive in the future, and finally to the critical legacy perpetuated by generations of literary scholars since his death.
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1310
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Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
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Languages : en
Pages : 530
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Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 238
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