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No Holds Barred Fighting: Savage Strikesby Mark Hatmaker; Doug Werner
Tracks Publishing 2004; US$ 7.95The techniques taught in this book enable fighters and self-defense students to knock down and knock out their opponents. Maneuvers covered include the unique no holds barred (NHB) striking stance and the complete NHB striking arsenalevery punch, kick, elbow blow, knee strike, head-butt, forearm shot, and shoulder-butt is detailed. No holds barred defenses are also taught for all of these shots. Instructions on counter-striking sequences and the smart shots to land when the fight hits the mat are also included. more...
Brazilby Thomas E. Skidmore
Oxford University Press, USA 1999; US$ 15.00Introduction: Why Read About Brazil?. CHAPTER 1. BIRTH AND GROWTH OF COLONIAL BRAZIL: 1500-1750. The Country the Portuguese Created in the New World. The Colonial Economy and Society. Miscegenation: Biological and Cultural. The Beginnings of a Luso-Brazilian Culture. CHAPTER 2. CRISIS OF THE COLONIAL SYSTEM AND EMERGENCE OF AN INDEPENDENT BRAZIL: 1790-1830. The Economics and Politics of Post-1750 Brazil. The Portuguese Court Comes to Brazil. CHAPTER 3. REVOLT, CONSOLIDATION, AND WAR: 1830-1870. Uprisings under the Regency. Recentralization. The Role of Pedro II. The Rise of Coffee. The Emerging Problems with Slavery as an Institution. The Question of Abolition. The Paraguayan War. CHAPTER 4. MAKING BRAZIL "MODERN": 1870-1910. The... more...
The Andesby Jason Wilson
Oxford University Press, USA 2009; US$ 16.95Introduction 1: The Venezuelan Andes 2: Colombian Andes 3: Ecuadorian Andes 4: Peruvian Andes 5: Bolivian Andes 6: Argentine and Chilean Andes more...
Noodling For Flatheadsby Burkhard Bilger
Simon & Schuster 2001; US$ 13.99The Old South is slow to give up its secrets. Though satellite dishes outnumber banjo players a thousand to one, most traditions haven't died; they've just gone into hiding. Cockfighting is illegal in forty-eight states, yet there are three national cockfighting magazines and cockpits in even the most tranquil communities. Homemade liquor has been outlawed for more than a century, yet moonshiners in Virginia still ship nearly one million gallons a year. Some of these pastimes are ancient, others ultramodern; some are illegal, others merely obscure. But the people who practice them share an undeniable kinship. Instead of wealth, promotion, or a few seconds of prime time, they follow dreams that lead them ever deeper underground. They are reminders,... more...
The True History of his Captivity 1557by Malcolm Letts
Routledge 2004; US$ 200.00The first part of the book is a straightforward account of the author's personal experiences. The second part is a detailed treatise on the customs of the Tupinambá, their polity, trade, religion, manufactures and warlike undertakings. more...
The United States And The Caribbeanby Wilfredo Lozano; Anthony P. Maingot
Taylor & Francis 2004; US$ 43.95The United States and the Caribbean provides the first comprehensive assessment of post-Cold War US-Caribbean relations. more...
Away Down Southby James C. Cobb
Oxford University Press 2006; US$ 18.95Chronicles nearly two centuries of how Southerners have answered the question of what it means to be Southern. more...
The Devil's Laneby Catherine Clinton; Michele Gillespie
Oxford University Press 1997; US$ 37.00Land contested over by settlers in the early South was named "the devil's lane" with violence often befalling those who ventured there. These essays on sexuality, race and gender in the South from the 17th to 19th century, explore legal history through race, crime, punishment and slander. more...
Masters of Small Worldsby Stephanie McCurry
Oxford University Press 1995; US$ 24.95This social history describes the yeomanry (small farmers) in South Carolina before the US Civil War. It focuses on the relationship between these farmers and the planters, with whom they had strong ideological ties. The study also deals with issues of gender and class. more...
Argentina: A Global Studies Handbookby Todd L. Edwards
ABC-CLIO 2008; US$ 55.00This work is a unique exploration of modern Argentina, combining narrative historical chapters with a reference section covering the nation's most important cultural figures, places, and events. more...