books about: guard     books:       The Coast Guard9 reviews Foundation for Coast Guard History, 2004 Its about time! The other services came out with a similar book years ago. Every time I walk into a book store I immediately go to the military section with the hope of finding this book waiting for me on the shelf. I always left feeling disappointed. This book retails for about 75 bucks. Some may say that is too high a price for a book, I say it is worth every penny. Semper Paratus.             Classical Northern Wu Style Tai Ji Quan: The Fighting Art of the Manchurian Palace Guard12 reviews Tina Zhang, Frank Allen Blue Snake Books, 2006 Thorough, complete and compelling On the bookshelves of the martial arts section there are few books that can truly be called thorough and complete. The "Classical Northern Wu Style Tai Ji Quan" by Tina Zhang and Frank Allen in one of these few. The history section is a concise look at the history of Tai Ji Quan from the perspective of the northern Wu style school. Instead of just regurgitating the usual legends, it tells an ...             Lifeboat Sailors: Disasters, rescues, and the Perilous Future of the Coast Guard's Small Boat Stations12 reviews Dennis L. Noble Brassey's Inc, 2000 Easy-reading, but very eye-opening and inspiring Although the book was a nice, easy read, I was involved to the point where I couldn't put it down and wanted to know more about the Coast Guard. These men and women of the small lifeboat stations are true heroes. Thanks to Dennis Noble for telling their history and story. I was inspired so much by the desire to become a part of such an amazing tradition and responsibility that I visited my ...             Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Master Techniques: The Essential Guard (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Master Techniques series)15 reviews Kid Peligro, Rodrigo Medeiros Invisible Cities Press Llc, 2005 the title says it all this is the essential book for the beginner or intermediate BJJ player. it is likely the best BJJ book out there because it pays quality attention to the nuances of the GUARD and you will not get that at every jiujitsu school. without fundamental knowledge of the proper body positioning required to execute guard techniques, youre going nowhere. futhermore, no matter how good you are as a 'top' ...             Passing the Guard: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Details and Techniques: Volume 1 (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) (Brazilian Jiu ...25 reviews Beneville Ed Grappling Arts Publications, L.L.C., 2003 Great Study on an Important Facet of Groundfighting Too many books try to cover too much in their text. This often results in poor details, a small snapshot of someone's game, or unconnected techniques that don't integrate well. It is a fantastic idea to spend an entire volume on one aspect of the game. I'd read Cartmell's good work in "Effortless Combat Throws" and liked it a lot. I'd never heard of Beneville, though, as per most of the ...             Honor Guards15 reviews Radclyffe Bold Strokes Books, 2004 excellant book I enjoyed the whole series and am looking forward to the next installment this summer.             Gang of One: Memoirs of a Red Guard (American Lives)21 reviews Fan Shen Bison Books, 2006 excellent read A very interesting book. Iy gives a very detailed look at life in Communist China.             Chicken Soup for the Prisoner's Soul: 101 Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit of Hope, Healing ...48 reviews Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, ... HCI, 2002 AWESOME! I purchased this book for my husband and he had written me several times quoting passages from it and told me he wished I had a copy so we could discuss it together. With that said, I purchased an additional copy and read it in one day. My son walked by and saw and me tearing up and asked what I was reading and I read him the except. We continued reading them together out loud. He too cried. ...             Devil's Guard53 reviews George R. Elford Delta, 1995 Some never knew To a soldier conflict and combat are the mainstay of his vocation and profession after a certain point the victor and vanquished become little more than facts to be minded by the history keepers (usually the victors) and refered too by the participants in abbreviated rhetoric and broken dialogs. The author has done the reader a great service in the delivery of this redition of the activities and ...             Coast Guard Action in Vietnam: Stories of Those Who Served11 reviews Paul C. Scotti PSI Research, 2000 Been there, done that! I am a CG Vietnam veteran having served aboard the CG Cutter Chase, CG Squadron 3 in 1969-70. Paul Scotti's book is the definitive book about the CG operations in Vietnam. Paul gets you up front and personal to the point you can smell the smoke and hear the gunfire. His book vividly describes the everyday life of a Coastie in Vietnam be it on the water, in the air or at the base and will touch ...             The Guard (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Details and Techniques) (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Details and Techniques)8 reviews Joe Moreira; Ed Beneville Grappling Arts Publications, LLC, 2005 In Depth Treatment of Guard, for Intermediate Grapplers (with Gi) As with "Passing the Guard", no other book focuses on the bjj guard so much, with so much details. The paper is cheaper and the pictures are darker than those in the first volume ("Passing the Guard"), but the page count increased and the content is still high guality, if not higher. I'm a bjj blue belt and I like this book a lot, but it's not an easy book to use. You have to study it, choose ...             The Gift of Words: Having the Right Words to Say at the Right Time7 reviews Anne French BookSurge Publishing, 2007 Perfect Christmas gift! I can not recommend this book more highly. It not only gives expert advice for every potentially awkward situation, but it also is filled with the author's original art. I'm giving this book to several of my friends for Christmas!             The Coast Guardsman's Manual9 reviews George E. Krietemeyer US Naval Institute Press, 2000 Great book for all I am in the Coast Guard myself and when I was in boot camp they even handed out copies of this book to us to learn what we needed to know about the USCG. It covers everything from a brief history to customs and courtesies and to Maritime Law Enforcement. It talks about the different knots we use and how to properly tie the knot. There's history on the USCG's uniforms and the different ships we ...             Anatomy of Glory: Napoleon and His Guard8 reviews Henri Lachouque Greenhill Books, 2006 a work of unquestionable quality The glory of the Imperial Guard resounds above all others in the annals of war. Created, built and nurtured as a bodyguard for Napoleon, it grew from a brigade of fewer than two thousand men into a virtual army, and became 'a human fortress which no one but [Napoleon] could dominate and no enemy could penetrate'. And, on such battlefields as Austerlitz, Jena, Friedland, Wagram and Waterloo, it ...             The Waffen SS: Hitler's Elite Guard at War, 1939-459 reviews George H. Stein Cornell University Press, 1984 Elite warriors, brutal murderers - deserving of both titles "Waffen SS-Hitler's Elite Guard at War, 1939-1945" by George H. Stein is a fabulous work of historical literature. Many an author, popular and academic, has tackled the topic of the SS and Waffen SS but very few have done so in an objective fashion like Stein. Far too many presentations of the Waffen SS have been from apologist and revisionist authors who fail to recognize and/or admit the ...             Guards! Guards!7 reviews Terry Pratchett Roc, 1991 The best yet . . . Pterry here has managed to be not only funny but serious. Carrot comes across a bit too stereotypically, but Vimes is the most human of the characters, indeed one of the most human of teh series. There are indeed Tolkien references, (and also Casablanca! Note the flickering sign outside Vimes's window - so traditional it's very hard to leave out, but stil . . . ) Lady Ramkin is still a tad flat ...             Gaunt's Ghosts: The Saint (Gaunt's Ghosts)7 reviews Dan Abnett Games Workshop, 2007 Great book....missing pages Is it just me, or does it seem weird that my copy of the book is missing 49 pages? Pages 880 to page 929 are missing. It says here that the book has 1024 pages.....so does mine, except that 49 pages are missing. I'm wondering if anybody else has seen this problem? Or do I have the "worth some money mess up book"?             Native Guard8 reviews Natasha Trethewey, 2008 A thought provoking read. As I read these poems, each offers a an insight which calls me to visualize the scenes that are portrayed. I've reread several passages to confirm their impact. This book is great example of powerful modern poetry. I'll recommend it to many. it offers a profound mix of history and personal experience. Trethewey reveals her life and thoughts fearlessly.             Dead Men Tapping : The End of the Heather Lynn II7 reviews Kate Yeomans International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 2003 Dead Men Tapping: The End of the Heather Lynne II This book was awesome. Ms. Yeomans writes a terrific story that will have you sitting back totally buried in the story she tells. Having had many friends and acquaintances in the fishing industry who have had similar experiences, most of them fatal, I can only surmise that the entire United States Coast Guard needs to be revamped, all its employees trained, and that the Guard MUST be held ...             The Historic Northwest Passage and the CGC STORIS: The story of a young man growing up in the Coast Guard in ...7 reviews Dick Juge AuthorHouse, 2006 Shiver me timbers :To Nam And Back > > "The historic Northwest Passage &the CGC Storis can be compared to reading a diary of a > crewmember of the ship Santa Maria on Christopher Columbus historic voyage. Of course this > was a voyage in modern times and the latest technology of that time but still an adventure into the > unknown, motivated by man's quest "to go where no one has gone before". > This is ...              search for books 1939-45, american, anatomy, brazilian, chicken, classical, disasters, essential, fighting, forgiveness, guardsman, healing, heather, historic, jiu-jitsu, lifeboat, manchurian, memoirs, napoleon, northern, northwest, passage, perilous, prisoner, rekindle, stations, stories, tapping, techniques, vietnam books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Hearing God's Voice leave a comment home  impressum - about us