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Empty-handed Odin wields the power of the gods within him. He is lightning, thunder, fire, rain, and wind incarnate. All these nature powers can be manifested through him into this physical dimension by channeling the knowledge and understanding of these forces from his mind, through his body, and out of his empty hands. He is pure power potential, manifested in its human form.
This book is about the path of the empty-hand. Primitive survival skills...
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From frost and magic, the sorceress Gudrun conjures a rune beast and sends it from the land of the Snow-Walkers southwards, towards the stronghold of the new Jarl , Wulfgar. The approach of the beast spreads fear amongst the people. Jessa, Skapti the poet, and a slave named Harkon Empty Hand must help the Jarl confront this horror whilst around them mistrust and conspiracy grow. In some hidden way, these dark events are linked with Gudrun's mysterious...
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How do you find hope in the face of miscarriage?
Morgan Martin had always dreamed of being a wife and mother. But nothing could have prepared her for the day when her faith was tested and she lost her first baby to miscarriage. Her world was shattered, and for the first time, she began to question everything.
Healing Empty Hands is the courageous and powerful story of one woman's journey to find hope and peace through miscarriage in the most incredible...
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Did you know that karate was invented in Okinawa, Japan? The native Okinawan's developed karate as a way to fight without weapons. In modern times, karate is one of the world's most taught and practiced martial arts. Training, equipment, rules, and scoring systems make the sport safe for competitors and a great way to learn valuable self-defense skills. Enter the Martial Arts Sports Zone to learn about the history, gear, moves, competitions, and top...
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Empty Handed: A Modern-Day Miyagi tells the story of author Nathan Chlumsky, who grew up in a small town of Kansas, bullied and abused, and told he would never make it in the martial arts. Now, almost 28 years later, he has black belt rankings in multiple disciplines and is about to test for his 5th degree black. He is also a 3x Martial Arts Hall of Fame Inductee and one of the top martial arts historians in the world. This book tells how he overcame...
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Master the techniques and theory of Japanese Karate with this easy-to-follow, illustrated martial arts guide. Karate: The Art of "Empty-Hand" Fighting has inspired hundreds of thousands of karateka, and it remains one of the finest texts available on the technique, art, and spirit of karatedo. This definitive volume is a systematic presentation of the art of traditional Japanese karate. An easily accessible martial arts manual illustrated with more...
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The Lifework of a Grandmaster of Karate Budo is the path of the Japanese traditional martial arts. Mabuni Kenei has followed this path for almost eight decades until now. He belongs to the last masters taught directly by the founders of modern karatedo. The son and heir of Mabuni Kenwa - the founder of Shito ryu - has acquired a deep understanding of the essence of Karate as a budo art during his course of life. He communicates this extremely complex...
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The snow-walker Gudrun came from the swirling mists and icy depths beyond the edge of the world to rule the Jarl's people with fear and sorcery, but a small band of outlaws will fight to the death to restore the land to its rightful leader.
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"A Handful of Raisins" is a breathtaking memoir about survival, strength, and one woman's immeasurable courage. For Michèle Misino de Luca, being alive today is a miracle — being alive with class, and being alive fearlessly, despite fear itself. Nothing makes the preciousness of life so apparent as when one thinks she is about to die.
She was five years old when she was completely on her own, keenly aware that although food, clothing, and a warm...
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"For forty-seven days in 1999, Phyllis Cole-Dai and James Murray lived by choice on the streets of Columbus, Ohio, the nation's fifteenth-largest city. They went to the streets to practice presence: to offer nonjudgmental attention and compassion to everyone they met, especially the chronically homeless, who are so often ignored, scorned, abused, or shunned. 'The Emptiness of Our Hands,' now in its third edition, is a meditative chronicle of their...
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Karate: The Art of "Empty-Hand" Fighting is the definitive guide to Shotokan Karate-the most widely practiced style of Karate-and has inspired millions of Karate practitioners worldwide. Authored by one of the great masters of the art, Hidetaka Nishiyama, this book is a classic, groundbreaking work on the sport of Karate, and one of the first published in English. An Olympic sport, Karate is today practiced by over 100 million people worldwide.
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How can the Kingdom of God transform the powerlessness of the poor? Jayakumar Christian argues that in order to provide sustainable solutions to powerlessness, poverty and oppression, it is critical to challenge and redefine power from the perspective of the kingdom of God. Only when we realize that we are all 'empty-handed' before God can broken relationships be restored.
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Discover hope, comfort, transformation-the gifts given in grief
Too often, we think of loss, like we might a broken bone. We leave the bone alone, protect it from bumps, and wait. We think eventually everything will go back to normal, the same as it always was. But, losing a loved one is nothing like a broken arm. Loss is amputation, and the path to healing doesn’t lead back to the same, only ahead to the different. A Grief Received offers a personal,...
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A Handful of Raisins is a heart-stirring memoir about survival, strength and courage. For Michèle Misino de Luca, life began as a series of dark, traumatic episodes and continued as deeply challenging events beset her incessantly throughout her youth. Yet somehow, she rises to value life, viewing it as a miracle. She was five years old when she first felt completely on her own, and although food, clothing and a warm bed were provided, it seemed her...
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This is a serious, yet humorous, chronological account of Jim Diehl's search for his true family, and the many turns along that path he encountered.
Growing up, there were no baby books or relatives to answer his questions about who he was. His earliest memory is growing up with his brother, Steve, on a small farm in Milton, West Virginia, in the foster care of the Lewis family. During those years, he was known as Jimmy Ying.
At the beginning of 1956,...