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The Fighter's Guide to Hard-Core Heavy Bag Training

One of the most memorable scenes in the 1976 Oscar winning movie for Best Picture, "Rocky," involves Sylvester Stallone pummeling slabs of beef hung in the meat locker where his future brother-in-law Paulie worked.Rocky knew what everyone in the fight game knows, in order to hit hard, you

Strategic Use Of Lean Six Sigma

Six sigma and lean manufacturing are utilized as improvement tools to improve the business.This improvement can take many forms, such as increased business, reduced costs, and improved cycle times or service.

New Revolutionary War Novel Speaks to Today's Political Concerns

Author Becky Akers has recreated the life and times of Nathan Hale, American Revolutionary War patriot, best known for saying "I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." But who was the real Nathaniel Hale? With a few fictional liberties taken, and painstaking historical re

A Treatise on Science Fiction, Fantasy Authors and Story

A quick review of Theodore Sturgeon's Godbody and other authors. This entity, this being, is seen through the eyes of eight people from a small town, all chapters written in first person singular, except for the last, which is written from the omniscient viewpoint.

How You Can Pick the Most Beneficial Lesbian Books

A lot of lesbian visitors are thinking about finding a qualified list of ideal lesbian books. This can be ultimately an not possible task, of course, because people's taste varies so much, yet there does seem being some consensus inside a general sort of way about what the most beneficial lesbi

H1ghlanders Poems

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Good-Bye and Amen by Beth Gutcheon - A Review

Good-Bye and Amen is written in a unique format and recounts how three siblings reunite at their family summer home in Maine to decide how to divide up their parents' estate. As the sequel to Leeway Cottage,Good-Bye and Amen is the continuing drama about the Moss family.

Raised From the Dead - A True Account by Richard L Madison

Richard L. Madison shares an amazing story in his book "Raised from the Dead." The book is a personal testimony of a series of miracles in his life. He was pronounced dead on arrival (DOA) at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 1986. Well know Christian leaders as well as Madison'

A Critical Appreciation of Shelly's Ozymandias

'Ozymandias' is a unique sonnet composed by Percy Bysshe Shelley, a revolutionary poet of the Romantic period. The poem is about the futility of human achievements. It mocks at human pride in power and pelf.

The History of the World in 1150 Pages

How many pages does it take to explain the history of the World? Human history is so vast and has been lived from so many different perspectives that it is often hard to get any sort of accurate view. Even once the scholars put it all into words by condensing it to the most prevalent or accepted eve

Advance Your Career - Learn How to Analyze People On Sight

Over the years, I've become very good at reading people as I approach them, often from many feet in advance. This is a great skill, one I suppose I accidentally learned as a young man doing mobile car washing and traveling from office to office to try to convince people to get their cars washed

Book Review - Storm Born by Richelle Mead

I admit I was absolutely hooked from page one.The author has created a heroine with a quirky, smart aleck, tough point of view.She's an assassin after all.Using her athame, silver bullets and magic wand Eugenie Markham deftly destroys 'Otherworld' people who've crossed over into

Steve Martini Author Biographies

Steve published his first book in 1988 and has been called a master of legal thrillers. He has received international acclaim. A few years later Steve started writing full time. In 1992 he published the first of his Paul Madriani series. He has also written several stand alone novels. It seems every

Critique of Timothy J Dailey's The Gathering Storm

At home in his topic's habitat, History-Geography Professor and author Dailey makes his home in Bethlehem, Israel; he attempts to correlate modern expectations with his perception of first century fulfillment! Thus, he commends Revelation's great Armageddon to a 'future world end.&apo

Just Me And You: A Poem

There's nothing quite as magical as finding passion unexpectedly, throwing yourself under the spell of some potential great love. There is no thrill in the world like those associated with the joys and wonders of romantic possibilities consuming your every thought, stealing away your breath. Th