Exploring the ancient Western martial art of catch-as-catch-can grappling, this definitive book covers the history, players, and strategies of the sport. Rich in history and full of painfully brutal techniques, catch-as-catch-can, or catch wrestling for short, is the great-grandfather of today’s mixed martial arts, professional wrestling, freestyle wrestling, and many reality-based self-defense systems. Say Uncle! includes explanations of the methods of catch-as-catch and is accompanied by clear illustrations that show how to use them most effectively, and the background of this unique sport is traced through America, Japan, England, and Ireland. Full of exclusive interviews with legends such as Karl Gotch, Billy Robinson, and Josh Barnett, this guide brings together all aspects of this little-known sport that is the root of modern MMA and professional wrestling.
Slocum’s watching a ghost… On his way to handle a simple courier run, Slocum stumbles upon trouble and finds himself protecting a man with a death wish. Dangerous barkeeps and shifty criminals all want a piece of the man Slocum must defend. For once, Slocum’s worry free because no one is after him. Then again, he knows better than anyone that bullets never come with name tags…
In 1864, Captain Jeff Savage was tasked to find Carver's Raiders, a ruthless bunch of killers who blasted a bloody path through the Shenandoah Valley. The mission was a failure and Carver escaped with a handful of men. Two years later John Carver has raised his head once more when he and his gang of killers robbed a bank in Summerton, Texas, and a bloodbath ensued. During the violent exchange, a young woman is taken captive - Savage's wife, Amy. When Savage discovered her ravaged body, it set a bloody chain of events in motion. Eight outlaws escaped the battle in Summerton, and now, armed with the names of those eight, Savage was going to finish what he started. He was going to track each man down and kill him ... slowly. The only question was - would Savage live long enough to finish what he'd started?
A black-hearted woman makes Slocum see red… In the shadows of the Grand Tetons, Jackson Hole is no place to spend a winter. But, it’s where Slocum hoofs it after getting a desperate letter from his friend Hovis Benton. A swamper at the Silvertip Saloon, Benton appears to have gotten himself in some hot water. A hangout for trail tramps and glitter gals, the Silvertip is owned by the beautiful—and deadly—Gloria Vespa. She and her bunch of cutthroats are responsible for more missing men than a whiteout—including Benton. What could make such a heavenly looking woman so sinful? It doesn’t take Slocum long to find out. Indian gold. In them thar hills…
After an accident seems to end his college and athletic dreams, Ted is offered a second chance at school if he agrees to spy on a classmate and help her father monitor her bulimia.
A single spark can rekindle the light. Sparks brings three emerging authors together for the very first time in publication. Both Wes Cowan's "Greenbrier" and "Poems" take a deeper look at the psychological aspect of death. Clay Spangler's analysis of the wonder of the vast and unknown in "Sparks" neatly counters Jake Spangler's theme of loneliness and desolation in "Rite of Passage." Together, these seven stories form a tight comradeship to keep you company wherever you might find yourself.
If you had complete freedom from all obligations, both personal and financial, and thousands of options lying ahead of you, how would you decide which one to pursue? This is the position Chris Coupland finds himself in on a frigid New Year's morning, when his relationship with Hope ends abruptly. From loss and confusion through success and reconciliation, his choices and the resulting journey may surprise you. Avoiding demons and chasing dreams, his search for Hope or even just hope will be the catalyst for the change he never knew he needed. His challenge now is to decide which path to take, and whether to take that path alone or with someone.
In Debates in Peace Journalism, Jake Lynch traces the major controversies in this emerging field and links his own contributions to them with important new material.
Competition, the drive for efficiency, and continuous improvement ultimately push businesses toward automation and later towards autonomy. If a business can operate without human intervention, it will minimize its operational cost. If Uber can remove the expense of a driver with an autonomous vehicle, it will provide its service cheaper than a competitor who can’t. If an artificially intelligent trading company can search, find, and take advantage of some arbitrage opportunity, then it can profit where its competitors cannot. A business that can analyze and execute in real-time without needing to wait for a human to act, is a business that will be able to take advantage of brief inefficiencies from other markets or businesses. This trend following a thesis that is based on 100 years of proven economic theory. Short-wave economic cycles, those 5- to 10-year cycles, are driven by credit but the long-wave economic cycles, those 50- to 60-year cycles, are driven by technological revolution. We’ve had 5 cycles over the past 200 years with the last wave, the Age of Information & Telecommunications. We've seen evidence that a new cycle has begun. Technological revolutions come by way of a cluster of new innovations. About a decade ago, you started to see AI, robotics and IoT (sensors) delivering on automation. That’s been powerful, but not transformational. It does not force businesses to fundamentally change how they do business. The last piece of the puzzle was cryptocurrency because it allows us to process and transfer economic value without human intervention. Soon, there will be a global race to build autonomous operations. Businesses and organizations without autonomous operations simply will not be able to compete with those that do because … autonomy is the ultimate competitive advantage. Crypto is the mechanism that will accrue value from being the infrastructure for the next digital financial revolution. Crypto Asset Investing lays out a case that we’ve begun a new technological revolution similar to the Internet Age of the 1990’s. Artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, robotics and cryptocurrency are converging to deliver on a new age, what I call the Age of Autonomy. Understanding the transformation that’s taken place before anyone else can yield enormous investment opportunity. In this book, you’ll learn how and why to invest in crypto assets.
Slocum's on the hunt for a two-bit theif—and he's makin' him pay! The pretty young Pearl and her beau Cutface sneak in while Slocum's asleep—and rob him blind. Now Slocum's hot on their trail—and he's makin' Cutface pay his interest in blood!
Slocum takes on some cowardly braves… There’s only one thing more vicious than the west Texas wind as it blows through Palo Duro Canyon—and that’s a band of bloodthirsty Kiowa. Answering a woman’s call for help, Slocum comes across the scene of a brutal ambush. Two men are dead, and three women have been abducted. Turns out the Indians are working with a scoundrel named Scudder, who aims to turn the women into prostitutes. There’s only one man who can save the ladies from a fate worse than death—and his name is John Slocum.
Slocum's on a mission for the military--and up against a devil of a dame When Slocum stops in the town of Pico Alto, Nevada, a late night at the saloon leads to a brutal encounter with a trio of thieves and ends when a redheaded angel brings him home to tend to his wounds. All in all, things could have been worse--like if those thieves got ahold of the secret documents Slocum is transporting for the military. But when Slocum arrives at his destination, he learns that a single page is missing from the parcel. And the officer in charge is none too pleased. Now Slocum is riding back to Pico Alto to retrieve the highly sensitive item, come hell or high water. And he's about to discover that his redheaded angel is anything but innocent.
A six-shooter doesn’t do much good when you’re six feet under… Slocum likes to bury himself in his work…but now he’s in way over his head. Trapped underground, fighting for his life, all he can do is think about how he got into this mess… It all started because of the most notorious road agent west of the Mississippi, Les Jeter. Slocum had to make sure that this outlaw paid for the lives he’d taken…along with Slocum’s most prized possession—his brother’s watch. And he wasn’t alone on the hunt. Ambrose Killian was obsessed with Jeter and wanted to bring this legend to justice for his own sordid reasons. Hot on his trail, Killian’s enlisted his luscious secretary, a rival criminal, and a gang of greedy lawmen. Slocum knew it would be a challenging job. Almost as challenging as staying alive as the minutes tick by—and the air runs out…
A boy's search for justice leads Slocum on a trail of revenge! While tracking down the outlaws who murdered his parents and kidnapped his sister, young Jimmy Forrest learns the tricks of the trail from Slocum. Soon, the hard-riding duo discovers their adversary is none other than the "Butcher of Shiloh," a man Slocum has every reason to hate...
Fool’s gold gets a deadly new twist… Overnight, Victory has turned into a booming gold-rush town, all centered around the worthless stock certificates being sold by Andy Stevenson—a conman’s gullible assistant. Not realizing it’s a gigantic swindle, Victory is headed for financial disaster. Slocum can’t just ride off and leave Andy and his pretty sister Daisy hanging—literally. So he’s going to teach a master conman a few tricks he’s learned—as a master gunman…
Slocum’s in the range war from hell! Belle Nelson killed two bounty hunters who murdered the wrong man—her husband—before the third high-tailed it. The sheriff praised Belle’s bravery, but she’s not waiting for the law to catch the one that got away. He’s a hired gun out of Texas who had no reason to think her husband was an outlaw with $500 on his head—a point she’ll emphasize before she blows him to hell. As he’s passing time in Wyoming, Slocum’s eye is caught by a pretty, pistol-packing lady. A former tomboy who rode like the wind, Belle is all growed-up—and tracking cold-blooded killers. Even if his motives are not entirely professional, Belle welcomes Slocum’s help. Neither knows what to expect. But Slocum begins to notice that his pretty companion has something hard and twisted deep inside her—something bloody and in need of watching…
Spending the summers of 1958 through 1960 on a large ranch south of Cascade, Montana, as a teenager, I learned a lot about ranching—and life. Teams of horses were used for much of the work, and buckboard wagons were used daily. Technology-wise, this ranch was about thirty years behind the times, but it made a profit for the absentee owner, and it was a wonderful way of life.
It’s open season on the open range… Slocum knows better than to get mixed up in other people’s battles. But when he rescues the Tewksbury family from marauding Apache, he has little choice but to get them home safely. Their Circle T ranch is in the Tonto Basin, some of the finest cattle-raising land in the territory. And not every rancher in the valley is willing to share and share alike. Soon, Slocum finds himself pulled into a range war where the only place left to hide is six feet under…
It was the spring of 1951 when Jake Veit’s father, an avid outdoorsman, decided he wanted to learn to bowhunt. As Jake picked up his father’s enthusiasm for archery, he began shooting in tournaments and bowhunting small game, and ultimately helped his father found an archery club. While intertwining his entertaining personal experiences while growing up in Ohio and beyond with insight into the ancient sport of archery and accompanying images, Veit provides a fascinating glimpse into all the ways involvement in archery can positively effect its participants. As he leads others through his experiences and the history of a sport that has helped man survive over time, Veit details his tournament experiences, the mental and physical control that he and others had to refine to be successful, how to properly execute a shot sequence and other techniques, and much more. Throughout his presentation, Veit reminds us that archery is a life sport that provides exercise and fun while demonstrating that no one has to win to feel accomplished. Modern Archery for Life shares personal experiences, insight, and images that shine an intriguing light onto an ancient sport that can be enjoyed by all ages.
Slocum’s framed but he won’t be hanged. Slocum’s having trouble sleeping in Abilene. The town’s overrun with rowdy, drunken cowboys, but what’s really got him wide awake is Mac, the man who just shot open his hotel room door accusing him of stealing his wife, Martha. Before Slocum can reach his gun, Mac’s dead on the floor, and the marshal is arresting Slocum for murder. Although his name is cleared, Slocum must flee Abilene and an angry mob bent on putting a rope around his neck. When he reaches the saloon in the dying town of Gantt, he discovers a bounty hunter on his trail—and an angry woman with a shotgun, saying he killed her husband. What’s worse is that her name isn’t Martha…and her husband wasn’t Mac. Now Slocum must solve two murders, or someone will make sure he never sleeps again…
Slocum came to hunt elk. Now he’s hunting a madman. Hiram Bledsoe founded the town of Sawtooth, Wyoming, and he takes a piece of every penny that changes hands on its dusty streets. But that isn’t enough for this greed-crazed madman anymore. He wants every ounce of gold out of the Sawtooth Mountains, and any miner with a rightful claim will have to either roll over—or drop dead. John Slocum’s got a problem with that. And when he sees a black-haired beauty’s father shot just for standing up for what’s his, Slocum takes up his gun. If it’s a war Hiram Bledsoe wants, then it’s war he’ll get. But Bledsoe’s hired army of backshooters is ready to bring the bloodshed to Slocum. And the enemy will be waiting where he least expects it…
“The road novel—or the road half-novel—has rarely been funnier or more appealing.”—Benjamin Moser, Harper’s In the great American tradition of funny road narratives— from Mark Twain to Hunter S. Thompson—a young journalist searches for his first big break down the lonesome highways of the Southwest and northern Mexico. Alternating chapters of fiction and nonfiction provide a hilarious account of Jake Silverstein’s misadventures on the hunt for an elusive magazine article—a journey that becomes a quest to understand the purpose of journalism and the nature of storytelling.
This powerful, meticulously researched novel is a moving tale of one girl's struggle against a world in turmoil. In 1930s Berlin, choked by the tightening of Hitler's fist, the Klein family are gradually losing everything that is precious to them. Their fifteen-year-old daughter, Rosa, slips out of Germany on a Kindertransport train to begin a new life in England. Charged with the task of securing a safe passage for her family, she vows that she will not rest until they are safe. But as war breaks out and she loses contact with her parents, Rosa finds herself wondering if there are some vows that can't be kept ... A sweeping tale of love and loss, with the poignant story of the Kindertransport at its heart, this is an exceptional accomplishment from one of Britain's bravest and most vibrant writers.
What you don’t see can kill you… When a gallant cavalry sergeant is killed while saving him from a Sioux war party, Slocum is honor-bound to fulfill the man’s dying wish and send the Thibadeaux family bible to his sister. But after the stagecoach delivering the bible is robbed by murderous road agents, Slocum takes it upon himself to get the Good Book back from the bushwhackers no matter what—even if he has to give them a reading from the gospel according to Sam Colt…
Slocum has to hogtie a mad cattle baron… John Slocum rides into a booming cow town at the request of an old friend who needs his help. Too bad his friend is already six feet under with a fatal case of lead poisoning, courtesy of a local rancher with a mile-wide mean streak and delusions of grandeur. But the killer cattle man is about to learn that when you mess with a bull named Slocum, you get the horns…
Jonathon and Gavin Nightly are in love with Hannah Lasker, a gifted artist on the verge of a meltdown. Their lives spiral toward heartbreak with the release of a controversial vaccine that grants eternal life. This "miracle cure" is only the beginning of a true-to-life technological takeover that pits friendships against progress, science against faith, and love against time.
Slocum’s got just enough rope to hang himself…or someone else. With buzzards circling in the sky, young Tom Garvin hopes his search for the lost cattle of the Bar M Ranch has not ended in vain. It turns out the carrion those birds are after isn’t cows but the body of a man hanging from a dying tree with a very mysterious black rope around his neck. Impressed by the rope, Garvin decides to take it—along with the dead man’s beautiful horse—back to the ranch where he works with John Slocum. And the two of them are about to learn that this is one rope they don’t want to be at the end of…
Slocum hears the sound of music… Ten miles outside of Big Timber, Montana, bandits and Crow Indians ambush a civilian wagon train. It’s Slocum who stumbles upon two of the only survivors: Jasmine and Lydia Lorraine, a mother and daughter act on a tour of the West—and on the run from a jealous ex-husband. If he’s behind the brutal attack, as Slocum suspects, they’re not out of the woods yet. After all, when songbirds this beautiful turn up, trouble’s never far behind…
Slocum’s on the run from the law…and gunning for revenge! Slocum knows it’s a terrible plan, but Conchita was more than persuasive. Against his better judgment, he agrees to get himself sent to San Quentin under false pretenses, find her brother José, and help him escape. It’s more trouble than any man should volunteer for…and it’s only the beginning. After the breakout, Conchita and José seem closer than brother and sister ought to be—and they leave Slocum framed for yet another crime he did not commit. With both the law and a posse from San Quentin on his back, he goes after the underhanded pair—and there’s no escape from Slocum!
Brandon’s junior high school basketball team is struggling to make the playoffs, and Brandon is starting to feel that his bad luck is dragging them down--and when their bus breaks down on the way to the big game, Brandon has to turn luck into opportunity.
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