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Iron Balls and Elbow Power : the Teachings of Alex Essani

By: Nick Waites

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Aikido

Iron Balls and Elbow Power : the Teachings of Alex Essani

By: Nick Waites

Alex Essani, the Aikido teacher and practitioner, whose thoughts about the practice of Aikido are expressed in this book, does not actually exist - he is a fictitious character invented by the author as a means of exploring ideas. However, the training philosophy and methods attributed to Alex Essani are definitely not fictitious: they are based on the author's personal experiences with real Aikido instructors, in particular his current sensei, and on many years of practising, studying and teaching Aikido. The conversations between the two main characters, Alex Essani and his student Ian, are inventions used illustrate an important principle or concept. As the author's real Aikido teacher would put it after telling a tall story, "This is a true story; only the facts have been changed"; insofar as the author has fictionalised real incidents and conversations, this book is the same - it is fiction based on fact.In this third edition the author has replaced and improved all of the images, edited a number of chapters and added two more. He has also omitted the final part of the book, previously devoted to technique notes, as there are currently many excellent books devoted entirely to this aspect of Aikido training, including "Essential Aikido" written by the author.

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Nick Waites

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0953884848

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9780953884841

Understanding Australia's Neighbours

An Introduction to East and Southeast Asia

By: Nick Knight,Michael Heazle,Daniel Halvorson

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Understanding Australia's Neighbours

An Introduction to East and Southeast Asia

By: Nick Knight,Michael Heazle,Daniel Halvorson

A comprehensive introduction to the study of Asia. Written thematically, it provides comparisons between Asian and Australian societies and encourages readers to think about Australia's neighbours across a wide range of social, economic and historical contexts.

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289

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Cambridge University Press

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0521157137

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9780521157131

Jumping Sundays

The Rise and Fall of the Counterculture in Aotearoa New Zealand

By: Nick Bollinger

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Jumping Sundays

The Rise and Fall of the Counterculture in Aotearoa New Zealand

By: Nick Bollinger

On a Sunday afternoon in the spring of 1969, thousands of people defied Auckland city bylaws and came to party in Albert Park. A rock band played on the rotunda. Some people held hands, some danced alone, some sat under trees with guitars, flutes and bongos and made music of their own. They wore kaftans, ponchos and leather-fringed jerkins, floppy hats, headbands, beads and flowers. Poetry and political diatribes were delivered from a podium, improvised from an upturned tea chest. There were bikies, balloons, bubbles, sack races and a lolly scramble, lots of dogs and a pet possum. Someone brought a canoe and paddled it around the fountain, until it capsized. As the afternoon wore on there were joss sticks, skyrockets and what some will have recognised as the musky smell of marijuana. . . —From the PrologueIn Jumping Sundays, award-winning writer and broadcaster Nick Bollinger tells the story of beards and bombs, freaks and firebrands, self-destruction and self-realisation, during a turbulent period in New Zealand's history and culture.

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Auckland University Press

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177671086X

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9781776710867

The Art of Re-enchantment

Making Early Music in the Modern Age

By: Nick Wilson

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The Art of Re-enchantment

Making Early Music in the Modern Age

By: Nick Wilson

Historically informed performance (HIP) has provoked heated debate amongst musicologists, performers and cultural sociologists. In The Art of Re-enchantment: Making Early Music in the Modern Age, author Nick Wilson answers many salient questions surrounding HIP through an in-depth analysis of the early music movement in Britain from the 1960s to the present day.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199939934

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9780199939930

French Industrial Relations in the New World Economy

By: Nick Parsons

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French Industrial Relations in the New World Economy

By: Nick Parsons

Examining the traditionally predominant role of the state in shaping employment patterns and social policy in France, French Industrial Relations in the New World Economy analyzes the impact of globalization on French industrial relations. Looking at the changing economic context of industrial relations, this important text places particular emphasis on the notion of a shift from a national, Fordist form of employment regulation, to an international, post-Fordist form - examining in detail the impact of this shift on the role of the French state and on the balance of power between employer and trade union organizations. Including chapters on employer organizations, collective bargaining, the role of the state, and workplace representation, French Industrial Relations in the New World Economy explores this fascinating topic in detail and provides a detailed resource for postgraduates studying trade unions, industrial and employee relations, and industrial studies in general.

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271

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Routledge

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1134205201

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9781134205202

Gateshead Through Time

By: Nick Neave

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Gateshead Through Time

By: Nick Neave

This fascinating selection of more than 180 photographs traces some of the many ways in which Gateshead has changed and developed over the last century.

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445609444

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9781445609447

The Value House

How to Build a Price Resistant Sales Approach

By: Nick Baldock

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The Value House

How to Build a Price Resistant Sales Approach

By: Nick Baldock

Offering a fresh perspective on an old challenge--the price objection which has almost become the salesperson nemesis--this edition has a wealth of ideas, tips, and strategies that challenge some conventional thinking and reshape and refocus ideas, by following the analogy of building a house.

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Ecademy Press

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1907722610

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9781907722615

Never Walk Away

By: Nick Triplow

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Never Walk Away

By: Nick Triplow

Like a darker, grimier version of Mick Herron's Slough House novels, this is a highly promising debut.' Mail on Sunday 'Mesmerising'. The Financial Times A senior civil servant dies in suspicious circumstances. A sensitive file in his possession and evidence of contact with a human rights lawyer lead the authorities to believe he is a whistle-blower. This needs a police officer used to operating in the murky world between policing and intelligence. DS Mark (Max) Lomax is a former Special Demonstration Squad officer – a Special Branch unit dedicated to infiltrating political and extremist groups, a world he thinks he has left far behind. Following a botched stakeout of a north London gangster, he finds himself on enforced leave and is called back into his old world of half-truths and conflicting agendas. As he digs into the death of the civil servant, Max is obstructed at every turn, forcing him to turn to the people he once betrayed for help. With political reputations on the line, the case becomes less about uncovering the truth, than burying it for good.

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266

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Bedford Square Publishers

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0857305638

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9780857305633

Hyperreality and Global Culture

By: Nick Perry

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Hyperreality and Global Culture

By: Nick Perry

First full length discussion of hyperreality. Perry provides the reader with a full length discussion of the origins of the concept, nuances of meaning and case studies of hyperrealism - European tourism, American television etc.

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Psychology Press

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0415105145

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9780415105149

Sexual Violence Against Children in Britain Since 1965

Trailing Abuse

By: Nick Basannavar

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Sexual Violence Against Children in Britain Since 1965

Trailing Abuse

By: Nick Basannavar

This book investigates the changes and continuities in the ways in which sexual violence has been interpreted and represented in Britain since 1965. It explores the representational trail of the Moors murders and subsequent trial of 1966, the emergence of age of consent abolitionism in the 1970s, Cleveland’s child sexual abuse crisis of 1987-8, and 2010 and 20s contemplations on the Jimmy Savile scandal. Harnessing research into popular media forms and a huge range of personal, political and professional records, Nick Basannavar carefully parses and illustrates the ways in which journalists, medical workers, politicians, lobbyists and other groups assembled and animated their narratives, revealing complex rhetorical and emotional processes. This book challenges problematic conceptual dichotomies such as silence/noise or ignorance/knowledge. It shows instead that although categories such as ‘child sexual abuse’ and ‘paedophilia’ may be relatively recent linguistic value-constructs, sexual violence against children has existed and been represented across historical moments, in changeable and challenging ways.

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330

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Springer Nature

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3030831485

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9783030831486

The Dominion of Signs

Television, Advertising and Other New Zealand Fictions

By: Nick Perry

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The Dominion of Signs

Television, Advertising and Other New Zealand Fictions

By: Nick Perry

If you have ever wondered what led to the rise and fall of New Zealand's Telethon, or pondered the appeal of Metro magazine, or sought to understand the popularity of Billy T. James, this book is for you. The Dominion of Signs is a brilliant and provocative commentary on contemporary New Zealand culture.

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Auckland University Press

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1775581780

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9781775581789

The Last Days of Johnny Nunn

By: Nick Triplow

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The Last Days of Johnny Nunn

By: Nick Triplow

Career campaigner Fraser Neal continually clashed with local businessmen, most recently over the council's selling publicly-owned social housing in the Docklands to private developers and displacing vulnerable residents. Until he's found dead in an alley behind Tennessee Fried Chicken's wheelie bins. Neal was also a police informant – or so he said. DS Max Lomax of Special Operations says he wasn't. No one believes him. Max's reluctant inquiries into Fraser's murder take him through the rundown estates, church soup kitchens and graffitied shopfronts of southeast London. He's unaware that his investigation is linked to Johnny Nunn, a former boxer living on the streets, who has given everything to the search for his missing daughter. For five years Johnny has been consumed by a vision of finding his girl and bringing her home, but now he allows himself to be drawn into another family's tragedy. Johnny knows the only beaten man is the one who's stopped fighting. The killers may not.

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Bedford Square Publishers

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1915798450

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9781915798459

Book's by Nick Waites

Aikido

Aikido

Understanding Australia's Neighbours

Understanding Australia's Neighbours

Jumping Sundays

Jumping Sundays

The Art of Re-enchantment

The Art of Re-enchantment

French Industrial Relations in the New World Economy

French Industrial Relations in the New World Economy

Gateshead Through Time

Gateshead Through Time

The Value House

The Value House

Never Walk Away

Never Walk Away

Hyperreality and Global Culture

Hyperreality and Global Culture

Sexual Violence Against Children in Britain Since 1965

Sexual Violence Against Children in Britain Since 1965

The Dominion of Signs

The Dominion of Signs

The Last Days of Johnny Nunn

The Last Days of Johnny Nunn

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