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Living the Story is the meandering, true, and sometimes strange adventures of an unknown writer. Funny, unusual, and occasionally heartbreaking, this is the ultimately inspiring story of a vaguely successful writer's pursuit of an almost impossible dream during the profound changes and cultural upheavals of the last half of the 20th century.

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Tai Chi Chuan is an art that adheres to natural laws, and its operating principles and practices can be found in myriad objects, activities, scientific fundamentals, and engineering applications. In Elements of Power, Christoper Dow explores a number of the fascinating connections that can be drawn between Tai Chi and the physical world around us, opening new dimentions to the art. The lessons of Elements of Power can apply to any Tai Chi form...

Returned after nearly thirty years to the town he once held sway over, John Stroud learns that no matter how many trails he's had to tread and how many obstacles he's had to overcome on his journey to achieve the ultimate in power, more waited ahead.Armed with a ruthless ambition coupled with deadly knowledge, he begins regaining command over his former empire. In his way stand those who now control what once was his as well as the daughter he...

Growing up in a poor mill town in southern Louisiana taught John Stroud one thing: There's no point in caring about a world that doesn't care about you.Unfortunately for Stroud, the world of Woodville was always there, undeniable, oppressive, and inescapable, with absolutely no means of satisfying the ambitions bursting inside him.Effigy is the story of a man obsessed by power and the desire to manipulate reality for his own ends-a man who wil...

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Poetry by the author of City of Dreams and The Trip Out

This book concentrates on the five biggest recessions in the twentieth century. It focuses on the UK, but makes numerous comparisons to recessions in other countries. Two major recessions are identified in the interwar period, three more in the years 1973-1995. The main conclusion reached is that major recessions reflect abrupt fallings off in demand not supply, and can be explained by identifiable demand shocks. The concluding chapter offers ...

Tai chi chuan is many things: a martial art, a superlative exercise, a mode of meditation, and a method to build internal vitality, strength, and power and to improve health. But what exactly is tai chi? How does it function? What makes it work? In Circling the Square, Christopher Dow draws on a variety of fields to examine this fascinating movement art, beginning with an analysis of is basic physical structure. From there, he delves into how ...