Author: Publisher: Gale
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Presents brief biographical sketches which provide vital statistics as well as information on the importance of the person listed.
Encyclopedia of World Biography
Author: Publisher: Gale
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Presents brief biographical sketches which provide vital statistics as well as information on the importance of the person listed.
Chi Pai-shih
Author: Chi-jung ChuBagua and Tai Chi
Author: Bruce FrantzisPublisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 1583943595
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
In Bagua and Tai Chi, noted teacher Bruce Frantzis demonstrates through these two important practices what is required to develop and embody high levels of chi flow. Inside the slow-motion movements of tai chi is a sophisticated mind/body/spirit practice. Derived from the I Ching (Book of Changes), bagua is unique in its circular movements, spiraling energy, and unpredictable changes of direction. Frantzis begins with an overview of both bagua and tai chi and their origins in Chinese culture, followed by comprehensive advice on how to incorporate these practices into daily Western life. Written in an easy, conversational style, the book provides an explanation of an art that is practiced by millions in China to release stress and maintain a vigorous level of health. According to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), the 2.3 million Americans who currently practice tai chi report improved sleep, conditioning, and overall wellness. Bagua and Tai Chi offers a gentle healing and strengthening system that will appeal to a wide audience, including martial artists, meditators, dancers and athletes, personal trainers, and anyone looking to reduce stress and increase calmness and clarity through an effective, low-impact body practice.
Noguchi East and West
Author: Dore AshtonPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520083400
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
An art history professor and author or editor of 30 books on art and culture maps the life of Japanese-American sculptor and designer Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) and his spiritual journey, both in the events of his life and in the milestones of his art--the sculptures, gardens, public spaces, and stage decors that gained force and significance from Noguchi's double heritage. Photographs.
East West
Author: ARTnews
Author: The Secret Army
Author: Richard Michael GibsonPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470830182
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
The incredible story of how Chiang Kai-shek's defeated army came to dominate the Asian drug trade After their defeat in China's civil war, remnants of Chiang Kai-shek's armies took refuge in Burma before being driven into Thailand and Laos. Based on recently declassified government documents, The Secret Army: Chiang Kai-shek and the Drug Warlords of the Golden Triangle reveals the shocking true story of what happened after the Chinese Nationalists lost the revolution. Supported by Taiwan, the CIA, and the Thai government, this former army reinvented itself as an anti-communist mercenary force, fighting into the 1980s, before eventually becoming the drug lords who made the Golden Triangle a household name. Offering a previously unseen look inside the post-war workings of the Kuomintang army, historians Richard Gibson and Wen-hua Chen explore how this fallen military group dominated the drug trade in Southeast Asia for more than three decades. Based on recently released, previously classified government documents Draws on interviews with active participants, as well as a variety of Chinese, Thai, and Burmese written sources Includes unique insights drawn from author Richard Gibson's personal experiences with anti-narcotics trafficking efforts in the Golden Triangle A fascinating look at an untold piece of Chinese—and drug-running—history, The Secret Army offers a revealing look into the history of one of the most infamous drug cartels in Asia.
Refining the Imagination
Author: Vassar College. Frances Lehman Loeb Art CenterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Genealogies in the Library of Congress
Author: Marion J. KaminkowPublisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 9780806316666
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
This "Supplement to Genealogies in the Library of Congress" lists all genealogies in the Library of Congress that were catalogued between 1972 and 1976, showing acquisitions made by the Library in the five years since publication of the original two-volume Bibliography. Arranged alphabetically by family name, it adds several thousand works to the canon, clinching the Bibliography's position as the premier finding-aid in genealogy.
Bruce Tegner's Complete Book of Self-Defense
Author: Bruce TegnerPublisher: Thomas Reed Publications
ISBN: 9780874070309
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Explains and illustrates in step-by-step photographs all the self-defense movements used in the Oriental fighting arts