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Author: Matthew Polly Publisher: Avery ISBN: 159240619X Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 303
Book Description
An aging amateur takes his shot at glory in the world of mixed martial arts. As a younger man, Matthew Polly traveled to the Shaolin Temple in China and spent two years training with the monks who had invented the ancient art of kung fu. Fifteen years later, his weakness for Chinese takeout and Jack Daniel’s had taken its toll. Firmly into middle age and far removed from his past athletic triumphs, Polly decided to risk it all one last time. Out of shape and over the hill, he jumped headlong into the world of MMA. In Tapped Out, Polly chronicles his grueling yet redeeming two-year journey through an often misunderstood sport. From Thailand to Russia, Manhattan to Las Vegas, Polly studied with the best trainers, concluding with a six-month fight camp at Randy Couture’s legendary gym. He explores the history of fighting sports and joins a fascinating subculture of men who roll around on sweaty mats with one another in appreciation of the purity of contained combat. And in the end, Polly straps on the gloves, gets into the cage, and squares off with a fighter fifteen years younger. An honest and humorous look at a hard-core sport, Tapped Out is a fascinating look into the fastest growing sport in America and what it takes to be an MMA fighter.
Author: Matthew Polly Publisher: Avery ISBN: 159240619X Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 303
Book Description
An aging amateur takes his shot at glory in the world of mixed martial arts. As a younger man, Matthew Polly traveled to the Shaolin Temple in China and spent two years training with the monks who had invented the ancient art of kung fu. Fifteen years later, his weakness for Chinese takeout and Jack Daniel’s had taken its toll. Firmly into middle age and far removed from his past athletic triumphs, Polly decided to risk it all one last time. Out of shape and over the hill, he jumped headlong into the world of MMA. In Tapped Out, Polly chronicles his grueling yet redeeming two-year journey through an often misunderstood sport. From Thailand to Russia, Manhattan to Las Vegas, Polly studied with the best trainers, concluding with a six-month fight camp at Randy Couture’s legendary gym. He explores the history of fighting sports and joins a fascinating subculture of men who roll around on sweaty mats with one another in appreciation of the purity of contained combat. And in the end, Polly straps on the gloves, gets into the cage, and squares off with a fighter fifteen years younger. An honest and humorous look at a hard-core sport, Tapped Out is a fascinating look into the fastest growing sport in America and what it takes to be an MMA fighter.
Author: Paul Simon Publisher: Welcome Rain Publishers ISBN: 9781566492218 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 0
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Former Senator Paul Simon delivers stirring eveidence of a catastrophic water crisis which will explode upon the global community unless drastic measures are taken in all corners of the world, including in our own backyards.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials Publisher: ISBN: Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 160
Author: Emily James Publisher: Stronghold Books ISBN: 1988480116 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 223
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No one is exactly what they seem… Former lawyer Nicole Fitzhenry-Dawes should be focusing on planning her wedding and a friend’s baby shower, as well as running her maple syrup farm. Instead, her “former” profession won’t let her go. Her maid of honor, Elise Scott, is suspended from her job as a Fair Haven police officer for investigating a case she shouldn’t have been anywhere near, endangering not only her career but also her relationship with a fellow officer. Nicole can’t believe Elise would have risked so much without a good reason. When Nicole finds out that the reason involves Elise's children, she ends up defending a man she isn’t convinced is innocent. And the deeper she goes into his case, the more she becomes a target of very dangerous people…
Author: Natalie M. Roberts Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 9781440620454 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 272
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Last time we saw Jenny T. Partridge, founder of Utah’s premier school for budding prima—and not-so-prima—ballerinas, she was on the wrong end of a murder investigation. Who could imagine that once again her dance card would be filled with dastardly doings? Blondes don’t have more fun. Just ask Jenny, who now has to find enough money to fix the bad dye job a pushy dance mom inflicted on her. Luckily, an old flame calls her and offers her a few thousand dollars to fill in as an instructor on the Hollywood StarMakers Tour, his traveling dance competition. But before Jenny can even get started, someone makes it clear that they want her to shuffle off to Buffalo. When other instructors start disappearing, Jenny, with the very attractive Detective Tate spotting her, vows that the show will go on.
Author: Radclyffe Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Inc ISBN: 1635555027 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 30
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A chance meeting and instant attraction between two women at an airport leads to an all-out seduction on the mat at a martial arts competition. When the winner calls the game, sex turns out to be the no-holds-barred variety.
Author: Ron Waterman Publisher: Bridge Logos Fndtn ISBN: 9781610360975 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 160
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The former heavyweight mixed martial artist recounts his struggles with temptations in various forms and how he overcame them through the love of Jesus.
Author: Claudette Spencer-Nurse Publisher: Dorrance Publishing ISBN: 1638674272 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 218
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All Tapped Out: The Disappearance of the Mountain Hill College Funds By: Claudette Spencer-Nurse Who’s stealing tuition money from Mountain Hill College? When Tyrell, aka Sincere, a clerk in the Mountain Hill College Office, learns that two of his friends have been wrongfully expelled for rule violations they claim they did not commit, he launches an investigation with help from Attorney Renee Adams. Together, they discover an elaborate scheme whereby hundreds of men and women are expelled each semester but somehow their tuition money still goes to the college. As Sincere and Renee get closer to discovering the culprits behind this mystery, a witness is murdered, and somebody tries to run Renee off the road. You’ll be shocked to discover just how far up the cover-up goes!
Author: Elizabeth Royte Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 1608196631 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 273
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Second only to soda, bottled water is on the verge of becoming the most popular beverage in the country. The brands have become so ubiquitous that we're hardly conscious that Poland Spring and Evian were once real springs, bubbling in remote corners of Maine and France. Only now, with the water industry trading in the billions of dollars, have we begun to question what it is we're drinking. In this intelligent, accomplished work of narrative journalism, Elizabeth Royte does for water what Michael Pollan did for food: she finds the people, machines, economies, and cultural trends that bring it from distant aquifers to our supermarkets. Along the way, she investigates the questions we must inevitably answer. Who owns our water? How much should we drink? Should we have to pay for it? Is tap safe water safe to drink? And if so, how many chemicals are dumped in to make it potable? What happens to all those plastic bottles we carry around as predictably as cell phones? And of course, what's better: tap water or bottled?
Author: Matthew Polly
Author: Matthew Polly
Author: Paul Simon
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials
Author: Emily James
Author: Natalie M. Roberts
Author: Radclyffe
Author: Ron Waterman
Author: Claudette Spencer-Nurse
Author: Elizabeth Royte
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