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Russia is rich in martial traditions deriving from a highly diverse population. Sambo—developed by the Soviet Red Army—became the most recognize martial art associated with Russia mainly because of its presence in international competitions. Another style to become recognized for its great practicality and encompassing training regimen is Systema. Originally created for Russian Special Operations Units, Systema’s teaching gradually spread world-wide after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. This anthology contains writings about Systema and Sambo that present essential information ...

"Tous les témoignages rapportés dans cet ouvrage sont authentiques ; ils m'ont été personnellement adressés par écrit ou confiés lors d'entrevues. La plupart ne sont pas anonymes." Jean-Jacques Charbonier est devenu un des spécialistes mondiaux des EMI, ou expériences de mort imminente. En une trentaine d'années, il a personnellement recueilli le témoignage de centaines de personnes qui, au cours d'un arrêt cardiaque, disent avoir connu l'au-delà et affirment en être sorties considérablement apaisées par rapport aux souffrances du deuil et aux angoisses de la mort.

An uplifting study of the scientific evidence for the afterlife from an experienced anesthesiologist/intensive care physician Details meticulously recorded and hospital-verified cases of near-death experiences Cites scientific research on NDEs to refute the standard objections of...

Thirty thousand years ago our prehistoric ancestors painted perfect images of animals on walls of tortuous caves, most often without any light. How was this possible? Scholars and archaeologists have for centuries pored over these works of art, speculating and hoping to come away with the key to the mystery. David and Lefrre give us a new understanding of an art lost in time, revealing what had until recently remained unexplainable - the oldest enigma in humanity has been solved.

Many workplaces have them. An employee who works harder than expected. A super-genius. A more capable worker. Someone who goes above and beyond and makes everything better. A person who makes companies more profitable. A cog in the machine to be used and audited by corporate. The process repeats itself. Until it can't, and the being becomes ENRAGED. From the mind of J.J.F. Reibel, writer of numerous sci-fi and fantasy titles as well as real world STEM, ENRAGED covers the journey, creation, and growth of a being of monstrous and unimaginable power. The resilience of a cockroach and ...

From J.J.F. Reibel (MBA, M.S. Cybersecurity and Information Assurance, M.S. Data Analytics), the writer of numerous #1 Computer Science titles, comes C++ Programming, serving as both a stand alone C++ guide as well as a sequel to his previous publication, C Programming. Topics include: - C++ Basics - Additions to C++ from C - System Programming - Object-Oriented Programming - Network Programming - Data Programming - Gaming and Robotics

Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies. This collection, with voices of French and English writers, visits many neighborhoods and combines them into something that is, if not totally coherent, at least as coherent as the beautiful mess that is Montreal....

Die friedliche Eifelwelt gerät aus den Fugen: Ein junger Mann wird erschossen und Siggi Baumeister übel zusammengeschlagen, als er gerade beginnt, sich mit dem rätselhaften Toten zu beschäftigen. Baumeisters väterlicher Freund Rodenstock muss nach einem brutalen Überfall zur Sicherheit ins Koma gelegt werden, weil nicht klar ist, ob ihm die Ärzte überhaupt noch helfen können. Woher kommt so plötzlich die dumpfe Gewalt? Alles dreht sich anscheinend um einen großen Bauernhof, von dem gesagt wird, er werde von Neonazis bewohnt.

There are cultures that apparently flowered for thousands of years. Some of the cultures that we call primitive have already existed for so long that they seem to have no beginning and no end. Could they actually be immortal? Might not the truth be that during past ages, man has often tried to climb the rungs of the ladder that lead to a high immortal culture but has slipped and fallen? Perhaps we are even now in the process of building a culture that will know immortality on Earth and in heaven.

The Definitive Guide to Python Programming

Over the past decade, our understanding of the cognition of literature has been transformed by scientific discoveries, such as the mirror neuron system and its role in empathy. Addressing questions such as why we care so deeply about fictional characters, what brain activities are sparked when we read literature, and how literary works and scholarship can inform the cognitive sciences, this book surveys the exciting recent developments in the field of cognitive literary studies.

Explores in depth how Greenland and its surroundings were inhabited for nearly 5 centuries by two Nordic colonies, Vestri-bygd and Eystri-bygd Shares extensive evidence from the still-living indigenous oral tradition of the Far North as well as surviving sculptural art to show how the...

Une nouvelle race de tueurs a vu le jour. Des initiés qui ne connaissent plus la douleur. Des élites, membres de la loge Kadosh Kaos, ayant abandonné toute humanité pour s'emparer du pouvoir suprême : des Assassins... Quand la franc-maçonnerie découvre l'existence de cette loge sauvage, le commissaire Antoine Marcas est choisi pour l'infiltrer. Ce que Marcas ignore, c'est qu'il va devoir affronter un terrible secret. Jamais une mission n'aura mené le frère Marcas aussi loin.

Quantitative Finance is an exploration of the intricate intersection between mathematics, economics, and financial markets. Authored by J.J.F. Reibel (MBA, MS Cybersecurity, MS Data Analytics), the author of Data Science, which was the #1 New Release in Mathematical Analysis on Amazon, this book delves deep into the quantitative techniques that drive modern finance, providing readers with a comprehensive understanding of the tools and models that underpin investment strategies and risk management. From stochastic calculus to Monte Carlo simulations, the book covers a wide range of ...

Mata Amritanandamayi, "the hugging saint," has grown in half a century from an Indian fisherman's daughter in the late 1970s to an international icon revered by millions worldwide. Having belonged to the inner circle of disciples in the early 1980s, Jacques Albohair (aka Sarvatma, aka Ganga) contributed to spreading her message as the first European representative and personal translator until his departure from the movement fourteen years later. He provides here a captivating testimony of his life as an early disciple and an exhaustive and documented investigative analysis of the evolution...

Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, with the help of his friend newspaper reporter Hutchison Hatch, solves a variety of mysteries using cold, hard logic. No matter how twisted the trail of clues or how clever the perpetrator, Professor Van Dusen, aptly dubbed “The Thinking Machine”, reminds us that “two and two make four, not some times, but all the time”.

After flight 815 crashes in Marin county, mosquitoes contaminated with the rage virus spread a deadly plague that transforms the residents of the Bay Area into mad infected. With nothing but his wits and survival skills, J must endure the apocalypse in a world forever changed. From the author of J.J.F. Reibel's Apocalypse, J.J.F. Reibel's Mythic, The Risen, The Toad Cartels, and other works, Dusk Protocol is a work inspired by Zombie Chronicles.

D'où vient l'intelligence ? Est-elle une exclusivité humaine ? Les machines peuvent-elles nous dépasser ? Elle a émergé avec la vie, s'est développée au fil de l'évolution, s'est magnifiée avec l'espèce humaine... Grâce à cette mystérieuse intelligence, nous avons tout inventé : l'outil, le langage, l'écriture, l'éducation, la science, et la faculté de nous interroger sur le monde. Aujourd'hui, cette belle histoire connaît une révolution sans précédent. Pour la première fois, le cerveau humain peut visualiser son propre fonctionnement.

What if the way we understand our world is wrong? What if it isn't politicians and events that shape our lives but secret deals made by people you've never heard of? This book tells the story of the secret deals that are changing the world and revolutionising everything we do, including money, the food we eat, what we buy and the drugs we take to stay well. These deals never make the news: they are made high up in boardrooms, on golf courses and in luxury cars, each sealed by world-changing handshakes.

Dans ce premier tome d'une série de cinq, Jacques Lacoursière raconte avec force détails l'arrivée des Français, leur cohabitation avec les autochtones, leur épopée à travers le continent, leur adaptation, les guerres anglo-françaises, la défaite ultime, les débuts d'une étonnante survivance et un cadeau piégé: le pouvoir parlementaire. Cet ouvrage se termine en effet avec la séparation du Haut-Canada (l'Ontario) et la mise en place audacieuse, en 1791, d'une nouvelle constitution.