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  • Poverty, Hunger, and Democracy in Africa

    Potential and Limitations of Democracy in Cementing Multiethnic Societies

    by D. Bigman ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    The book evaluates alternative policy options for the African countries to overcome the food crisis and the changing structure of world trade to sustain their impressive growth of the early 2000s.These policies must go beyond economic reforms and seek a solution to the entrenched political problems that divided the continent. ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • Pictures and the Past

    Media, Memory, and the Specter of Fascism in Postmodern Art

    by Alexander Bigman ...
    A fresh take on the group of artists known as the Pictures Generation, reinterpreting their work as haunted by the history of fascism, the threat of its return, and the effects of its recurring representation in postwar American culture.The artists of the Pictures Generation, converging on New York City in the late 1970s, indelibly changed the shape of American art. Rebelling against abstraction, ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Sword in Japanese Martial Traditions, Vol. 2

    by Matthew Galas, Nicklaus Suino, Richard Babin, Joseph Svinth, Andrew Bryant, Kimberly Taylor, Deborah Klens-Bigman ...
    If the Way of the warrior is the soul of Japan, their magnificent swords were the tools utilized to form the nation and forge their spirit. You’ll find an abundance of information in this special two-part digital anthology in support of this thesis.Kimberly Taylor wrote four chapters, the first being an interview with 7th dan Matsuo Haruna. Haruna offers great advice for practitioners based on his ... Read more

    $12.35 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Japanese Weapons: An Anthology

    by Michael DeMarco, David Jones, Ellis Andur, Reinier Hesselink, Rick Polland, Deborah Klens-Bigman, Edwin Symmes, Peter Ward ...
    This anthology presents an assortment of seven articles from the Journal of Asian Martial Arts that deal with Japanese weaponry: archery, short staff, naganita polearm, and test cutting (tamashigiri) with the long sword. A few articles are highly academic and others are easier reading, based on interviews or actual practice. There is a common theme: the importance of these to Japanese martial ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Asian Martial Arts

    Constructive Thoughts & Practical Applications

    by Michael DeMarco, James Grady, Manuel Adrogue, Peter Boylan, Sean Bradley, Jake Burroughs, Joyotpaul Chaudhuri, Philip H.J. Davies, Robert Dohrenwend, John Donohue, Kai Filipiak, David Gaffney, Will Higgenbotham, Hong Tsehan, Adam James, Leon Jay, Llyr Jones, Deborah Klens-Bigman, Stephen Koepher, Marvin Labbate, Tim Lajcik, David Lowry, Michael Maliszewshi, Russ Mason, Mario McKenna, Kirsten Pauka, Willy Pieter, Ilya Profatilov, Kevin Secours, Ken Smith, Nicklaus Suino, Kim Taylor, Jeff Webb, Tony Yang, Linda Yiannakis, Zhang Yun ...
    This book represents an international gathering of friends who happen to be highly qualified martial art scholars and practitioners. We have come together in celebration of the more than twenty years the Journal of Asian Martial Arts inspired scholarship in this field to higher academic standards while encouraging all aspects of responsible practice. Each article was written specifically for this ... Read more

    $3.11 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Women and Asian Martial Traditions

    by Ellis Amdur, Haishing Yao, Bandana Mukhopadhyay, David Finch, Majia Soderholm, Richard Vogel, Deborah Klens-Bigman, Sara K. Schneider, Becky Sheetz-Runkle, Kirsten Pauka, Stanley E. Henning ...
    This anthology is filled with content specifically selected for readers who have a strong interest in women’s participation in the Asian martial traditions. In addition to combative theory and practice, topics include aspects of theatrical performance, music, dance, gender studies, and insights for embodying philosophical elements into daily life. The twelve chapters that were written by noted ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Resistant Reproductions

    Pregnancy and Abortion in British Literature and Film

    by Fran Bigman ...
    Series series Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature
    Resistant Reproductions asks why narratives of pregnancy and abortion emerged in the early twentieth century and what kinds of stories these narratives conveyed. Is it only once pregnancy becomes plannable that it becomes a story worth telling? Abortion is often considered resistant and feminist, while pregnancy is considered domestic and conventional. How can readings of literary narratives ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

  • The Second Journey

    by Joel Bigman ...
    The World's first Chinese-Jewish Historical Fantasy.The Tang Monk Xuanzang along with Monkey and Pigsy famously brought the Buddhist scriptures back to China. Now the trio go on a new adventure to get the Hebrew Scriptures. The strongman Bear joins them as they face new monsters and new challenges, and finally reach a land filled with hundreds of foreign sages, yet only one god. The search for a ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD

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  • Design Literacy

    Understanding Graphic Design

    by Steven Heller ...
    This update to the first book to provide explicit case histories of the successful marriage of form and content in graphic design explores more than 125 classic and contemporary works-30 of them brand new-explaining why they are aesthetically significant and how they function as good design. These thought pieces offer a vast taste of the aesthetic, political, historical, and personal issues that ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Zen in the Martial Arts

    by Joe Hyams ...
    "A man who has attained mastery of an art reveals it in his every action."--Samurai Maximum.Under the guidance of such celebrated masters as Ed Parker and the immortal Bruce Lee, Joe Hyams vividly recounts his more than 25 years of experience in the martial arts. In his illuminating story, Hyams reveals to you how the daily application of Zen principles not only developed his physical expertise ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

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  • Common Ground

    Lessons and Legends from the World's Great Faiths

    by Todd Outcalt ...
    As the spice maker’s cabinet is full of many herbs, so should a scholar be full of Scripture, Talmud, and Legend-an ancient Jewish proverbThis reference to legend-or the teaching tales used by the sages-is a remarkable testimony to the power of story and its place in the history, development, and culture of a people. Legends have helped people understand one another, and offer a context for ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Design Literacy

    Understanding Graphic Design

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    Author and design expert Steven Heller has revisited and revised the popular classic Design Literacy by revising many of the thoughtful essays from the original and mixing in thirty-two new works. Each essay offers a taste of the aesthetic, political, historical, and personal issues that have engaged designers from the late nineteenth century to the present-from the ubiquitous (the swastika, ... Read more

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