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  • The World of Lucha Libre

    Secrets, Revelations, and Mexican National Identity

    by Heather Levi, Gilbert M. Joseph, Emily S. Rosenberg ...
    Series series American Encounters/Global Interactions
    The World of Lucha Libre is an insider’s account of lucha libre, the popular Mexican form of professional wrestling. Heather Levi spent more than a year immersed in the world of wrestling in Mexico City. Not only did she observe live events and interview wrestlers, referees, officials, promoters, and reporters; she also apprenticed with a retired luchador (wrestler). Drawing on her insider’s ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

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  • Prayers for the Stolen

    by Jennifer Clement ...
    The haunting novel of love and survival that inspired Mexico’s official submission for International Feature Film—now shortlisted for the 94th Academy Awards® and streaming on Netflix“Prayers for the Stolen gives us words for what we haven’t had words for before, like something translated from a dream in a secret language. . . . Beguiling, and even crazily enchanting.”—Francisco Goldman, New York ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • History of the Conquest of Mexico (Illustrated Edition)

    by William H. Prescott ...
    William Hickling Prescott (May 4, 1796 January 29, 1859) was an American historian and Hispanist, who is widely recognized by historiographers to have been the first American scientific historian. Despite suffering from serious visual impairment, which at times prevented him from reading or writing for himself, Prescott became one of the most eminent historians of 19th century America. Prescott ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Broken Spears 2007 Revised Edition

    The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico

    by Miguel Leon-Portilla ...
    For hundreds of years, the history of the conquest of Mexico and the defeat of the Aztecs has been told in the words of the Spanish victors. Miguel León-Portilla has long been at the forefront of expanding that history to include the voices of indigenous peoples. In this new and updated edition of his classic The Broken Spears, León-Portilla has included accounts from native Aztec descendants ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Japan's Ultimate Martial Art

    An Insider Looks at the Japanese Martial Arts and Surviving in the Land of Bushido and Zen

    by Darrell Max Craig ...
    With extensive, step-by-step photographs and instructions, this jiu-jitsu guide is an effective tool for mastering this ancient martial art.The original Japanese martial art developed by the elite samurai class during Japan's feudal era, Jiu-jitsu is the forerunner of Judo and the precursor of today's ultimate fighting styles, such as mixed martial arts (MMA). For centuries, this method of unarmed ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Tae Kwon Do

    Secrets of Korean Karate

    by Sihak Henry Cho ...
    "Clearly written, easily understood…one of the most significant contributions to the art of footand fist fighting.” - The Japan TimesTae Kwon Do is a fighting art which employs almost all parts of the body in offensive and defensive moves. The techniques consist of many individual moves which are practiced as individual units and joined together for maximum efficiency in free fighting. These ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • Main Event

    WWE in the Raging 80s

    by Brian Shields ...
    Series series WWE
    Every saturday night in the eighties fans would gather around their television to watch, not Saturday Night Live, but Saturday Night The Main Event. WWE wrestling beat the ratings for the most talked about show on television week after week. Here is that era captured.“Introducing your champion, from Venice Beach, California, at three hundred and three pounds—Hulk Hogan! And his challenger . . . ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Ultimate World Wrestling Entertainment Trivia Book

    by Aaron Feigenbaum, Kevin Kelly, Seth Mates, Brian Solomon, Phil Speer ...
    Are you a real fan of World Wrestling Entertainment ®? Do you have ruthless aggression? Do you have to know it all -- and beyond? Now you can step up and prove it! Here for the first time, test just how much you really know in The Ultimate World Wrestling Entertainment Trivia Book. Not for the fan who just knows it all, but for the fan who lives it all!Vince McMahon's first role in the WWEwas as a ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Insurgent Mexico

    by John Reed ...

    $5.99 USD

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  • Secrets of Phoenix Eye Fist Kung Fu

    The Art of Chuka Shaolin

    by Cheong Cheng Leong, Mark Wiley ...
    Master the terrifyingly effective Phoenix Eye Fist style of Chinese Kung Fu with this illustrated martial arts guide.The Secrets of Phoenix-Eye Fist Kung-Fu depicts an enormously potent art, also known as Chuka Shaolin, that does not depend on strength or size. Instead, it utilizes a special striking technique, the phoenix-eye fist, aimed at vital points on the opponent's body.Phoenix-Eye Fist ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Pa-kua

    Eight-Trigram Boxing

    by Robert W. Smith, Allen Pittman ...
    Series series Chinese Martial Arts Library
    This book outlines the history and techniques of Pa-kua-a style of boxing based on the eight (pa) trigrams (kua) of the I Ching.This martial arts guide gives a thorough account of the philosophy behind the art. It also presents to the West for the first the orthodox style of the last Chinese Pa-kua master Wang Shu-chin. Described in great detail and fully illustrated are the basic techniques, the ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • Mexico

    A Sociopolitical Critique

    by Jorge Guerrero Sanchez ...
    Find out how it is to live in Mexico. Learn why Mexico is so inefficient and expensive in doing business. Learn the systematic failures of our legal system. Understand why Mexican immigrants are the way they are; learn where they come from in an objective perspective of their culture and institutions. Analyze Mexico using a 2X2 Matrix and several game theory grids outlining possible scenarios ... Read more

    $2.99 USD