The Empty Hand

Author : Sister Abegail Ntleko
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
ISBN 13 : 1583949321
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Empty Hands, A Memoir written by Sister Abegail Ntleko and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Empty Hands is the inspiring memoir of Zulu nurse and healthcare activist Sister Abegail Ntleko. Growing up poor in a rural village with a father who didn't believe in educating girls, against seemingly insurmountable odds Sister Abegail earned her nursing degree and began work as a community nurse and educator, dedicating her life to those in need. "Her story tells us," says Desmond Tutu, who wrote the foreword to the book, "what a single person can accomplish when heart and mind work together in the service of others." Overcoming poverty and racism within the apartheid South African system, she adopted her first child at a time when it was unheard of to do so. And then she did it again and again. In forty years she has taken in and cared for hundreds of children who had nothing, saving babies—many of them orphans whose parents died of AIDS—from hospitals that were ready to give up on them and let them die. Empty Hands describes the harshness of Ntleko's circumstances with wit and wisdom in direct, beautifully understated prose and will appeal not only to activists and aid workers, but to anyone who believes in the power of the human spirit to rise above suffering and find peace, joy, and purpose. "Ntleko's story, which she tells in simple language, is inspiring and moving. She neither dwells in nor dramatizes the hardships she has faced, preferring instead to focus on 'fill[ing] her hands with love and then spend[ing] all that love until [her] hands are empty again.' A brief, genuine, heartfelt memoir of an awe-inspiring life."—Kirkus Reviews

Author : Mahyar A. Amouzegar
Publisher : University of New Orleans Press
ISBN 13 : 9781608012220
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hubris of an Empty Hand written by Mahyar A. Amouzegar and published by University of New Orleans Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In eight ethereal stories, The Hubris of an Empty Hand encompasses the frailty and complexity of being human. When some divine gifts fall into decidedly earthly hands, the results are almost beyond reckoning for humans and gods both. Through its wide cast of characters and fascinating settings, terrestrial, divine, or somewhere in-between, Mayhar A. Amouzegar's fourth book of fiction takes on timeless questions of love and its permanence, sacrifice, and the human desire to be remembered and known.

Author : Ed Parker
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781258133900
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Law of the Fist and the Empty Hand written by Ed Parker and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Hidetaka Nishiyama
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 146292073X
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Karate: The Art of Empty Hand Fighting written by Hidetaka Nishiyama and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Karate: The Art of "Empty-Hand" Fighting is the definitive guide to Shotokan Karate--the most widely practiced style of Karate--and has inspired millions of Karate practitioners worldwide. Authored by one of the great masters of the art, Hidetaka Nishiyama, this book is a classic, groundbreaking work on the sport of Karate, and one of the first published in English. An Olympic sport, Karate is today practiced by over 100 million people worldwide. Nishiyama began his training under the instruction of Gichin Funakoshi, the legendary founder of Shotokan Karate. He helped establish the Japan Karate Association and, as head of the JKA's instructors training program, was instrumental in bringing Karate to the U.S. and other Western countries. When he arrived, he proceeded to train the first great generation of Karate instructors spawning a whole new generation of martial artists. Highly accessible and richly illustrated with over 1,000 photographs, this book is a comprehensive manual with step-by-step instructions to all the basic movements and techniques of Karate. Topics covered include: A brief history of Karate Theories and principles of the martial art Effective training and exercise methods Karate techniques including stances, blocks and attacks Defenses against weapons With a new foreword by Ray Dalke, who trained under Nishiyama and, at 8th Dan, is the highest ranking American in Shotokan Karate, Karate: The Art of "Empty-Hand" Fighting provides analyses from the standpoint of physics, physiology, philosophy, and body dynamics. The book's techniques apply to all styles of the martial art and is a valuable reference for any Karateka--stressing Nishiyama's lesson that mastery of the basics is not the end but merely the beginning of a lifelong journey.

Author : Grant Morrison
Publisher : DC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Multiversity (2014-) #2 written by Grant Morrison and published by DC. This book was released on with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every event in the history of the DC Universe has been leading to this! The final chapter of the greatest adventure of all time is here! Who are the mystic Justice League of Earth-13 and what role does their leader Super Demon play in the crisis rising all around them? What shocking secret motivates the dark, nightmare henchmen known as The Gentry? And what is the final fate of Nix Uotan--the Super-God?!

Author : Jose Paman
Publisher : Blue Snake Books
ISBN 13 : 9781583941775
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arnis Self-Defense written by Jose Paman and published by Blue Snake Books. This book was released on 2007-04-03 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book features a twofold, interrelated focus. First, it looks at the unique Filipino culture; how it was greatly influenced by Spanish colonization, the oppression it suffered under foreign rule, and how the native yearning for freedom led to the development of the martial art of arnis. The book then presents the distinct technical aspects and resultant physical manifestation of the indigenous fighting art. Centering upon the Kombatan method forged by Grandmaster Ernesto Amador Presas Sr., it describes numerous maneuvers utilizing stick, blade, and empty hand components, and offers information on their myriad practical applications. This volume is unique in that it is one of but a few composed by a native-born and bred Filipino author, one who absorbed lesson in the Philippines, directly under the guidance of an established system’s founder. The book seeks to present arnis in a proper light, as a simple and pragmatic method of self-protection, while debunking the more fanciful theories and concepts that have crept in as it makes its way into world consciousness.

Author : John C. Dolan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780975397046
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pleasant Hell written by John C. Dolan and published by . This book was released on 2004-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An personal account of life in a Californian University town in the 1970s.

Author : Stan Schmidt
Publisher : Damashi Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780911921021
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spirit of the Empty Hand written by Stan Schmidt and published by Damashi Publications. This book was released on 1984 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Grant Morrison
Publisher : DC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Multiversity: Guidebook (2014-) #1 written by Grant Morrison and published by DC. This book was released on with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The guidebook to the greatest adventure in DC's history is here! With a detailed concordance featuring each of the 52 worlds in the Multiverse, a complete history of DC Comics' universe-shattering "Crisis" events, a map of all known existence, AND an action-packed dual adventure starring Kamandi of Earth-51 alongside the post-apocalyptic Atomic Knight Batman of Earth-17 and chibi Batman of Earth-42, this 80-page mountain of MULTIVERSITY madness cannot be missed! The MULTIVERSITY GUIDEBOOK contains everything you ever wanted to know about DC's parallel worlds and their super-heroic inhabitants. Meet the Agents of W.O.N.D.E.R. The Light Brigade, the Super-Americans and the Love Syndicate! Meet the Accelerated Man, Aquaflash, BiOmac and more! Overflowing with today's top artists and completely written by Grant Morrison himself, readers of the DC Universe can't afford to pass up this oversized, sixth chapter of MULTIVERSITY!

Author : Joshua Williamson
Publisher : DC Comics
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Justice League Incarnate (2021-) #3 written by Joshua Williamson and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doctor Multiverse is caught in the clutches of Darkseid! To save her, President Superman, Flashpoint Batman, and the rest of the Justice League Incarnate team up with Earth-41 heroes Spore and Nimrod Squad; meanwhile, a villain from Multiversity returns to stake their claim on the crack in the Multiverse and the power that lies beyond.