Easy-to-read rhyming text describes what can be done on a drum with hand, fingers, and thumb.

Demonstrates that "hands are not for hitting" by suggesting many positive uses for them, such as saying hello, playing, creating, and helping.

As young readers review their Abcs here, they discover positive actions they can perform with their own small hands--like applauding, building, giving gifts, helping, planting, recycling, and volunteering.

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Drunken Botanist comes an enthralling novel based on the forgotten true story of one of the nation's first female deputy sheriffs. Constance Kopp doesn't quite fit the mold. She towers over most men, has no interest in marriage or domestic affairs, and has been isolated from the world since a family secret sent her and her sisters from city to country fifteen years ago. When a powerful, ruthless factory...

A celebration of the many things children can accomplish with their little hands is illustrated with artwork created using thumbprints and handprints.

The history and philosophy, clothing and equipment, etiquette, exercise, and techniques of ten disciplines of martial arts, including tae kwondo, karate, aikido, ju-jitsu, judo, kung fu, tai chi chuan, kendo, iaido, and shinto ryu.

This book could save your life: Protect yourself from violence and learn survival skills for dangerous situations with this essential guide from a former military intelligence officer.

In a civilized society, violence is rarely the answer. But when it is, it's the only answer. The sound of breaking glass downstairs in the middle of the night. The words, "Move and you die." The hands on your child, or the knife to your throat.

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