Demarco: 70 books

BACKGROUND NOISE is a collection of interwoven stories that capture the alienation of suburban life, and take the reader inside the head of a troubled loner. The writing is sparse, the imagery stark, and the effect powerful.The tale of Henry Walker is told—loner and eternal victim—whose...

Alfred Archibald Glendenning III, who early in life eschewed his blue-blood sounding name for the more pedestrian Archie, is a senior manager in the boutique firm Chicago Consulting Group (CCG), which offers him a nine-month position as project manager for an engagement with a tin mining company in...

Cheng Man-ch’ing (1902–1975)—also romanized as Zheng Manqing— certainly played a lead role in popularizing tai chi ch'uan throughout the world and greatly influencing the way the art is perceived and practiced. This fact alone should drive all those interested in tai chi to study the man’s...

Have you prostituted your Monday through Friday for the paycheck of a weekend? Hope aboard the expressway to extraordinary wealth and make everyday your weekend.There's a Fastlane to millions, a short-cut paved by entrepreneurial mathematics where you can LIVE RICH NOW versus DYING RICH LATER. Instead,...

  Few books in computing have had as profound an influence on software management as Peopleware. The unique insight of this longtime best seller is that the major issues of software development are human, not technical. They’re not easy issues; but solve them, and you’ll maximize your...

Have you ever awakened in the morning to discover that you forgot to set the alarm and saw to your dismay that you were going to be late for work? You fly out of bed almost as fast as the speed of sound, race into the bathroom to brush your teeth, shave and maybe even take a quick shower. You throw...

The chapters in this anthology present an encompassing perspective of how some Chinese martial art styles—and most significantly taijiquan—developed and evolved along with deep rooted traditions of spirituality and the quest for health and longevity. Much in this volume deals with Daoist theories...

TAKE THEM OUT OF THE BALL GAME–PLEASE! From star running back Bryon “Bam” Morris’s interesting (and totally illegal) sideline career to the 1950s Kansas City A’s sneaky relationship with the New York Yankees; from French golfer Jean Van de Velde’s epic choke on 18 at the 1999 British...

        Combative forms of movement meet all the criteria required to be called “arts”. Additionally, items associated with martial art theory and practice can be shown in a variety media and appreciated as objets d’art in their own right. This anthology presents the aesthetic side of the...

This two-volume anthology conveniently contains useful academic tools for studying the combative arts. Each chapter will prove special to all interested in the intellectual side to the martial arts. Some chapters provide fine details for categorizing the variety of what we commonly refer to as "martial...

        Anyone who has studied taiji long enough to gain proficiency in the fundamental practices, probably has read enough to also grasp the general history and theory of the art. What we read influences our ideas about what the word “taiji” represents as a practice. For this...

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...

This publication will teach you the basics of how to become a Check Weigher. With step by step guides and instructions, you will not only have a better understanding, but gain valuable knowledge of how to become a Check Weigher