Washoe County Library System

"The sultry sex and seduction scenes are just the icing on this incredibly rich and satisfying cake. Readers will sit down, read this book from cover to cover in one sitting, and then pick it up to read it all over again."RT Book Reviews, 5 StarsA FLING MIGHT BE JUST THE THING...Gavin Donnigan left the Marine Corps a shell of a man, hounded by guilt for deaths he couldn't prevent. But teaching a self-defense class at the local gym brings some stability...

"His only link to a killer Is a stranger with secrets… When self-defense trainer Charlie Sharp is nearly killed by an explosion, Wyoming detective Brian Bradshaw finds himself with a murder investigation on his hands. And worse, it involves one of his own. Now bodies are turning up, and Brian suspects Charlie knows more than she’s telling. Trusting each other is hard enough. But knowing her secrets might be more danger than he bargained for…...

Describes preparation for and techniques of various styles of kung fu, a Chinese martial art practiced in fighting and self-defense.

Self-defense techniques to avoid being forced to the ground and to get an opponent off you.

Spanish translation of "Practical guide to psychic self-defense & well being". This text explains how to combat the "psychic warfare" taking its toll everyday. By energizing the aura - a person's natural protective field - the effects of advertisements that play on primitive emotions and news reports of murder and violence can be minimized.

We have all witnessed media reports of the aftermath of mass victim attacks. We see the carnage, and we know that attackers do not show mercy. Victims were innocent and were targeted simply for being a part of a small or large group of people. Whether a bomb, semi-automatic weapon, knife, or vehicle, the attacker strikes quickly and without mercy. Victims may have been dining in a restaurant, relaxing at a bar, participating in school classes, attending...

Describes how the author freed herself from crippling fear through taking up karate and used her newfound empowerment to take charge with her husband, her boss and her daughter's bossy Girl Scout troop leader.

While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man and a black woman are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. The situation escalates, with sudden and tragic results, when the man kills the police officer in self-defense. Terrified and in fear for their lives, the man, a retail employee, and the woman, a criminal defense lawyer, are forced to go on the run. But the incident is captured on video and goes viral, and the couple unwittingly...