The Fundamentals of Judo identifies the essential techniques that define Judo as a fighting art and looks at how students should practise and develop these key skills. The core techniques are analysed in depth and through step-by-step photography for the benefit of both beginner and experienced Judo players. The analysis of each technique reflects Ray Stevens' detailed technical knowledge and experience as a Judo player.

Jack Hackley had everything - until a cave split open beneath his town, his friends disappeared, and no one remembered they ever existed.When a mysterious cavern splits open beneath his sleepy Pennsylvania town, Jack is pulled into Kazumeth - a world of sentient forests, fractured magic, and long-buried secrets. There, he uncovers a legacy he never asked for: he's one of five teens bound to powerful Vocation Stones-ancient relics that could save both worlds . . . o...

Jack Hackley had everything - until a cave split open beneath his town, his friends disappeared, and no one remembered they ever existed.When a mysterious cavern splits open beneath his sleepy Pennsylvania town, Jack is pulled into Kazumeth - a world of sentient forests, fractured magic, and long-buried secrets. There, he uncovers a legacy he never asked for: he's one of five teens bound to powerful Vocation Stones-ancient relics that could save both worlds . . . o...

This book supports the professional learning of school principals, and those who aspire to be such, in development of their skills and knowledge around fostering inclusive schools for students with special education needs. The book includes 27 case stories that are based on research with school principals. Each case includes expert commentaries and resources to support principals and emerging leaders as they consider how to effectively support students with special education needs in inclu...

Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novella!From New York Times bestselling author T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge is the tale of a kind-hearted, toad-shaped heroine, a gentle knight, and a mission gone completely sideways.*The very special hardcover edition features a foil stamp on the casing and custom endpapers illustrated by the author.*There's a princess trapped in a tower. This isn't her sto...

To make ends meet, Jonmarc Vahanian sold a few odd items from ancient graves. When a stranger offers him gold for a particular relic,  it could be a lucky break…or the beginning of a nightmare. Soldier. Fight slave. Smuggler. Warrior. Brigand lord.  If you’ve met Jonmarc Vahanian in the Chronicles of the Necromancer and Fallen Kings Cycle books, you don’t really know him until you take his journey.

Time waits for no witch.An ancient enemy escapes his eternal exile behind the Eternal walls. A seer warns of a cruel sacrifice Luna must make. And the Shield of Time disappears into hands that would use it to destroy reality.At least Luna has finished her semester.Caught between the secrets of the Shadow Master and the allure of the mythic King of Kings, confused by her unresolved feelings for Winter, Luna must gear up for a busy summer bre...

Not every plan is a good one.Luna finds herself living in the San Diego Keep betrothed to the higher Alpha, Cyrus, a man she holds in low esteem in any of his forms. She has no choice. It was the only way to give Winter a chance to survive locked away in a dark place by the Persian King of Kings.Hard to believe it could get worse until a troll twice the size of Kong lands in San Diego’s financial district. Fantasy world… meet human world. #epicfantasyfail

A ring’s the thing Red is prepared to take the next step with Rit and wants to propose. Determined to find the perfect stone for the engagement ring, he plans a trip to a mountain range known as the Wall at the End of the World. Meanwhile, a former member of the Hero’s party, Yarandrala, shows up in Zoltan looking for Rit. Although she causes a bit of trouble after a misunderstanding, her presence may be fortuitous as all is not well up on the peaks. What started as a simple excursion for ...

For the devoted followers of the dazzling Deverry and Westlands cycle, Katharine Kerr continues the magical epic saga she began in The Red Wyvern.In her latest tale, the scene shifts seamlessly between the shattered land of the Rhiddaer and the historic end of the Civil Wars, when Lilli, newly apprenticed to dweomer, fought with her untried powers to save her beloved Prince Maryn from evil.Centuries later, in the city of Cerr Cawnen, the old evil awakens ye...

SHE RAISES HELL. HE RAISES THE DEAD. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?When new recruit Helspira takes on the doomed mission that no other soldier wants, life—and death—start to get a little complicated. Helspira must play escort to Sikras—a frustratingly handsome necromancer with the power to raise the dead—as he attempts a mission that he's failed twice before; stopping an undead army at the edges of the kingdom.No one thinks he will succeed. Not even Sikras. ...

In this "perfectly plotted, beautifully written fantasy" rival families battle for the throne ( Publishers Weekly ).The cataclysm began more than a century earlier, when the King of Ayr died before naming an heir to the throne. The cold-blooded conspiracies of the Renne and the Wills—each family desirous of the prize of rule—would sunder the one kingdom, and spawn generations of hatred and discord.Now Toren Renne, ...