Yoga brings not only a suppleness to the body but also a sense of spiritual & physical well-being to those who practice it. Featuring over 170 postures from the main schools of yoga The Yoga Bible is the ultimate comprehensive guide to practicing yoga & finding a mental & physical balance in life. The book encourages yoga beginners & experts alike to find a yoga sequence that suits their personal needs & abilities. ...

Young Samurai: The Ring of Water" is the fifth book in this blockbuster series by Chris Bradford. Jack Fletcher has been left for dead. Bruised & battered Jack Fletcher wakes up in a roadside inn wrapped only in a dirty kimono. He has lost everything including his memory of what happened. Determined to discover the truth Jack goes on a quest to retrieve his belongings
- his precious swords his friend Akiko's black pearl & most important of all his father's prize possession. Relying on his samurai & ninja training Jack realises " The Ring of Water" is the key to his survival. But with only a washed up Ronin
- a masterless samurai
- for help what will Jack manage to find? What will he lose? & what will he have to sacrifice? "A fantastic adventure that floors the reader on page one & keeps them there until the end". (Eoin Colfer). Chris Bradford has trained in karate kickboxing & samurai swordsmanship. He earned his black belt in Zen Kyo Shin Taijutsu the secret fighting art of the ninja. Before writing the " Young Samurai" series he was a professional musician & songwriter & has performed for HRH Queen Elizabeth II."


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Jack Fletcher is battling the high seas. Ambushed by the Shogun's samurai Jack & his friends have only one hope of escape
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Guided by the outstanding writing talents of Brian K. Vaughan (Swamp Thing Ultimate X-Men) & rising star artist Pia Guerra this acclaimed genre-busting & controversial series continues apace! After a devastating plague Yorrick Brown is the last man left alive in a world of women. On the run from Amazon extremists who would be happy to see him dead his friends leave him in the care of Agent 711. But 711 is not the tragic woman she seems to be & Yorrick is propelled into a drug-fuelled nightmare of blood & sadism. Stretching the graphic novel envelope again the fourth volume in the series shows why this title continues to be held in such high regard. ...

Men towards the end of the last millennium felt a sudden tightening of the bowels with the news that the services of their sex had at last been dispensed with. Dolly the Sheep
- conceived without male assistance
- had arrived. Her birth reminded at least half the population of how precarious mans position may be. What is the point of being a man? For a brief & essential instant he is a donor of DNA; but outside that glorious moment his role is hard to underst&. This book is about science not society; about maleness not manhood. The condition is in the end a matter of biology whatever limits that science may have in explaining the human condition. Todays advances in medicine & in genetics mean at last we understand why men exist & why they are so frequent. We understand from hormones to hydraulics how mans machinery works why he dies so young & how his brain differs from that of the rest of mankind.

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Written by Brian K. Vaughan; Art by Pia Guerra & Jose Marza Jr.; Painted Cover by J.G. Jones The second story arc of the runaway hit VERTIGO series Y: THE LAST MAN is collected in this new trade paperback! Reprinting issues 6-10 CYCLES features a special sketchbook section by artist & cocreator Pia Guerra. As Yorick Brown the last man on Earth begins to make his way across the country to California he & his companions are forced to make an unscheduled stop in Marrisville Ohio-a small town with a big secret. ...

Written by BRIAN K. VAUGHAN Art by PIA GUERRA GORAN SUDZUKA & JOSE MARZAN JR. Cover by MASSIMO CARNEVALE As this deluxe edition collecting Y: THE LAST MAN 37-48 begins we catch up on the adventures of Yoricks monkey Ampersand (whose biology may hold the key to stopping the male-killing plague) & learn the origin of Yoricks mysterious protector Agent 355. Meanwhile Yorick searches for his fiancee in Australia with deadly results before heading off to Japan to learn the shocking truth behind who ordered Ampersands recent abduction. On sale OCTOBER 20
- 296 pg FC $29.99 US
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Written by Brian K. Vaughan Art by Pia Guerra Paul Chadwick Gorlan Parlov & Jose Marzan Jr. Cover by Massimo Carnevale DC Comics presents the second hardcover volumes collecting Y: THE LAST MAN in oversized hardcover editions. In this volume collecting issues 11-23 of the award-winning series a Russian spacecraft from the International Space Station returns to Earth carrying three passengers: one woman & two men. Could this be the end of Yorick's status as the last living male? Plus the group runs up against a roadblock in Arizona where the female remains of the Sons of Arizona militia have cut the interstate to keep out any vestiges of the U.S. government. Don't miss the latest volume in the series Entertainment Weekly calls a seriously funny nuanced tale." Advance-solicited; on sale May 6
- 320 pg FC 7.0625" x 10.875" $29.99 US
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Written by Brian K. Vaughan; Art by Pia Guerra Jose Marza Jr. & Paul Chadwick; Painted Cover by J.G. Jones The adventures of Yorick Brown continue in Y: THE LAST MAN: ONE SMALL STEP collecting issues 11-17 of the critically acclaimed series. A Russian Soyuz capsule is coming down from the International Space Station carrying three passengers: one woman & two men. Could this be the end of Yorick's tenure as last living male? ...

The third edition of this multilingual dictionary specifically geared to yachtsmen covers cruising terms in English French German Dutch Danish Italian Spanish Portuguese Turkish & Greek. It has been thoroughly revised & updated to cover all the subjects the boater might need including words for several thousand onboard items as well as the latest developments in electronic & mechanical equipment & the patterns of charter & flotilla sailing. Arranged in helpful subject categories for easy use it is a unique comprehensive reference for any boatowner venturing abroad. This is the kind of book no-one going to sea should be without Lloyds List An invaluable aid for anyone cruising abroad Kelvin Hughes All the yachtie has to do is point & grunt Water Craft No boat heading north east or south should be without it Yachting Monthly" ...