Books by John Bowman

Volumes 1 and 2 of 'The Complete Guide to Urban Self Protection' provide information, tactics and step-by-step instructions in a FULL spectrum of no-nonsense self-protection skills. The books give detailed descriptions and photographs of the techniques you can use to survive modern day violence from beginner to advanced level. Each technique or method gives the following unique format to aide learning: Section 1: 'What is it?' Section 2: 'Why do it?' Section 3: 'How to execute the technique' Section 4: 'Essentials' Section 5: 'Technique specific exercises' Skills/knowledge include: Verbal diffusion Protecting loved ones First aid Dealing with fear The law Escapes from chokes and holds Awareness and avoidance How to become a 'hard target' How to use everyday objects as defensive weapons Fighting skills standing up and on the ground Weapon defence How to survive a terrorist attack And even defence against dog attacks

Volumes 1 and 2 of 'The Complete Guide to Urban Self Protection' provide information, tactics and step-by-step instructions in a FULL spectrum of no-nonsense self-protection skills. The books give detailed descriptions and photographs of the techniques you can use to survive modern day violence from beginner to advanced level. Each technique or method gives the following unique format to aide learning: Section 1: 'What is it?' Section 2: 'Why do it?' Section 3: 'How to execute the technique' Section 4: 'Essentials' Section 5: 'Technique specific exercises' Skills/knowledge include: Verbal diffusion Protecting loved ones First aid Dealing with fear The law Escapes from chokes and holds Awareness and avoidance How to become a 'hard target' How to use everyday objects as defensive weapons Fighting skills standing up and on the ground Weapon defence How to survive a terrorist attack And even defence against dog attacks

Ireland in its own words: a dazzling compendiumOver the past hundred years, Ireland has undergone profound political, social and cultural changes. But one thing that has not changed is the Irish genius for observation and storytelling, invective and self-scrutiny. Ireland: The Autobiography draws upon this genius to create a portrait of a century of Irish life through the words of the people who lived it.Broadcaster and historian John Bowman has mined archives, diaries and memoirs to create a remarkably varied and delightfully readable mosaic of voices and perspectives. Ireland: The Autobiography is a brilliantly selected, wide-ranging and engrossing take on the last century of Irish life. It gives us a portrait of Ireland unlike anything we've read before.'Absorbing and illuminating ... John Bowman has selected a range of accounts of Irish life that do justice to what happened, what it felt like, and the personal and societal experiences alongside the "e;official"e; version.' Diarmaid Ferriter, Irish Times'A treasure' Irish Examiner'A whistle-stop tour of the seismic, seminal and explosive events which shaped the nation as we know it' Irish Independent'Entertaining and informative' Sunday Business Post'A remarkably varied and delightfully readable mosaic of voices and perspectives' Women's Way'A thoughtful and eclectic collection' Irish Mail on Sunday

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