Books published by Mirador Publishing

25 easy to understand and apply drills that can be used to improve your fundamental skill set, regardless of which Martial Art you practice. The purpose of this book is to provide a guide for students and teachers, to enhance their training and teaching. It provides 25 combat drills to improve your fundamental skill. Among other things you will learn: fluid movement, to be calm under pressure, a natural and spontaneous response, fast recovery and how to be dynamic and effective in defence and attack. This book will be useful grappling, striking, weapons based, competition or reality based Martial Arts. For teachers there are 25 easy to understand drills that you deliver, develop and adapt to your classes. Tips are provided to show how they can easily be developed, to give birth to many more drills, creating an endless source of inspiration and variety.

What a wonderful world we live in! And how lucky I am to have seen so much of it - not just once but again and again, through the pages of my diaries. Stroll amongst the steaming geysir fields of the Andes and beneath the crumbling rocks of the Karakorum ... watch the sun rise over Mount Everest:"The sun gilds first the summit, then the plume of spindrift snow blowing off the peak, then the western ridge and finally the vast snowfields on the mountain's flank - how exhilarating to watch a mountain waking from sleep!" Scramble up steep steps into tiny chapels squeezed into crevices in the cliffs at Bhutan's Eagle's Nest ... become dazzled by the gold leaf adorning the walls of Samarkand's Golden Mosque ... gaze in awe at Sri Lanka's 12m high Avukana Buddha, carved into a cliff. Join an exuberant procession of worshipping Ethiopian Christians ... marvel at the skill of Mongolian eagle hunters ... watch the elegant dance of a Japanese geisha ... join picnicking Iranian families to eat freshly peeled cucumber. Swim with awe-inspiring Australian whale sharks ... thrill at the sight of the Antarctic's Wandering Albatross with its 12ft wingspan ... listen to the sounds of the African night:"Three lionesses arrive, lapping loudly at the water, while from the darkness comes the roar of a male lion, like strangled coughing repeated over and over again, until it fades away." Come and join me in my travels!

In 1930s New York, David Tarniss leads a quiet life as a cab driver-too quiet-In reality he is hiding a dark secret, his homosexuality, something for which he will pay dearly due to the unique circumstances of the time.A fascinating, if disturbing, story about the challenges that confronted gays (and Jews) in 1930s New York.

The 18th century has just begun and, with it, a new type of criminal appears on the scene, commonly known as thief-takers. In this London underworld, Jonathan Wild creates an empire that challenges the social and economic fabric and norms of Georgian society. Having failed as a button-maker, Wild ends up in debtors' prison and there learns the art of crime. Upon release, he turns to the fencing of goods and brothel-keeping, rapidly expanding his activities to include robbery, blackmail, extortion and the running of contraband-eventually becoming England's first mob boss. This is a compelling tale of overreaching ambition, greed and treachery, love and betrayal. Both an historical account and a romantic adventure, and a salutary warning to those who would defy the authority of the British Crown.

Gugu and Pule have just married and will be heading to Clarens for their honeymoon. As they prepare to leave, Pule is summoned to the hospital where his mum has just been admitted. Pule's mom divulges an absurd secret before relating a dream about a serial killer in Clarens. En route to Clarens, the couple suffer a tyre puncture along a dark secluded road with no network coverage. Pule goes to seek help leaving Gugu behind. An unkempt man in bloodstained clothes suddenly emerges from the woods and heads for the car. Could this be the serial killer? Pule has been gone for ages, is he still alright? Gugu screams and luckily Pule returns and bashes the man unconscious with the spanner. The couple arrive at their destination; Oom Jannie's Guesthouse. When Jannie notices bloodstains on Pule's clothing, he immediately informs the sheriff. The strange sheriff has no evidence against the couple but is determined to capture them. In the one corner there's the young couple and in the other corner is the sheriff and whistleblowing Jannie; who will win as residents of Clarens continue vanishing without trace?

Ho Malone, Chicago detective, and his able colleagues specialize in cases that require expertise in physics and technology in 2040s London. International Planetary Transport contacts Malone and his Quantum Detectives to investigate the disappearance of Joe Roy Peabody, better known as Helvis, the greatest entertainer of the day, lost while traveling to the mining city of Dis on Mars to perform a benefit concert for the miners. His transport ship, owned and operated by IPT, has vanished in space. Immediate suspects include figures of wealth and global influence: a multinet soft-porn queen, a Hollywood movie mogul, a multi-media evangelist, Helvis's own agent and promoter, and the proprietors of GeoSol, an underground company competing with IPT for the budding space-travel market, all with youthful and seemingly friendly ties to Helvis. Full of fast-paced action, devious villains, subtle humor, and steamy romance, E. S. Louis's international neo-noir detective thriller combines science fiction with classic whodunit and a growing list of quirky, energetic characters in a streetwise narrative that opens a cosmic wormhole to more exciting mysteries to come.

What a wonderful world we live in! And how lucky I am to have seen so much of it - not just once but again and again, through the pages of my diaries. Come with me as I struggle once more to the foot of Mount Everest:"I am so dizzy I can hardly stand, my head throbs, my legs are weak, my lungs tight. Others pass me by, but I can go no faster. Should I give up? But ahead lies Everest, the culmination of all these weeks of walking." Walk with me beneath the golden arcades of Syria's Palmyra, sadly now sacrificed to war. Scramble to the summit of Ayers Rock and discover tiny shrimps, miraculously brought to life by rain after years of waiting in the dust. Negotiate the steep ramps of China's Great Wall in the footsteps of ancient armies, ever watchful for sudden attack. Giggle at the mating dance of Blue-foot Boobies in the Galapagos. Thrill to the howl of wolves in Canadian forests:"I am roused by the distant song of wolves, rising and falling in concert. The sound ceases, then recommences nearer to our campsite, ceases again, then at 3am swells to full volume - rising and falling in rhythms as complex as any opera chorus. Sleep in a Thai headman's stilt home, a cool vaulted cavern in Cappadocia or a tent on an Omani beach, with scuttling ghost crabs as neighbours. Come and join me in my travels!

My father disappeared the day after he rescued the young girl which was on the day after my 9th birthday. It was in all the papers.And so begins Amy Appleton's account of growing up as a lifeboatman's daughter on the North Norfolk coast as she seeks to unravel the events of that fateful night, 31st March, 2001. We journey with her through this sometimes gentle, sometimes not, coming-of-age story as she bears witness to the triumphs, thrills, treacheries, terrors, and tragedies of life lived close to the unpredictable sea. She finds solace in unexpected places and from unexpected encounters. She fears for her father, watches the adults around her, finds herself too often an unwilling listener at doors, a bewildered observer, searching for her place in the world, wondering, learning as she moves towards forging her own path, finding her own way as she approaches the birthday of her life...

When the past and the present collide, the fate of a kingdom is at stake.Alixandra Evans has managed to survive after being transported to twelfth-century France, due to Richard, the Duke of Aquitaine's protection. After she falls in love with him, thoughts of returning to her own time fade, but she must remain vigilant. One small misstep could alter the future. To stop a rebellion, she's forced by King Henry to convince Richard to pay homage to his brother Hal, the heir to the throne. Alix has no choice but to comply and pray that her part in history goes unnoticed. When Richard learns what Alix has done, her betrayal cuts deeper than any wound. He vows to never forgive her. Hal is plotting with Richard's nobles in the hope of claiming Aquitaine for himself. Although he's furious with his father Richard must ask his father for help lest he lose his duchy. Hal's unexpected death changes everything. Richard is next in line to the English crown, but Henry refuses to name him his heir. He hints that he's considering naming his youngest son king instead. His legacy uncertain, Richard makes an alliance which will pit two kings against each other as well as father and son.After Alix is inadvertently thrust back to the twenty-first century, she discovers that her fear has come to pass. Her presence in Richard's life has changed his history for the worse. Alix's heart still belongs to Richard, and always will. She alone knows what should have happened and will risk everything to change it. If she manages to return to the past can she right history and does the man she love still have feelings for her?

Humanity's timeless quest for immortality-we couldn't discover the secrets of eternal life for ourselves, so we bestowed immortality on our gods. But what if these secrets exist and have been sought by world leaders for thousands of years, only recently having fallen into the hands of the global elite? When the Director of Security for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Anthony Leonardi, and Special Officer Vicki Lange find themselves pulled into a clandestine worldwide network after a mysterious death at the museum, their lives are changed forever. Anthony and Vicki soon find themselves in the middle of an underground web of intrigue pitting religious organizations, criminal syndicates, secret societies, and the world's most powerful people against one another in a race for global domination and immortality¿ Fans of treasure hunts, masterworks of art, covert underground societies, and eye-opening secrets of the ancients will love this engrossing story of action, adventure, and rituals...

Why was an elderly man murdered on DCI Jarrod Fischer's patch?This question leads Jarrod Fischer into the history of the murdered man and what he discovers is the sordid past of a Nazi SS unit.

IN LATE MARCH 1663, a young woman crossed the English Channel, seeking refuge in London from several unwanted suitors. Thus began one of the most intriguing mysteries in feminist literary history-a mystery that even now remains unsolved. Put simply, who was she? Who was the "German Princess?" THE PRESENT NARRATIVE, in the form of her memoirs, captures the most memorable scenes and events of her life, including the horrors of the plague and Great Fire of 1666, mayhem in the London theatres, highway robbery, the slave markets of Jamaica, and even Morgan's bloody exploits on the Spanish Main. In sum, it is a compelling tale of adventure and romance, and of a woman who dared challenge the privileges and mores of a male-dominated society.

A beautiful woman and her equally beautiful teenage daughter are subjected to horrifying experiences by a drug-addled husband and father who serves them up as sexual favors to pay his drug suppliers for providing the mind and soul destroying chemicals that transformed Crummy Keller into an amoral monster, wife-beater and all-around evil doer. This horrifying event plus the previous regular physical and mental abuse, finally drove Erica Keller, and her daughter Sonya, to flee for their lives. What follows is the metamorphosis of the daughter into a super athletic woman who learns the crafts and skills of a samurai warrior to avenge herself and her mother's shame.Sonya Keller becomes the embodiment of the Hindu goddess, Durga. It is as if she has those ten arms, each with a different weapon that destroys demons and protects the innocent - beginning with her mother and her best friend. Sonya becomes the most formidable crime fighter the drug criminals in her home town ever imagined. She exacts justice on the drug organization putting many of them in the hospital before the police and the courts lock them away for long sentences. No woman is stronger and more fearsome to the bad guys than Sonya Keller, just as Durga stoked fear in the hearts of her demonic adversaries, Sonya Keller lays waste to the thugs and modern-day demons plaguing her town.Along the way, she meets a very special man who carefully and patiently guides her along the path from rage and fear of men to a place of trust and tenderness. Finally, her discovery of true love fills the once-empty hole in her soul, much as Shiva did for Durga.The Ten Arms of Durga will leave readers asking for more from Sonya Keller. She has just scratched the surface of her abilities, intensity and ability to love.

Some romances are so good, they last a lifetime. Some are even better, and they last forever. Beyond this Earth Cristobel and Lewis find each other again on the cosmic tilt-a-whirl that lands them on a new world of art and beauty and opportunity. Amidst reunions, surprising new friendships, and renewed devotion to love and vocation, they learn that even in this kinder, gentler Purgatory they must still experience lessons about suffering, sacrifice, duty, and loss-and one final breathtaking epiphany.

A mysterious letter delivered to a Paris apartment uncovers a startling chain of events 500 miles away in a UK city. Coincidences or God at work? Jeanne has no doubt but colleague Roger must remain sensitive to wife Judy's childhood vulnerability. Meanwhile an eclectic group of characters who are searching for answers to life's big questions are rocked by the arrival of a stranger in their midst. Lining their journey are humour and suspicion as well as despair and outrageous love. But nothing can be straightforward for one of their number.