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Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"This book outlines a model for evaluating risks that weighs the probability of disastrous events against the cost of preparing for them. It also looks at the supplies and equipment essential to surviving sudden catastrophes, and examines the merits and legal implications of different self-defense strategies"--
Author
Series
My weirder school volume 10
Language
English
Description
"A. J. and the Ella Mentry School gang learn some unusual self-defense moves from a wacky teacher who thinks he's an action hero"--
Author
Series
The Donnigans volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
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 to his lifealong with a gorgeous leggy woman who won't give him the time of day. Zoe York lost her twin sister to a freak car accident a few months ago. She's been struggling to bury her grief, but it isn't until she signs up for a self-defense class with its distractingly...
Author
Series
McKenzies of Ridge Trail volume 2
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Reyes McKenzie runs a gym in a run-down part of town where he teaches self-defense and gathers information on illegal activities for his family to investigate. When Kennedy Brooks joins his gym, his concentration is blown to hell. He's never seen a woman work so hard to be lethal ... and he wonders what made her that way.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
While nobody ever dreams they could personally be caught in a situation with mass casualties or injuries due to premeditated or random violence, this guide provides readiness techniques to help avoid becoming a victim in dangerous situations. Includes tips to boost awareness and possibly even stop a violent event before it starts.--
14) Akira
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Hindi
Description
Akira Sharma is a little girl in a small town who lives happily with her father and mother. One day, she witnesses a crime involving a group of unruly men ruthlessly throwing acid on a young woman's face. Akira helps police to catch the criminal, but the accomplices of the criminal swear vengeance. One day, Akira notices gang members who scared her tease another girl. She beats them up, but one of them takes out a bottle of acid to throw acid on Akira....
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Introduces children to the ways they can recognize danger, the steps they can take to avoid danger, and most importantly, what to do when danger does present itself. Demonstrates some of the most common ploys used by abductors and how to handle each one. Topics include: saying "no" to adults, home safety, unwanted touches from strangers, neighbors, and people you know, passwords, and easy self-defense.
16) Queen & Slim
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
"Chronicling the underappreciated Black tradition of bearing arms for self-defense, law professor Nicholas Johnson presents an array of examples reaching back to the pre-Civil War era that demonstrate a willingness of African American men and women to use firearms when necessary to defend their families and communities. From Frederick Douglass's advice to keep "a good revolver" handy as defense against slave catchers to the armed Black men who protected...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Protect yourself from people who take undue advantage and suck the energy out of your life Emotional Vampires will help you cope effectively with the people in your life that confound you, confuse you, and seem to sap every ounce of your energy. Bestselling author Dr. Al Bernstein shows you how to recognize each vampire type--antisocial, histrionic, narcissists, obsessive-compulsives, paranoids--and deal with them effectively. He uses many examples...
Author
Series
Hazards of dukes volume 2
Language
English
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Description
"Nash, the "dangerous" Duke of Malvern, has always bristled against the rules of English society. Hot tempered and fearful of becoming like his brutish late father, he lives a life of too much responsibility and too little joy. And although he's vowed to never marry, a duke has a duty--and there's only one way to get himself an heir and a spare. So Nash reluctantly takes a look around at society's available young ladies to see who might be willing...
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