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"From legendary Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and MMA master Rickson Gracie comes a riveting, insightful memoir that weaves together the story of Gracie's stunning career with the larger history of the Gracie family dynasty and the founding of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, showing how the connection between mind and body can be harnessed for success both inside and outside the ring"--
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Guthrie brothers volume 1
Pub. Date
[2017]
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Jason has no time for entanglements; his days are spoken for. But when his lovely new neighbor, Honor, reluctantly accepts his help in remodeling her house, Jason finds his nights are another story. Meanwhile Jason's friend, martial arts teacher Sullivan, has learned to avoid party girls like Lexie, but can't seem to keep his heart from landing at her feet.
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Lily Wong series volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
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After her sister was brutally murdered, Lily Wong dedicated her life and ninja skills to the protection of vulnerable women. She now lives above the Los Angeles restaurant owned by her Norwegian father and inspired by the recipes of her Chinese mother, living a double life as both a highly-skilled vigilante and caring daughter. As if taking on the Ukrainian mob and sex traffickers wasn't hard enough, she has to hide the truth from her Hong Kong tiger...
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Ronda Rousey, the Olympic medalist in judo, reigning UFC women's bantamweight champion, and new Hollywood action hero, charts her difficult path to glory. Rousey's account of the toughest fights of her life -- in and outside the Octagon -- reveals the painful loss of her father when she was eight years old, the intensity of her judo training, her battles with love, her meteoric rise to fame, the secret behind her undefeated UFC record, and what it...
Pub. Date
2019
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Thirty years after their final clash at the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament, Johnny Lawrence is at his lowest point as a jobless handyman haunted by his wasted life. When he rescues a bullied kid from bullies, he is inspired to resurrect the notorious Cobra Kai dojo. It also resurrects his old rivalry with Daniel LaRousso. Daniel is a successful businessman who may be happily married but is missing an essential balance in life since the death of...
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[2004]
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Millions of people around the world know Chuck Norris as the star of more than 20 motion pictures, including Delta Force, Missing in Action, and Return of the Dragon. Millions more know him as a martial arts expert, the only man in the Western Hemisphere to hold an 8th degree Black Belt Grand Master in Tae Kwon Do. And then there are others who know him from his eight seasons on CBSs longest running series, Walker, Texas Ranger. What many don't know...
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c2009
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The winner of "The Ultimate Fighter", the mixed-martial arts reality show, demonstrates to readers that being a fighter takes more than simply an adrenaline rush--it takes focus, a little cunning, and the intelligence to know that the best way to avoid serious injury is to stay away from "Rampage" Jackson's right hand, bro.
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c2012
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Before Frank Shamrock became known professionally as "The Legend" winning almost every mixed martial arts title in existence he endured a childhood marred with abuse, neglect, and molestation that led to an equally troubled young adulthood. This riveting book tells his whole story: his neglect as a child by his hippie mother and absentee father, his salvation under the foster father who took him in when no one else would, his desperate act of armed...
18) The damned
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Vampire huntress legends volume 6
Pub. Date
2007
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Lilith, the consort of the Unnamed One, has released the Damned, tortured souls from all levels of Hell, to walk the streets as the living dead. A dark chaos leaks onto Earth, taking the form of a deadly contagion that not even the Neteru team can handle. One touch from these deadly creatures infects a human, driving him to madness, death…and worse.
This time, Damali Richards, the Vampire Huntress (aka the millennium Neteru), Carlos, and the Guardians...
20) Bruce Lee
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2019.
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Born in San Francisco but raised in Hong Kong, Bruce Lee was the child star of Hong Kong cinema appearing in his first of many films at just three months old. But, after getting into trouble as a teenager, his father sent him to live in America. Starring roles were hard to come by for Asian-American actors in Hollywood, but by harnessing his skill as a martial artist, Bruce created, directed, and acted in blockbuster hits such as "Enter the Dragon'....