New Releases by David Kahn

Do you have a friend who is willing to pick out food from in between your teeth? To gaze at the stars with? A friend that accepts you for who you truly are? If you do, sounds like you have a friend that will stick with you. Just like Fox and Bear.--Publisher.

This book is designed for security-conscious civilians, law enforcement officers, military personnel, and securities professionals alike who want to improve their chances of not just surviving an armed attack, but increase the odds of prevailing without serious injury. Includes the most up-to-date tactics focusing on the most common violent scenarios, using krav maga training as a shield against violence.--Publisher.

BECAUSE NOT ALL KRAV MAGA IS THE SAME(R) This book is designed for krav maga trainees, security-conscious civilians, law enforcement officers, security professionals, and military personnel alike who wish to refine their essential krav maga combatives, improve their chances of surviving a hostile attack and prevail without serious injury. Combatives are the foundation of krav maga counter-attacks. These are the combatives of the original Israeli Krav Maga Association (Grandmaster Gidon). It is irrefutable that you need only learn a few core combatives to be an effective fighter. Simple is easy. Easy is effective. Effective is what is required to end a violent encounter quickly, decisively, and on your terms. This book stresses doing the right things and doing them in the right way. Right technique + Correct execution = Maximum Effect. Contents include: Key strategies for achieving maximum combative effects Krav maga''s 12 most effective combatives Developing power and balance Combatives for the upper and lower body Combative combinations and retzev (continuous combat motion) Combatives for takedowns and throws Combatives for armbars, leglocks, and chokes Whatever your martial arts or defensive tactics background or if you have no self-defense background at all, this book can add defensive combatives and combinations to your defensive repertoire. Our aim is to build a strong self-defense foundation through the ability to optimally counter-attack.

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An illustrated guide to protecting yourself against the most common street attacks that the average person is likely to encounter in the event of a crime against them. David Kahn learned krav maga, one of the world''s most popular self-defence strategies, as a Special Operative in the Israeli Army and his expertise has made him one of the most internationally respected trainers of krav maga (he has trained Special Forces soldiers, the Royal Marines and police officers).

Presents the essentials of krav maga, the hand-to-hand defense system designed by the Israeli military forces to fend off any kind of attacker.

This book recounts the desperate efforts to gather information during World War II and the Cold War. The author provides insight into the dark realm of intelligence and code that will fascinate cryptographers, intelligence personnel, and the millions of people interested in military history, espionage adventure, and world affairs. David Kahn is universally regarded as the dean of intelligence historians. Authoritative and addictively readable, this book, by revealing the past, helps guide present and future intelligence efforts.

"An absorbing and thoroughly well documented account" of WWII naval intelligence and the Allied hunt for the Nazi code machine known as the Enigma ( Warship). From the start of World War II to mid-1943, British and American naval forces fought a desperate battle against German submarine wolfpacks. And the Allies might have lost the struggle at sea without an astounding intelligence coup. Here, the author brings to life the race to break the German U-boat codes. As the Battle of the Atlantic raged, Hitler''s U-boats reigned. To combat the growing crisis, ingenious amateurs joined the nucleus of dedicated professionals at Bletchley Park to unlock the continually changing German naval codes. Their mission: to read the U-boat messages of Hitler''s cipher device, the Enigma. They first found success with the capture of U-110,—which yielded the Enigma machine itself and a trove of secret documents. Then the weather ship Lauenburg seized near the Arctic ice pack provided code settings for an entire month. Finally, two sailors rescued a German weather cipher that enabled the team at Bletchley to solve the Enigma after a year-long blackout. In "a highly recommended account with a wealth of materials" Seizing the Enigma tells the story of a determined corps of people who helped turn the tide of the war (Naval Historical Foundation).

Israeli Krav Maga is the Israel Defense Force''s official self-defense system. This system is simple, instinctive, adaptable, and effective to thwart a life threatening assault. This book presents the most up to date weapon defensive techniques that are incorporated into green, blue, brown, and black belt curriculums. Many techniques are being revealed to the public for the first time.

"Regardless of strength, size, age, or gender, you can learn advanced techniques for fending off an unarmed attacker - swiftly, powerfully, and simply. And the conditioning you will achieve by practicing these techniques will tone your muscles, improve your reflexes, and get you fighting fit."--Jacket.

Describes the life and work of one of American intelligence''s most controversial figures from his early life, his pioneering work in cryptography during World War I, the writing of one of the most important works in cryptography-- The American Black Chamber, to his later years writing, running a restaurant, and playing poker.

The Princeton Review realizes that acing the AP Calculus AB & BC exam is very different from getting straight As in school. The Princeton Review doesn''t try to teach students everything there is to know about calculus--only the techniques they''ll need to score higher on the exam. There''s a big difference. In Cracking the AP Calculus AB & BC, TPR will teach test takers how to think like the test makers and - Score higher by reviewing key calculus concepts - Earn more points by becoming familiar with the format of the test - Safeguard against traps that can lower scores - Perfect skills with review questions in each chapter This book includes 5 full-length, simulated AP Calculus AB & BC exams. All of The Princeton Review practice test questions are like the ones test takers will see on the actual exam, and every solution is fully explained.

It''s no secret: The best way to ace the Regents exams is by practicing on real tests. This guide includes 12 actual full-length Sequential Math III Regents exams with answers and complete explanations, plus the January 1999 exam. Let the Regents experts at The Princeton Review teach you the simple test-taking techniques you''ll need to know. We''ll help you focus on the material that is most likely to show up on the sets. We''ll teach you how to find the correct answers by eliminating the wrong ones. We even provide a "Target Practice" section so that you can quickly find sample problems for each math topic. This guide leads you step-by-step through each part of the test and helps you master the skills you''ll need to crack the Regents exam. Learn the techniques in this book, practice them on the actual Sequential Math III Regents exams inside, and give yourself The Princeton Review advantage.

If trudging through your textbook to study and complete homework assignments has become a frustrating grind, then get ready for a smooth ride to higher test scores and outstanding grades with The Princeton Review''s High School Math III Review. We tell it to you straight, thoroughly explaining the important topics you''ll need to understand to prepare for quizzes and tests, complete homework assignments effectively, and earn higher grades. We''ve carefully examined math textbooks just like yours to make sure that this book includes all the material essential to a thorough review. In this guide, we cover: *Rational and Radical Expressions *Degrees and Radians *Trigonometry *Complex Numbers *Quadratic Equations *Transformations *Circle Rules *Probability *Statistics *Conic Sections *Logarithms And since practicing your test-taking skills is just as important to getting good grades as knowing the material, we include two practice exams that feature the types of questions and problems that appear on in-class tests.

Directors can use this unique guidebook for new play development from the beginning to the end of the process. Kahn and Breed explore ways of choosing new projects, talk about where to find new scripts, and explore the legal aspects of script development. They present a detailed system for theatrical analysis of the new script and show how to continue exploration and development of the script within the laboratory of the theatre. Most importantly, they delineate the parameters of the relationship between the director and the playwright, offering proven methods to help the playwright and to facilitate the healthy development of the script. Kahn and Breed offer suggestions on casting, incorporating rewrites, and script handling plus how and when to use audience response and how to decide what step to take next. They also include extended interviews with developmental directors, dramaturgs, and playwrights, who give credence to the new script development process.

Arthur Kahn traces the history of the struggle for recognition of and action on behalf of the AIDS epidemic. He describes the heroic struggle for survival by persons with AIDS and their allies for survival. He documents the sophisticated and effective mobilization of AIDS activists in the face of apathy from the Reagan and Bush administrations. Kahn presents a case study of the difficulties involved in bringing new drugs for AIDS to U.S. markets. He outlines the frustrating attempts to promote egg lecithin as the potential medicine for HIV patients after its use showed some signs of success in Israel. Obstruction by the federal bureaucracy, greed and incompetence on the part of the drug industry, stonewalling by scientific mandarins, and impediments to evaluation testing--these are shown to be the cruel realities faces by patients and activists. After setting this background, Kahn details the work of President Reagan''s commission on AIDS. Although news of the establishment of this committee was met with scorn and cynicism, the results of its study were both effective and humane. Led by Admiral James Watkins, whose sensitivity won the respect of both commissions members and gay activists, the Commission on the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Epidemic issued a final report that seriously addressed the ramifications of the epidemic for American society as a whole. Author note: Arthur D. Kahn, now retired, was chairman of the Classics Department at Brock University in Ontario. He has taught at the State University of New York at Buffalo, New York University, the College Year at Athens, and has held the O''Connor Chair at Colgate University. He has published several other books, including The Education of Julius Caesar.

"This is by no means a dry-as-dust bare skeleton of history but a lively and imaginative reconstruction of the events of Caesar''s dramatic period."Michael Grant

The first full account of Hitler''s extensive intelligence network-and the dramatic story of how Germany lost the battle of the secret services in World War II.