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There is something very soothing and reliable about discipline: if you force yourself into following a particular routine for self improvement over a long period of time, you will inevitably see very encouraging results if you wait long enough. This is never more true than when applied to sports in general, and martial arts in particular. The great souls who first set up the framework that enables the body and mind to work together in the sacr...

Spanish is a language that needs no introduction: if you are learning a foreign language, there is a double digit probability that the language is Spanish. Why is it that this language has become so popular, and that hundreds of millions of Spanish learners exist across the world? Well, the fact that it is spoken in dozens of prominent countries across multiple continents as the second or first language might be a prime reason, it is also clea...

If you want to get serious about learning the vocabulary of the Romanian language, you have to tackle it head on. The recommended method is to learn the first thousand words very quickly, and then to slowly learn the less commonly used part of the vocabulary, while periodically reinforcing your knowledge of the first set of important words that you had learned. This book presents a new take on this tried and tested method: before your trip to ...

Learning multiple languages has many advantages: it leads to a deeper appreciation of cultures and ways of life other than our own: only in this way are we able to truly transcend our small patch of ground and become complete members of the human race. This book is full of Filipino words that any visitor to the country will encounter, and of exercises that will help you master the usage of each of those words. You should make sure to set your ...

There are many easy ways to embarrass yourself. You can forget to put on an item of clothing. You can forget somebody's name and have to introduce them to a friend of yours. You can be asked to address a gathering when you have extreme stage fright. But there is one that is more reliable than all of these, guaranteed to produce instant embarrassment. You can spell an important word wrong in a crucial sentence. If you want to steer clear of the...

A large number of people have the mental image of all NFL players as boorish brutes who use force to overwhelm the sporting opposition. This is not true of any: even the most unskilled quarterback has great presence of mind, and is able to take split second decisions to affect the course of play to a critical extent. NFL football players operate at a level where the mind is as important as the body, and the body is in supreme physical shape. T...

Inventions and discoveries are pivotal to the growth of the human race, they enable us to take quantum leaps in knowledge, and further set us apart from all other inhabitants of our solar system, as far as command of our environment is concerned. But how are we capable of melding knowledge and creativity? This is, of course, because we have a very large brain size to body weight ratio, higher than that of most living beings. This is, of course...

The life of a basketball player might be stressful, but it is definitely very glamorous. Unlike football, which does not have a huge audience outside the USA, basketball players are superstars across the globe: every continent has tens of millions of fans of these sporting legends. This book is dedicated to the people who make basketball the most fast paced and exciting sport that exists. After all, these human beings are special: explosive po...

The future will be better than the present because of science. Today, we have longer lives, we have untold riches, we have entertainment at our fingertips, and we have access to the whole of the knowledge of the human race, almost at will. Therefore, it is important that we learn as much as possible about the fascinating worlds of science and technology. And the first step to that is to learn the language of science. This book is filled ...

For a book of word games to be extremely challenging, it is not necessary that it hits you with twelve letter anagrams from page 1. No, in my view, the best word riddle journeys are those that start off simple, ease you into the format, and teach you all the rules. And then comes a question that is impossibly hard, and that you spend hours trying to solve. You may quit in frustration a few times, but you prevail in the end. And the feeling of ...

Athletic achievement is something that most of us have experienced, at some level or another. It feels very satisfying, and these moments are unforgettable, no matter how small. Multiply that by one million, and you might get a rough idea of what it feels like to be selected to represent your country at the Olympic Games. Multiply it by ten billion, and you would have captured a little of the unimaginable pride you might feel when you win an O...

Gymnastics is a unique sport even among other athletic pursuits: for every second of perfect form that you see in competition, you can be sure that tens of thousands of grueling hours of preparation, injury, and mental struggle went into what you see on television. This is even more true at the highest level: international gymnastics is very competitive, and being selected even at the regional level is not easy at all. This book celebrates the...

The vocabulary of Dutch is a stumbling block for many new students of the language, those who have a prior background in either English or German often think that the words in Dutch will come naturally to them, and spend less time than they should with a good dictionary. This is true to some extent, but not entirely. The vocabulary of the Dutch language can be incredibly complex at the intermediate and advanced levels, and it is recommended to...

The world is in love with Mixed Martial Arts. After the explosive growth of the sport in the United States in 2005, and the dominance of heavyweight and middleweight MMA in Japan in the early 2000s, mixed martial arts has grown steadily in profile and notoriety, till the present day, when every week sees at least 2-3 fight cards across the world that are of very high quality. We did not get here without great sacrifices from the founding fathe...

In multiple surveys, respondents have rated the Polish language the most difficult to learn among all European languages: it is up there with Finnish and Hungarian. However, a careful examination of the facts will reveal that a large part of this is due to the spelling of Polish words, and of the consecutive consonants that form a substantial chunk of the vocabulary. This book will simplify all that for you: it concentrates on removing the irr...

We are at the peak of capitalism: every facet of media, and every aspect of our lives has been taken over by the marketing machine. And, behind it all, the invisible hands of the largest corporations in the world work to maximize revenues and create sustainable business models for regular growth. This book will teach you about some of the most important company groupings in the world today: I have chosen corporations from at least 70 different...

It takes only a few minutes to make friends with a dog, but a lifetime for the dog to forget its loyalty and love for you. Many millennia ago, mankind first tamed the wild wolves that roamed the icy places of this earth, and the partnership has grown in strength and closeness over the centuries since then. Dogs are not only the most loyal friends any of us can hope for, they are also important security partners, care providers, transport helpe...

An essential part of the morning ritual for pretty much any human being in the world today is spending some time with the jumble and other word exercises in the daily newspaper. These are so popular because they provide a few minutes of brain exertion, and because they help our brain get to the level of full activity that it needs to succeed every single day. This book is designed to help your brain stay at optimum level throughout your lifeti...

Remember when movies were great? Remember when going to the theater was a huge social event that we looked forward to all week, and when the convenience of instant streaming did not exist? Remember when life on the big screen was special, and when no cynicism marred the escapism for three hours that a typical blockbuster would provide? Well, if you do remember the greatest movies of all time, this trivia book is for you: it will test your memo...

In 2022 and 2023, the world has opened up once again to the possibilities of travel and tourism, and the excitement is palpable. After two years of being confined to one city or to one country, there are no borders for our bodies now, and they can roam as freely as our imaginations. I created this trivia book as a way to celebrate the fact that the world has opened up again. It contains a large number of questions about important tourist desti...