In this comprehensive guide to foil technique, a fencing master and Olympic gold medalist offers an unsurpassed wealth of technical and tactical advice. Covers every facet of the game, from attack, defense, and deceit.

About the Book The story centers around the life of a boy who encounters extremely difficult circumstances. Throughout the book he must determine if he will push through his fears and struggles brought on by the difficult circumstance or quit along the way. It is a story of the triumph of the human spirit and how a person ultimately will win if he/she does not give up. About the Author Aaron J. Allen is an avid fan of Christian fiction. He is an active member of his home church in Plano, Texas and spends most of his time volunteering, riding his mountain bike, or watching movies. He received his Bachelor of Science from Wofford College and his Master of Civil Engineering from LSU. He later received his Master of Biblical studies from Charis Bible College.

According to the customary literary-historical and theoretical notion, the fact that the first modern novel represents a parody or travesty of the chivalric ideal merits no particular attention. Failing to become attuned to the real role of the chivalric ideal at the beginning of the era of the modern novel, commentators missed the chance to adequately review the role of chivalry at the end of that period. The modern novel did not only begin, but also ended with a travesty of the chivalric ideal. The deep need of a significant number of modernist writers to measure their own time according to the ideals of the high and late Middle Ages cannot, therefore, be explained by a set of literary-historical, spiritual-historical or social circumstances. The predilection of a range of twentieth century novelists for a distant feudal past suggests that there exists a fundamental poetic connection between the modern (or at least the modernist) novel and the ideals of chivalry.

Enshrinement in the Hall of Fame is the ultimate honor for any major leaguer. This rousing oral history tells the story of 17 legendary players who came up just short of Cooperstown: Virgil Trucks, Gene Woodling, Carl Erskine, and others. Collectively, the humorous, engaging, behind-the-scenes stories also tell the tale of baseball in the 1950s. "Great fun." — The New York Times.