The martial arts world is rife with tales of ancient masters who could cause instant or delayed death or illness by attacking secret points on the human body. But to the Western mind, the concept of striking acupuncture points to disrupt the internal energy, or chi, seems like hocus-pocus. Thus, many serious martial artists dismiss the ancient art of dim-mak (also known as kyusho jitsu), which is literally translated as "death touch," as nothing more than fiction. However, if one can accept the idea that a dim-mak point is an avenue for attacking the nervous system, then it becomes easier to understand how striking specific points or groups of points can devastate the organs and the cardiovascular system. In this book, Dr. Michael Kelly, an osteopathic physician and experienced dim-mak practitioner, explains dim-mak's effects based on medical science. In layman's terms, Dr. Kelly reveals the physiological basis for what is clearly a very real and dangerous method of fighting. In the process of unraveling the mystery of this legendary art, Dr. Kelly makes the true genius of its founders brutally, and painfully, apparent.

Jodi Marshall isn't sure how she went from normal teenager to walking disaster. One minute she's in her junior year of high school, spending time with her amazing boyfriend-to-be and her best friend. The next she's being stalked by some guy no one seems to know.After the stranger, Alex, reveals himself, Jodi learns he's not a normal teenager and neither is she. With a kiss that kills and a touch that brings the dead back to life, Jodi discovers she's part of a branch of necromancers born under the 13th sign of the zodiac, Ophiuchus. A branch of necromancers that are descendants of Medusa. A branch of necromancers with poisoned blood writhing in their veins.Jodi's deadly to the living and even more deadly to the deceased. She has to leave her old, normal life behind before she hurts the people she loves. As if that isn't difficult enough, Jodi discovers she's the chosen one who has to save the rest of her kind from perishing at the hands of Hades. If she can't figure out how to control her power, history will repeat itself, and her race will become extinct.

A thousand years in the future, the last of humanity live inside the walls of the totalitarian Kingdom of Cutta. The rich live in Anais, the capital city of Cutta, sheltered from the famine and disease which ravage the rest of the Kingdom. Yet riches and power only go so far, and even Anaitians can be executed. It is only by the will of the King that Nate Anteros, son of the King's favourite, is spared from the gallows after openly dissenting. But when he's released from prison, Nate disappears. A stark contrast, Catherine Taenia has spent her entire life comfortable and content. The daughter of the King's Hangman and in love with Thom, Nate's younger brother, her life has always been easy, ordered and comfortable. That is, where it doesn't concern Nate. His actions sullied not only his future, but theirs. And unlike Thom, Catherine has never forgiven him. Two years pass without a word, and then one night Nate returns. But things with Nate are never simple, and when one wrong move turns their lives upside down, the only thing left to do is run where the King's guards cannot find them - the Outlands. Those wild, untamed lands which stretch around the great walls of the Kingdom, filled with mutants and rabids.

As the god of death, Hades has had a complicated past with emotions. As it is, she prefers to not have them. It's an opinion often ignored by her unlikely best friend, Eros, the god of love. Determined to bring her happiness, Eros bends his own rules and shoots Hades with golden arrows that aren't guided by fate. False loves fade until one day Hades finds her gaze lingering on Persephone, the goddess of Spring. Eros takes the shot. Bound by the arrow, Hades and Persephone are trapped in the Underworld together, determined to ignore each other until the arrow fades. Hades and Persephone war against themselves and the expectations that weigh on them as an unshakable trust grows between them. Persephone isn't as bright as people believe and Hades isn't as dark. As they grow to accept each other's complexities, trust turns to love and they prepare to fight back against fate.

A Sookie Stackhouse short story collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris. Together in one edition, five stories from Harris’s supernatural Louisiana town of Bon Temps, featuring telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse. In “Fairy Dust,” Sookie must use her talents to help fairies in danger. In “One Word Answer,” Sookie comes face to face with some unpleasant family secrets. Sookie gets an unexpected—though not unpleasant—present while celebrating the Prince of Darkness’s birthday in “Dracula Night.” Sookie’s witchy friend Amelia helps Sookie on a case in “Lucky.” And in “Giftwrap,” Sookie fights to overcome holiday blues until she has a surprising chance encounter.

THIS BOOK COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE!!! Back in Print!! Ninja Dim Mak, the Chinese Death Touch. This Unholy Science is based on the same principles as the therapeutic methods of Acupuncture. EXCEPT- they are used to inflict pain or injury or death, depending on the ""power"" of the strike and the skill of the Assassin Overcome any attacker with fingertip pressure. Includes, Charts and Diagrams of the Vital and Fatal Points of the Human Body; times when they are most vulnerable (Law of Midday-Midnight); fistic ""Hand Weapons"" common to all martial arts; history and origin; even a Ninja legend. A valuable anatomical study, a self defense must! Learning just one of these fists could save your life!!!

My business is death. My place in the world is a straight forward transaction. Orders, discipline. A life for a check. However, I find myself manipulated into protecting mafia princess, Adelina Ricci. She should just be a job, so why am I willing to risk everything for her? A lethal knight. A rebellious pawn. An inexplicable bond. Loathe me or love me?