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Chapters: Fictional Capoeira Practitioners, Catwoman, Spider-Woman, Blade, Eddy Gordo, Bob Makihara, Vincent Cassel, Joey Ansah, Lateef Crowder. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 92. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Catwoman is a fictional character associated with DC Comics' Batman franchise. The supervillain was created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, partially inspired by Kane's second cousin by marriage, Ruth Steel . The original and most widely known Catwoman, Selina Kyle, first appears in Batman #1 (Spring 1940) in which she is known as The Cat. As an adversary of Batman, she was a whip-carrying burglar with a taste for high-stake thefts. For many years Catwoman thrived but from September 1954 to November 1966 she took an extended hiatus due to the newly developing Comics Code Authority in 1954. These issues involved the rules regarding the development and portrayal of female characters that were in violation with the Comic Code. Since the 1990s, Catwoman has been featured in an eponymous series that cast her as an antihero rather than a supervillain. The character has been one of Batman's most enduring love interests. Many modern writers have also interpreted her activities and costumed identity as a response to a history of abuse. A popular figure, Catwoman has been featured in most media adaptations related to Batman. Actresses Julie Newmar, Lee Meriwether, and Eartha Kitt introduced her to a large audience on the 1960s Batman television series and the 1966 Batman motion picture. Michelle Pfeiffer portrayed the character in 1992's Batman Returns. Halle Berry starred in a stand-alone Catwoman film in 2004, which was a complete box-office flop, although only loosely based on the Batman character. Catwoman was ranked #11 in IGN's Top 100 Comic Book Villains Of All Time List. She ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=429657 ... Read more

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Chapters: Outlive, My Big Brother, Zeebo Extreme, Guimo, Capoeira Legends, Zeebo Extreme Corrida Aérea, Herois E Vampiros, Conquista de Titã, Zeebo Extreme Baja, Zeebo Extreme Rolimã, Taikodom, Boomerang Sports Tênis. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 38. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Windows 95 or better, 166 MHz CPU, 32 MB RAM, 2 MB video card RAM, 4x CD-ROM drive, DirectX 7.0a, 200 MB HD Outlive is a Brazilian real-time strategy computer game developed and produced by Continuum Entertainment. It is a mission-based real-time strategy game where the player controls either the human military or robot forces and attempts to eliminate all opposing forces. It was initially released in 2000 in Brazil (2001 for the rest of the world), and was the second and most successful product of Continuum. The game was one of the few Brazilian games to be sold outside of Brazil. It was published in the United States and Europe by Take-Two Interactive. The increase of terrorist activity around the globe (the terrorist organizations had merged, creating large conglomerates whom the strongest and most feared was the Liberty Army) and the rapidly dwindling natural resources of the planet had forced the world's most powerful nations to take decisive measures. April 17, 2035 saw the creation of the World Council. The Council saw humanity's survival in interplanetary supply of resources mined on other celestial bodies. They sent out a large group of probes to nearly every planet and moon of the Solar System. After a lengthly search, they had found that the richest object is Titan. The Council started the Outlive Project: constructing three starships which would carry the initial colonists there. However, there was a problem: Titan's atmosphere was toxic to humans, and the climate wasn't so friendly eith...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=765936 ... Read more

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Chapters: Knockout, Tenkan, List of Capoeira Techniques, Mcdojo, Canne de Combat, Grappling Hold, Hard and Soft, 108-Form Wu Family Tai Chi Chuan, Pressure Point, Wu Style Tai Chi Fast Form, Footwork, Bullshido, Grandmaster, Black Belt, Tai Chi Classics, Shoot Wrestling, 103-Form Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan, Center of Percussion, List of Shotokan Techniques, Shootfighting, 13-Posture Poem Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Saber Form, Grappling Position, Iron Palm, Gracie Challenge, 67-Movement Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Sword Form, Trapping, 49-Form Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan, Stance, Iron Shirt, Submission Wrestling, Martial Arts Trickster, Stand-Up Fighting, Martialism, 16-Form Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan, Gouge, Cauliflower Ear, Menkyo, 13-Form Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan, Punching Power, Interim Championship, Distancing, Infighting, Defanging the Snake, Front Stance, Red Belt, Positional Advantage, Kyeshi, Figure-Four, Majority Decision, Disqualification, Martial Intelligence, Midnight Blue Belt, Nonviolent Self Defense, Kurtka, Kyōju Dairi, Split Decision, Majority Draw, Geup, Kime Bag, Striking Combination. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 242. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: This is a list of techniques used in capoeira. Capoeira has a variety of different techniques that make use of the hands, feet, legs, arms and head. Both kicks, punches and takedowns are among the offensive movements, but the emphasis is normally on kicking. Because of the appearance of many techniques, they are often mistaken for dancing or acrobatic maneuvers. However, while capoeira has some quite impressive, acrobatic signature moves, many of the basic techniques in capoeira are similar to those found in other martial arts. Please be aware that different groups may use different names for the same techniques, or ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=10421353 ... Read more

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Chapters: Capoeira, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Vale Tudo, Frederico Lapenda, Machida Karate, Luta Livre, Batuque. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 54. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Capoeira (Portuguese pronunciation: ) is an Afro-Brazilian art form that combines elements of martial arts, music, and dance. It was created in Brazil by slaves from Africa, especially from Angola, Mozambique and Congo sometime after the sixteenth century. It was developed in the region of Quilombo dos Palmares, located in the Brazilian state of Alagoas, which was the state of Pernambuco before dismemberment, and has had great influence on Afro-Brazilian generations, with strong presence in the states of Bahia, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Participants form a roda, or circle, and take turns either playing musical instruments (such as the Berimbau), singing, or ritually sparring in pairs in the center of the circle. The sparring is marked by fluid acrobatic play, feints, takedowns, and with extensive use of leg sweeps, kicks, and headbutts. Less frequently used techniques include elbow strikes, slaps, punches, and body throws. Its origins and purpose are a matter of debate, with theories ranging from views of Capoeira as a uniquely Brazilian folk dance with improvised fighting movements to claims that it is a battle-ready fighting form directly descended from ancient African techniques. The word "capoeira" had a probable origin as a derisive term used by slave owners to refer to its practice as chicken fights (the word literally means "chicken coop" in Portuguese). Another claim is that the word "capoeira" derives from the Native-American language Tupi-Guarani words kaá ("leaf", "plant") and puéra (past aspect marker), meaning "formerly a forest." Historians are divided: between those who believe ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=5976 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Manuel Dos Reis Machado, Nestor Capoeira, Vicente Ferreira Pastinha, José Tadeu Carneiro Cardoso, João Pereira Dos Santos, Pé de Chumbo, Cobra Mansa, João Grande, Bira Almeida, Pedro Moraes Trindade, Reinaldo Ramos Suassuna, Jelon Vieira, Mestre Barrão, Rildo Cordeiro, Barba Branca, Amen Santo, Jogo de Dentro. Excerpt:Mestre Amen Mestre Amen Santo is an Afro-Brazilian mestre (master) of the acrobatic martial art of capoeira . He has acted in roles practicing his art in two Hollywood movies , Only The Strong and Kickboxer 4 , and created much of the former's fight choreography . He was born in Bahia , Brazil , and as a teenager, took to capoeira as a means of escaping the poverty and violent crime present in his neighborhood. He emigrated to the United States sometime later and began teaching capoeira in Los Angeles . He is founding director of Capoeira Batuque group of capoeiristas, and currently oversees the group's schools internationally. He is also the father of three children. Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Barba Branca (born Gilberto Reis ) is a mestre (a master practitioner) of the Afro-Brazilian martial art Capoeira . Branca started Capoeira Angola at the age of 13 in the Salvador de Bahia area of Libertade, with Mestre Traira. After Traira's death, Branca joined the famous academy of Joao Pequeno where he remained and taught as Treinel and Contramestre for more than 15 years before becoming a mestre himself. In 1991, Branca created his own academy, Grupo de Capoeira Angola Cabula , in the area of Salvador de Bahia called Cabula. Since 2000, Branca has developed his academy in Europe, especially in France where he titled his first French Treinel as instructor, Treinel Tigrão. The others Brazilians titled people are : Contramestres Ol... ... Read more

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Chapters: Molasses, Capoeira, Jaguar, Capybara, Caste, Monsoon, Commando, Cashew, Guarana, Flamingo, Marmalade, Tempura, Fetish, Saudade, Mulatto, Piranha, Stevedore, Bossa Nova, Lambada, Pickaninny, Grouper, Auto de Fé, List of English Words of Portuguese Origin, Caravel, Carnauba Wax, Carioca, Verandah, Pimento, Breeze. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 228. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a big cat, a feline in the Panthera genus, and is the only Panthera species found in the Americas. The jaguar is the third-largest feline after the tiger and the lion, and the largest and most powerful feline in the Western Hemisphere. The jaguar's present range extends from Mexico across much of Central America and south to Paraguay and northern Argentina. Apart from a known and possibly breeding population in Arizona (southeast of Tucson), the cat has largely been extirpated from the United States since the early 1900s. This spotted cat most closely resembles the leopard physically, although it is usually larger and of sturdier build and its behavioral and habitat characteristics are closer to those of the tiger. While dense rainforest is its preferred habitat, the jaguar will range across a variety of forested and open terrain. It is strongly associated with the presence of water and is notable, along with the tiger, as a feline that enjoys swimming. The jaguar is a largely solitary, stalk-and-ambush predator, and is opportunistic in prey selection. It is also an apex and keystone predator, playing an important role in stabilizing ecosystems and regulating the populations of prey species. The jaguar has an exceptionally powerful bite, even relative to the other big cats. This allows it to pierce the shells of armoured reptiles and to employ an unusual killing met...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=16217 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Capoeira (Portuguese pronunciation: ) is an Afro-Brazilian art form that combines elements of martial arts, music, and dance. It was created in Brazil by slaves from Africa, especially from Angola, Mozambique and Congo sometime after the sixteenth century. It was developed in the region of Quilombo dos Palmares, located in the Brazilian state of Alagoas, which was the state of Pernambuco before dismemberment, and has had great influence on Afro-Brazilian generations, with strong presence in the states of Bahia, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Participants form a roda, or circle, and take turns either playing musical instruments (such as the Berimbau), singing, or ritually sparring in pairs in the center of the circle. The sparring is marked by fluid acrobatic play, feints, takedowns, and with extensive use of leg sweeps, kicks, and headbutts. Less frequently used techniques include elbow strikes, slaps, punches, and body throws. Its origins and purpose are a matter of debate, with theories ranging from views of Capoeira as a uniquely Brazilian folk dance with improvised fighting movements to claims that it is a battle-ready fighting form directly descended from ancient African techniques. The word "capoeira" had a probable origin as a derisive term used by slave owners to refer to its practice as chicken fights (the word literally means "chicken coop" in Portuguese). Another claim is that the word "capoeira" derives from the Native-American language Tupi-Guarani words kaá ("leaf", "plant") and puéra (past aspect marker), meaning "formerly a forest." Historians are divided: between those who believe it is a direct descendant of African fighting styles, and those who believe it is a uniquely Brazilian dance form distilled from various A... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=5976 ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Abadá-Capoeira, Capoeira Sul Da Bahia, Capoeira Brasil, Grupo Internacional de Capoeira Topazio, Liste Des Groupes de Capoeira, Ginga Nagô, Urucungo Capoeira, Grupo de Capoeira Angola Cabula, Ginga Mundo. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : C'est tout récemment qu'une nouvelle génération de capoeiristes a cherché à combiner Capoeira regional et Capoeira Angola pour développer un nouveau modèle qui embrasse les innovations modernisantes du légendaire Mestre Bimba sans perdre de vue les principes de base et les valeurs qui sont inclus dans l'histoire et philosophie de l'art. Abadá-Capoeira s'élève au premier rang de ce mouvement contemporain, en tâchant d'avancer avec un pied dans le passé et un autre vers l'avenir (faire évoluer la capoeira tout en préservant les traditions). Depuis le début des années 1980, Mestre Camisa avait calqué les enseignements de Mestre Bimba pour développer son propre modèle en y ajoutant sa technique et sa méthodologie uniques qui ont amélioré l'aspect martial de la Capoeira, et ont fait de Mestre Camisa l'un des plus grands maîtres de Capoeira dans le monde. Comme il n'a pas un corps massif, Mestre Camisa a développé une technique pour neutraliser son adversaire avec des balayages, manipulations, vitesse et efficacité dans l'application des mouvements, avec des coups et des effets de levier. Cette technique lui permet de s'opposer à un plus grand adversaire dans des conditions identiques. C'est en 1988 que Mestre Camisa crée son groupe, Abadá-Capoeira (Association Brésilienne d'Appui et de Développement de l'Art - Capoeira). Aujourd'hui, Abadá-Capoeira, avec plus de 50.000 membres, est la plus grande association de Capoeira dans le monde, représentée dans tous les États...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Chapters: Samba, Capoeira, Samba School, Brazilian Carnival, Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira, Zouk-Lambada, Samba Reggae, Forró, It's All True, Elizete Cardoso, Jorge Ben Jor, Cartola, Beth Carvalho, Samba, Zeca Pagodinho, Paulinho Da Viola, Frevo, Alcione Nazaré, Noel Rosa, Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí, Surdo, Partido Alto, Batucada, Pagode, Agogô, Samba de Gafieira, the Best Samba... Ever!, Samba, Jamelão, Maxixe, Guilherme de Brito, Grupo Fundo de Quintal, Jorge Aragão, Samba Do Arnesto, Tiro Ao Álvaro, Trem Das Onze, Samba Italiano, Neguinho Da Beija-Flor, Pedro Luís E a Parede, Bateria, Nelson Cavaquinho, Botafogo, Samba-Enredo, Martinho Da Vila, Lundu, Blocos, Anhembi Sambadrome, Samba-Canção, Boi, Xaxado. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 226. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt:Big Bumba-meu-boi in the Paço Alfândega cultural center and mall, Recife Boi is a style of Central Amazonian folk music now moving into the mainstream in Brazil . It is a combination of traditional Amazonian rhythms with African and European influence. The genre was made known throughout Brazil after Amazonian group Carrapicho 's hit Tic Tic Tac .See also (online edition) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Capoeira or the Dance of War by Johann Moritz Rugendas , 1825, published in 1835 Capoeira (Portuguese pronunciation: ) is an Afro-Brazilian art form that combines elements of martial arts , music , and dance . It was created in Brazil by slaves from Africa , especially from Angola , Mozambique and Congo sometime after the sixteenth century. It was developed in the region of Quilombo dos Palmares , located in the Brazilian state of Alagoas , which was the state of Pernambuco before dismemberment, and has had great influence on Afro-Brazilian generations, with strong presence in the states of Bahia , Pernambuco , Rio de Janeiro a... ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Liste Des Mouvements de Capoeira, Galopante, Rasteira Em Pé, Ginga, Rasteira Trançada, Arrastão, Cabeçada, Quebra-Mão, Chave, Açoite de Braço, Chute, Rasteira Invertida, Tesoura de Braço, Bênção, Negativa, Macaco, Banda de Frente, Vingativa, Queixada, Balão de Lado, Gravata Cinturada, Banda de Costas, Perdida, Açoite de Cruz, Baianada, Rasteira de Letra, Arrepiada, Boca de Calça, Esquiva Espontânea, Rasteira de Costas, Apanhada, Bundada, Balão Cinturado, Mata-Leão, Tombo Da Ladeira, Cutilada, Dupla Rasteira, Bloqueio, Quebra-Pescoço, Carrinho de Mão, Chapada, Leque, Queda de Três, Sapateado, Rasteira de Chão, Alavanca, Quebra-Joelho, Banda Por Dentro, Desprezo, Caçoá, Colar de Força, Queda de Quatro, Presilha, Escala, Bochecho, Meia-Lua de Compasso, Soco, Estrangulamento, Pregada, Godeme, Telefone, Cotovelada, Tapa, Arpão, Benção de Mão, Dedeira, Quebra-Queixo, Asfixiante, Serrada. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Cet article présente une liste des mouvements pratiqués en capoeira. On ne distingue pas vraiment les esquives des déplacements en capoeira, car un déplacement peut être utilisé en tant qu'esquive et vice-versa. Le travail intense des réflexes font de ces mouvements un aspect très important dans cet art martial. Les coups de poings sont moins connus des gens parce qu'ils sont moins courants, ce qui peut être expliqué par le fait qu'il n'existe aucune protection, sans compter le facteur susceptibilité très présent en capoeira. Très développés en capoeira, les coups de pied se classifient en "golpes de linha" (coups directs) et en "golpes rodados" (coups rotatifs). Les premiers sont pour la plupart utilisés comme "véritable" attaque ou comme finition d'un dialogue, tandis que les second...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more