Running the Gauntlet-An Intimate History of the Modern Body Piercing Industry tells the story of how the author fathered the modern body piercing industry and in so doing gave birth to the larger body piercing movement.

Running the Gauntlet

Politics & Social Sciences

Ward, Jim

Social Sciences

Re:Ward, Inc.

Running the Gauntlet-An Intimate History of the Modern Body Piercing Industry tells the story of how the author fathered the modern body piercing industry and in so doing gave birth to the larger body piercing movement.

Gauntlet is widely considered to be the primary force responsible for pioneering the body piercing industry. Established in 1975, it held its position as a leader for almost 25 years. Between 1995 and the company's demise in 1998, it conducted ongoing seminars teaching aspiring piercers the basics of the profession. This book was the manual given to all students who undertook the training. At the time, it contained the most current information available, but over two decades have passed since its private circulation. During the intervening years, there has been an enormous evolution in this ever expanding industry. While the traditional piercing placements have remained largely unchanged and many of the techniques demonstrated herein are still valid and in use by some piercers today, so much else has evolved and changed. Because of this constant evolutionary process, the authors realized an updated edition would not be practical. Still, many have expressed interest in laying hands on this unpublished tome. After over 20 years, it finally sees the light of day. This book is strictly a historical curiosity, a snapshot of the prevailing practices and standards of a particular time. No one should attempt any of the piercings shown herein unless supervised by an experienced professional piercer who is up-to-date on the most current information. Take to heart the title of this document and always act responsibly.

Responsible Body Piercing

Grey, Michaela

Weather maps monitoring catastrophes translate into a switch in solitaire mega-storms. These have become chemically supercharged - increasing in frequency plus intensity. Ancient Spirits are awoken in the Ozarks while two tribunes are summoned. Honest homesteaders are being driven from their lands by evil mobsters hell bent on avarice and plunder. Murder in Madison County!Catastrophic Control is established when the Pentagon announces all branches endorse the universal agreement that weather is the single most potent threat to home and hearth. Prodigy Orla appears in Arkansas after a Navy drone crash unearths an ancient civilization circa 1250. The renowned undersea archaeologist assembles a full spectrum team. Collectively they uncover artifacts from the Ouachita Nation and the Lafitte Treasure!

Weather War

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

Independently published

A Rip-Snorting, Mind-Bending Doozie!In the beginning, tragedy slams two young people, Justin Cadman and Rowdy Corndodger. Crippled, they follow different paths until fate unites them in a wonderland of opportunity, the U.S. oil boom of the 1960’s. Now, out of nowhere, they become big business poster children, but little else is as it seems!After spotlighting the history of Northwest aviation, the Corndodger family is introduced to a collection of iron-willed, strong-fisted powermongers. Exxon executives find that oil money can buy just about anything, including jet liners, hunting lodges, diamond mines, extravagant parties, and intercoastal pipelines. Enter our heroine, Darcy McKelvey, who sets the family free from Indian Island.While turmoil swelters, the story reaches a rolling boil. A deadly wild card is played, involving greed, ego, power, skullduggery, and fame. Operations expand overseas, leading the cast out of Alaska and into Russia, Arabia, and later, the murder capital of the world! Soon, everyone is clamoring to know what happened to the vanished Alaska Governor’s wife, the irreplaceable First Lady Doris Lake.The Corndodger families are roundly acclaimed for their powerful husbands and wives. As they thrive, they continue their remarkable story in search of the American dream. When the trailblazing Corndodger bush-pilots take to the skies, this mind-bending doozie, lifelong epic begins!

Indian Island

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

The most exasperating, important, difficult, thankless, yet fulfilling assignment in life is parenting. Coaching Kids is a guide to creating and maintaining harmonious communication with children when they are small that will last throughout their adult years when they are parents. Excellent parenting is not a substitute, but merely a launching pad for children to develop their own identity. The authors present to young parents, single parents, grandparents, teachers, and caregivers the importance of understanding who kids are and aren’t—for everyone’s good. With this understanding in mind, the book guides readers toward diplomatic dialogue and how to blend effectively several different personalities in a family setting.

Coaching Kids: Practical Tips for Effective Communication

Self-Help

Ward, Ruth

Relationships

Smyth & Helwys Publishing, Incorporated

This special box set includes: THE ABC'S OF BUILDING A BUSINESS TEAM THAT WINS, by Blair Singer and read by Jim Ward: Great champions have one thing in common: They know how to work as a team. THE ABC'S OF BUILDING A BUSINESS TEAM THAT WINS offers a set of simple, powerful rules to govern the internal behaviors of businesses, organizations, families, and individuals, and will guide readers to create championship results any time, any place. OWN YOUR OWN CORPORATION by Garrett Sutton, Esq. with an introduction by Robert T. Kiyosaki: Listeners will learn how private citizens can take advantage of self-incorporation, which can not only save thousands of dollars in taxes, but can also help protect their homes, savings, and family assets from the potential attack of creditors. With topics ranging from management control and avoiding disputes to flexibility of decision making, taxation, and start-up funding, Attorney Garrett Sutton offers the secrets and strategies listeners need to advance their financial and personal goals. SALESDOG by Blair Singer and read by Bill Ratner with an introduction by Robert T. Kiyosaki: Different workers have the personality traits of different breeds of dogs. This is the idea behind a clever business program in which sales expert Blair Singer reveals how anyone can learn what their natural strengths and weaknesses are in order to achieve the best possible results. Once a person is able to identify the different breeds in others, the sales game becomes a whole lot easier.

Rich Dad's Advisors: Box Set

Sutton, Garrett

SINGER, BLAIR

Ratner, Bill

Business & Money

Hachette Audio

Once upon a time, in a living room, kitchen, garage or moving vehicle not far away, a dad unleashed his first dad joke and the universe hasn't been quite the same since.Get these out of this world dad jokes today for someone you love, or don't love!

Come To The Dad Side - We Have Jokes So Bad, They're Good: Dad Jokes Gift Idea Book

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

The tiny speck of the first colonization starship moved sluggishly through the cold depths of space. There was much mankind didn't know about the stars, and one of those mysterious effects slashed into the starship Warden 300 years ago. Now the ship drifted through the darkness, lost and in trouble. While many intelligences move about its decks, none of them work to help the starship find its way. Generations later, you are a native on the starship Warden. As a true human, mutant, or robot, you fight to survive, unaware that the radiation-saturated world around you is in fact a starship, one of mankind's greatest achievements. Can you uncover the secrets of the starship Warden and steer it back on course, or will you simply try to live another day? The very first sci-fi RPG returns in a deluxe oversized hardcover featuring the original 1976 rules plus loads of extras and new material! This is a 136-page compilation of the original 1976 edition of Metamorphosis Alpha, plus the supporting articles from Dragon magazine, introductions by Tim Kask and Jon Peterson, all-new monsters and NPCs by James M. Ward, and new adventure modules by James M. Ward, Michael Curtis, and Jobe Bittman. It features the very first publication ever of Mr. Ward's original playtest notes for the 1976 edition of the world's first science fiction RPG!

Metamorphosis Alpha: Deluxe Collector's Edition

Science Fiction & Fantasy

CURTIS, Michael

Bittman, Jobe

Fantasy

Goodman Games

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Running the Gauntlet

Running the Gauntlet

Responsible Body Piercing

Weather War

Indian Island

Coaching Kids: Practical Tips for Effective Communication

Rich Dad's Advisors: Box Set

Come To The Dad Side - We Have Jokes So Bad, They're Good: Dad Jokes Gift Idea Book

Metamorphosis Alpha: Deluxe Collector's Edition