Books with author William De Morgan

Hero Workouts Do you want to train to be an elite warrior? Then Hero Workouts should be on your "must read" list. Hero Workouts breaks through the cross-fitness confusion and noise to help the reader understand how to reach elite levels of fitness without injury. Special operational forces train to complete missions, but for a civilian cross-fitness devotee, the workout is the mission. Special operational troops cannot afford to be injured because their workout is ill-contrived. Likewise, civilians do not wish to be sidelined from their pursuits. This book contains hardcore functional exercises and workouts. I have excluded exercises which have little real-world applicable function or merit or are more apt to cause injury. This book is intended to provide instruction in maintaining combat readiness with minimal training injuries. The first portion of this book is instructional. It provides the reader with principles for preventing injury and maintaining elite levels of fitness. It also introduces the reader to some very specific exercise instruction. This includes the cross-fitness exercises with the greatest training benefit while leaving out those exercises which have little applicable benefit or have a high risk-to-benefit ratio. I write this just a day after visiting a military unit as a consultant. Of the twenty troops whom I interviewed, five had chronic injuries which occurred during a cross-fitness workout and adversely affected their day to-day activities. How ironic that these men, in an attempt to improve their combat readiness through exercise, are now less capable than if they had never attempted a cross-fitness program. This book will take the very real and positive benefits of a diverse multi-modal fitness program and temper it with science that will maximize benefits while minimizing the risk of injury.Highlights of this book:This book clearly defines the unique fitness needs of the special warfare community and how they diverge from popular cross-fitness programs.Hero Workouts clearly explains the most common training risks and how to correct technique to avoid injury. It contains high impact images and exercise instruction.It has several dozen specific physical training workouts which are named after the heroes of the special warfare community. After each hero workout, the reader will be introduced to the hero through the official U.S. Government Medal of Honor citations and photos. The hero workouts are named after heroes from Navy SEALs, Green Berets, Marine Recon, Air Force Pararescue, Combat Controllers, Special Boat Units, and Army Rangers.It includes background information about the Medal of Honor and about America's elite military units.Endorsement from a Navy SEAL:"This much needed book on training for warriors provides deep insights into training principles, practical application via specific workouts, and examples of men who embody the ethos of our profession. There are two kinds of knowledge: theoretical/academic and kinesthetic/experiential. Dr. William Morgan is rare in that he possesses both. He is himself an operator, a fitness enthusiast and, most importantly for this book, a lifelong student of human health and performance, as well as a healer. I do not base this on his biography alone. It has been my pleasure to serve with Dr. Morgan, to train with him and now to learn from him. I wish this material was available when I was 20. It would have spared me years of sub-optimal training and many injuries. I suggest you take advantage of the opportunity before you."Patrick S. MahaffeyClass 118SEAL Team OneScroll Up and Buy Today!

Into the Fire: Medal of Honor Citations from Special Operational ForcesThis Kindle book contains dozens of official Medal of Honor citations from members of elite units. It is rich in content pertaining to special operational forces, the Congressional Medal of Honor and heroism. The reader will be introduced to the best of the best and the bravest of the brave while reading of true heroism expressed in the most extreme circumstances. Highlights of this book:Official Medal of Honor citations and photos of dozens of special warfare troops from Navy SEALs, Green Berets, Marine Recon, Air Force Pararescue, Combat Controllers, Special Boat Units, and Army Rangers. Background information about the Medal of Honor and about America's elite military units.High impact photos.A bonus chapter on the official citations of special operational troops for receiving America's second highest medals for valor (Navy Cross, Air Force Cross, and the Distinguished Service Cross Scroll Up and buy Today!

A photographic primer to special warfare and elite units of the U.S. military.This Kindle book introduces the reader to the well-known and lesser-known elite military units within the Unites States Military. It is rich with content and high quality photography.Highlights of this book: Descriptions of sixteen elite units, including selection, training and mission.Hundreds of high-quality photos unveiling the rigors of selection, training, and missions. While well-known special warfare units (Navy SEALs, Green Berets, Marine Recon,and Army Rangers) are included in this book, it also introduces the reader to some of the lesser-known elite warriors like SARC corpsmen, Marine FAST (anti-terrorist) units, SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) Teams, Marine Scout Snipers and other special warfare units.This is an introduction for those who would like to know more about the elite forces that serve the United States.

It Never Can Happen Again by William De MorganWilliam Frend De Morgan (16 November 1839 – 15 January 1917) was an English potter, tile designer and novelist. A lifelong friend of William Morris, he designed tiles, stained glass and furniture for Morris & Co. from 1863 to 1872. His tiles are often based on medieval designs or Persian patterns, and he experimented with innovative glazes and firing techniques. Galleons and fish were popular motifs, as were "fantastical" birds and other animals. Many of De Morgan's tile designs were planned to create intricate patterns when several tiles were laid together. Collections of De Morgan's work exist in many museums, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the William Morris Gallery in London, a substantial and representative collection in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, and a small but well-chosen collection along with much other pottery at Norwich. There was an exhibition of his work and of that of his wife, Evelyn, in the De Morgan Centre in Wandsworth, London (part of Wandsworth Museum) from 2002 until 2014. His dragon charger is in the Dunedin Public Art Gallery in New Zealand. The National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa has a very good collection of William De Morgan's work given by Ruth Amelia Jackson in 1997 but much of it is kept in store. De Morgan's work is also present in many major collections with decorative art including the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada, the Musee D'Orsay, Paris, Manchester Art Gallery and the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Huw wakes up from blackness, his head hurting. Why is he bound hand and foot, in the back of a large truck, hurtling through a sandstorm? Huw's nightmare is just beginning. He finds himself a prisoner in the dungeon of an ancient castle, in a strange, strange world. As he slowly regains his memory, feverish images of the past return in flashbacks. What do the strange dreams about black and white horses mean? And who are the women riding them? A sequel to "Dragonrise", "Ebony and Ivory" is the second book of a trilogy called The Spirit of the Dragon - a Celtic Odyssey.

A fantasy thriller for 9 to 12 year olds, this is the third book in the Spirit of the Dragon trilogy. Huw travels back in time to meet Emperor Qin (Chin), China's first Emperor, and he gives him a small but very powerful talisman which once belonged to the Emperor - a Jade Buddha. What are the secrets hidden in the Coded Messages, and who or what is Cobra? Huw and his circle of friends need to call on the help of Western and Eastern Dragons, plus the Emperor's Terracotta Army, when they face the evil forces of Mei Wong and Cobra.