Martin Dougherty: 23 books
Fight to Win
20 Simple Techniques That Win Any Fight
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
If you are going to fight, you might as well fight to win! This book presents 20 simple fighting techniques that will win any fight, anytime!
Fight to Win teaches you how to fight with a minimum of technical jargon. It allows you to quickly develop the ability to win by learning a small number...
SAS and Elite Forces Guide Armed Combat
Fighting with Weapons in Everyday Situations
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
The book explores the different uses of hand weapons, from pistols to semiautomatics
to sniper’s rifles, from flick knives to machetes, from stun grenades
to CS gas, from knuckle-dusters to nunchaku sticks. With tips and techniques
from combat experts, the book explains which weapon to choose for...
by Martin Dougherty
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
The Assassin lurched and staggered, vanishing from view in a fountain of mud, water and splintering metal. It emerged after a second, one arm hanging limply and its torso armour pitted and dented. Halsey dropped the cannon on target and let fly on maximum rapid fire, shells slamming from the massive...
by Martin Dougherty
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2016
Tal Peters is a wild-talent telepath and conman; Jandro Dalden is a part-time barfighter. Their combined skillset is ideal for petty thievery and pointless troublemaking. Saving interstellar civilisation… not so much.Major Sarah Caide is a hard-charging mercenary commander who gets things...
by Martin Dougherty
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
In 2087, the weapon of choice is the warmek, a towering humanoid monster capable of taking the firepower of a tank unit any place an infantryman can go. On the battlefields of Britain, occupying EuroForce meks clash with giant machines piloted by British secessionists.
The Charlemagne sidestepped...
SAS and Elite Forces Guide Sniper
Sniping Skills From The World's Elite Forces
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
A practical manual for sniping
SAS and Elite Forces Guide Extreme Unarmed Combat
Hand-To-Hand Fighting Skills From The World's Elite Military Units
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
Duck punch, cover block and knee strike. Boxing, wrestling and Ju-Jitsu. Gameplan,
lines of attack and final disengagement. If taking flight isn't an option, fighting is a necessity. Extreme Unarmed Combat is the authoritative handbook on an immense array of close combat defence techniques, from fistfights...
by Martin J Dougherty
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Punching. Although it seems like one of the simplest forms of self-defense, this ancient form of combat is actually more complex than you would ever imagine. Now, in this fully illustrated and easy-to-use book, the art of punching is decoded for readers everywhere. This book will teach you the elements...
Cut And Thrust
European Swords and Swordsmanship
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
Of all the weapons ever invented, none has the mystique of the sword. It remains a symbol of authority and strength even today, long after its day on the battlefield has passed. Swords feature in figures of speech, in statues and monuments, and in company logos. They are used in solemn ceremonies...
The Wars of the Roses
The conflict that inspired Game of Thrones
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2015
“Westeros is probably closer to medieval Britain than anything else.” George R.R. Martin, creator of Game of ThronesKings who were insane, infant or imprisoned; feuding families, disputed successions and monarchs executing their brothers; exiled nobles, war with France and enemies forced to unite...
by Martin J Dougherty
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Peering into a volcano about to erupt, checking how fast a forest fire is spreading, exploring the wreck of a sunken ship, charting your enemy’s position and taking out a military target—these are just some of the uses of drones today.Little more than ten years ago drones were barely used, but now...
by Martin J Dougherty
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2012
With the aid of superb line artworks, Unarmed Combat demonstrates to the reader how special forces soldiers are taught to excel in hand-to-hand fighting: how they maximise bodyweight, and the use of various strikes, throws, locks and constrictions to defeat opponents. It explains how different martial...
Sniper
Sniping skills from the world's elite forces
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The sniper is a lone hunter: to become a special forces sniper requires supreme concentration and extreme self-discipline. SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Sniper examines what it takes to be a special forces elite sniper. It is as important to focus on mental discipline and physical fitness as it is to be...
Norse Myths
Viking Legends of Heroes and Gods
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
The stories of Thor, Odin and Loki are familiar to most of us. Many people know that the Norse gods fought against giants and were ultimately betrayed by Loki the trickster. The end of the world and the death of the gods in a grim battle called Ragnarok has also found its way into popular culture. Ideas...
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