Coping with Chaos: Seven Simple Tools

Virginia Mayhew's sixth recording as a leader is a triumph on several levels. She is playing her tenor and sometimes soprano saxophone as well as she ever has. Many of the compositions she performs with her septet have been reinvented from previously recorded efforts. The band mixes meters, tempos, and sonic deliverance at once direct and succinct. But more than that, Mayhew is a breast cancer survivor, and her hiatus away from music for recovery has energized her music to a higher level. Top-rank...

The legendary Mutsu clan of martial artists, so skilled they require no weapons to defeat their opponents, is chronicled against the backdrop of Japanese history in SHURA NO TOKI. The story of the Mutsu has reached the mid-19th century in VOLUME FOUR, collecting episodes 15-18 of the Animé series. Japanese society, from the poorest peasant to the Imperial shogunate, is shocked when the boats of Commodore Matthew Perry arrive to force international trading upon the insular society. Swordsman Ryoma...

Before the advent of the lathe, shaper, milling machine, and surface grinder, gunsmiths used hand tools to produce classic firearms. Such tools can still be used today to modify any design a firearms enthusiast has in his collection. With detailed information on planning a workshop and acquiring the basic tools, this practical reference is a must-have for anyone interested in repairing and improving firearms. Topics such as metals, files, abrasives, small parts, and how to blue and polish a gun for...