From the astonishing mind of Stephen F. Kaufman comes an intriguing collection of poetry and prose. What happens when Detective Phil Baron finds himself looking for his new client's daughter who seems to have run off with a master magician able to absquatulate in the wink of an eye? What happens when two shipmates vent their hatred towards each other during a storm at sea? What happens when two strangers meet and fight their feelings for each other? What happens when The Hanshi meets up with five attackers? All this plus selections from the collected poetry of the world-renown author of...

Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching or Book of the Way is the ancient text on the art of living a comfortable and stress-free life. This newly revised, unique interpretation of the Taoist philosophy presents Lao Tzu's message clearly and in a direct manner that avoids confusing mystical explanations. To Hanshi Stephen Kaufman, a distinguished martial arts grandmaster and educator, the Tao Te Ching is simply a book of poetry and passion and through Hanshi's straightforward approach and explanation you will come to see that to understand the Tao is to understand the beauty and simplicity of life. The Living...

In a synthesis of their teachings and based on the author's two major works, Musashi's Book of Five Rings and Sun Tzu's Art of War, the author expresses the views of the masters to address realistic strategies for tghe development of business negotiation skills for today's world, without ambiguous metaphor and academic phraseology. A martial thinking approach stresses "winning for the benefit of all concerned," with the negotiator as the main recipient of good and and as the only correct and intelligent way to do something effectively and efficiently. The masters readily dispel the naive...

This book comprises the sayings heard by Hanshi's students on a daily basis. That the master comes up with them, seemingly out of nowhere, is indicative of his amazing presence of mind. He is never at a loss for words, and he himself doesn't give much thought to them except once in a while when he is surprised at what he has just said. There are more than 500 apothegms in this edition. Hanshi thinks there will probably be around ten thousand before he is finished. He also knows that some are to be laughed at, some looked askance at, some sneered at, or whatever else your reaction to them...