Eternal Samurai

Author : B. D. Heywood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0988300001

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Eternal Samurai by B. D. Heywood Pdf

Tatsu Kurosaki Cobb, the last of an ancient samurai house, will not stop until he takes the head of the vampire that butchered his family. But his vow of revenge means he gives up on any hope for that once-and-forever love. Then he crosses swords with Saito Arisada, second-in-command of Seattle's vampires and the most beautiful creature Tatsu has ever seen. The sexual chemistry between them is pure, hard, and undeniable. Unable to accept Arisada might be the killer, Tatsu begins a dangerous game. A game driven by the all-consuming thirst for blood that will force them to the extremes of love and hate. Fukushu, vengeance. It is all that has sustained Saito Arisada for eight hundred years. Sohei monk turned vampire, he has searched for the returned soul of his lover who betrayed him and the Temple of Mii-dera. Arisada believes in only one thing-taking the head of the traitor. Yet, when Arisada sees that soul shining from Tatsu's emerald eyes, his hatred shatters. He wants Tatsu in his arms and in his bed and in his heart. But Arisada's samurai code of honor demands nothing less than Tatsu's death. How can Arisada kill his unmei no hito-his soulmate? From the bloody battlefields of feudal Japan to a world where humans and vampires fight for survival, Arisada and Tatsu must choose. At stake is not only love but honor. Warning: This book contains sexually explicit content, violence and adult language that may be considered offensive to some readers. This book is for sale to adults only.

Author : Pramila Bennett
Publisher : Daimon
Page : 1143 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Culture
ISBN : 9783856307288

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Cape Town 2007 by Pramila Bennett Pdf

The 17th Triannual Congress of the International Association for Analytical Psychology took place in Cape Town, South Africa, in August 2007. The plenary presentations are printed in this volume. A CD with all the congress presentations and a selection of images is also included. Listed here are just a few of the many presentations: Journeys- Encounters Clinical, Communal, Cultural, by Joe Cambray; How Does One Speak of Social Psychology in a Nation in Transition?, by Mamphela Ramphele; Trauma, Forgiveness and the Witnessing Dance: Making Public Spaces Intimate, by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela; Shifting Shadows: Shaping Dynamics in the Cultural Unconscious, by Catherine Kaplinsky; Journey to the Center: Images of Wilderness and the Origins of the Southern African Association of Jungian Analysts, by Graham S. Saayman; Panel: Prehistoric Rock Art: The Biped Surprised, by Christian Gaillard; and Harnessing the Brain: Vision and Shamanism in Upper Paleolithic Western Europe, by J.D. Lewis-Williams.

Author : Bill Maltarich
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 3039103032

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Samurai and Supermen by Bill Maltarich Pdf

Focusing on the ideological contradictions inherent in the German alliance with Japan during World War II, this book analyses German discourse about Japan from the distinct yet intricately connected standpoints of the German-Japanese historical relationship, the scientific and pseudo-scientific presentation of Japan in Germany, and German fictional depictions of Japan. The volume examines the historical relationship between Germany and Japan in the light of their alliance. It also traces the origins and development of the image of Japan in Nazi Germany. Through non-fiction texts, the points of emphasis, friction, and outright contradiction are discovered between Nazi ideology and an alliance with Japan as they were discussed both publicly and privately in Germany at the time. Finally, by examining fictional depictions of Japan and the Japanese under the Nazis, the work reveals the means by which fiction addressed these ideological issues and incorporated the historical and non-fictional arguments of its contemporaries. This book looks carefully at its connection to other historical, political, racial, and ideological thought of the time.

Author : Emi Mase-Hasegawa
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789047433217

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Christ in Japanese Culture by Emi Mase-Hasegawa Pdf

Shedding light on a wide range of cross-cultural concerns and encounters, going far beyond narrow theological specialisation, the author argues that any successful process of missiological inculturation demands a serious antholopological consideration of indigenous faith.

Author : Paul Nowak
Publisher : R.A.G.E. Media
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2007-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780977223466

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The Way of the Christian Samurai: Reflections for Servant-Warriors of Christ by Paul Nowak Pdf

Christians are called to be both servants and soldiers of Christ. As this book demonstrates, there is much to be learned from the teachings and example of the Samurai, legendary servant-warriors of Japan, in order for believers respond to Gods call as Christian Samurai. (Christian)

Author : Christoph Reuter
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Arab-Israeli conflict
ISBN : 0691117594

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My Life is a Weapon by Christoph Reuter Pdf

What kind of people are suicide bombers? How do they justify their actions? In this meticulously researched and sensitively written book, journalist Christoph Reuter argues that popular views of these young men and women--as crazed fanatics or brainwashed automatons--fall short of the mark. In many cases these modern-day martyrs are well-educated young adults who turn themselves into human bombs willingly and eagerly--to exact revenge on a more powerful enemy, perceived as both unjust and oppressive. Suicide assassins are determined to make a difference, for once in their lives, no matter what the cost. As Reuter's many interviews with would-be martyrs, their trainers, friends, and relatives reveal, the bombers are motivated more by how they expect to be remembered--as heroic figures--than by religion-infused visions of a blissful life to come. Reuter, who spent eight years researching the book, moves from the broken survivors of the childrens' suicide brigades in the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, to the war-torn Lebanon of Hezbollah, to Israeli-occupied Palestinian land, and to regions as disparate as Sri Lanka, Chechnya, and Kurdistan. He tells a disturbing story of the modern globalization of suicide bombing--orchestrated, as his own investigations have helped to establish, by the shadowy Al Qaeda network and unintentionally enabled by wrong-headed policies of Western governments. In a final, hopeful chapter, Reuter points to today's postrevolutionary, post-Khomeini Iran, where a new social environment renounces the horrific practice in the very place where it was enthusiastically embraced just decades ago.

Author : Jean Mabire,Yves Bréhéret
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015013929958

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The Samurai by Jean Mabire,Yves Bréhéret Pdf

Author : Professor Stephen Chan
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781848136571

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The End of Certainty by Professor Stephen Chan Pdf

The End of Certainty is a magical realist book on world politics. Stephen Chan takes the reader on a rollercoaster ride through how we can establish a new kind of international relations and construct a common future for the planet. Chan argues that the certainties of singular traditions of philosophy have failed to help us understand power shifts and struggles in an endlessly diverse world. Chan argues that fusing different strands of Western, Eastern, religious and philosophical thought, is far more likely to help us move forward amidst uncertainty. In doing so, he takes us on a journey from the battlefields of Eritrea to the Twin Towers, via the Book of Job, Clausewitz, Fanon and Wahabism. You'll never think about international politics in quite the same way again.

Author : Stefano Bolognini
Publisher : Other Press, LLC
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781590514405

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Like Wind, Like Wave by Stefano Bolognini Pdf

An Italian psychoanalyst and raconteur reflects insightfully on life and the common experiences that make us human. “The brief pieces collected in this volume are as much short stories as they are essays as they are psychoanalytic studies. In every chapter, the stage is set for consideration of large matters—the nature of passion, the crucial role of illusion and disillusion in life, what constitutes heroism—but always in relation to a very particular story from the author’s life, and always a story told with the kind of charming humor that points us toward tolerance for and appreciation of the richness of humanity. There is a lovely and beguiling intimacy about Stefano Bolognini’s prose, so that psychoanalytic concepts are never intrusions of jargon, but rather ideas to conjure with, creatively.” —From the Foreword by Owen Renik IN THESE TEN ESSAYS, Stefano Bolognini tells colorful stories from his life, from encounters with a giant Caucasian sheepdog and a martial arts master to a wandering journey through a remote Italian village, and draws out the meaning of these experiences for himself and his readers. Showcasing Bolognini’s gift for storytelling and his remarkable insight, Like Wind, Like Wave marks a welcome return to psychoanalytic writing as a subjective art. as a subjective art.

Author : Jack Kirby,Ed Hannigan,Peter B. Gillis,Chris Claremont,John Byrne,Jim Shooter
Publisher : Marvel Entertainment
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-02-20
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781302508654

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Black Panther Epic Collection by Jack Kirby,Ed Hannigan,Peter B. Gillis,Chris Claremont,John Byrne,Jim Shooter Pdf

Collecting Black Panther (1977) #1-15, Marvel Premiere #51-53, Black Panther (1988) #1-4 And Material From Marvel Team-Up (1972) #100. Behold as the Black Panther sets out on adventures that only his co-creator, Jack Kirby, could conceive! T’Challa discovers the startling secret of King Solomon’s frog, encounters alien races, battles eternal samurai warriors — and so much more! The history of the Wakandans, their majestic city and their amazing technology are also explored with a power and passion that only Kirby could offer! Plus: The origins of Vibranium! An epic battle between the Black Panther, the Avengers and Ulysses Klaw! T’Challa returns to the American South to root out the evil Soul Strangler’s cult! And Peter B. Gillis and Denys Cowan craft a compelling and contemporary tale as the Black Panther fights apartheid in the neighboring nation of Azania.

Author : Rei Kimura
Publisher : Riverdale Avenue Books LLC
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781626016743

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The Samurai's Secret by Rei Kimura Pdf

Can a Japanese samurai of impeccable lineage in Edo period Japan get away with being gay? Can he break all the rules of society and get away with it? It all started when an aging samurai took an eccentric interest in a teenage peasant boy who had the unusual gift of writing. One day he brought his son, Lord Okimoto to the peasant’s house. Immediately when their gazes met, the samurai’s son and the teenage peasant, a forbidden love affair formed, an affair which broke all the rules of Japan’s Edo period society and a feudal class so sharply defined that it could cut like a knife. Four centuries later, an ancestor of Lord Okimoto finds a diary written by his peasant lover unfolding the anguished tale of a forbidden life went wrong, leaving behind a trail of broken hearts, shattered dreams and destroyed lives. The tale of the gay samurai who put duty and obligations above his poignant love travels one whole circle to arrive to the 21st century in a final twist to this intriguing story of how two young men dared to break all the rules in conservative unforgiving 18th century Japan.

Author : Deidre M. Pike
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786490028

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Enviro-Toons by Deidre M. Pike Pdf

This book takes an ecrocritical approach to analytical readings of animated feature films, short subjects and television shows. Beginning with the "simply subversive" environmental messages in the Felix the Cat cartoons of the 1920s, the author examines "green" themes in such popular animated film efforts as Bambi (1942), The Simpsons Movie (2007), Wall-E (2008) and Happy Feet (2008), as well as James Cameron's live action/animation blockbuster Avatar (2009). The discussion extends beyond American films to include the works of Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki, including the Oscar-winning Spirited Away (2002). Also evaluated for their pro-ecological content are the television cartoon series South Park and Futurama. The appendix provides a list of film and television titles honored with the Environmental Media Award for Animation.

Author : Jorge Orpianesi
Publisher : Editorial Autores de Argentina
Page : 627 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789878720210

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Along the Samurai's Route by Jorge Orpianesi Pdf

Along the Samurai's Route, with its 9 maps and more than 200 ophotographs, invites the reader to go on a journey into the geography and history of Japan. Dare to travel the Land of the Rising Sun with the help of an experienced martial artist who will act as a guide, while recounting the incredible experiences of his journey. Following the life of the famous warrior Miyamoto Musashi, the author will discover the iconic places of samurai culture and its most deeply rooted traditions. This book is a journey back in time where he shares his experiences in sacred places such as temples, shrines, castles, museums, cemeteries, forests, battlefields, and even the climb of mythical Mount Fuji. This inspirational adventure, which started as a dream and took many years to prepare, places the reader, both neophyte and experienced, closer to the culture of this mysterious country.

Author : Erik Christian Haugaard
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0618615121

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The Samurai's Tale by Erik Christian Haugaard Pdf

When the powerful Lord Takeda's soldiers sweep across the countryside, killing and plundering, they spare the boy Taro's life and take him along with them. Taro becomes a servant in the household of the noble Lord Akiyama, where he meets Togan, a cook, who teaches Taro and makes his new life bearable. But when Togan is murdered, Taro's life takes a new direction: He will become a samurai, and redeem the family legacy that has been stolen from him.

Author : Laura Joh Rowland
Publisher : Minotaur Books
Page : 565 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2000-04-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429961677

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The Samurai's Wife by Laura Joh Rowland Pdf

A compelling murder mystery set in seventeenth-century Japan, filled with finely drawn characters and suspenseful plot twists, Laura Joh Rowland's The Samurai's Wife is a novel as complex, vivid, and artful as the glorious, lost world it portrays. Far from the Shogun's court at Edo, Most Honorable Investigator Sano Ichiro begins the most challenging case of his career. Upon the insistence of his strong-willed and beautiful wife Reiko, Sano arrives with her at the emperor's palace to unmask the murderer--who possesses the secret of kiai, "the spirit city," a powerful scream that can kill instantly. A high Kyoto official is the victim. Treading carefully through a web of spies, political intrigue, forbidden passions, and intricate plots, Sano and Reiko must struggle to stay ahead of the palace storm--and outwit a cunning killer. But as they soon discover, solving the case means more than their survival. For if they fail, Japan could be consumed in the bloodiest war it has ever seen...