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Author : Ben Boos
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780763631482
Describes the details of design and history of swords.
Author : Michael J. Sullivan
Publisher : Orbit
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316200714
Royce Melborn, a skilled thief, and his mercenary partner, Hadrian Blackwater, make a profitable living carrying out dangerous assignments for conspiring nobles-until they are hired to pilfer a famed sword. What appears to be just a simple job finds them framed for the murder of the king and trapped in a conspiracy that uncovers a plot far greater than the mere overthrow of a tiny kingdom. Can a self-serving thief and an idealistic swordsman survive long enough to unravel the first part of an ancient mystery that has toppled kings and destroyed empires? And so begins the first tale of treachery and adventure, sword fighting and magic, myth and legend. When author Michael J. Sullivan self-published the first books of his Riyria Revelations, they rapidly became ebook bestsellers. Now, Orbit is pleased to present the complete series for the first time in bookstores everywhere.
Author : Lisa Bevere
Publisher : WaterBrook
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780307457820
A passionate call for Christian women to effectively "wield the sword" of their God-given feminine strength against any evil that threatens them and those they love. What if you discovered you have been entrusted with an invisible, invincible, and incorruptible weapon? Would you use it? In a day of worldwide trafficking, gendercide, discrimination, and other hostility against women, Lisa Bevere points to a biblical foundation to present a model of feminine strength that will empower women to live confidently. Drawing on the many references to swords throughout Scripture, the author constructs a revealing and compelling female paradigm that will impact every area of a woman's self identity, spiritual awareness, relationships, and life vision and mission. Long known for her passionate and articulate expression of biblical womanhood, Bevere presents fresh imagery--as enticing and strong as polished steel--to prepare women boldly for the challenges they face in today's world. It's not enough to just be wise and strong: Now a woman must know how to wield her sword. Creatively forging the imagery of swords, the Word of God, and the Cross, Girls with Swords will teach you: • How to speak the language of heaven on earth • What it means to intercede • What it means to carry your cross • What it means to be discerning • How to disarm the enemy • Why women are the enemy’s target—and why God needs them to be heroes It’s time to take up your sword and be a hero.
Author : Fred Saberhagen
Publisher : JSS Literary Productions, LLC
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780979625749
The third and final novel in 'The Book of Swords' trilogy. More stories of the twelve Swords continue with The Lost Swords series. The gods, the creators of the twelve Swords, realize their error in giving powerful Swords to humans. The humans, both good and evil, are ready to fight to the death to acquire and retain the Swords. With the Swords, new ideas and new dreams have entered the world. A change is taking place that threats the gods' very existence.
Author : Peter den Hertog
Publisher : Frontline Books
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526772398
This investigation into the Nazi leader’s mindset is “an inherently fascinating study . . . a work of meticulously presented and seminal scholarship”(Midwest Book Review). Adolf Hitler’s virulent anti-Semitism is often attributed to external cultural and environmental factors. But as historian Peter den Hertog notes in this book, most of Hitler’s contemporaries experienced the same culture and environment and didn’t turn into rabid Jew-haters, let alone perpetrators of genocide. In this study, the author investigates what we do know about the roots of the German leader’s anti-Semitism. He also takes the significant step of mapping out what we do not know in detail, opening pathways to further research. Focusing not only on history but on psychology, forensic psychiatry, and related fields, he reveals how Hitler was a man with highly paranoid traits, and clarifies the causes behind this paranoia while explaining its connection to his anti-Semitism. The author also explores, and answers, whether the Führer gave one specific instruction ordering the elimination of Europe’s Jews, and, if so, when this took place. Peter den Hertog is able to provide an all-encompassing explanation for Hitler’s anti-Semitism by combining insights from many different disciplines—and makes clearer how Hitler’s own particular brand of anti-Semitism could lead the way to the Holocaust.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843830894
This title surveys some 60 examples of swords made and used in northern Europe during the Viking Age, from the mid 8th to the mid-11th century. It contains an illustrated overview of blade types and construction, pattern-welding, inscriptions and handle forms and Jan Petersen's classification.
Author : George R. R. Martin
Publisher : Bantam Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345535566
As the Seven Kingdoms face a generation-long winter, rival families battle over control of the Iron Throne, while preternatural forces and barbarian hordes threaten the land.
Author : Colin M. Roach
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-19
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781462915750
With over 300 stunning photographs and woodblock prints along with extensive historical and cultural commentary, Japanese Swords is the ultimate authority on Samurai weaponry. Historically, Japanese warriors considered their swords to be far greater than simple weaponry. Their swords were both lethal tools and divine companions — social and religious icons. Traditionally worn by the samurai as a sign of social status, the Japanese sword represented the junction between the reigning military class and those whom they ruled. Moreover, the samurai sword was a technological and artistic marvel. Many scholars consider it to be the finest sword ever constructed. In terms of symbolism and historical importance, no other blade comes close to the Japanese sword. With a historical, iconographical, and technological perspective, author Cohn M. Roach provides an in-depth study of these magnificent weapons in Japanese Swords. This richly illustrated sword book weaves the blade's primary influences together, tracking its history and illuminating its progress from infancy to grandeur. By studying the evolution of the Japanese sword from this perspective, we better understand Japan and its warrior archetype. Combining research materials from multiple disciplines, Roach uses his expertise as an educator to guide readers through the sword's rise to greatness in a unique way. This book discusses the history, development, and spiritual symbolism of the sword, as well as the esoteric metallurgical techniques used in making it. It also covers the difficult training practices used by skilled swordsmen. Japanese Swords also includes a companion DVD featuring a beautifully-filmed documentary that explores the traditional swordmaker's craft. The DVD also contains an introduction to the Japanese sword at a sword shop in Kyoto and a visit to a dojo for a beginner's class in the medieval sword-drawing art called iaido.
Author : Fred Saberhagen
Publisher : JSS Literary Productions, LLC
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780979625732
Mark and Ben travel deep into the Blue Temple's hidden horde in an attempt to recover whatever gold and Swords they can for the forces of Sir Andrew. Gods, demons and human traitors have other plans for the Swords and for the adventurers. In the game of the gods, no one’s survival is secure, even a god’s.
Author : Clive Sinclaire
Publisher : Chartwell Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0785825630
For 700 years Japanese civilization was dominated by a single warrior caste. This project looks at the weaponry of Samurai men and women over the centuries with specifically commissioned photography of reenactors wearing and museum-quality clothing and weaponry.
Author : Lisa Deutscher,Mirjam Kaiser,Sixt Wetzler
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781783274277
A multidisciplinary overview of current research into the enduringly fascinating martial artefact which is the sword.
Author : Fred Saberhagen
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2007-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0765350599
A new generation confronts the ages-old battle between magic and technology in this new chapter of Saberhagen's Empire of the East.
Author : Victoria Aveyard
Publisher : HarperTeen
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0062310674
The #1 New York Times bestselling series! Perfect for fans of George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones series, Glass Sword is the high-stakes follow up to the #1 New York Times bestselling Red Queen. Mare Barrow's blood is red—the color of common folk—but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control. The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, but as she makes her escape from Maven, the prince—the friend—who betrayed her, Mare uncovers something startling: she is not the only one of her kind. Pursued by Maven, now a vindictive king, Mare sets out to find and recruit other Red-and-Silver fighters to join in the struggle against her oppressors. But Mare finds herself on a deadly path, at risk of becoming exactly the kind of monster she is trying to defeat. Will she shatter under the weight of the lives that are the cost of rebellion? Or have treachery and betrayal hardened her forever? And don’t miss Broken Throne: A Red Queen Collection, featuring three brand-new novellas and other exclusive content, coming in April!
Author : Sir Richard Francis Burton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : OXFORD:590187383
Author : Elizabeth A. Oyler
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2005-12-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780824864538
Swords, Oaths, and Prophetic Visions investigates some of the most historically important political and social issues raised by the Genpei War (1180-1185). This epic civil conflict, which ushered in Japan’s age of the warriors, is most famously articulated in the monumental narrative Heike monogatari (The Tale of the Heike). Elizabeth Oyler’s ambitious work lays out the complex interconnections between the numerous variant texts of the Heike and the historical events they describe. But Oyler’s innovative methodology also brings other texts and genres—the Gikeiki, the Soga monogatari, the Azuma kagami, and pieces from the kōwakamai (ballad-dramas) repertoire—into her analysis. Rather than concentrating on individual texts, Oyler focuses on the inter-textual relationships within this larger body of narrative and drama and the collective role of these works in creating and disseminating stories about some of the Genpei War’s most contentious events. In so doing, she works toward a new understanding of the underlying cultural problems of which these tales are symptomatic and which they attempt to address.