Swords From The East

Author : Harold Lamb
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780803278745

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Swords from the East by Harold Lamb Pdf

Their conquest was measured not in miles but in degrees of longitude. They smashed the gates of empires, overthrew kingdoms, diverted rivers, and depopulated entire countries. They were the Mongols of Genghis Khan, swift and merciless but also resourceful, bold, and cunning. Their tale has seldom been told in the West, and never by an author with the acumen of Harold Lamb. Ride with young Temujin as he outwits schemers and assassins and rises to conquer Asia as Genghis Khan. Venture to the land beneath the northern lights on a mission of vengeance with Maak the Buriat. Stand with Aruk the gatekeeper and Hugo the Frank as they hold the pass against the Sungar hordes. Lamb’s action-packed Mongolian stories, available here in one complete volume, restore the Mongols to their place in history, portraying them not as mindless barbarians but as men of honor and bravery who laid down their lives for their leader and their lands.

Author : Vic Diehl,Hermann Hampe,Gözde Yașar
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Swords
ISBN : 0764341162

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Weapons of Warriors by Vic Diehl,Hermann Hampe,Gözde Yașar Pdf

Weapons of Warriors is a photographic study containing many of the most renowned, prestigious, and historical Arabic and Turkish swords from the 12th through the 19th century. Every sword is professionally studio photographed in the highest resolution and corrected color. Each weapon is presented in multiple angles, many in life size across two pages to provide the reader with the most detailed appreciation of the skill, craftsmanship, and artistry involved in the hand crafting of these famous Shamshirs, Kilics, Nimchas, Yatagans, and Saifs. The Askeri Military Museum of Istanbul, Turkey, has set a new standard in international art and cultural exchange by opening its entire collection to the authors. The museum staff provided every assistance to be certain that their most magnificent and important weapons were photographed for this study. The museum director of edged weapons even took the time to pen an essay (included herein) on the Turkish Yatagan. Working with the authors is an international team of writers from Germany, India, and Egypt who provided additional information on the science behind these historically significant blades, traditional koftgari decoration, as well as the translation of ancient passages that adorn the edged weapons in this study. This beautiful book is produced for everyone who loves the lore and lure of edged weapons, whether they are beginning students, historians, collectors, or connoisseurs of these most artistic and deadly weapons of warriors.

Author : Kirill Rivkin,Brian Isaac
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04
Category : Swords
ISBN : 153234001X

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A Study of the Eastern Sword by Kirill Rivkin,Brian Isaac Pdf

Author : Peter den Hertog
Publisher : Frontline Books
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526772398

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Why Did Hitler Hate the Jews? by Peter den Hertog Pdf

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 : P. F. Chisholm
Publisher : Sir Robert Carey Mysteries Omnibus
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-13
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 1786696150

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Swords in the East by P. F. Chisholm Pdf

A new omnibus in the highly acclaimed Sir Robert Carey Mysteries, full of roguish courtiers, rival gangs, border raiders, treason, realpolitik and unbridled ambition.

Author : Tom Holland
Publisher : Abacus
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780748119516

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In The Shadow Of The Sword by Tom Holland Pdf

A SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER 'A stunning blockbuster' Robert Fisk 'A brilliant tour de force of revisionist scholarship and thrilling storytelling' Simon Sebag Montefiore 'A compelling detective story of the highest order' Sunday Times 'Tom Holland has an enviable gift for summoning up the colour, the individuals and animation of the past' Independent In the 6th century AD, the Near East was divided between two venerable empires: the Persian and the Roman. A hundred years on and one had vanished forever, while the other seemed almost finished. Ruling in their place were the Arabs: an upheaval so profound that it spelt, in effect, the end of the ancient world. In the Shadow of the Sword explores how this came about. Spanning from Constantinople to the Arabian desert, and starring some of the most remarkable rulers who ever lived, he tells a story vivid with drama, horror, and startling achievement.

Author : Ian Colquhoun,Colin Burgess
Publisher : C.H.Beck
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Bronze age
ISBN : 3406305008

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The Swords of Britain by Ian Colquhoun,Colin Burgess Pdf

Author : Mark Barton,John McGrath
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473822214

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British Naval Swords and Swordmanship by Mark Barton,John McGrath Pdf

This new publication is intended to bring together a mass of research dealing with all aspects of British naval swords. Unlike the much sought after Swords of Sea Service by May and Annis, this work offers a far broader coverage and, for the first time, the complete story of swords and swordsmanship is presented in one concise volume. While the swords themselves are described the authors also tell the story of naval swordsmanship For exsample, subjects such as how swords and cutlasses were used in action and how training was conducted and covered. The authors also address how how the use of swords developed into a sport in the Navy, and how swords and swordsmanship may have entered naval symbology in such areas as ships' names. Many current myths are addressed and corrected, and the story is brought right up to date with information on the sport from 1948 to 2000. While the book concentrates on the Royal Navy, foreign weapons, including those of the Irish Naval Service, are mentioned where appropriate Other British Maritime organisations such as the Merchant Navy, the Customs and Coastguard Services, and the Reserves are also addressed The book also covers subjects such as dating, collecting, and conservation of swords and re-examines those swords attributed to Nelson. The Appendices include the first list of Swords of Peace awarded to naval units to be published. Recent research by the authors is also reflected in the updated lists of Patriotic Fund Awards, City of London Swords, and Naval fencing champions contained in the Appendicitises The comprehensive nature of the work has not been attempted before and the book will appeal to a wide range of naval enthusiasts and historians, collectors of weapons, fencers and re-enactors.

Author : Philip Steele,Fiona MacDonald
Publisher : Southwater
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1842159542

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Swords and Samurai by Philip Steele,Fiona MacDonald Pdf

This colorful, informative book explains the amazing civilizations of ancient China and Japan--cultures that existed for thousands of years before Europe developed or America was discovered.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : East Asia
ISBN : UCR:31210021944390

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The Far East by Anonim Pdf

Author : Bruce Ingham,Nancy Lindisfarne-Tapper
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136803246

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Languages of Dress in the Middle East by Bruce Ingham,Nancy Lindisfarne-Tapper Pdf

Considers how the languages of dress in the region connect with other social practices, and with political and religious conformity in particular. Treating cases as diverse as practices of veiling in Oman and dress reform laws in Turkey, these ethnographic studies extend from Malta to the ME and Caucasus.

Author : Mark Stephens
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2023-01-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789255454

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Chariots, Swords and Spears by Mark Stephens Pdf

This volume brings together recent excavations at two sites in Pocklington, East Yorkshire. The main focus of the Volume will be examining Iron Age burials, which included chariots, sword and spears and will also include earlier Prehistoric and later Roman activity. The excavations have enabled further scientific evidence for migration and mobility in the Iron Age population and secure chronologies for artefacts. New evidence from osteological analysis gives support for Warrior Graves and burial rites. The Pocklington shield has been described as one of the most significant pieces of Iron Age art. The exceptional Finds including a dismantled chariot with horses and an upright chariot also with horses captured the worlds media and the public imagination. The excavations at Pocklington in 2017& 2018 were featured on BBC 4’s Digging for Britain series and was voted Current Archaeology Rescue Project of the Year 2018. The Anglian elements will be included in an additional volume.

Author : Luan Shi Kuang Dao
Publisher : Tapread
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Supreme Emperor of Swords by Luan Shi Kuang Dao Pdf

Before going to college, an ordinary high school student went to celebrate and got drunk. When he woke up, he found himself in a completely different world. There was a big sect, the approaching sect entrance examination, a slum where his body’s previous owner lived, and a shared memory about a missing young girl. When he got tangled in a fight with a few punks in this different world, he fell off a cliff and miraculously found himself still alive, with two more voices ringing inside his head. They were Sword Master and Saber Master. In the company of them, he continued to find out more about this whole new world. He took the sect entrance examination, entered the sect, met a strange man in black, and even participated in a major competition of the sect to have a chance to win over his peers! In this whole new world, he was born again and got to explore the fantastic martial world!

Author : George R. R. Martin
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 1216 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2003-03-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553897876

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A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin Pdf

THE BOOK BEHIND THE THIRD SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES, AN ORIGINAL SERIES NOW ON HBO. Here is the third volume in George R. R. Martin’s magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced. Already hailed as a classic, George R. R. Martin’s stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction. A STORM OF SWORDS Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey, of House Lannister, sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, the victim of the jealous sorceress who holds him in her evil thrall. But young Robb, of House Stark, still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. Robb plots against his despised Lannister enemies, even as they hold his sister hostage at King’s Landing, the seat of the Iron Throne. Meanwhile, making her way across a blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys, mistress of the only three dragons still left in the world. . . . But as opposing forces maneuver for the final titanic showdown, an army of barbaric wildlings arrives from the outermost line of civilization. In their vanguard is a horde of mythical Others--a supernatural army of the living dead whose animated corpses are unstoppable. As the future of the land hangs in the balance, no one will rest until the Seven Kingdoms have exploded in a veritable storm of swords. . . .

Author : Zhao Feng
Publisher : Devneybooks
Page : 2888 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781304487766

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Twelve immortal swords by Zhao Feng Pdf

A bluestone path winds through it, with blue sea and blue sky on one side and steep cliffs on the other, and pines and strange rocks on the other side. When you walk, you suddenly feel relaxed and refreshed, which is really a paradise for immortals.