Samurai Rising

Samurai Rising
Author: Pamela S. Turner
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2018-03-13
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1580895859

Minamoto Yoshitsune should not have been a samurai. But his story is legend in this real-life saga. This epic warrior tale reads like a novel, but this is the true story of the greatest samurai in Japanese history. When Yoshitsune was just a baby, his father went to war with a rival samurai family—and lost. His father was killed, his mother captured, and his surviving half-brother banished. Yoshitsune was sent away to live in a monastery. Skinny, small, and unskilled in the warrior arts, he nevertheless escaped and learned the ways of the samurai. When the time came for the Minamoto clan to rise up against their enemies, Yoshitsune answered the call. His daring feats and impossible bravery earned him immortality.

Samurai Strike

Samurai Strike
Author: Ace Landers
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-08
Genre: Good and evil
ISBN: 9780545403221

The Red Ranger unites the team of Samurai Power Rangers to fight evil Master Xandred and his army of Nighloks.

The Weaponless Warriors

The Weaponless Warriors
Author: Richard Kim
Publisher: Black Belt Communications
Total Pages: 116
Release: 1974
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780897500418

History of Okinawan karate and its growth, told through vignettes about its most famous practitioners.

Modern Hand to Hand Combat

Modern Hand to Hand Combat
Author: Hakim Isler
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2014-09-30
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1462915604

Apply the ancient close-combat secrets of the Samurai to modern warfare with this military martial arts self-defense guide. Today's ground soldier may be required to carry up to 60 lbs. of equipment when on patrol, or in any situation where they might be engaging the enemy. Unfortunately, mobility is sacrificed in the name of protection. In close-proximity combat, the modern soldier is at a decided disadvantage compared to his more nimble opponent -- but this is nothing new in the history of warfare. On the battlefields of medieval Japan, the Samurai faced a similar situation. This created the need to devise a new defense method that you can learn from today. In his self-defense guide Modern Hand to Hand Combat, Isler has blended Samurai techniques with the battlefield combat needs of the modern soldier. This book gives step-by-step instructions on how to effectively deal with life and death situations through movements and principles that still hold true. These principle-driven guidelines make for a variety of self-defense applications and are valuable to everyone from law enforcement officers and security personnel to soldiers and military professionals. With almost 300 illustrations and a detailed instructional DVD, the guidelines set out in this book and DVD set can, and will, significantly enhance the warfighter's ability to survive in combat. Topics covered include: Chapter 1) JOURNEY TO CREATION Chapter 2) LESSONS FROM THE PAST Chapter 3) B.P.C. PHILOSOPHY Chapter 4) FOCUSES OF B.P.C. TRAINING Chapter 5) THE BASICS Chapter 6) UNDERSTANDING DISTANCE Chapter 7) WINNING CONCEPTS Chapter 8) EXHAUSTIVE MEASURES Chapter 9) BATTLEFIELD GROUND COMBAT Chapter 10) TECHNIQUE SET 1 To learn how the martial arts of the Samurai can be useful to those in the military and beyond, Modern Hand to Hand Combat is the most comprehensive guide to blending these two systems for optimal safety and effectiveness.

Flask of the Drunken Master

Flask of the Drunken Master
Author: Susan Spann
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2015-07-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1250027063

August 1565: When a rival artisan turns up dead outside Ginjiro's brewery, and all the evidence implicates the brewer, master ninja Hiro Hattori and Portuguese Jesuit Father Mateo must find the killer before the magistrate executes Ginjiro and seizes the brewery, leaving his wife and daughter destitute. A missing merchant, a vicious debt collector, and a female moneylender join Ginjiro and the victim's spendthrift son on the suspect list. But with Kyoto on alert in the wake of the shogun's recent death, a rival shinobi on the prowl, and samurai threatening Hiro and Father Mateo at every turn, Ginjiro's life is not the only one in danger. Will Hiro and Father Mateo unravel the clues in time to save Ginjiro's life, or will the shadows gathering over Kyoto consume the detectives as well as the brewer? Flask of the Drunken Master is the latest entry in Susan Spann's thrilling 16th century Japanese mystery series, featuring ninja detective Hiro Hattori and Jesuit Father Mateo.

Bushido: the Soul of Japan

Bushido: the Soul of Japan
Author: Inazo Nitobe
Publisher: Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
Total Pages:
Release: 2019-06-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Bushido: The Soul of Japan written by Inazo Nitobe was one of the first books on samurai ethics that was originally written in English for a Western audience, and has been subsequently translated into many other languages (also Japanese). Nitobe found in Bushido, the Way of the Warrior, the sources of the virtues most admired by his people: rectitude, courage, benevolence, politeness, sincerity, honor, loyalty and self-control, and he uses his deep knowledge of Western culture to draw comparisons with Medieval Chivalry, Philosophy, and Christianity.

Catwalk

Catwalk
Author: Deborah Gregory
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Total Pages: 930
Release: 2011
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0385739303

Presents three novels featuring Pashmina, Felinez, Angora, and Aphra, four best friends at Manhattan's Fashion International High School who are about to enter the Catwalk competition in hopes of winning a trip to Florence, Italy.

Armed for Battle

Armed for Battle
Author: Ray Santos
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2012
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545390109

When Scorpionic rises from the Netherworld, the Power Rangers must morph into the MegaZord to defeat him.

Sergeant Stone, Nopd

Sergeant Stone, Nopd
Author: Daniel Barker
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2005-03-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0595794270

Sergeant Stone, the unforgettable character from James Prine's Tales From the Id, is back in his own enthralling collection of short stories by Prine's nephew, Daniel Barker. Stone is a New Orleans beat cop, but he is also much, much more. His jurisdiction extends from pre-pyramid Egypt to the distant future, from New Orleans' dark alleys to other dimensional realms. Ride with him on an unparalleled journey of imagination and unlock the secrets of the Nazca Plains, the Salem Witch Trials, the Great Chicago Fire, the Battle of Tours, the true Camelot and other mysteries. Confront bloodthirsty pirates, ninja assassins, barbarian hordes, Soviet tanks, vicious street thugs, and even supernatural beings. All this action, plus passionate romance and a desperate chase to control the Ultimate weapon of mass destruction awaits you inside

The Amulet War

The Amulet War
Author: Ethan Parke
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 580
Release: 2013-05-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1304260577

In 1991, Bill Wise and his bassett hound, D.J. are sent on a trip to St. Petersburg, Russia, to do a school report, and find themselves captured in a parrellel universe by a ruthless tyrant, Ivan Probosche, calling himself the Iconoplast. They soon escape taking witht them an Amulet that Lord Probosche needs for the worst threat the USA has ever seen. Five years later, Probosche and his army make in incursion to Washington D.C. in an attempt to assassinate President Martin Addams. At the same time a worse nihilist known only as Lord Janus, starts havoc worldwide, aligning with nearly every other terrorist group on Earth. Each state establishes a top-secret militia, consisting of adolescents between age thirteen and eighteen. Now the Fourth Covert Militia, joins Bill, D.J. their best friends Sam Thorne, Jr., and Allisson Stone and an elite united of U.S. Special Forces led by General John Simpson, to invade the dimension ruled by the Iconoplast and supplant him