Dragons multiply within the shadows of the forest. Only the Castle and the Scroll stand against them. But when Caleb decides to join the forces of the Great King, he discovers that the schemes of the enemy run far deeper than anyone could have imagined. Faced with the hard realities of the Scroll, Caleb is faced with a difficult choice. The path he chooses will take him into a realm of the Kingdom that he never expected to find.
Castles are among the most mysterious buildings on earth. Their grimly silent stones are signposts to a past filled with high adventure, grim tragedies, and glorious victories. Ghosts, hauntings, and other paranormal phenomena are frequently reported from castles. Do strange paranormal powers lurk among their ancient ruins? The World’s Most Mysterious Castles takes you on a journey through hidden chambers and subterranean tunnels of castles all over the world. Their walls served the sinister needs of spies, traitors, and assassins. Do the spirits of attackers and defenders who died in long-forgotten sieges still linger where they fell? Screams of unbearable pain and despair were muffled within their deepest, darkest torture dungeons. Do they echo there still?
No matter who we are or what age we are, we all like a fantasy world we can escape to, even when we find out that this magical land is actually within our own world. The more magical and unusual the experiences and creatures in this land are, the more these experiences can be enjoyed. Our imagination can open up visions of worlds that only exist within our own mind. Open your mind to the possibility that what you think could be real, actually is real. Like Ellette, as young people grow, they find that they are not who they think they are, and who or what they meet can take them in a new direction. Follow Ellette as she grows from a young girl into the most powerful and magical person in the world.
Behind the glossy facade of modern Japan there survive remnants—some of them surprisingly well preserved—of the country's feudal past, of warlords and fighting samurai, of shoguns and sequestered emperors, of princes and peasants. This book vividly presents the castles of Japan, more than 80 of them altogether, ranging geographically from Matsumae on the northern island of Hakkaido to Kagoshima in southern Kyushu The author brings not only an immense knowledge but also a deep feeling for Japan and things Japanese to this sensitive study, formed from both the historian's and the sightseer's perspectives. Most of the Japanese castles, he explains, were built in several amazing decades at the end of the 16th century. The Tokugawa shogunate was then consolidating its power and local lords were girding themselves for the onslaughts of enemies supplied with that recent acquisition fro the West—firearms. Castle architecture, among the most original of Japanese architectural forms, manifested a diabolically shrewd defense capability. An unwary enemy, if unwary he were, might charge into a veritable chamber of horrors—stone–dropping chutes, hidden gates, sharply–curved passageways, flooded moats, trap doors, and floor boards that squeaked to warn of an intruder's arrival. In Japanese style, many even contained special suicide courts.
Far from being mere antiquarian or sentimental curiosities, the rebuilt or reused fortresses of the Rhine reflect major changes in Germany and Europe during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Taylor begins The Castles of the Rhine with a synopsis of the major political, social and intellectual changes that influenced castle rebuilding in the nineteenth century. He then focuses on selected castles, describing their turbulent histories from the time of their original construction, through their destruction or decay, to their rediscovery in the 1800s and their continued preservation today. Reading this book is equivalent to looking at history though a romantic-nationalist kaleidoscope. Amply illustrated with maps and photographs, The Castles of the Rhine is a wonderful companion for anyone with dreams or experience of journeying along the Rhine.
TIEWLASUD SAGA provides readers with travel guides, along with actual pictures, to tourist attractions, shopping centers, famous restaurants, and hotels in the Saga prefecture, which is divided into 6 areas, including Karatsu, Imari-Arita, Takeo, Ureshino, Kashima-Tara, and Saga-Kanzaki-Tosu, —60 places in total. : The guidebook provides essential information of each place in detail, such as opening hours, location, transportation, expenses, etc. Names of places are also provided in 3 languages: Thai, English, and Japanese. : The guidebook provides what travelers should know before making a visit to the prefecture, such as festivals in different seasons, airport access, and local transportation. : The guidebook contains detailed maps showing locations of every place for travelers' convenience. : The guidebook also has Radar Maps in each area to recommend famous attractions and how to get to such places to readers. : There is an index categorized by types of attractions for readers to easily look up the information they need.
Follow Richard Scarlett, as he takes control of the Scarlett Organization after the assassination of his father, David. Follow Richard as he travels the world searching for his father’s killer, only to discover he is the next target, the last of the Scarletts. Does he survive? Does he discover who, is responsible and why?
