Shinkendo
Author: Toshishiro Obata
Publisher:
Published: 2020-05-30
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780966867794
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Crimson Steel
Author: Toshishiro Obata
Publisher: Dragon Publishing Corporation
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9780946062195
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMr. Wicker
Author: Maria Alexander
Publisher: Maria Alexander
Published: 2019-01-15
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13: 1732454248
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlicia Baum is missing a deadly childhood memory. Located beyond life, The Library of Lost Childhood Memories holds the answer. But the Librarian is Mr. Wicker—a seductive yet sinister creature with an unthinkable past and an agenda just as lethal. When Alicia meets a child psychiatrist investigating the phenomenon of "Mr. Wicker" in his small sleeping patients, it stirs a storm of supernatural activity in both the hospital and Alicia's heart. Get swept up in the mystery, the history, and the dark romance of the world's most wicked library with MR. WICKER. WINNER, 2014 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel From Publishers Weekly Convincing in its haunting whimsy, Alexander's emotionally complex faerie tale comments on grim reality with chilling metaphors. . . Alexander (By the Pricking) makes the impossible feel probable, anchoring fantasy in everyday struggles. Alicia's spitfire defiance and charming vulnerability, and the eventual romance between her and Dr. Farron, inject warmth into chilling encounters between a world that shouldn't exist and undependable reality. Illness, loss, and heartache color this splendid, bittersweet ode to the ghosts of childhood. From Library Journal Starred Review, Debut of the Month ..".the fantastic premise of memories so terrible they need to be excised and hidden away makes this a horror novel to anticipate." "Suicide, love, lust, lost dreams and twisted purgatories...Maria Alexander's Mr. Wicker is an original, crafted of startling images and darkly poetic language. Eerily effective." --Steven Barnes, author of Lion's Blood "Elegant chills, genuine awe, and true tragedy are all ingredients in the spell cast by Maria Alexander's Mr. Wicker. Anyone who has encountered Maria's short stories surely expects her first novel to be extraordinary, and she doesn't disappoint. Mr. Wicker is rich, lovely, and deeply unnerving." --Lisa Morton, author of Maledictionand Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween
Dark Delicacies Iii
Author: Jeff Gelb
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Published: 2010-06-29
Total Pages: 486
ISBN-13: 1458779866
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA stellar cast of horror writers comprise this third entry in the Dark Delicacies anthology series. These twenty-one short works will examine and lay bare all the ways in which we are haunted - both literally and figuratively. With a new novella from David Morrell and a short story Chuck Palahniuk is writing as a teaching class on his blog, interest in this anthology will prove that the third time is no trick and all treat! Includes contributions from: Kevin J. Anderson, Clive Barker, Michael Boatman, Heather Graham, Richard Christian Matheson, David Morrell, Chuck Palahniuk, Victor Salva And many more!
Sengoku
Author: Mark T. Arsenault
Publisher: Gold Rush Entertainment Incorporated
Published: 2003-06-01
Total Pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9781890305581
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Sengoku: Character Sheets book contains 41 illustrated and revised, two-sided character sheets, plus 11 additional blank (un-illustrated) character sheets. Features 41 illustrations of popular character profession templates -- samurai, bushi, priests, mystics, shinobi and more!
The Soldier and the Samurai
Author: Louis Rosas
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2018-07-12
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9781723017872
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen the former Newly Selected Corps of Samurai known as the Shinsengumi were driven from their base in Kyoto, the tide of Japan's Boshin War had turned against the remaining Tokugawa Loyalists. Of the Shinsengumi's three surviving captains, no one knew for certain what became of 10th Unit Captain Harada Sanosuke. Until now. Based on a real-life 1965 rumor that surfaced in a Japanese newspaper, The Soldier and the Samurai is an epic tale of gratitude. It is the fictional account of a man who claimed to be the famous lost Samurai who appeared in Manchuria twenty-seven years after his alleged death at the Battle of Ueno, saving the lives of three Japanese soldiers during the First Sino-Japan War before disappearing again. One man will seek out the truth of what took place during that January 1895 and the discovery of a mysterious inscription written on the back of a Japanese tanto knife. A message that will alter the course of his life and that of his family for generations to come!
Samurai Swordsmanship
Author: Masayuki Shimabukuro
Publisher: Black Belt Books
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780897501996
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDemonstrates and explains the history, construction, sword etiquette, basic targeting and mat cutting using the Samurai sword.
The Spirit of the Sword
Author: Nakamura Taisaburo
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Published: 2013-03-05
Total Pages: 345
ISBN-13: 1583945423
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNakamura Taisaburo's landmark book on the art of the sword includes technical information, thoughtful analysis, and fascinating recollections of his own training and teaching. One of the most famous Japanese swordsmen of the twentieth century, Nakamura sensei is widely acknowledged as the preeminent reinvigorator of the practice of tameshigiri (test cutting) as a test of technical and spiritual mastery. The Spirit of the Sword--first published in Japanese in 1980, now translated into English for the first time--is regarded by many as the most complete of Nakamura's writings on Japanese swordsmanship. Here Nakamura instructs the reader on the integration of iaido, kendo, and tameshigiri; the correct mental approach to sword practice; training methods; numerous kata or forms; a guide to sword maintenance; and historical notes on the use of the sword as a weapon. Illustrated with over 800 original photographs, this book is a must-have for any student of the Japanese sword and an excellent resource for sword enthusiasts in general.
Blood Surrender
Author: Cecilia Tan
Publisher: Running PressBook Pub
Published: 2005-01-01
Total Pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9781562014452
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThere is perhaps nothing more erotic than the potent mixture of danger, darkness, and desire that the vampire represents. Creatures cursed by lust to walk the night, seeking ever more decadent pleasures, vampires are the ultimate sexual beings. In these stories of carnal pleasure and dark magic, erotic writers such as Thomas S. Roche, Catherine Lundoff, and Allison Lonsdale explore the attraction and seductive power of the dark side. One vampire encounters virgin blood, another finds a willing victim with a blood fetish, and yet another mixes the games of dominance and submission with the eternal game of feeding and sex. Assembled by the editor of over 40 erotica anthologies, Blood Surrender presents the most sensual and erotic vampire fiction available.
Zen in the Art of Archery
Author: Herrigel Eugen
Publisher: Waking Lion Press
Published: 2021-04
Total Pages: 90
ISBN-13: 9781434104694
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA fascinating introduction to Zen principles and learning.
