The Not-So-Heroic Knight

The Not-So-Heroic Knight

Author: Blake Hoena

Publisher: Capstone Classroom

Published: 2016-08

Total Pages: 57

ISBN-13: 1496532236

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Thud and Blunder are nine-year-old knights who set out to accompany a rather timid knight on a quest to obtain riches (without too much danger)--on the way they encounter a sick dragon who is quite willing to share his "gold."


I'm the Heroic Knight of an Intergalactic Empire! (Light Novel) Vol. 1

I'm the Heroic Knight of an Intergalactic Empire! (Light Novel) Vol. 1

Author: Yomu Mishima

Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment

Published: 2024-08-01

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13:

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Emma has just taken her first step as a knight. Emma's new job? Commander of a squad of useless layabouts. Just as her efforts start to change minds, a pirate base is discovered on Alias. What will happen when an elite force is sent in from the home planet to eliminate them?! An epic new tale of a failure's rise to glory in the Intergalactic Empire begins!


I'm the Heroic Knight of an Intergalactic Empire! (Light Novel) Vol. 2

I'm the Heroic Knight of an Intergalactic Empire! (Light Novel) Vol. 2

Author: Yomu Mishima

Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment

Published: 2024-12-05

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13:

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Emma, test pilot for an experimental mobile knight called Atalanta, heads to the Seventh Weapons Factory for upgrades. But the prototype's development team is visiting, and they seem to have lost faith in Atalanta! When a strange engineer nicknamed the "Mad Genius" warns against piloting the mobile knight, development seems on the verge of grinding to a halt. On top of that, who's behind the mysterious organization pursuing the prototype craft?! Find out in the second volume of a failure's rise to glory!


The Greatest Knight

The Greatest Knight

Author: Thomas Asbridge

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2014-12-02

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 0062262076

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Renowned scholar Thomas Asbridge brings to life medieval England’s most celebrated knight, William Marshal—providing an unprecedented and intimate view of this age and the legendary warrior class that shaped it. Caught on the wrong side of an English civil war and condemned by his father to the gallows at age five, William Marshal defied all odds to become one of England’s most celebrated knights. Thomas Asbridge’s rousing narrative chronicles William’s rise, using his life as a prism to view the origins, experiences, and influence of the knight in British history. In William’s day, the brutish realities of war and politics collided with romanticized myths about an Arthurian “golden age,” giving rise to a new chivalric ideal. Asbridge details the training rituals, weaponry, and battle tactics of knighthood, and explores the codes of chivalry and courtliness that shaped their daily lives. These skills were essential to survive one of the most turbulent periods in English history—an era of striking transformation, as the West emerged from the Dark Ages. A leading retainer of five English kings, Marshal served the great figures of this age, from Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine to Richard the Lionheart and his infamous brother John, and was involved in some of the most critical phases of medieval history, from the Magna Carta to the survival of the Angevin/Plantagenet dynasty. Asbridge introduces this storied knight to modern readers and places him firmly in the context of the majesty, passion, and bloody intrigue of the Middle Ages. The Greatest Knight features 16 pages of black-and-white and color illustrations.


Knighthood in the Morte Darthur

Knighthood in the Morte Darthur

Author: Beverly Kennedy

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 0859913546

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`A lucid and rich analysis eminently suited to students at undergraduate and graduate levels.' CHOICEBeverley Kennedy puts Malory's concern with knighthood at the very heart of the Morte Darthur. She identifies three types of knight: the Heroic (Gawain), the Worshipful (Tristram and Arthur), and the True (Lancelot, Gareth and the Grail Knights), and argues that this knightly typology creates the thematic unity of the Morte Darthur. It also allows Malory to develop two quite different contexts, one pragmatic and political, the other religious and providential, within which the reader may judge why Arthur's reign ended in catastrophe.BEVERLEY KENNEDY is Professor of English at Marianopolis College, Canada.


Fragrant Palm Leaves

Fragrant Palm Leaves

Author: Thich Nhat Hanh

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 1999-12-01

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1440619565

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Best known for his Buddhist teachings, Thich Nhat Hanh has lived in exile from his native Vietnam since 1966. These remarkable early journals reveal not only an exquisite portrait of the Zen master as a young man, but the emergence of a great poet and literary voice of Vietnam. From his years as a student and teaching assistant at Princeton and Columbia, to his efforts to negotiate peace and a better life for the Vietnamese, Fragrant Palm Leaves offers an elegant and profound glimpse into the heart and mind of one of the world's most beloved spiritual teachers.


The Book of Radical Answers

The Book of Radical Answers

Author: Sonya Renee Taylor

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2023-10-24

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0593354842

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The go-to guide to growing up, rooted in radical self-love and body empowerment, by the NYT bestselling author of The Body Is Not an Apology. The Book of Radical Answers is a groundbreaking work of non-fiction by author and activist Sonya Renee Taylor that gives honest, empowering and age appropriate answers to real questions from young readers about health, sex, gender, race and justice. Steeped in joy and possibility, Taylor's writing assures kids that, as they mature, life will be fun, complicated, strange and wonderful, and most importantly, that they are amazing and have the ability to thrive with the inherent knowledge of their self-worth.


Holy and Noble Beasts

Holy and Noble Beasts

Author: David Salter

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 0859916243

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It argues that through their depictions of animals, medieval writers were not only able to reflect upon their own humanity, but were also able to explore the meaning of more abstract values and ideas (such as civility, sanctity and nobility) that were central to the culture of the time."--BOOK JACKET.