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The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most
famous swordsman.
Miyamoto Musashi was the child of an era when Japan was emerging
from decades of civil strife. Lured to the great Battle of
Sekigahara in 1600 by the hope of becoming a samurai-without really
knowing what it meant-he regains consciousness after the battle to
find himself lying defeated, dazed and wounded among thousands of
the dead and dying. On his way home, he commits a rash act, becomes
a fugitive and brings life in his own village to a standstill-until
he is captured by a weaponless Zen monk.
The lovely Otsu, seeing in Musashi her ideal of manliness, frees
him from his tortuous punishment, but he is recaptured and
imprisoned. During three years of solitary confinement, he delves
into the classics of Japan and China. When he is set free again, he
rejects the position of samurai and for the next several years
pursues his goal relentlessly, looking neither to left nor to
right.
Ever so slowly it dawns on him that following the Way of the Sword
is not simply a matter of finding a target for his brute strength.
Continually striving to perfect his technique, which leads him to a
unique style of fighting with two swords simultaneously, he travels
far and wide, challenging fighters of many disciplines, taking
nature to be his ultimate and severest teacher and undergoing the
rigorous training of those who follow the Way. He is supremely
successful in his encounters, but in the Art of War he perceives
the way of peaceful and prosperous governance and disciplines
himself to be a real human being.
He becomes a reluctant hero to a host of people whose lives he has
touched and been touched by. And, inevitably, he has to pit his
skill against the naked blade of his greatest rival.
Musashi is a novel in the best tradition of Japanese story telling.
It is a living story, subtle and imaginative, teeming with
memorable characters, many of them historical. Interweaving themes
of unrequited love, misguided revenge, filial piety and absolute
dedication to the Way of the Samurai, it depicts vividly a world
Westerners know only vaguely. Full of gusto and humor, it has an
epic quality and universal appeal.
The novel was made into a three-part movie by Director Hiroshi
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++++ A College Courtship And Other Stories Mrs. Charles Terry
Collins Printed at the Riverside Press, 1915
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have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
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Title: The Visits of Charles I. to Newcastle, etc. (The Scottish
Campaign in Northumberland and Durham ... 1644.-The Siege of
Newcastle-upon-Tyne by the Scots in 1644. Excerpts from
"Archaeologia liana."]).Publisher: British Library, Historical
Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the
United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries
holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats:
books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps,
stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14
million books, along with substantial additional collections of
manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The
GENERAL HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British
Library digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes
material that gives readers a 19th century view of the world.
Topics include health, education, economics, agriculture,
environment, technology, culture, politics, labour and industry,
mining, penal policy, and social order. ++++The below data was
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Terry, Charles; Charles king of england; 1899 176 p.; 8 .
9505.ee.6.
America's role in the First World War is an historically overlooked
and misunderstood event. The war is typically presented as a
conflict which began in 1917 and drew to a quick close with little
effect on the nation at large. In fact the war began in in 1914 and
the United States quickly started providing funding and material
aid to the Allied powers. The war itself fundamentally uprooted the
economic, political and social structure of the nation from its
inception and changed America's place in the world. This book seeks
to trace that history, to provide a complete description of the
course of the war including the horrors the American Expeditionary
Force encountered on the Western Front, the process of
industrialization the nation at large underwent and examine the
resulting political, societal and economic changes the United
States underwent as a result.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
In this imaginative and generously illustrated book, Tadahiko
Higuchi applies a methodology to landscape that is similar to that
developed by Kevin Lynch for investigating the extent to which
urban settings are legible and "imageable" to their inhabitants. He
identifies features such as landmarks, boundaries, paths, and nodes
that enable people moving through a landscape to piece together a
reliable mental map of their surroundings, beginning with major
structural elements and filling in with successively finer
detail.Tadahiko Higuchi is Associate Professor of Environmental
Engineering at Yamanashi University.
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