Sword's Edge

Sword's Edge PDF Author: Manuel Sanjulian
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781599290539
Category : Fantasy in art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
Countless artists have painted Robert E. Howard's characters through the years, but none have done so more brilliantly than legendary Spanish painter Manuel Pérez Clemente Sanjulián. With the impact of a battle axe, Sword's Edge collects an action-filled brace of paintings that brings Howard's classic stories to vivid life for a new generation of enthusiasts. Best known in the United States for his cover paintings for the comic magazine Vampirella, Sanjulián has been rightly called "an artist's artist" for his masterful compositions and vibrant use of color. Honored by the Society of Illustrators, he has created his numerous book jackets for a diverse range of publishers.

Sword's Edge

Sword's Edge PDF Author: Manuel Sanjulian
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781599290539
Category : Fantasy in art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
Countless artists have painted Robert E. Howard's characters through the years, but none have done so more brilliantly than legendary Spanish painter Manuel Pérez Clemente Sanjulián. With the impact of a battle axe, Sword's Edge collects an action-filled brace of paintings that brings Howard's classic stories to vivid life for a new generation of enthusiasts. Best known in the United States for his cover paintings for the comic magazine Vampirella, Sanjulián has been rightly called "an artist's artist" for his masterful compositions and vibrant use of color. Honored by the Society of Illustrators, he has created his numerous book jackets for a diverse range of publishers.

Nefertiti Overdrive

Nefertiti Overdrive PDF Author: Fraser Ronald
Publisher: Sword's Edge Publishing
ISBN: 9780987909466
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176

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Book Description
Defying physics and common sense, you are legendary heroes protecting the royal house of 25th Dynasty Egypt from both internal enemies and the marauding Assyrian army. Do you want to leap from crocodile head to crocodile head before planting your sandaled foot directly in the face of an Assyrian giant bearing an axe bigger than you? Do you want to rebound off the side of a pyramid and fly into the centre of a mob of badguys, whom you then lay low with your lightning-fast fists? Then you are our kind of people. "Nefertiti Overdrive" is a role-playing game of crazy wire-fu action set in Ancient Egypt. This is a game about kicking badguys in the face, or using a fallen foe as a step to get your character high enough to drive her knee into the villain's jaw.

The Sword's Other Edge

The Sword's Other Edge PDF Author: Dan Reiter
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108416721
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 291

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Book Description
Military effectiveness can only be fully understood by accounting for its political and military tradeoffs. This book explains those tradeoffs.

Swords of the Viking Age

Swords of the Viking Age PDF Author:
Publisher: Boydell Press
ISBN: 1843830892
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 170

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Book Description
This title surveys some 60 examples of swords made and used in northern Europe during the Viking Age, from the mid 8th to the mid-11th century. It contains an illustrated overview of blade types and construction, pattern-welding, inscriptions and handle forms and Jan Petersen's classification.

Sword's Edge

Sword's Edge PDF Author: L.S. King
Publisher: Loriendil Publishing
ISBN: 1497331498
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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Ripped from her home— —thrust into danger. Fifteen year old Tam finds herself in the midst of conspiracies to murder her family. Can she uncover the treason before it's too late? Tragedy strikes— Tam's world crumbles. Amidst grief, she must undertake a dangerous rescue mission, aided by a mysterious alien relic. Can this young lass succeed or will the assassins at her heels cost her all? You’ll love this Epic Fantasy, because it’s science fiction with a twist. Get it now.

Swords and Swordsmen

Swords and Swordsmen PDF Author: Mike Loades
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1848847033
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 654

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Book Description
“A ‘must have’ book for anyone who has an interest in edged weapons . . . Loades holds the reader’s full attention with each sword’s story that he tells.” —The Lone Star Book Review This magnificent book tells the story of the evolution of swords, how they were made, how they were used, and the people that used them. It doesn’t claim to give comprehensive coverage but instead takes certain surviving examples as landmarks on a fascinating journey through the history of swords. Each is selected because it can be linked to a specific individual, thus telling their story too and giving a human interest. So the journey starts with the sword of Tutankhamun and ends with the swords of J. E. B. Stuart and George Custer. Along the way we take in Henry V, Cromwell and Uesugi Kenshin, and there is the most detailed discussion you’ll find anywhere of all of George Washington’s swords. The chapters on these specific swords and swordsmen are alternated with more general chapters on the changing technical developments and fashions in swords and their use. The reader’s guide on this historical tour is Mike Loades. Mike has been handling swords most of his life, as a fight arranger, stuntman and historical weapons expert for TV and stage. As much as his profound knowledge of the subject, it is his lifelong passion for swords that comes through on every page. His fascinating text is supported by a lavish wealth of images, many previously unpublished and taken specifically for this book. “Superb . . . the most breathtaking coverage from the earliest days to modern times. Brilliant.” —Books Monthly

The Connoisseur's Book of Japanese Swords

The Connoisseur's Book of Japanese Swords PDF Author: Kōkan Nagayama
Publisher: Kodansha International
ISBN: 9784770020710
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 384

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Book Description
Connoisseur's Book Japanese Swords is a Kodansha International publication.

Hank Reinhardt's The Book of Swords

Hank Reinhardt's The Book of Swords PDF Author: Hank Reinhardt
Publisher: Baen Publishing Enterprises
ISBN: 1618247336
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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Book Description
The sword is the most revered of all of man's weapons. Although the club is older, the knife more universal, and the firearm much more efficient, it is to the sword that most decoration, myth, mysticism and reverence has been given. The katana has been called "The Soul of the Samurai," the Vikings lavished love, care and attached wonderful names to their weapons. The sword has been the symbol of Justice, of Vengeance, and of Mercy. No one artifact has so captured the imagination as has the sword. As our society has grown more and more advanced, and more reliant on technology, there has been an increased interest in the weapons of the past. The romance of the sword is very much alive¾but movies, books and fiction of all types have romanticized the past, and particularly the sword, beyond all recognition of the real thing. Drawing on information from grave excavations, illustrations of battle scenes, and many classical and medieval literary sources, this book discusses how contemporaries showed swords were used. Building on Oakeshott and other authoritative writers on the subject, this volume, representing ten years of writing and a lifetime of experience, will add to the body of knowledge of the history of swords by illustrating not only the beauty of the form of the sword, but also their beauty of function. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Modern Japanese Swords and Swordsmiths

Modern Japanese Swords and Swordsmiths PDF Author: Leon Kapp
Publisher: Kodansha International
ISBN: 9784770019622
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 244

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Book Description
A comprehensive overview of the major events in the history of the contemporary Japanese sword and the work of many of the best smiths active today.

A Book of Five Swords and a Scroll

A Book of Five Swords and a Scroll PDF Author: Stanford D. Carman
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1411627393
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 146

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Book Description
A Book of Five Swords and a Scroll, is about five Japanese swords that came to the United States after W.W.II and a Japanese hanging scroll of a 'Seated Samurai. The book is richly illustrated with over 110 photographs of these swords, map segments, and other associated materials. There are three original short stories centered around three of the swords. The book also contains sections regarding Medieval Japan, the Samurai, Japanese Sword Smiths, and Japanese Sword Care and Cleaning; Detail Technical Data of these swords is included, and there is a short biography of artist of the scroll. The chapter about the scroll, regards a person famous in 14th Century Japanese History. Two of these swords are over 450 years old. n addition there is a short biography of a unique US Marine that fought at Wake Island, Dec 8, 1941 - Dec 23, 1941 in WWII and taken as a Prisiner Of War by the Japanese. He spent a total of 1350 Days as a POW in Camps in China and Japan. This version of the book is in Color.