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3) Shogun
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Litera Media Group
Pub. Date
2019
Language
Romanian
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Un aventurier englez îndrăzneț. Un războinic japonez invincibil. O femeie frumoasă sfâșiată între două stiluri de viață și două iubiri complet diferite. Toate într-o saga extraordinară plasată într-un timp și într-un spațiu măcinate de conflicte, pasiuni, ambiții și lupte pentru putere...
10) A Shogun's Guide
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English
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I am a shogun, the military ruler of Japan. I insist on fine food and beauty throughout the land-and a well-guarded castle, of course. Read my rules to learn about my great power and how I maintain my position.
11) The Shoguns Tale
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The war for power begins with the end of one empire. The war for power will shape a country, a people. First, it will shape the lives of two men: Cao Zhou, a merchant's son turned soldier, and Ken Lou Fan, a soldier's son. War may be cruel, but fate can be crueler.
Cao is born to a drunken, abusive merchant father and is sold. Just when he begins to know love, war comes.
Ken is born during the war to his father, Ming, and his loving mother. Both...
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By the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James Clavell's “Shogun” is soon to be a major FX/Hulu TV series!
Shogun, the classic epic novel of feudal Japan that captured the heart of a culture and the imagination of the world, is now available for the first time in serial format. Part One contains the first half of the complete novel.
After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in...
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Japan, 1704. In an elegant mansion a young woman named Tsuruhime lies on her deathbed. The death of the Shogun's daughter has immediate consequences on his regime. Faced with his own mortality and beset by troubles, he names as his heir Yoshisato, the seventeen-year-old son he only recently discovered was his. Until five months ago, Yoshisato was raised as the illegitimate son of Yanagisawa, the shogun's favorite advisor. Yanagisawa is also the longtime...
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"A vivid, deeply researched work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman during the first half of the 19th century in Edo-the city that would become Tokyo-and a portrait of a great city on the brink of a momentous encounter with the West."--
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Shinsengumi: The Shogun's last Samurai Corps is the true story of the notorious samurai corps formed in 1863 to arrest or kill the enemies of the Tokugawa Shogun. The only book in English about the Shinsengumi, it focuses on the corps' two charismatic leaders, Kondo Isami and Hijikata Toshizo, both impeccable swordsmen. It is a history-in-brief of the final years of the Bakufu, which collapsed in 1867 with the restoration of Imperial rule. In writing...
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The true nature of the samurai warrior is an elusive and endlessly fascinating enigma for those in the west. From their inauspicious beginnings as barbarian-subduing soldiers, the samurai lived according to a code known as bushido, or 'Way of the Warrior'. Bushido advocated loyalty, honor, pride and fearlessness in combat. Those who broke the code were expected to perform seppuku, or suicide through belly-slitting. By its very design, seppuku aimed...
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----Title:---- Ninja Kids: Guardians of the Shogun----Ages:---- 9+----Synopsis:----Embark on a thrilling adventure with Sakura, Kenji, and Haruto, three courageous ninja kids who must protect their beloved Shogun from a wicked warlord's evil plot.----Features:------ Immersive storyline filled with action, suspense, and friendship-- Vibrant illustrations that bring the world of feudal Japan to life-- Engaging puzzles and challenges to test your child's...
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This book tells the fascinating history of the life of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu Japan's most famous Shogun. Since its initial appearance, A. L. Sadler's imposing biography of the Japanese Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu has been recognized as an outstanding contribution to the knowledge of Japanese history. It is also considered the standard reference work on the period that saw the entrenchment of feudalism in Japan and the opening of some two and a half centuries...
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