Faster Than the Swords
Author : Myrddin ap Dafydd
Publisher :
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 23,9 MB
Release : 2023
Category :
ISBN : 1845244869
Better a Shield Than a Sword
Author : Edward Teller
Publisher :
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 19,53 MB
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
Includes material on the history of the atomic bomb and the hydrogen bomb; the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty; secrecy in physics; Ernest Orlando Lawrence; radiation hazards; Chernobyl; China syndrome; and "the role of the scientist."
Richelieu, Or The Conspiracy
Author : Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton
Publisher :
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 30,95 MB
Release : 1856
Category :
ISBN :
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Mightier Than the Sword
Author : Jeffrey Archer
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 24,47 MB
Release : 2015-02-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1250034507
Book Description
With more than 2 million copies in print, the Clifton Chronicles has taken #1 worldwide bestselling author Jeffrey Archer to a whole new level. And the saga continues with Mighter Than the Sword. Bestselling novelist Harry Clifton's on a mission to free a fellow author who's imprisoned in Siberia-even if doing so puts Harry's own life, and life's work, in danger. Meanwhile, his wife Emma, chairman of Barrington Shipping, is facing the repercussions of an IRA bombing on the Buckingham. Some board members feel she should resign. Others will stop at nothing to ensure the Clifton family's fall from grace. In London, Harry and Emma's son, Sebastian, is quickly making a name for himself at Farthing's Bank. He's also just proposed to a beautiful young American, Samantha. But the despicable Adrian Sloane is only interested in one thing: Sebastian's ruin. Sir Giles Barrington, now a minister of the Crown, looks set for even higher office-until a diplomatic failure in Berlin threatens his prospects. Once again it appears that Giles's political career is thrown off balance by none other than his old adversary, Major Alex Fisher. But who will win the election this time? And at what cost?
European Warfare, 1350–1750
Author : Frank Tallett
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 30,2 MB
Release : 2010-01-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1139485466
Book Description
The period 1350–1750 saw major developments in European warfare, which not only had a huge impact on the way wars were fought, but also are critical to long-standing controversies about state development, the global ascendancy of the West, and the nature of 'military revolutions' past and present. However, the military history of this period is usually written from either medieval or early-modern, and either Western or Eastern European, perspectives. These chronological and geographical limits have produced substantial confusion about how the conduct of war changed. The essays in this book provide a comprehensive overview of land and sea warfare across Europe throughout this period of momentous political, religious, technological, intellectual and military change. Written by leading experts in their fields, they not only summarise existing scholarship, but also present new findings and new ideas, casting new light on the art of war, the rise of the state, and European expansion.
The Third Book of Swords
Author : Fred Saberhagen
Publisher : JSS Literary Productions, LLC
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 48,8 MB
Release : 2020-02-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0979625742
Book Description
The third and final novel in 'The Book of Swords' trilogy. More stories of the twelve Swords continue with The Lost Swords series. The gods, the creators of the twelve Swords, realize their error in giving powerful Swords to humans. The humans, both good and evil, are ready to fight to the death to acquire and retain the Swords. With the Swords, new ideas and new dreams have entered the world. A change is taking place that threats the gods' very existence.
The First Book of Swords
Author : Fred Saberhagen
Publisher : JSS Literary Productions, LLC
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 14,47 MB
Release : 2020-02-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0979625718
Book Description
Vulcan the god has a hard task to perform for his bored and restless colleagues — forge 12 magic Swords, quenched with human blood, and scatter them across the world. Each Sword possesses a different power. With them the gods will play a new, grand, and glorious Game. Mere humans foolishly striving for dominion, wealth and glory, are invited to risk their puny lives by joining in. (Later, the gods realize with horror that something has gone wrong in the forging, and with the Game. The Swords are much too powerful, controlling chance, enhancing fortune, changing destiny. And lethal even to their divine creators.) Jord the Smith, drafted to help Vulcan in his task, loses his right arm in the process (receiving the Sword Townsaver as pay). He is too weak to claim Mala, his bride-to-be, who joins a traditional fertility rite, where her partner might be the enigmatic Emperor, his face hidden by a leather mask. Nine months later, she gives birth to Mark. Thirteen years pass, then Townsaver wipes out a raiding party on orange-furred warbeasts, sent to Mark’s village. It falls to Mark to carry the blade away to hide or destroy it.
Swords and Scoundrels
Author : Julia Knight
Publisher : Hachette+ORM
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 13,64 MB
Release : 2017-12-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0316374970
Book Description
Two siblings. Outcasts for life. . .. together. What could possibly go wrong? Vocho and Kacha are champion duelists: a brother and sister known for the finest swordplay in the city of Reyes. Or at least they used to be-until they were thrown out of the Duelist's Guild. As a last resort, they turn reluctant highwaymen. But when they pick the wrong carriage to rob, their simple plans to win back fame and fortune go south fast. After barely besting three armed men and a powerful magician, Vocho and Kacha make off with an immense locked chest. But the contents will bring them much more than they've bargained for when they find themselves embroiled in a dangerous plot to return an angry king to power. . .. Swords and Scoundrels is the first book in The Duelist's Trilogy -- a tale of death, magic, and family loyalty.
The Book of the Sword
Author : Sir Richard Francis Burton
Publisher :
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 19,73 MB
Release : 1884
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :
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Sword Stirs the World
Author : Cheng Gang
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 42,51 MB
Release : 2020-05-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1649350899
Book Description
The Divine Lands' calamity, the chaotic world, and so many tyrants and tyrants. An ordinary youth who wanted to play this game had unexpectedly obtained a unique book, cultivated peerless martial arts, defeated all sorts of masters, and even wrote a legend in his life. Then, was it a rain of smoke that covered his entire life, or was he trying to draw out a sword and save the lives of all under the heavens? Oh, trouble! It was painful! How should he choose?
