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Blood on Snow (The Path, Book 2)
Ron Marz , and Bart Sears Manufacturer: Cross Generation Comics ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1931484600 |
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Epic Samurai Adventure.......2003-06-22
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Path of Blood
Diana Pharaoh Francis Manufacturer: Roc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0451460820 |
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The Path of Fate trilogy comes to its enchanting conclusion...Customer Reviews:
Tense and satisfying conclusion of a fantasy trilogy.......2007-05-28
Loved the first two, hated this one. .......2006-11-10
The end was a bit rushed.......2006-05-23
Hoorah! OK, now what..........2006-05-17
Superbly woven- fast paced, rich characterization.......2006-05-07
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The Path v. 1: Blood & Steel
Ron Marz , and Bart Sears Manufacturer: Cross Generation Comics ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1931484325 |
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On a world racked by war, only one small island nation stands unconquered. The Warlord Todosi leads his troops to victory in a great and perhaps final battle, only to be betrayed by the gods. His brother, a monk, vows vengeance before assuming Todosi's station as the new Warlord of Nayado. He must become a leader of armies, defending a land whose traditions he is coming to distrust. The Path is a new take on the samurai tale, a staple of Japanese entertainment with a growing audience here in the West. In addition to all the action and dynamic artwork that typifies the genre, we have the struggle of one man walking the thin line between honor and duty. Set on an exotic world akin to feudal Japan, The Path tells the story of a man stripped of his faith in not only the gods to whom he prays, but the emperor he is honor-bound to serve. Filled with samurai action and panorama, The Path tells the story of one man's journey and an entire nation's fate. When the monk Obo-san witnesses the death of his brother at the hands of the gods, he swears to have his vengeance by using the gods` own Weapon of Heaven against them. Meanwhile, the emperor teeters on the brink of madness and threatens to lead the nation to ruin. Torn between duty and destiny, Obo-san defies the Emperor and finds himself a wanted man, and not even the all-powerful weapon he possesses can save him. Aficionados of the masterful Lone Wolf and Cub series and the samurai epics of Akira Kurosawa will want to walk The Path.Customer Reviews:
Derivative Storyline with Good but Murky Art.......2004-11-09
Good Stuff.......2003-08-05
Dull with a side of awful.......2003-06-30
Intriguing and involving.......2003-02-18
The story of Obo San, and his companions - each bound by their honor and the decisions that they have made in the face of difficult choices, makes for a very intriguing story indeed. Even more intriguing is the treachery and the conniving that exists behind the facade of honor within the nobility. And as Obo San suspects, possibly within the realms of the Gods themselves. Obo San and his companions search for answers and truth behind that facade, despite the fact that they have incurred the wrath of their mysterious Emperor, and imminent war threatens their people. Whether the path they have chosen leads them to truth and discovery, or death, it promises to be a very eventful journey.
Also eventful is the comic book itself. And I use the term comic here strictly in ways only a comic book reader would understand. If anything, 'The Path' only illustrates how the medium has grown far beyond the irrelevance of being called comic. 'The Path' will leave you wanting for more about this strange journey. A superbly crafted journey that won't disappoint anyone.
A Striking Approach to Storytelling.......2002-12-05
Some may worry that a reader of "The Path" will miss out if he doesn't get all of the other CrossGen books. While I recommend each of them as worth at least sampling, "The Path" is totally different than any of the others (even the Marz-written Scion and Sojourn) and stands on its own. Yes, the main character of "The Path" is marked with a sigil, a mysterious symbol which gives the bearer great power, just like characters in other CrossGen books, but that's really all you need to know about those other titles. (As to the sigil's origins or purpose, this hasn't been revealed in any other CrossGen book either.) Ultimately, there is considerably less connection between most CrossGen books than there is in a typical month between Spider-Man, Daredevil, and the Avengers. "The Path" is not what you are expecting, but you owe it to yourself to give it a try.
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Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Deadly Path of the World's Most Precious Stones
Greg Campbell Manufacturer: Perseus Books Group ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0813339391 Release Date: 2002-09-03 |
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Journalist Greg Campbell leads the reader down the international diamond trail of brutality, horror, and profit - providing an on-the-ground and in-the-mines story of global consequence.First discovered in 1930, the diamonds of Sierra Leone have funded one of the most savage rebel campaigns in modern history. These "blood diamonds" are smuggled out of West Africa and sold to legitimate diamond merchants in London, Antwerp, and New York, often with the complicity of the international diamond industry. Eventually, these very diamonds find their way into the rings and necklaces of brides and spouses the world over. Blood Diamonds is the gripping tale of how the diamond smuggling works, how the rebel war has effectively destroyed Sierra Leone and its people, and how the policies of the diamond industry - institutionalized in the 1880s by the De Beers cartel - have allowed it to happen. Award-winning journalist Greg Campbell traces the deadly trail of these diamonds, many of which are brought to the world market by fanatical enemies, including the Al Qaeda network. These repercussions of diamond smuggling are felt far beyond the borders of the poor and war-ridden country of Sierra Leone, and the consequences of overlooking this African tragedy, as the world has seen, are both shockingly deadly and unquestionably global.
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Blood Diamonds, Bleeding Heart.......2007-03-21
It's ironic how marriage engagements are sealed with other people's blood.......2007-03-12
Blood Diamonds.......2007-01-29
Startling and Effective.......2007-01-24
Good, But a Little Sparse.......2005-10-19
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Walking in Two Worlds: Mixed-Blood Indian Women Seeking Their Path
Nancy M. Peterson Manufacturer: Caxton Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0870044508 |
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Nancy M. Peterson tells the stories of twelve mixed-blood women who, steeped in the tradition of their Indian mothers but forced into the world of their white fathers, fought to find their identities in a rapidly changing world. In an era when most white women had limited opportunities outside the home, these mix-blood women often became nationally recognized leaders in the fight for Native American rights. They took the tools and training whites provided and used them to help their people. They found differing paths - medicine, music, crafts, the classroom, the lecture hall, the stage, the written word - and walked strong and tall. These women did far more than survive; they extended a hand to help their people find a place in a hard new future.
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Path of blood
George W Contant Manufacturer: s.n.] ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0965917703 |
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A Union unit's story, thoroughly researched, freshly told........1998-05-06
The research for this new history was remarkably thorough. The only previous book on the regiment, published in 1864, was written by the New York Times correspondent that accompanied the unit, David Judd. Though not a professional historian, George Contant masterfully combed through hundreds of scattered Civil War letters and fading newspaper articles to trace anew the story of the regiment.
Contant's new account has the same freshness as Judd's because it so extensively quotes the contemporary letters of its officers and soldiers. It is even more satisfying because Contant also quotes the generals, men in neighboring units on the same battlefields, and the Confederate soldiers who faced the 33d. It is fresh, too, because Contant, in the tradition of great historians like Parkman, walked each of the battlefields. This freshness and familiarity overcomes the book's minor editorial shortcomings -- some typos and formatting lapses uncaught by the proofreader.
Even after more than 130 years, there are new things to discover about the Civil War. At the Battle of Williamsburg on May 5, 1862, three companies of the 33d halted a Confederate advance led by Jubal Early with a desperate bayonet charge, preventing a major rout of the Union forces. Brigadier General Winfield Scott Hancock received the credit for the daring reversal -- jump starting his remarkable military and political career. Contant persuasively shows, however, that it was the quick thinking of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Corning of the 33d that was decisive.
Du Picq once said that study of a single skirmish in detail yields more knowledge of war than many books on campaigns. P! ath of Blood illustrates this well. There are many profound lessons about the Civil War -- and about war itself -- to be derived from the experience of the 33rd New York as it marched through Maryland and Virginia: fog of war, friction of war, principles of war, leadership, followership, cohesion and unit spirit, training, logistics, "cause and comrades," and so on. Contant -- like myself, a descendant of one of the 33d's soldiers -- deserves great credit for recovering them.
Through the eyes of the 33d's soldiers we see McClellan and Sedgwick and Hancock -- the Peninsula, Antietam, and Fredericksburg -- at first hand. We hear the bands around the campfires and see the "burnished rows of steel" on the march. From their letters -- as they wrote them within hours and days of their struggles -- we hear their voices, cheers, and curses. We feel the battle rage. We learn of their exasperations, and their hopes. And in the end, we know too their love of country.
A NEW REGIMENTAL LOADED FOR BATTLE........1998-01-29
Recruited primarily from the scenic "Finger Lakes" region of the Empire State, the 33rd New York Volunteer Infantry served with much distinction in the Eastern Theater of war from 1861 until the survivors mustered out in May, 1863. From their brief initiation on the battlefield at First Bull Run , the regiment moved south with General George B. McClellan for his thrust up the Peninsula toward Richmond in the Spring of 1862.
Here was where the 33rd experienced it's real "baptism" of fire. It was at the Battle of Williamsburg in May, 1862 that the regiment first showed its prowess in "tight" places by wrenching a potential defeat back to victory with an heroic charge under the eyes of the officer most credited with the success, General Winfield S. Hancock.
Though the victory would be credited in the press and history books mainly to Hancock, the author correctly shows where the real seeds of success were sown--in the ranks of the fighting 33rd New Yorkers. And, from here, it was only one month later that the men of the 33rd were called upon once again for heroics to stem off an attempt by Robert E. Lee's pursuing Confederates at Golding's Farm.
Moving north with McClellan later that year to stop Lee's invasion of Maryland, the 33rd faced the foe again at Crampton's Gap and, later, in the cauldron of battle near the Dunker Church at bloody Antietam. And before the year was out, these now veteran New Yorkers again saw action at the equally bloody Battle of Fredericksburg.
With 1863, came a new Federal general, Joseph Hooker, and a new campaign--Chancellorsville. Here, the 33rd served in the Federal Sixth Corps and was part of the that force's successful attack on Lee's rear at Marye's Heights near Fredericksburg.
However, when Lee's victorious army pushed Hooker back and turned east to confront the Sixth Corps, the 33rd and comrades suddenly found themselves isolated and surrounded in the country near Salem Church. Now, was the 33rd New York's supreme moment of sacrifice and it met it's fate well.
As part of the rearguard, the unit fought tenaciously to hold-off the closing Rebels while the Sixth Corps tried to extricate itself from the trap. Though the Corps was successful, the 33rd lost so heavily in it's efforts that it effectively ceased to exist as a viable unit for the field. Thus ended the career of this hard-fighting regiment from the "Finger Lakes."
Though several modest, early attempts to chronicle this unit's history were made, Mr. Contant's new book surpasses all previous efforts by a long-shot. His research is deliciously thorough, showing long hours and years of searching for sources hidden in libraries, papers, and homes of western New York and beyond.
Using over 300 letters, diaries, newspaper and manuscript accounts from the men and families of the 33rd, the author succeeds in blending a high degree of detail with an exciting and flowing prose. Loaded with photographs, well-drawn unit maps, and helpful appendices filled with extra information and rosters, it is a complete package.
Though classified as a "regimental" history, this book is more a history of the life of a group of battle-scarred veterans from New York. Using the soldiers' own words and experiences as much as possible to tell their much-needed tale, the author succeeds in providing riveting descriptions of battle action. Yet, also covered are the origins, lives, thoughts and fears of this acclaimed regiment in their journey from home to battlefield and back again.
I don't read many regimental histories for fun, but I wasn't prepared for the excitement this one generates. You can't go wrong picking up this story!
Theodore C. Mahr, former National Park Service Historian, reviewer, and author of: "The Battle of Cedar Creek: Showdown in the Shenandoah, October 1--30, 1864".
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Blood and flowers: The path of the poet To Huu : selected poems of To Huu
To Hu Manufacturer: Foreign Languages Pub. House ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006EAFU0 |
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Blood Stone (Dark Paths, 6)
Allan Frewin Jones Manufacturer: Pan Books Limited ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback ASIN: 0330374761 |
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Hematology: Phys, Path
James W. Linman , and Linman Manufacturer: MacMillan ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0023709200 |
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Murder on a Philosophical Note: Blood on the Lake Path
Shelley Glodowski Manufacturer: Infinity Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0741431939 |
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Murder on a Philosophical Note: Blood on the Lake Path is a mystery set in gorgeous Madison, Wisconsin. Professor Robert McIntyre is a rising star in the Department of Philosophy and Bioethics Departments. When he is found brutally murdered on the historic Lake Path on the shores of Lake Mendota, his distraught wife calls upon the team of Sam Peters and Ian Temple to help solve the crime. Sams cousin, Anni, is the department secretary in Philosophy, and little does she know that shell be drawn into the investigation at her own peril and that her life will change forever.Customer Reviews:
A delicious read and another coup for mystery author Shelley Glodowski!.......2006-07-11
Glowdowski has done it again!.......2006-07-01
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