57 Results for : swordsmen
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Spider #22 July 1935 (The Spider) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 298min
In the heart of New York's Chinatown, on his imperial throne, guarded by swordsmen and gunmen and a labyrinth of death traps, sat the archcriminal of all time. Master of life and death, of disease, of horrible, crawling things - the emperor of vermin released destruction over city and nation. The Spider, Master of Men, champion of humanity, fought with every ounce of his cunning against the monster who personified evil incarnate - while one faithful servant gave his life in this, the Spider's most bitter, hopeless battle, and Nita herself was faced with a doom more ghastly than any criminal mind had conceived before! Nick Santa Maria again takes on the dual role of Richard Wentworth, aka the Spider, Master of Men, for this powerful story, Dragon Lord of the Underworld, originally published in The Spider magazine, July 1935. Chapter 1: Summons of Death Chapter 2: The Death Cloud Chapter 3: Ssu Hsi Tze Strikes! Chapter 4: A Battle Won - and Lost Chapter 5: The Spider Goes Calling Chapter 6: A Bargain of Death Chapter 7: Crawling Death Chapter 8: The Spider Attacks Chapter 9: The Spider Trap Chapter 10: "Death to the Spider!" Chapter 11: Nita Stands a Test Chapter 12: The Spider Loses a Friend Chapter 13: The Spider Closes In Chapter 14: In the Mad Emperor's Den ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nick Santa Maria. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/052341/bk_acx0_052341_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Persimmon Wind: A Martial Artist's Journey in Japan , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 676min
Persimmon Wind - part memoir, part martial arts history, and part travelogue - relates Dave Lowry's experiences as he travels to Japan to reunite with his sensei, visit the graves of others of his martial lineage, and explore a country and culture that profoundly influenced his life. Lowry's account reveals a Japan unlikely to be witnessed by the average Westerner. Drawing on his deep knowledge of the martial arts, Lowry acts as an interpreter of sorts, deftly describing for the listener the myriad ways in which Japan's subtle, yet rich customs and rituals inform and enrich the seemingly mundane practices of life. On his journey, he interweaves musings from his daily encounters - his introduction to an old ryokan-keeper; a contemplative visit to Kyoto's Daitokuji, "Temple of Great Virtue"; he even spots a ghost or two - with reflections on local history and the philosophies and origins of the Shinkage-ryu, one of Japan's oldest schools of classical swordsmanship. At the same time, Lowry's experiences in Japan serve as an unexpected opportunity, bringing him to terms with the extraordinary relationship that exists between teacher and student, with his own past, his place in the long line of swordsmen from whom he has come, and with the challenge he faces in integrating the cultural streams of East and West. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Brian Nishii. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/017545/bk_adbl_017545_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The 33 Strategies of War, Hörbuch, Digital, 601min
Spanning world civilizations, synthesizing dozens of political, philosophical, and religious texts and thousands of years of violent conflict, The 33 Strategies of War is a comprehensive guide to the subtle social games of everyday life, informed by the most ingenious and effective military principles in war. Structured in Greene's trademark style, The 33 Strategies of War is the I Ching of conflict, the contemporary companion to Sun Tzu's The Art of War. Abundantly illustrated with examples from history, including the folly and genius of everyone from Napoleon to Margaret Thatcher, Shaka the Zulu to Lord Nelson, Hannibal to Ulysses S. Grant, as well as movie moguls, Samurai swordsmen, and diplomats, each of the 33 chapters outlines a strategy that will help you win life's wars. Learn the offensive strategies that require you to maintain the initiative and negotiate from a position of strength, or the defensive strategies designed to help you respond to dangerous situations and avoid unwinnable wars. The great warriors of battlefields and drawing rooms alike demonstrate prudence, agility, balance, and calm - and a keen understanding that the rational, resourceful, and intuitive always defeat the panicked, the uncreative, and the stupid. An indispensable guide, The 33 Strategies of War provides all the psychological ammunition you will need to overcome patterns of failure and forever gain the upper hand. Language: English. Narrator: Don Leslie. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/high/000310/bk_high_000310_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Happy Endings: Demon Magic, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 452min
Smart men never dabble with demons. I never claimed to be smart, but at least, I’m powerful enough to control them. When I bound Havoc to me nearly 300 years ago, I never realized how difficult he’d make my life, although “accidentally” lighting him on fire every now and then does bring a smile to my face.Havoc is handsome, mysterious, and somehow, my closest companion, even if we don’t always get along. He’s more interested in bedding attractive women than protecting my life, which defeats the main reason a mage like me would have a demon. I even had to fight off swordsmen alone once because he was too busy betting on who’d survive. When 15 people are found dead with messages from a long-extinct cult, Havoc and I are forced to face our past and sort through our differences. We start to realize that there’s something more to this relationship, something that has kept us by each other’s sides for so long. Maybe, it took 300 years to finally understand my feelings for Havoc and realize that I can’t imagine being with anyone but him.Havoc and I will do everything we can to stop the evil that is threatening the lives of the people I care about. Or destroy everything - we haven’t quite figured that out yet. Happy Endings is a 73K word novel that has an immensely powerful mage, a shapeshifting demon with a strong libido, a dark mage that just won’t stay dead, a spray bottle put to unusual uses, armor that is most definitely not made of dragon skin, blackmail involving an unfortunate slow-mo video, a detective being pursued by a determined minotaur, unprofessional use of illusions, and an epic walk into battle.Revised and edited. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Greg Boudreaux. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/228732/bk_acx0_228732_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Gallows Thief , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 664min
1820s Britain: after the wars with France, when unemployment was high and soldiers could be paid off, when the government was desperately afraid of social unrest, any crime was drastically punished and thousands were hung. But one could petition the King and an investigation might ensue.… The man in the dark cell in Newgate Prison was due to hang in a week. He had been found guilty of murdering the aristocrat whose portrait he was painting. He claimed to be innocent - but then the hangman had never hung a guilty man, he said. But even in 1820, the Home Secretary could occasionally use his powers to grant mercy if his investigator found cause and Rider Sandman, once of the First Foot Guards, is given the job. Rider Sandman, a hero of Waterloo, has family debts to repay but when his first steps in the investigations produce a sizeable bribe to look the other way, this only arouses his smouldering anger over the condition of England, a country which he and others in Wellington's army had fought to preserve. Stepping between gentlemen's clubs and taverns, talking to aristocrats, fashionable painters, their models, and their mistresses, dodging professional cut-throats and deceptive swordsmen, Sandman uncovers a conspiracy of silence, a group whose proudest boast was that they would do anything for any one of them. Sandman is a wonderful character, as yet undaunted by the sleazy streets, dank jails, or the looming scaffold, and uncorrupted by politicians, sneering gentlemen, or frightening bruisers, an investigator in the making and a brilliant, but very different, hero for all Bernard Cornwell fans. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jonathan Keeble. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/001804/bk_hcuk_001804_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Gallows Thief, Hörbuch, Digital, 347min
Britain, 1820s: After the wars with France, when unemployment was high and soldiers could be paid off, when the government was desperately afraid of social unrest, any crime was drastically punished and thousands were hung. But one could petition the King and an investigation might ensue…. The man in the dark cell in Newgate Prison was due to hang in a week. He had been found guilty of murdering the aristocrat whose portrait he was painting. He claimed to be innocent – but then the hangman had never hung a guilty man, he said. But even in 1820, the Home Secretary could occasionally use his powers to grant mercy if his investigator found cause, and Captain Hawke, once of the First Foot Guards, is given the job, since justice must be seen to be done - as the accused man's mother is seamstress to the Queen. Robert Hawke, a hero of Waterloo, has family debts to repay but when his first steps in the investigations produce a sizeable bribe to look the other way, this only arouses his smouldering anger over the condition of England, a country which he and others in Wellington's army had fought to preserve. Stepping between gentlemen's clubs and taverns, talking to aristocrats, fashionable painters, their models, and their mistresses, dodging professional cut-throats and deceptive swordsmen, Hawke uncovers a conspiracy of silence, a group whose proudest boast was that they would do anything for any one of them. Hawke is a wonderful character, as yet undaunted by the sleazy streets, dank jails or the looming scaffold, and uncorrupted by politicians, sneering gentlemen or frightening bruisers, an investigator in the making and a brilliant, but very different, hero for all Bernard Cornwell fans. Language: English. Narrator: James Frain. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/001117/bk_hcuk_001117_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Book of Swords , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1333min
New epic fantasy in the grand tradition - including a never-before-published Song of Ice and Fire story by George R. R. Martin! Fantasy fiction has produced some of the most unforgettable heroes ever conjured onto the page: Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian, Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melniboné, Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. Classic characters like these made sword and sorcery a storytelling sensation, a cornerstone of fantasy fiction - and an inspiration for a new generation of writers spinning their own outsize tales of magic and swashbuckling adventure. Now, in The Book of Swords, acclaimed editor and best-selling author Gardner Dozois presents an all-new anthology of original epic tales by a stellar cast of award-winning modern masters - many of them set in their authors' best-loved worlds. Join today's finest tellers of fantastic tales, including George R. R. Martin, K. J. Parker, Robin Hobb, Scott Lynch, Ken Liu, C. J. Cherryh, Daniel Abraham, Lavie Tidhar, Ellen Kushner, and more on action-packed journeys into the outer realms of dark enchantment and intrepid derring-do, featuring a stunning assortment of fearless swordsmen and warrior women who face down danger and death at every turn with courage, cunning, and cold steel. Featuring 16 all-new stories: "The Best Man Wins" by K. J. Parker "Her Father's Sword" by Robin Hobb "The Hidden Girl" by Ken Liu "The Sword of Destiny" by Matthew Hughes "'I Am a Handsome Man,' Said Apollo Crow" by Kate Elliott "The Triumph of Virtue" by Walter Jon Williams "The Mocking Tower" by Daniel Abraham "Hrunting" by C. J. Cherryh "A Long, Cold Trail" by Garth Nix "When I Was a Highwayman" by Ellen Kushner "The Smoke of Gold Is Glory" by Scott Lynch "The Colgrid Conundrum" by Rich Larson ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Arthur Morey, Julia Whelan, Mark Deakins, Kim Mai Guest, Kirby Heyborne, Steve West, Ralph Lister, Nicholas Guy Smith, Richard Brewer, Elliott Hill, Katherine Mc Ewan, John Lee. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/005301/bk_rand_005301_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Book of Swords , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1333min
An epic collection of fantasy stories from true masters of the genre, including a never-before-published Song of Ice and Fire novella by George R. R. Martin. Fantasy fiction has produced some of the most unforgettable heroes ever: Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian, Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melniboné, Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. Classic characters like these made sword and sorcery a cornerstone of fantasy fiction and an inspiration for a new generation of writers spinning their own tales of magical adventure. Now, in The Book of Swords, acclaimed editor and best-selling author Gardner Dozois presents an anthology of original epic stories by a stellar cast of modern masters, including George R. R. Martin, Robin Hobb, Garth Nix, Ken Liu, Daniel Abraham, Scott Lynch, Cecelia Holland, Ellen Kushner and more on journeys into the outer realms of dark enchantment and intrepid adventure, featuring a stunning assortment of fearless swordsmen and warrior women who face down danger and death at every turn with courage, cunning, and cold steel. Featuring 16 new stories: 'The Best Man Wins' by K. J. Parker 'Her Father's Sword' by Robin Hobb 'The Hidden Girl' by Ken Liu 'The Sword of Destiny' by Matthew Hughes '"I Am a Handsome Man", Said Apollo Crow' by Kate Elliott 'The Triumph of Virtue' by Walter Jon Williams 'The Mocking Tower' by Daniel Abraham 'Hrunting' by C. J. Cherryh 'A Long, Cold Trail' by Garth Nix 'When I Was a Highwayman' by Ellen Kushner 'The Smoke of Gold Is Glory' by Scott Lynch 'The Colgrid Conundrum' by Rich Larson 'The King's Evil' by Elizabeth Bear 'Waterfalling' by Lavie Tidhar 'The Sword Tyraste' by Cecelia Holland 'The Sons of the Dragon' by George R. R. Martin Plus an introduction by Gardn ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Arthur Morey, John Lee, Katharine McEwan, Kim Mai Guest, Elliot Hill, Steve West. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/003129/bk_hcuk_003129_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Miyamoto Musashi: The Life and Legacy of Japan’s Most Legendary Samurai , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 96min
“Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men.” (Miyamoto Musashi)Samurai Sasaki Kojiro was growing increasingly impatient as he waited on the beach at Funa Island in Kokura. An undefeated master swordsman, he was tense, and his anger was getting the better of him. He was on the small island for a duel - a clash of steel between two swordsmen where a man’s life could end in seconds. The duel was the ultimate test of the swordsman, and Sasaki, one of the best in Japan, was known as “The Demon of the Western Provinces”. However, the Sasaki on the beach did not resemble the fierce warrior of his reputation as he paced back and forth, frustrated by the tardiness of his opponent: the enigmatic Miyamoto Musashi. Sasaki knew nothing about Musashi except that the mysterious swordsman was undefeated, because aside from that, little was known about Musashi’s style or lineage. Although Musashi did have a reputation for keeping a rather unkempt appearance and an unpredictable personality, the mysterious swordsman also was the subject of conflicting stories about his courage and prowess.Though he was understandably confident, Sasaki did not underestimate his opponent, who finally arrived to the island on a small boat. Sasaki noticed something shocking: Musashi did not bring a sword. Instead Musashi, who appeared as if he had just rolled out of bed, brought a wooden oar carved into a makeshift sword as his dueling weapon. Sasaki was furious, and though he was beyond insulted, he drew his sword and prepared to fight to the death. The duel between the two masters thus began with one of them having no sword at all.Little may have been known about Musashi at the time, but centuries later, he is the most infamous and renowned warrior in Japanese history. As a veteran of the Battle of Sekigahara (1600), Naiwa (1615), and the Shimabara Rebellion i ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jim Johnston. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/190129/bk_acx0_190129_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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