Japanese Wind Orchid (Neofinetia Falcata)
Samurai warriors would travel for miles in the search for this tiny orchid to bring back to the royal court. If the warrior succeeded in his quest, it was considered a sign of his bravery. Even today, Japanese ... [... more]
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Peter Landa
Muna has never known his father -- a samurai, a noble warrior. But Muna's... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Maya Snow
Maya Snow once had an aikido teacher who told her that the best place for a tree to hide is in the forest. Maya decided that the best place for a writer to hide is among her own words. Kimi dreams of being a great samurai warrior, but she and her ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Masayuki Shimabukuro
Flashing Steel, the best-selling and highly acclaimed book on iaijutsu (alternatively called iaido), is as much about bringing life into focus as it is about techniques of swordsmanship. Iaijutsu was the martial art of the samurai of feudal Japan ... [... more]
Random House |
Anthony Bryant
Sekigahara was the most decisive battle in Japanese history. Fought against the ritualised and colourful backdrop of Samurai life, it was the culmination of a long-standing power struggle between Tokugawa Ieyasu and Hashiba Hideyoshi, two of the ... [... more]
Random House |
Keiichiro Ryu
This Naoki Prize-nominated historical thriller marked the auspicious debut of late-blooming author Keichiro Ryu, who in five years made a name for himself as a master of period novels. In The Blade of the Courtesans, a young samurai by the name ... [... more]
Random House |
Leonard Pellman
Flashing Steel, the best-selling and highly acclaimed book on iaijutsu (alternatively called iaido), is as much about bringing life into focus as it is about techniques of swordsmanship. Iaijutsu was the martial art of the samurai of feudal Japan ... [... more]
Random House |
Samurai Deeper Kyo
 awsome Volume five of samurai deeper kyo is great. Out of the many books they made so far I think volume five is the best. I think if you were going to get a samurai deeper kyo book you should buy this one beacuse you will enjoy it very much. I give this ... [... more]
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Legacies of the Sword: The Kashima-Shinryu and Samurai ...
interesting but flawed In Legacies of the Sword Karl Friday writes that he entered a traditional school of martials arts (or ryuha) and explored it as an anthropologist might explore a culture. In doing so he has produced an interesting work that ... [... more]
CDN$16.06
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Musashi: An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era
a moving epic, samurai, Zen and how to be a legend this is a great book over 900 pages in the hardback edition but about a third into the epic i looked at the "remainder" and thought it could be a lot longer! the story begins at "ground ... [... more]
CDN$52.95
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Hegakure: The Book of the Samurai
For the Quite Mind I read this book when it was near/below freezing outside; I sat on a metal bench. I read with such intensity, that I needed the cold to dedicate my mind to the words I was reading. I was often confused by the writings, where I would ... [... more]
CDN$27.95
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Seven Samurai
If You Can't See the Movie, Read This Book It has been years since I have seen "The Seven Samurai," a movie I greatly admire. Reading Mellen's book brought back all the things I love about that film. Mellen goes into the origins of the film, ... [... more]
CDN$15.01
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