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The Emperor needs necromancers. The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman. Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead nonsense. Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. She packs up her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and prepares to launch her daring escape. But her childhood nemesis...
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The novel's fast-moving story is set in the royal court of Louis XIII, where the swaggering King's musketeers square off against their rivals: the crimson-clad guards of the dreaded Cardinal Richelieu. The Red Duke rules France with an iron hand in the name of King Louis—and of Queen Anne, who dares a secret love affair with France's enemy, England's Duke of Buckingham. Into this royal intrigue leaps the brash d'Artagnan, a young swordsman from...
Publisher
AnimEigo
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
Expert swordsman Kanemi Sanzaemon is, first and foremost, a man of principle. In order to save his clan from the corrupting influence of his lord's favorite concubine, he publicly assassinates her, fully expecting it will result in his own death by seppuku. Instead, he is sentenced to solitary confinement for an entire year, then released under one inexplicable condition: he must now serve as the lord's bodyguard.
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The burning volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In order to reclaim her throne and save her people, an ousted queen must join forces with a young warrior in the second book of this must-read epic fantasy series by breakout author Evan Winter. Tau and his Queen, desperate to delay the impending attack on the capital by the indigenous people of Xidda, craft a dangerous plan. If Tau succeeds, the Queen will have the time she needs to assemble her forces and launch an all out assault on her own capital...
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Series
Hunters of infinity volume no. 1
Publisher
Rebel Base Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
188 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The Hunters of Infinity have been protecting the Daharian galaxy for years, but there has never been a female Hunter--until now. In a seedy bar in the shadowy corners of Daharia, Jessop comes to the rescue of young Hunter Kohl O'Hanlon. Impressed by her remarkable sword-wielding skills, the Hunters invite her to their training facility, the Glass Blade, though not all are pleased with the intrusion. But they soon discover that Jessop learned to fight...
Publisher
Miramax Films
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 116 min., approximately 94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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日本語
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Zatoichi -- A classic samurai epic that tells of a blind assassin desperately struggling to adhere to the strict code of the samurai. Sonatine -- Several yakuza from Tokyo are sent to Okinawa to help end a gang war.
8) Musashi
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English
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The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman
Miyamoto Musashi was the child of an era when Japan was emerging from decades of civil strife. Lured to the great Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 by the hope of becoming a samurai—without really knowing what it meant—he regains consciousness after the battle to find himself lying defeated, dazed, and wounded among thousands of the dead and dying. On his
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Greatcoats volume 4
Publisher
Jo Fletcher
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xiii, 601 pages : map ; 24 cm.
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English
Description
Falcio val Mond, First Cantor of the Greatcoats, is about to fulfill his dead king's dream: Aline, the king's daughter, is going to take the throne and restore the rule of law once and for all. But in the neighboring country of Avares, an enigmatic new warlord is uniting the barbarian armies that have long plagued Tristia's borders--and even worse, he is rumored to have a new ally: Trin, who's twice tried to kill Aline to claim the throne of Tristia...
Publisher
Film Movement LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (14 unnumbered pages : color photographs ; 15 cm)
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Chan Chung is the leader of an elite Chinese commando force enlisted by the Thai government to capture General Samton, a powerful drug lord from the Golden Triangle. After a successful raid on the general's headquarters, the mercenaries cross into Vietnam and encounter a barbaric colonel, who is determined to stop them at any cost. Now pursued by both Samton's henchmen and the colonel's troops, the heroes flee for the border of Thailand, outmanned...
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Criterion collection volume 280
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (121 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
Ryunosuke is a sociopathic samurai. When he is scheduled for an exhibition match at his fencing school, the wife of his opponent begs Ryunosuke to throw the match, offering her own virtue in trade.
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Series
Publisher
Avon EOS
Pub. Date
[1998]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
338 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Swordsman Durendal of the fantasy land of Chivial investigates a monastery whose monks are immortal cannibals. Durendal is a member of a brotherhood of swordsmen, orphans raised by the king.
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Series
Love at stake volume 4
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
369 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
After helping Jean-Luc, a mysterious stranger, Heather Westfield finds her simple life complicated by her attraction to this charming man who is harboring a dangerous secret that could be the death of her.
Series
Criterion collection volume 280
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (121 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphlet.
Language
日本語
Description
Ryunosuke is a sociopathic samurai. When he is scheduled for an exhibition match at his fencing school, the wife of his opponent begs Ryunosuke to throw the match, offering her own virtue in trade.
15) Steel's edge
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Series
Edge series (Ilona Andrews) volume 4
Language
English
Description
Charlotte de Ney is as noble as they come, a blueblood straight out of the Weird. But even though she possesses rare magical healing abilities, her life has brought her nothing but pain. After her marriage crumbles, she flees to the Edge to build a new home for herself. Until Richard Mar is brought to her for treatment, and Charlotte's life is turned upside down once again. Richard is a swordsman without peer, future head of his large and rambunctious...
16) Saint's blood
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Series
Greatcoats volume 3
Publisher
Jo Fletcher Books, an imprint of Quercus Editions Ltd
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
xii, 574 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"How do you kill a Saint? Falcio, Kest, and Brasti are about to find out, because someone has figured out a way to do it and they've started with a friend. The Dukes were already looking for ways out of their agreement to put Aline on the throne, but with the Saints turning up dead, rumours are spreading that the Gods themselves oppose her ascension. Now churches are looking to protect themselves by bringing back the military orders of religious soldiers,...
17) Alienoid
Publisher
Well Go USA
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Korean
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Description
For ages, aliens have kept their prisoners locked inside human bodies, but the guard in charge opens a gate through time in an attempt to prevent their escape. The portal links to 630 years in the past, when a master swordsman and others try to seize a legendary sword. Chaos and confusion ensue when travelers from the present cross paths with those from the past, and all are trying to find the mystical divine blade that holds the key to everything....
19) The swordsman
Publisher
Well Go USA Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Korean
Description
After being blinded in a coup against the king, Joseon's greatest swordsman goes into hiding, far removed from his city's anguish. But when traffickers kidnap his daughter, he has no choice but to unsheathe his sword once more.
Author
Series
Publisher
EOS
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
365 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the Grand Duchess Rubin, posing as a man to protect her identity, seeks the assistance of the realm's best swordsmen to regain her throne from an evil sorcerer, she finds assistance from two haphazard companions.
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