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?

She, with her bare hands, could only wish for a pair of people to ascend to the throne. Unexpectedly, her husband had her in his heart. He broke her flesh and bones, crippled her muscles and bones, cut her into pieces so that she wouldn't be stiff even if she died. She, the direct daughter of the Prime Minister, was born to be a fool. When she was reborn, her beauty was peerless and she looked down upon the world.

Tarot cards offer ancient wisdom and modern guidance for your growth and progress in living a life of awarenessand you can learn to use them meaningfully as soon as you have the deck in your possession. In her third book, Tarot: A Crones ViewInsights and Instruction, author and astrologer Georgelle Hirliman presents a digest of a lifetimes study of the Tarot and the systems that are expressed through it: astrology, numerology, Tree of Life, I Ching, eastern philosophies, and metaphysics in general. She shares the meanings of the Major Arcana, the Minor Arcana, and the elements that relate to each of the four suitsCups, Wands, Swords, and Discs. She also reveals how to weave cards together into a layout and make sense of what the cards are telling you. This methods considers all cards in light of their total message, positive and negative, as the surrounding cards frame the meaning; Tarot teaches that all the negatives are merely fertilizer for future growth. Based on more than fifty years of research of astrology and Tarot, this guide engages the Tarot with intellect, wisdom, and humor, offering a method for anyone to use.

Swords, Oaths, and Prophetic Visions investigates some of the most historically important political and social issues raised by the Genpei War (1180-1185). This epic civil conflict, which ushered in Japan’s age of the warriors, is most famously articulated in the monumental narrative Heike monogatari (The Tale of the Heike). Elizabeth Oyler’s ambitious work lays out the complex interconnections between the numerous variant texts of the Heike and the historical events they describe. But Oyler’s innovative methodology also brings other texts and genres—the Gikeiki, the Soga monogatari, the Azuma kagami, and pieces from the kōwakamai (ballad-dramas) repertoire—into her analysis. Rather than concentrating on individual texts, Oyler focuses on the inter-textual relationships within this larger body of narrative and drama and the collective role of these works in creating and disseminating stories about some of the Genpei War’s most contentious events. In so doing, she works toward a new understanding of the underlying cultural problems of which these tales are symptomatic and which they attempt to address.

The quest of the Seven Swords has unleashed catastrophic war. Ridmark Arban is the Shield Knight, the only Swordbearer in the realm of Owyllain. He is allied with the noble King Hektor Pendragon, who fights to reunify the Seven Swords and to end the destructive war they have unleashed. But the tyrannical King Justin Cyros is marching to war against Hektor, and King Justin knows the secret of the malevolent New God, a secret that will kill everyone in Owyllain. Starting with Ridmark and his family...

The quest of the Seven Swords has brought the world to the edge of destruction. To defeat the evil of the Seven Swords, Ridmark must learn the secrets of their making. But the creator of the Swords is imprisoned within the dungeons of Urd Maelwyn, once the stronghold of the dark elven tyrant called the Sovereign. And those who enter the dungeons of Urd Maelwyn never return...

The quest of the Seven Swords threatens to summon the malevolent New God...but other dark powers might seize the New God's throne. Ridmark Arban is the Shield Knight, questing to rescue his friends from the cruel dvargir slavers of Najaris. But the slavers’ sinister master is far more powerful than a mere merchant, and his knowledge might destroy both the Shield Knight and the New God…

This book, which presents the whole splendid history of English literature from Anglo-Saxon times to the close of the Victorian Era, has three specific aims. The first is to create or to encourage in every student the desire to read the best books, and to know literature itself rather than what has been written about literature. The second is to interpret literature both personally and historically, that is, to show how a great book generally reflects not only the author's life and thought but also the spirit of the age and the ideals of the nation's history. The third aim is to show, by a study of each successive period, how our literature has steadily developed from its first simple songs and stories to its present complexity in prose and poetry. To carry out these aims we have introduced the following features: (1) A brief, accurate summary of historical events and social conditions in each period, and a consideration of the ideals which stirred the whole nation, as in the days of Elizabeth, before they found expression in literature. (2) A study of the various literary epochs in turn, showing what each gained from the epoch preceding, and how each aided in the development of a national literature. (3) A readable biography of every important writer, showing how he lived and worked, how he met success or failure, how he influenced his age, and how his age influenced him. (4) A study and analysis of every author's best works, and of many of the books required for college-entrance examinations. (5) Selections enough--especially from earlier writers, and from writers not likely to be found in the home or school library--to indicate the spirit of each author's work; and directions as to the best works to read, and where such works may be found in inexpensive editions. (6) A frank, untechnical discussion of each great writer's work as a whole, and a critical estimate of his relative place and influence in our literature.