samurai

The daughter of a famous samurai, sixteen-year-old Chihiro Ito is obsessed with her idol, Tatsuo Nakano, the first female samurai to be accepted into Kesi Academy. When Chihiro gets the opportunity to prove she's worthy of joining Kesi Academy by dispelling a demon from a local village, she jumps at the chance. Beset by challenges as soon as she enters the village, Chihiro is saved by none other than Tatsuo herself. Though she manages to convince Tatsuo to join her in defeating the demon, Chihiro soon learns that Tatsuo hardly the hero she idolized. Traumatized from her past, Tatsuo has abandoned the samurai way and lives the life of a drunken ronin. Together, they undertake a quest to defeat the demon, while Chihiro proves her worthiness as a fighter and helps Tatsuo find the part of herself she'd lost.

"As a child, Monkey D. Luffy dreamed of becoming King of the Pirates. But his life changed when he accidentally gained the power to stretch like rubber ... at the cost of never being able to swim again! Years, later, Luffy sets off in search of the 'One Piece', said to be the greatest treasure in the world ... Kaido is already the strongest creature in the world--and he's about to form an alliance that would make his Animal Kingdom pirates even more powerful!! Meanwhile, Luffy and the Straw Hats continue to recruit members to their side. But unbeknownst to them, the balance of power in the world is beginning to change ..."--.

"In order to seize the Suwa domain, the conniving governor of Shinano, Ogasawara Sadamune, seeks to prove that Tokiyuki, in his guise as Chojumaru, is a Hojo clan survivor. Tokiyuki must face the all-seeing gaze of his adversary, as well as Sadamune's equally perceptive henchman. And even if Tokiyuki can escape Sadamune's machinations, his trials are far from over. When Suwa's hard-pressed allies come under attack from superior enemy forces, Tokiyuki and the Elusive Warriors must ride to their aid. Can they snatch victory from the jaws of defeat?"--Back cover.

"There is a bracelet that gives the wearer immense power, but it has fallen into the clutches of the evil Lord Touma. You must break into his house and steal it! But when Lord Touma's guards apprehend you, it'll be down to your smarts and your special skills to beat his rigged games and break free. Will you make the right choices or have to start a new path?"--Provided by publisher.

Determined to prove she's worthy of attending a prestigious samurai school, 16-year-old Chihiro teams up with her former idol, Tatsuo, on a treacherous journey rife with battles and conspiracies, forcing them to put aside their differences to save their village and face the demons of the past.

"While fleeing the Galactic Federation, Stitch's spaceship malfunctions and he makes an emergency landing . . . not in Hawaii, but in sengoku-era Japan! Discovered by the brutal warlord Lord Yamato and his clan, Stitch's incomparable cuteness is no match for the battle-weary samurai, who decides to bring the "blue tanuki" home with him. Will Stitch's love of chaos turn into a formidable advantage for the samurai's influence? Or will his cute and fluffy form disarm the noble lord's stern facade?"--Provided by publisher.

"After running into the intergalactic mastermind Jumba and the ever studious Pleakley, Lord Yamato and Stitch find the two aliens have transformed Tanaka village in to a futuristic city, ruled by none other than Jumba himself! Yet more adventures await as Lord Yamato loses himself to jealousy, Yamato's father makes a grand entrance, and Stitch accidently destroys the castle. And to top it all off, a massive intergalactic war is brewing between the city of Gekoku and the Galactic Federation"--Back cover.

After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and even fewer have seen--Nippon. Thrust into the closed society that is seventeenth-century Japan, a land where the line between life and death is razor-thin, Blackthorne must negotiate not only a foreign people, with unknown customs and language, but also his own definitions of morality, truth, and freedom. As internal political strife and a clash of cultures lead to seemingly inevitable conflict, Blackthorne's loyalty and strength of character are tested by both passion and loss, and he is torn between two worlds that will each be forever changed. Powerful and engrossing, capturing both the rich pageantry and stark realities of life in feudal Japan, Sh?gun is a critically acclaimed powerhouse of a book. Heart-stopping, edge-of-your-seat action melds seamlessly with intricate historical detail and raw human emotion. Endlessly compelling, this sweeping saga captivated the world to become not only one of the best-selling novels of all time but also one of the highest-rated television miniseries, as well as inspiring a nationwide surge of interest in the culture of Japan. Shakespearean in both scope and depth, Sh?gun is, as the New York Times put it, "...not only something you read--you live it." Provocative, absorbing, and endlessly fascinating, there is only one: Sh?gun.

"As soon as Deadpool moves to Tokyo, he runs afoul of some familiar faces. Before he knows it, he's teaming up with new heroes, battling gods, attending concerts, and being repeatedly dismembered. That's good, right? Anyway, Deadpool lands in Tokyo with a bang! What could possibly go wrong when Iron Man invites Deadpool join the Avengers' new Samurai Squad? After all, Deadpool is just in it for the money...and the trip to Japan. This is fine, right?"--Provided by publisher.

"Set in the late sixteenth century, and traversing Africa, India, and Japan, African Samurai is a powerful literary historical novel based on the true-life story of Yasuke, Japan's first foreign-born samurai and the only samurai to be of African descent."--.