Provides an account of the military culture of Sparta in ancient Greece through the story of Aristotle and Plato, two boys who are taken from their homes at a very young age and raised to be warriors, and includes an account of King Leonidas and his battle against Persia.
Provides a brief history of the Japanese warriors known as samurai and the bushido code they lived by, including the story of an actual samurai leader, Oda Nobunaga, who became very powerful in the 16th century.
Describes the life of a pirate during the eighteenth century through the story of a young man who is captured by the pirates Calico Jack and Anne Bonny and becomes a pirate himself; includes information about modern-day pirates.
Describes the life of a pirate during the eighteenth century through the story of a young man who is captured by the pirates Calico Jack and Anne Bonny and becomes a pirate himself; includes information about modern-day pirates.
