When the average Japanese salaryman is suddenly thrown into in a world wracked with warfare & hardship by a supernatural power they might first think to hide or run away But not Tanya Degurechaff A calculating & utilitarian man has been reborn as a child soldier This young girl will do anything to rise in rank & find a way to live a life of comfort & woe to any king country or god who stands in her way About the Author Chika Tojo is the artist of the manga adaptation for The Saga of Tanya the Evil Carlo Zen is the author of The Saga of Tanya the Evil ...

" Girl—this this is war" After being reborn & becoming a magic wielding soldier in the Imperial Army Tanya Degurechaff bemoans her fate of being placed at the very edge of the front lines instead of a comfy place in the rear Swearing revenge on Being X she plunges head-first into battle dragging her subordinate along with her! About the Author Carlo Zen is the author of The Saga of Tanya the Evil ...

After scoring decisive victories in both Dacia & Nordland Major Tanya Degurechaff now must lead her troops into another battle with the great powers The chance of total victory is finally within grasp but is the Empire too drunk on their recent successes to move when the time comes?? ...

Barely two months remain until winter & opinion is split over whether the Empire should launch a full-scale offensive or rest until spring Time is running out & the General Staff can&t make up their minds While everyone else is frozen with inaction the Salamander Kampfgruppe under Tanya&s command is singled out for a mission that will ultimately decide the army&s course As they face attacks from a seemingly relentless enemy that leave them without even time to sleep will Tanya&s troops be able to hold out? About the Author Carlo Zen is the author of The Saga of Tanya the Evil ...

As hinted at by Colonel Lergen&s "thoughtful" words of advice an attack on Dacia has been ordered by the Empire & the fearsome power of the new mage battalion is deployed Determined to unleash the power of modernity upon the enemy Tanya prepares her freshly polished human shields for an all-out battle There&s no holding back with a resume-worthy achievement on the line!! About the Author Carlo Zen is the author of The Saga of Tanya the Evil Chika Tojo is the artist of the manga adaptation for The Saga of Tanya the Evil ...

Part of a new series Legends from the Ancient North The Saga of the Volsungs is one of the classic books that influenced JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings' They summoned their friends readiedtheir horses & prepared their helmetsshields swords coats of mail' JRR Tolkien spent much of his life studying translating & teaching the great epic stories of northern Europe filled with heroes dragons trolls dwarves & magic He was hugely influential for his advocacy of Beowulf as a great work of literature & even if he had never written The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings would be recognised today as a significant figure in the rediscovery of these extraordinary tales Legends from the Ancient North brings together from Penguin Classics five of the key works behind Tolkien's fiction They are startling brutal strange pieces of writing with an elemental power brilliantly preserved in these translations They plunge the reader into a world of treachery quests chivalry trials of strength They are the most ancient narratives that exist from northern Europe & bring us as near as we will ever get to the origins of the magical landscape of Middle-earth (Midgard) which Tolkien remade in the 20th century ...

Based on Viking Age poems The Saga of the Volsungs combines mythology legend & sheer human drama At its heart are the heroic deeds of Sigurd the dragon slayer who acquires magical knowledge from one of Odin's Valkyries Yet it is also set in a very human world incorporating strands from the oral narratives of the fourth & fifth centuries when Attila the Hun & other warriors fought on the northern frontiers of the Roman Empire One of the great books of world literature the saga is an unforgettable tale of princely jealousy unrequited love greed & vengeance With its cursed treasure of the Rhine sword reforged & magic ring of power it was a major influence for writers including William Morris & J R R Tolkein & for Wagner's Ring cycle ...

In Iceland the age of the Vikings is also known as the Saga Age A unique body of medieval literature the Sagas rank with the world's great literary treasures
- as epic as Homer as deep in tragedy as Sophocles as engagingly human as Shakespeare Set around the turn of the last millennium these stories depict with an astonishingly modern realism the lives & deeds of the Norse men & women who first settled in Iceland & of their descendants who ventured farther west to Greenland & ultimately North America Sailing as far from the archetypal heroic adventure as the long ships did from home the Sagas are written with psychological intensity peopled by characters with depth & explore perennial human issues like love hate fate & freedom
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At over 600 pages & with more than 100 contributions this Fourth Edition brings together the essentials of counselling & psychotherapy theory research skills & practice Including new content on assessment theory applications & settings & with new chapter overviews & summaries this continues to be the most comprehensive & accessible guide to the field for trainees or experienced practitioners ...

The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich houses the largest collection of scale ship models in the world many of which are official contemporary artefacts made by the craftsmen of the navy or the shipbuilders themselves & ranging from the mid seventeenth century to the present day As such they represent a three-dimensional archive of unique importance & authority Treated as historical evidence they offer more detail than even the best plans & demonstrate exactly what the ships looked like in a way that even the finest marine painter could not achieve This book is the first of a series which will take selections of the best models to tell the story of specific ship types
- in this case the evolution of the cruising ship under sail Each volume reproduces a large number of model photos all in full colour & including many close-up & detail views These are captioned in depth but many are also annotated to focus attention on interesting or unusual features Although pictorial in emphasis the book weaves the pictures into an authoritative text producing an unusual & attractive form of technical history While the series will be of particular interest to ship modellers all those with an interest in ship design & development will attracted to the in-depth analysis of these beautifully presented books
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