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Prohibited book of Nabeshima, Hagakure The Analects (abridged). 1939 edition. Cover of The Book of the Samurai. Hagakure (Kyūjitai: 葉隱; Shinjitai: 葉隠; meaning Hidden by the Leaves or Hidden Leaves), [1] or Hagakure Kikigaki (葉隠聞書), is a practical and spiritual guide for a warrior, drawn from a collection of commentaries by the clerk Yamamoto Tsunetomo, former retainer to ...
Seveneves is a science fiction novel by Neal Stephenson published in 2015. The story tells of the desperate efforts to preserve Homo sapiens in the wake of apocalyptic events on Earth after the unexplained disintegration of the Moon and the remaking of human society as a space-based civilization after a severe genetic bottleneck.
The character was heavily inspired by the life and work of UBC forest ecologist Suzanne Simard. [9] [10] [11] In the story, Westerford pens a popular science book, The Secret Forest, whose title alludes to real-world books such as The Hidden Life of Trees by German forester Peter Wohlleben and The Secret Life of Trees by British science writer ...
The Image Comics version in Spawn, a series about a conflicted, mostly Earth-bound servant of Hell, reimagined the Heap as a bum named Eddie Beckett. Beckett was murdered after finding a bag of necroplasm, a supernatural substance of which Spawn's body is composed. The necroplasm reacted with his body, causing the earth and trash around him to ...
This is a list of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd-edition monsters, an important element of that role-playing game. [1] [2] [3] This list only includes monsters from official Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition supplements published by TSR, Inc. or Wizards of the Coast, not licensed or unlicensed third-party products such as video games or unlicensed Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition ...
Then they came to two more kingdoms in the same situation, and they did the same. Then they got on a ship to cross the sea and come home. The older brothers stole the water of life and filled his bottle with sea water. The king was sickened by the sea water. The older brothers accused the youngest of trying to poison him and gave him the water ...
Aadujeevitham (English: Goat Days [4] or The Goat Life) is a 2008 Malayalam-language novel by Indian author Benyamin. It is about an abused Malayali migrant worker employed in Saudi Arabia as a goatherd against his will. [5] [6] The novel is based on real-life events and was a best seller in Kerala. [7]
Pages riddled with bookworm damage on Errata Traces of a bookworm in a book A bookworm / beetle grub found inside a paperback book, showing some of the damage it has wrought Bookworm is a general name for any insect that is said to bore through books .