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His blood is SaxonHis heart is VikingHis battleground is EnglandAnd while Uhtred might have regained his family's fortress, it seems that a peaceful life is not to be - as he is under threat from both an old enemy and a new foe. The old enemy comes from Wessex where a dynastic struggle will determine who will be the next king. And the new foe is Skoll, a Norseman, whose ambition is to be King of Northumbria and who leads a frightening army of wolf-warriors,...
4) Siege
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[2012]
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Traces the origins and development of medieval siegecraft, and describes siege engines, weapons, armor, preparations by the defenders, defenses, surrender, and how the development of artillery and firearms ended the tactic.
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[2013]
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Utilizing easy-to-find and inexpensive materials, this handy resource teaches desktop warriors how to build a multitude of medieval siege weapons for the modern era. Novice combatants will learn to build 35 defense weapons, including a marshmallow catapult, a chopstick bow, a bottle cap crossbow, and a clothespin ballista.
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Attack on Titan volume 14
Pub. Date
[2014]
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"Commander Erwin has finally come to a decision: Putting their own wealth and position ahead of the survival of humanity, the royal government is no longer fit to lead. To execute their leader's most audacious plan yet, Eren and Krista will have to put themselves in peril yet again, and Armin, Mikasa, and the rest of the Survey Corps will have to turn from humanity's guardians into traitors. If they fail this time, they'll face not a Titan's gaping...
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[2014]
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A man's home is his castle, or so the saying goes, but could it withstand an attack by Attila and the Huns, Ragnar and the Vikings, Alexander and the Greeks, Genghis Khan and the Mongols, or Tamerlane and the Tartars? Backyard Ballistics author William Gurstelle poses this fascinating question to modern-day garage warriors and shows them how to build an arsenal of ancient artillery and fortifications aimed at withstanding these invading hordes. Each...
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c2014
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The year is 1683, and three hundred thousand battle hardened warriors of the Ottoman Empire lay siege to the vital fortified city of Vienna, gateway to the west. The heroic few of the war weary cavalry are all that stand between the bloodthirsty invaders and the destruction of western civilization. On September 11th, after two months of gallant resistance, the city walls are breached by cannonballs and an epic battle begins to decide the fate of the...
9) Masada
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2007
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In the first century A.D., Flavius Silva, commander of the Roman Tenth Legion in Palestine, leads his forces in combat against the remaining Jewish Zealots who have taken refuge in the seemingly impregnable fortress of Masada. There, the engineering and military might of Rome faces the passion and ingenuity of Eleazer ben Yair and his people.
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[2017]
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"You are a member of the 104th Training Corps. Fighters like you, equipped with vertical maneuvering gear, are humanity's first, last, and only hope against the Titans. But when the Colossus Titan appears and smashes the gates of Wall Rose, all of your training will be useless if it doesn't keep you alive. In this interactive, branching-path novel, your choices will determine everything -- what you are willing to do to defeat the monsters that threaten...
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Attack on Titan volume 20
Pub. Date
[2016]
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"The Survey Corps is engaged in a desperate, final battle to retake Wall Maria and defeat the Titans once and for all."
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Attack on Titan volume 13
Pub. Date
2014
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"At great cost to the Garrison and the Survey Corps, Commander Erwin has managed to recover Eren from the Titans who tried to carry him off. But during the battle, Eren manifested yet another power he doesn't understand. As Eren and Krista find new enemies, the Survey Corps faces threats from both inside and outside the walls. And what will happen to Ymir, now that she has decided to make herself the Titans' prize?" -- from page [4] of cover.
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Attack on Titan volume 15
Pub. Date
[2015]
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"Hange's interrogation of a Military Police squad has revealed that Krista (a.k.a. Historia Reiss) is the true heir to the throne. The Corps quickly moves to enthrone her as queen, but a homicidal MP leads a squad that abducts Eren and Krista and throws the Corps into disarray. With Erwin arrested and the Survey Corps on the edge of dissolution, are Levi and Hange finally out of options?"--P. [4] of cover.
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[2014]
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"Commander Erwin has finally come to a decision: Putting their own wealth and position ahead of the survival of humanity, the royal government is no longer fit to lead. To execute their leader's most audacious plan yet, Eren and Krista will have to put themselves in peril yet again, and Armin, Mikasa, and the rest of the Survey Corps will have to turn from humanity's guardians into traitors. If they fail this time, they'll face not a Titan's gaping...
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Attack on Titan volume 17
Pub. Date
[2015]
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"Thanks to Rod Reiss, Eren finally knows the terrible truth behind how he acquired his Titan powers, and the depth of his father's crimes. The king orders his daughter Historia to kill Eren and restore the power of the Titans to its rightful place, but she chooses her own selfish path: survival. As the cavern crumbles around the Survey Corps, Eren must make another last-minute decision, with the lives of all his friends in the balance--
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Attack on Titan volume 18
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[2016]
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"The Survey Corp has overthrown the Royal Government and swept away the tyranny of the king. The next step: Move to retake Wall Maria with the help of Eren's miraculous Titan-hardening powers. But as humanity pulls together, its enemies also unite beyond the Walls... Now that the Beast Titan has joined Reiner and Bertolt, what havoc will they wreak?"
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Attack on Titan volume 19
Pub. Date
[2016]
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"The Survey Corps is engaged in a desperate, final battle to retake Wall Maria and defeat the Titans once and for all."
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Attack on Titan volume 16
Pub. Date
[2015]
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"Captured by Rod Reiss, the rightful king, Krista and Eren finally have their memories back. What exactly happened to Eren, and what was the crime his father committed? Meanwhile, the Survey Corps desperately hunts for Eren, while at the same time seeking to legitimize their military coup. As the situation inside the walls comes to a head, the mysteries of the world of the Titans seem on the cusp of being solved at last!"--