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47 Ronin

By Stephen Turnbull (foreword by)

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9784805312032 | Tuttle Pub, September 10, 2012, cover price $16.95

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Product Description: Towards the end of the 16th century three outstanding commanders brought Japan's century of civil wars to an end, and even though reunification was first achieved under Toyotomi Hideyoshi, it was his successor Tokugawa Ieyasu who was to ensure a lasting peace...read more

By Stephen Turnbull

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9781849085748 | Osprey Pub Co, June 19, 2012, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Towards the end of the 16th century three outstanding commanders brought Japan's century of civil wars to an end, and even though reunification was first achieved under Toyotomi Hideyoshi, it was his successor Tokugawa Ieyasu who was to ensure a lasting peace.

Samurai: The Japanese Warrior's (Unofficial) Manual

Product Description: Combines the latest research with contemporary lives, descriptions, and reconstructions to provide a dramatic picture of what it was like to be a samurai.So you think you’d like to be a samurai?It’s 1615 and the samurai, Japan’s elite fighting class, are at the zenith of their powers...read more

By Stephen Turnbull

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9780500251881 | Thames & Hudson, April 1, 2012, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Combines the latest research with contemporary lives, descriptions, and reconstructions to provide a dramatic picture of what it was like to be a samurai.

Art of Armor: Samurai Armor from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection

Product Description: This extraordinary publication presents, for the first time, the samurai armor collection of the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum in Dallas. The Barbier-Mueller has selectively amassed these pieces of armor over the past twenty-five years, ultimately forming one of the largest and most important collections of its kind in the world...read more

By John Anderson, Sachiko Hori, Morihiro Ogawa, John Stevenson and Stephen Turnbull

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9780300176360 | Yale Univ Pr, November 29, 2011, cover price $65.00 | About this edition: This extraordinary publication presents, for the first time, the samurai armor collection of the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum in Dallas.

The Revenge of the 47 Ronin: Edo 1702

Product Description: From 1600 till 1866 civil strife in public was virtually unknown in Japan; however, personal loyalty and self-sacrifice could at times rise above the samurai hierarchy to redefine Japanese culture. In 1703 former samurai avenged their lord in the most legendary raid in Japanese history...read more

By Alan Gilliland (illustrator), Mariusz Kozik (illustrator), Johnny Shumate (illustrator) and Stephen Turnbull

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9781849084277 | Osprey Pub Co, August 23, 2011, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: From 1600 till 1866 civil strife in public was virtually unknown in Japan; however, personal loyalty and self-sacrifice could at times rise above the samurai hierarchy to redefine Japanese culture.

The Most Daring Raid of the Civil War: The Great Locomotive Chase

By Gordon L. Rottman

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9781448818709 | 1 edition (Rosen Pub Group, January 15, 2011), cover price $30.60

Katana: The Samurai Sword

Product Description: The Samurai sword of Japan is probably the finest edged weapon ever made. This volume, written by leading Samurai expert Stephen Turnbull, reveals the story of how and why it achieved this distinction, from the sword's unique metallurgy to its use in combat, where one stroke often decided the victor...read more

By Stephen Turnbull

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9781849081511, titled "Katana: The Samurai Sword: 950-1877" | Osprey Pub Co, November 23, 2010, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: The Samurai sword of Japan is probably the finest edged weapon ever made.

Samurai Women 1184-1877

Product Description: Ever since the Empress Jingo-kogo led an invasion of Korea while pregnant with the future Emperor Ojin, tales of female Japanese warriors have emerged from Japan's rich history. Using material that has never been translated into English before, this book presents the story of Japan's female warriors for the first time, revealing the role of the women of the samurai class in all their many manifestations, investigating their weapons, equipment, roles, training and belief systems...read more

By Giuseppe Rava (illustrator) and Stephen Turnbull

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9781846039515 | Osprey Pub Co, October 19, 2010, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Ever since the Empress Jingo-kogo led an invasion of Korea while pregnant with the future Emperor Ojin, tales of female Japanese warriors have emerged from Japan's rich history.

Hatamoto Samurai Horse and Foot Guards, 1540-1724

Product Description: Osprey's elite series title for Japan's samurai horse and foot guards, from 1540 to 1724. Each great samurai warlord, or daimyo, had a 'household division' of troops, known as the Hatamoto - 'those who stand under the flag'. The Hatamoto included the personal bodyguards, both horse (uma mawari) and foot (kachi); the senior generals (bugyo), the standard bearers and color-guard, couriers, and other samurai under the warlord's personal command...read more

By Stephen Turnbull

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9781846034787, titled "Hatamoto: Samurai Horse and Foot Guards, 1540-1724" | Osprey Pub Co, March 23, 2010, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Osprey's elite series title for Japan's samurai horse and foot guards, from 1540 to 1724.

The Samurai Capture a King: Okinawa 1609

Product Description: A brilliant but little-known operation, the Shimazu clan raid on the independent kingdom of Rykkyu (modern Okinawa) in 1609 is one of the most extraordinary episodes in samurai history and the culmination of centuries of rivalry between the two powers...read more

By Stephen R. Turnbull

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9781846034428 | Osprey Pub Co, November 17, 2009, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: A brilliant but little-known operation, the Shimazu clan raid on the independent kingdom of Rykkyu (modern Okinawa) in 1609 is one of the most extraordinary episodes in samurai history and the culmination of centuries of rivalry between the two powers.

Shogun: The Life of Tokugawa Ieyasu

Product Description: One of the most successful rulers in Japanese history and one of the most cunning military strategists in world history, Tokugawa Ieyasu overcame countless dangers and intrigues in his country's most violent age to become the man who finally united all of Japan...read more

By Stephen Turnbull (introduced by)

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9784805310427 | Tuttle Pub, July 10, 2009, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: One of the most successful rulers in Japanese history and one of the most cunning military strategists in world history, Tokugawa Ieyasu overcame countless dangers and intrigues in his country's most violent age to become the man who finally united all of Japan.

Real Ninja

By Stephen Turnbull

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9781597200813 | Marshall Cavendish Corp/Ccb, June 30, 2009, cover price $22.79

The Samurai and the Sacred: The Path of the Warrior

Product Description: The fierce loyalty and self-sacrificing attitude of the samurai have made them both a legend and a cult. Although their military prowess and skills in the martial arts have been studied exhaustively, an understanding of their belief system still eludes many...read more

By Stephen Turnbull

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9781846032158 | Osprey Pub Co, May 19, 2009, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: The fierce loyalty and self-sacrificing attitude of the samurai have made them both a legend and a cult.

Strongholds of the Samurai: Japanese Castles 250-1877

Product Description: The first proper fortifications in Japan began to develop with the appearance of the first emperors around 250. Although initially fortifications were simply wooden constructions, as internal strife became a way of life in Japan, more and increasingly elaborate fortifications were built...read more

By Stephen Turnbull

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9781846034138 | Osprey Pub Co, March 24, 2009, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: The first proper fortifications in Japan began to develop with the appearance of the first emperors around 250.

Samurai Armies 1467-1649

Product Description: The Sengoku Jidai or "Age of Warring States" is the time of the samurai - Japan's military aristocracy. A period of endemic warfare where the absence of unifying central control led to constant struggles between the daimyo (or "Great Names") who sought to protect and extend the influence of their respective families through political and military means...read more

By Stephen Turnbull

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9781846033513 | Osprey Pub Co, December 23, 2008, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: The Sengoku Jidai or "Age of Warring States" is the time of the samurai - Japan's military aristocracy.

Real Ninja: Over 20 True Stories of Japan's Secret Assassins

Product Description: A book where parents and kids can get the real story behind these masters of deception.

By James Field (illustrator) and Stephen Turnbull

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9781592700813 | Enchanted Lion Books, September 16, 2008, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A book where parents and kids can get the real story behind these masters of deception.

The Samurai Invasion of Korea 1592-98

Product Description: The invasions of Korea launched by the dictator Toyotomi Hideyoshi are unique in Japanese history for being the only time that the samurai assaulted a foreign country. Hideyoshi planned to invade and conquer China, ruled at the time by the Ming dynasty, and when the Korean court refused to allow his troops to cross their country, Korea became the first step in this ambitious plan of conquest...read more

By Stephen Turnbull

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9781846032547 | Osprey Pub Co, July 22, 2008, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: The invasions of Korea launched by the dictator Toyotomi Hideyoshi are unique in Japanese history for being the only time that the samurai assaulted a foreign country.

Japanese Castles in Korea 1592-98

Product Description: The Japanese invasion and occupation of Korea, which lasted from 1592 to 1598, was the only occasion in Japanese history when samurai aggression was turned against a foreign country. During the occupation of Korea the Japanese built 25 wajo or castles...read more

By Peter Dennis (illustrator) and Stephen Turnbull

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9781846031045 | Osprey Pub Co, November 20, 2007, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: The Japanese invasion and occupation of Korea, which lasted from 1592 to 1598, was the only occasion in Japanese history when samurai aggression was turned against a foreign country.

Pirate of the Far East, 811-1639

Product Description: Osprey's survey of pirates of the Far East, from 811 to 1639. For many centuries, international relations between Medieval Japan, Korea and China were carried out by means of the 'inseparable trinity' of war, trade and piracy. Much has been written about the first two means of interaction...read more

By Richard Hook (illustrator) and Stephen Turnbull

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9781846031748 | Osprey Pub Co, November 20, 2007, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Osprey's survey of pirates of the Far East, from 811 to 1639.

Warriors of Medieval Japan

Product Description: The fearless, elite warriors of medieval Japan were loyal comrades but deadly foes. Whether foot soldier, samurai or trained assassin, these men were driven by strict codes of honor and bound by deep allegiances of rank, family or religion...read more

By Stephen Turnbull

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9781841768649 | Osprey Pub Co, July 30, 2005, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Describes four warrior types of medival Japan--the samurai, foot soldiers, the ninja, and warrior monks.

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9781846032202 | Osprey Pub Co, May 29, 2007, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: The fearless, elite warriors of medieval Japan were loyal comrades but deadly foes.

Real Samurai

Examines the world of the samurai by presenting stories about Japan's greatest warriors, with additional facts about their era, their beliefs, the ways that they trained, the armor they wore, and the weapons they used in battle.

By James Field (illustrator) and Stephen Turnbull

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9781592700608 | Enchanted Lion Books, May 1, 2007, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Examines the world of the samurai by presenting stories about Japan's greatest warriors, with additional facts about their era, their beliefs, the ways that they trained, the armor they wore, and the weapons they used in battle.

The Great Wall of China 221 BC-AD 1644

Product Description: The Great Wall of China is the most extensive and famous example of fortification in the world. Charting its development from construction in the 7th century BC through to the present day, this account reveals the true history of the wall, and explores the myths that surround it...read more

By Steve Noon (illustrator) and Stephen Turnbull

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9781846030048 | Osprey Pub Co, January 30, 2007, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: The Great Wall of China is the most extensive and famous example of fortification in the world.

The Samurai and the Sacred

Product Description: The samurai were celebrated warriors, but they were also deeply spiritual men whose religious beliefs sustained and inspired their forays into battle. In this entirely original work, Stephen Turnbull, a leading authority on Japanese history and author of more than 50 books, reveals the soul of the samurai in a thoughtful exploration of the religions and philosophies that motivated them...read more

By Stephen Turnbull

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9781846030215 | Osprey Pub Co, October 31, 2006, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: The samurai were celebrated warriors, but they were also deeply spiritual men whose religious beliefs sustained and inspired their forays into battle.

The Art of Renaissance Warfare: From the Fall of Constantinople to the Thirty Years War

Product Description: The Art of Renaissance Warfare tells the story of the knight during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries - from the great victories of Edward III and the Black Prince to the fall of Richard III on Bosworth Field. During this period, new technology on the battlefield posed deadly challenges for the mounted warrior; but they also stimulated change, and the knight moved with the times...read more

By Stephen Turnbull

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9781853676765 | Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal, March 17, 2006, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: The Art of Renaissance Warfare tells the story of the knight during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries - from the great victories of Edward III and the Black Prince to the fall of Richard III on Bosworth Field.

Samurais / Samurai: La historia de los grandes guerreros de Japon / The Story of Japan's Great Warriors

By Stephen Turnbull

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9789681341312 | Italian edition edition (Editorial Diana S.A. De C.V., January 30, 2006), cover price $34.95

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