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Pirates & The Lost Templar Fleet
David Hatcher Childress
Adventures Unlimited Press
PO Box 74, Kempton, IL 60946
www.adventuresunlimitedpress.com
1931882185 $16.95 1-815-253-6390
Pirates & The Lost Templar Fleet: The Secret Naval War Between The Knights
Templar & The Vatican by David Hatcher Childress is an informed and informative
study, an impressive history which opens new interpretations and possibilities
between the lines of the official records. When the Templars were disbanded by
papal order in 1307, their great fleet disappeared from its base at La
Rochelle. What happened to these ships and their treasures? Pirates & The Lost
Templar Fleet explores a number of fascinating possible theories, including the
hypothesis that some Templars reached Canada 100 years before Columbus -- who
perhaps had Templar maps in his possession when he set sail. Black-and-white
illustrations embellish this amazing and iconoclastic study and theoretical
reconstruction of the unknown. Also very highly recommended are three other
thematically related titles from Adventures Unlimited Press: The History Of The
Knights Templar; The Tamplars' Legacy In Montreal, The New Jerusalem; and
Nostradamus And The Lost Templar Legacy.
Samurai: The World Of The Warrior
Stephen Turnbull
Osprey
c/o MBI Publishing Company
380 Jackson Street, St. Paul, MN 55101
1841767409 $29.95 1-800-458-0454
Samurai: The World Of The Warrior by Stephen Turnbull (Honorary Research
Fellow, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Leeds), is an
extraordinary historical work that examines the legendary professional and
hereditary warrior class of ancient Japan. Stretching its focus beyond the
military aspect of the samurai, Professor Turnbull deftly explores the culture
and world that surrounded them. Full-color illustrations of classical works of
art and artifacts highlight and enhance this informed and informative 224-page
cultural and historical exploration with its immersion into the powerful
societal, psychological, and physical forces that shaped these strictly
disciplined warriors. Samurai: The World Of The Warriors is a welcome and
enthusiastically recommended addition to personal, academic, and community
library Japanese History and Martial Arts History reference collections and
supplemental reading lists.
Etruscan Dress
Larissa Bonfante
The Johns Hopkins University Press
2715 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218-4363
0801874130 $22.00 1-800-537-5487
Now in an updated edition featuring a bibliographical essay discussing the
latest archaeological research and discoveries in this specialized field of
study, Etruscan Dress by Larissa Bonfante is a thoughtful, scholarly, and
meticulous study of Etruscan clothing and custom from eighth to fifth century
B.C.E. Drawing upon actual remains of dress and costumes, sculptures and other
works of art, as well as literary and historical references, Etruscan Dress
deftly explores the spread and intermixing of the various Etruscan, Greek, and
Roman styles. Black-and-white photographs and illustrations showcase and
underscore Bonfante's observations in an academically impressive and highly
recommended narrative text. No academic library's Etruscan Studies collections
can be considered comprehensive without the inclusion of this updated and
expanded edition of Etruscan Dress.
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