As a boy living in 17th-century Japan, you admire the courage and strength of samurai soldiers. But you're about to learn that there's more than just swinging a sharp sword to being a samurai. It's a tough life! Illustrations and text introduce early readers to the training, duties, and lifestyle of a samurai.

Set in the Middle Ages, the nature of truth and subjective reality are probed in a series of flashbacks from four viewpoints to present the case history of a man's murder and the rape of his wife by a bandit.

"Describes the lives of samurai warriors in ancient Japan. The readers' choices reveal the historical details of life as a samurai during the Gempai wars of the 1100s, the rise of Nobunga in 1560, and as a wandering ronin in the 1600s"--Provided by publisher.

Seven short stories about samurai warriors, their way of life, courage, wit, and foolishness.

Manji, a ronin warrior of feudal Japan, has been cursed with immortality and to rid his eternal suffering and lift the curse, he must slay one thousand enemies, and his quest begins with a young girl who seeks revenge on her parents' killers.

"In war-torn medieval Japan, a young samurai lord struggles to retake his throne, but not only by fighting. Hojo Tokiyuki will reclaim his birthrigh by running away"--

With Master Xandred's power surging out of control, the Sanzu River seeping into our world, and giant Moogers running on a rampage, the Power Rangers Samurai must enter the Tengen Gate to retrieve the most powerful samurai weapon yet, The Black Box. But when Deker kidnaps Jayden, the remaining Samurai, Kevin, Emily, Mia, Mike and Antonio must join forces to battle the web-shooting Arachnitor, dream-invading Rhinosnorus, and giant Spitfangs.

"Becoming a samurai seems like an impossible dream for Hachimaru, a boy who can't even survive without the help of his father. But when a samurai cat appears before him, his whole life changes!... Hachimaru is the last man standing in the samurai battle royale, earning him the right to face the founder of the festival. Can Hachimaru recruit this powerful warrior who claims to be a key to Pandora's Box? Or is something more nefarious about to go down...?"--Provided...

"Raised by monks in the isolated Silent Winds temple, Yumeko has trained all her life to hide her yokai nature. Half kitsune, half human, her skill with illusion is matched only by her penchant for mischief. Until the day her home is burned to the ground, her adoptive family is brutally slain and she is forced to flee for her life with the temple's greatest treasure--one part of the ancient scroll. There are many who would claim the dragon's wish...

A Samurai warrior-assassin is forced to hide in a small Western town in the American Badlands after refusing a mission.