Books with author Neal Stephenson

Ali has two lives. In our world she is a typical ten year old, but when she goes to sleep each night she wakes in another world. Here she is part of a tribe who travel with horses and speak with them mind to mind. Ali's life becomes more dangerous and exciting when she finds herself, with fellow travellers Mark and Will, racing between a chain of worlds to rescue an imprisoned child. Horses and wolves risk their lives to help, but will they be able to defeat the High Ones who hold power?

“Useful, helpful, absorbing, entertaining. Whether you are interested in weaponry or, like me, researching details for a novel, this is the book for you.” Helen Hollick, Amazon customer. Your search for a book that will feed your passion for and deepen your knowledge of swordsmanship ends here. Guy Windsor’s Swordfighting offers insight into this magnificent historical European martial art: you will find answers to your burning questions about swordsmanship, its theory and practice. This carefully crafted book provides essential information on diverse topics with piercing clarity. “Whether you are a writer or game-maker seeking the kind of information I sought while writing The Baroque Cycle, or just a general reader with an interest in the arts to which Guy Windsor has dedicated his career, you should find much that is rewarding in these pages.” From the foreword by Neal Stephenson, New York Times bestselling and multi-award-winning author. Made up of a selection of Guy’s essays and articles, with a great deal of brand new material, this engaging and revealing book makes this complex subject accessible, enabling you to deep-dive into — Benefits of training Types of weapons Sword fighting principles Historical accuracy If you are an actor, writer or games designer creating or writing fight scenes, this book provides cutting-edge research on our European martial arts heritage. You will also discover the dos and don’ts of producing a stunningly realistic sword fight. Swordfighting is not a training manual. For technical instruction on specific swordsmanship styles, you should buy The Medieval Longsword and The Duellist's Companion.

With this extraordinary first volume in what promises to be an epoch-making masterpiece, Neal Stephenson hacks into the secret histories of nations and the private obsessions of men, decrypting with dazzling virtuosity the forces that shaped this century.In 1942, Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse - mathematical genius and young Captain in the U.S. Navy - is assigned to detachment 2702. It is an outfit so secret that only a handful of people know it exists, and some of those people have names like Churchill and Roosevelt. The mission of Watrehouse and Detatchment 2702-commanded by Marine Raider Bobby Shaftoe-is to keep the Nazis ignorant of the fact that Allied Intelligence has cracked the enemy's fabled Enigma code. It is a game, a cryptographic chess match between Waterhouse and his German counterpart, translated into action by the gung-ho Shaftoe and his forces.Fast-forward to the present, where Waterhouse's crypto-hacker grandson, Randy, is attempting to create a "data haven" in S

Matt, Mason, and Madison were normal children with a home, family, and pets. Follow them on this happy yet sad journey. Children do not understand when someone they love is suddenly taken from them. How can we expect them to understand and how can we help them? In life we experience love, joy, and happiness as well as grief, fear, pain, and sadness. When we lose someone we love it is important to remember they will continue to live forever in our hearts and through our memories forever.

This is a tale of kings and queens, princesses and dramatic sword battles. Can Prince Garrick rescue Mahlee before she is forced to marry the insane Prince Luthar? Will her father, noble King Steen and his armies be forced to attack the evil Iron Kingdom? Garrick, with his twin swords, is desperate to avert all out war, but it is a wise and surprising decision by Princess Mahlee that allows him to prove himself as her Champion.

SUBJECTLincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865Presidents -- United States -- BiographyCONTENTSI. THE CHILD OF THE FORESTII. THE MYSTERIOUS YOUTHIII. A VILLAGE LEADERIV. REVELATIONSV. PROSPERITYVI. UNSATISFYING RECOGNITIONVII. THE SECOND STARTVIII. A RETURN TO POLITICSIX. THE LITERARY STATESMANX. THE DARK HORSEXI. SECESSIONXII. THE CRISISXIII. ECLIPSEXIV. THE STRANGE NEW MANXV. PRESIDENT AND PREMIERXVI. "ON TO RICHMOND!"XVII. DEFINING THE ISSUEXVIII. THE JACOBIN CLUBXIX. THE JACOBINS BECOME INQUISITORSXX. IS CONGRESS THE PRESIDENT'S MASTER?XXI. THE STRUGGLE TO CONTROL THE ARMYXXII. LINCOLN EMERGESXXIII. THE MYSTICAL STATESMANXXIV. GAMBLING IN GENERALSXXV. A WAR BEHIND THE SCENESXXVI. THE DICTATOR, THE MARPLOT AND THE LITTLE MENXXVII. THE TRIBUNE OF THE PEOPLEXXVIII. APPARENT ASCENDENCYXXIX. CATASTROPHEXXX. THE PRESIDENT VERSUS THE VINDICTIVESXXXI. A MENACING PAUSEXXXII. THE AUGUST CONSPIRACYXXXIII. THE RALLY TO THE PRESIDENTXXXIV. "FATHER ABRAHAM"XXXV. THE MASTER OF THE MOMENTXXXVI. PREPARING A DIFFERENT WARXXXVII. FATE INTERPOSESBIBLIOGRAPHY