Young Samurai: The Way of the Sword hope Jack has of protecting his father's rutter—the invaluable navigation guide of the world's uncharted oceans—from Dragon Eye. Forced into a deadly battle, Jack's going to have to master the Way of the Sword. And his time is running out. Publishing rights to the first three books in the "Young Samurai" series were acquired by Puffin Books in a three-way auction in 2007. Disney then bought the US publishing rights in the same year in a pre-emptive deal prior to the Frankfurt Book Fair. The translation rights to the series have since been sold to over 20 different territories, including
In the Shadow of the Sword (book) In the Shadow of the Sword (book) In the Shadow of the Sword is a history book charting the origins of Islam. The author, Tom Holland, had previously written two works on ancient history: "", which charted the fall of the Roman Republic, and "Persian Fire", which is an account of the Greco-Persian Wars during the 5th century BC. According to Holland, "To understand the origins of Islam, and why it evolved in the way that it did, we must explore the empires and religions of late antiquity". In this book, following the research by scholars of Oriental studies such