Jinsuke, a young village whaler, and Sadayori, an aristocratic samurai, together experience the victories and defeats of the crucial years of the Meiji restoration, the death of the shogunate, the intrusion of six American ships, and the ravages of natural disasters

Harpoon

Literature & Fiction

Nicol, C.W.

Genre Fiction

Andre Deutsch

From the roof of Africa

Hodder and Stoughton

A classic story of one man's confrontation with the self through Karate. 
In 1962 at age twenty-two, C. W. Nicol left Wales to study Karate in Japan. He quickly found that the study of the martial art engaged his whole being and transformed his outlook on life. Moving Zen is the multifaceted story of a young man who arrived in Japan to study the technique of, and spirit behind, Karate. 
Joining the Japan Karate Association, or Shotokan, Nicol discovered that Karate, while extremely violent, also called for politeness and a sense of mutual trust and responsibility. He learned that the stronger the Karateka, the more inclined he was to be gentle with others. Those who have gained a measure of skill but have not yet achieved spiritual maturity are the dangerous practitioners. Studying kata, Nicol came to realize that these forms are, in essence, moving Zen and that the ultimate goal of all the martial arts is tranquility. 
Through the help of many gifted teachers, C. W. Nicol gained his black belt, and moved progressively closer to his goal of tranquility. His story, Moving Zen, was first published in 1975 and has achieved the status of a modern classic.

Moving Zen: Karate as a way to gentleness

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Bodley Head

A young game warden's two years in the primitive Simien Mouontains of Ethiopia, and his attempt to build a national park and game preserve there. Illustrated with an insert of several pages of full-color and black &amp; white photographs.

From the Roof of Africa

Travel

Africa

KNOPF

British & Irish

Putnam Adult

Signet

This tale of surviving an Arctic winter, true to the ecology and mythology of the North, is told by the creatures who live there. The story opens when Gon, the old raven and the main storyteller, happens upon a potential meal: a young fox caught in a leg-hold trap. But the fox chews off his own front paw, escapes, and ends up forming an unlikely friendship with a wolf Who has been wounded by a ferocious flying beast with huge black feet (an aircraft). Together they set off to find the Great Trudger (the polar bear), and during their joyous and terrible adventure they meet other denizens of the Arctic - birds, hares, walruses, caribou, musk oxen - all of whom tell their own stories in their own words as winter unfolds in the frozen North. The old raven, who will ultimately know every one of them, watches over them as touchstone, storyteller, mythmaker. The Raven's Tale is based on C. W. Nicol's extensive work in the Arctic and his lifetime dedication to wildlife conservation. In addition to being a bestseller in Japan, the book was translated into Inuktitut for 1993 publication.

The Raven's Tale

Children's Books

Animals

Harbour Publishing

'Moving Zen: Karate as a Way to Gentleness' is the biographical account of C.W. Nicol's journey into the heart of Shotokan Karate.

Moving Zen: Karate as a Way to Gentleness

Sports & Outdoors

Biographies

Independently published

A classic story of one man's confrontation with the self through Karate. In 1962 at age twenty-two, C. W. Nicol left Wales to study Karate in Japan. He quickly found that the study of the martial art engaged his whole being and transformed his outlook on life. Moving Zen is the multifaceted story of a young man who arrived in Japan to study the technique of, and spirit behind, Karate. Joining the Japan Karate Association, or Shotokan, Nicol discovered that Karate, while extremely violent, also called for politeness and a sense of mutual trust and responsibility. He learned that the stronger the Karateka, the more inclined he was to be gentle with others. Those who have gained a measure of skill but have not yet achieved spiritual maturity are the dangerous practitioners. Studying kata, Nicol came to realize that these forms are, in essence, moving Zen and that the ultimate goal of all the martial arts is tranquility. Through the help of many gifted teachers, C. W. Nicol gained his black belt, and moved progressively closer to his goal of tranquility. His story, Moving Zen, was first published in 1975 and has achieved the status of a modern classic.

Moving Zen: One Mans Journey to the Heart of Karate

Individual Sports

Kodansha USA

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