A People’s Guide to Publishing: Building a Successful, Sustainable, Meaningful Book Business From the Ground Up
Drawing from 23 years of indie publishing, Joe Biel offers a comprehensive guide. Learn to connect with readers, choose printing formats, build an audience, budget, and plan for growth. With interviews and anecdotes, it’s a must-read for beginners and seasoned publishers alike.
Norse Mythology
Neil Gaiman retells Norse myths with dazzling flair. From dwarfs and frost giants to gods like Odin, Thor, Loki, and Freya, it’s an epic ride of magic and mayhem.
Making Comics
McCloud explores comics creation from principles to details, using humor and insight to teach readers how to master the human condition through images and words.
The Mongol Invasions of Japan 1274 and 1281
There is so much useful information in this book that I highlighted almost every page to make notes in Obsidian.
Viking & Norse Mythology
Part of a series on world myths, this book explores Viking legends, delving into ancient beliefs, Norse gods, and Viking world tales through history, literature, and artifacts.
Bushido: The Soul of Japan
Chivalry, like the cherry blossom, still thrives in Japan. Though its origins have faded, its moral power lingers, guiding us like distant stars.
Cloud of Sparrows: A Novel
After centuries of isolation, Japan opens to the West. Foreign ships threaten Edo, as American missionaries arrive, unaware of their predestined fate. With Lord Genji's prophecy, a remarkable adventure begins as a young nobleman meets a reformed gunslinger and a woman fleeing her own beauty.
Valkyrie: The Women of the Viking World
Jóhanna’s book provides invaluable information on Norse history and sagas, so much so that she was one of the historical consultants for The Northman.
