A princess must escape across enemy lines with the royal treasure, guarded only by a loyal general and two greedy peasants.

A grand-scale adventure as only Akira Kurosawa could make one. A general charged with guarding his defeated clan's princess as the two smuggle royal treasure across hostile territory. Accompanying them are a pair of bumbling, conniving peasants who may or may not be their friends. This rip-roaring ride is among the director's most beloved films and was a primary influence on George Lucas's Star Wars. Delivers Kurosawa's trademark deft blend of wry...

"Feudal Japan - a time of danger, intrigue, and deception. Jubei is a masterless ninja who travel the land alone, hiring his services to those with gold - or a worthy cause."

"In Fifteen Steps to Corporate Feudalism, Dennis Marker provides a step-by- step account of how and why the US middle class has been working harder than ever and is still losing ground. This examination of fifteen specific policies promoted by conservatives and the superrich and implemented through the vice grip of fear, anger, and greed reveals that the decline of the middle class is no accident. The Occupy movement has exposed some outgrowths of...

In Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 2: Muad'Dib, the second of three volumes adapting Frank Herbert's 1965 novel, Dune, young Paul Atreides and his mother, the Lady Jessica, find themselves stranded in the deep desert of Arrakis. Betrayed by their own physician, the treacherous Dr. Yueh, and destroyed by their greatest enemy, the Harkonnens, Paul and Jessica must find the mysterious Fremen or perish. As they continue to unravel the closely guarded secrets...