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Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
262 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"In Why Honor Matters, Sommers argues that our collective rejection of honor has come at great cost. Reliant only on Enlightenment liberalism, the United States has become the home of the cowardly, the shameless, the selfish, and the alienated. Properly channeled, honor encourages virtues like courage, integrity, and solidarity, and gives a sense of living for something larger than oneself. Sommers shows how honor can help us address some of society's...
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Formats
Description
Alexander Madison is part lawyer, part pastor, and part con artist. When a Muslim imam is accused of instigating honor killings, Alex must decide whether to take the case that every other lawyer in town is running away from. He doesn't realize until it's too late that defending the imam may cost him the one thing in life he cares about most. Fatal Convictions is the story of a lawyer willing to risk it all and the women who must choose between faith...
4) Mulan
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999?]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Mulan's aging father is drafted into the Imperial army to fight the invading Hun army, she disguises herself as a soldier and takes his place. Mulan's hilarious guardian dragon and lucky cricket are not enough to help her defeat the ruthless Hun leader; only by staying true to herself will she bring victory to her country and honor to her family.
7) Time to die
Publisher
Film Movement Classics
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 DVD (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Having served 18 years in prison for killing a man in a duel, Juan Sayago returns to his village hoping to live a quiet life, but the sons of the man he killed think otherwise.
Author
Series
Honor Harrington volume 13
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
2012
Description
"After a brutal attack on the Manticoran home system, Honor Harrington has rooted out a plan designed to enslave the entire human species. Behind that plans lies the shadowy organization known as the Mesan Alignment. Task #1 for Honor is to shut down andsecure the wormhole network that is the source of the Star Kingdom's wealth and power--but also its greatest vulnerability. Yet this is an act that the ancient and corrupt Earth-based Solarian League...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
x, 358 pages ; 25 cm
Description
The author of The Fiery Angel recounts the dramatic final battles of major historical conflicts to share cultural insights into our world's transitioning perspectives on heroism and the patriotic origins of honor, duty and sacrifice.
10) War of honor
Author
Series
Honor Harrington novels. Main series volume 10
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
869 p. : maps ; 25 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Author
Series
Publisher
Baen Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
439 pages ; 25 cm.
Description
Michelle Henke, Queen Elizabeth of Manticore's first cousin, Honor Harrington's best friend, and the commanding officer of Manticore's Tenth Fleet, is just a bit surprised when a messenger arrives from the Mobius System to inform her that the Mobius Liberation Front is prepared to rise in rebellion against the hated regime President Svein Lombroso. She has no orders from her government to assist any rebellions or liberation movements, she's short...
14) At all costs
Author
Series
Honor Harrington novels. Main series volume 11
Publisher
Baen Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
855 p. : map ; 25 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.).
Description
Honor Harrington has been called to command Eighth Fleet against the Republic of Haven, but when she discovers the Star Kingdom is badly outnumbered by the Republic's fleet, the cost of victory will be agonizingly high.
15) Mission of honor
Author
Series
Honor Harrington novels. Main series volume 12
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
600 p. ; 25 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.).
Description
The Star Kingdom of Manticore and the Republic of Haven have been enemies for Honor Harrington's entire life, but Honor has a plan that may finally bring an end to the Havenite Wars and give even the Solarian League pause. But there are forces in play that Honor knows nothing about--and that could crush the very life out of the Star Kingdom.
Author
Series
Publisher
Baen Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
755 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
Rear Admiral Michelle Henke was commanding one of the ships in a force led by Honor Harrington in an all-out space battle when she and her surviving crew were taken prisoner. Through an agreement with the Havenites and her government, she was given a command far away from the war's battle lines. What she didn't realize was that she would find herself on a collision course with the interstellar syndicate of criminals known as Manpower.
17) Chushingura
Publisher
Distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (207 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Their lord having been tricked into committing suicide by a corrupt elder court official, a group of 47 samurai who have been forced to become ronin nurse their anger and outrage, each becoming the personification of the samurai spirit, until the time is right to avenge their dead lord's honor.
18) Mulan
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
[2020]
Formats
Description
To save her ailing father from serving in the Imperial Army, a fearless young woman disguises herself as a man to battle northern invaders in China.
20) River Road
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Formats
Description
It's been thirteen years since Lucy Sheridan was in Summer River. The last time she visited her aunt Sara there, as a teenager, she'd been sent home suddenly after being dragged out of a wild party--by the guy she had a crush on, just to make it more embarrassing. Obviously Mason Fletcher--only a few years older but somehow a lot more of a grown-up--was the overprotective type who thought he had to come to her rescue. Now, returning after her aunt's...
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