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Fencing Books

The Revised Foil, Charles Selberg
The Big Book of Fencing, Dr. Rudy Volkmann
The Art of the Foil, Luigi Barbasetti
Fencing, Muriel Bower and Torao Mori
The Art and Science of Fencing, Nick Evangelista
Foil, Saber, and Epee Fencing, Garret, Kaidanov, Pezza
Fencing Terminology, William M. Gaugler
The Science of Fencing, William M. Gaugler
Planing to Win, Aladar Kogler, PhD
Fencing and the Master, Laszlo Szabo
Epee Fencing, Imre Vass
Theory, Methods and Exercises in Fencing, Ziemowit Wojciechowski
 

Tactics and Strategies

Born to Win and Programmed to Lose, ??
The Inner Game of Tennis, W. Timothy Gallwey
Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman
Zen in the Martial Arts, Joe Hyams
Mastering the Art of War, Zhuge Liang, Liu Ji (Thomas Cleary)
Mental Toughness Training for Sports, James E. Loehr
The New Toughness Training for Sports, James E. Loehr
The Book of Five Rings, Miyamoto Musashi
On Fencing, Aldo Nadi
Mind Control, Jose Silva
The Art of War, Sun Tzu
 

Physiology

Martial Arts Injury Care & Prevention, Trish Bare Grounds
Anatomy Coloring Book, Wynn Kapit and Lawrence M. Elson
Essential Anatomy: For the Healing & Martial Arts, Marc Tedeschi
 

History

Secrets of the Sword, Baron Cesar De Bazancourt
The Book of the Sword, Richard F. Burton
Code of the Samurai, Thomas Cleary
Swords and Hilt Weapons, Michael D. Coe and many others
By the Sword, Richard Cohen
Under the Black Flag, David Cordingly
Classical Fencing: The Martial Art of Incurable Romantics, Adam Adrian Crown
Bodhisattva Warriors, Shifu Nagaboshi Tomio (Terence Dukes)
The History of Fencing, William M. Gaugler
What People Wore, Douglas Goresline
Gentlemen's Blood, Barbara Holland
A-Z of Fencing, E.D. Morton
The Living Sword, Aldo Nadi
Honor Among Thieves, Jan Rogozinski
The Japanese Sword, Kanzan Satõ
Samurai, S. R. Turnbull
The History and Art of Personal Combat, Arthur Wise
 

Literature

Zorro, Isabel Allende
Swords of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs
Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Death of a Musketeer, Sarah D'Almeida
The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexander Dumas, (pere)
The Three Musketeers, Alexander Dumas, (pere)
Twenty Years After, Alexander Dumas, (pere)
The Visconte de Bragelone, Alexander Dumas, (pere)
The Man in the Iron Mask, Alexander Dumas, (pere)
Frenchman's Creek, Daphne du Maurier
The Curse of Capistrano (Zorro), Johnston McCulley
The Scarlet Pimpernel, Baroness Emmuska Orczy
El Dorado, Baroness Emmuska Orczy
The Fencing Master, Arturo Perez-Reverte
Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand
Captain Blood, Rafael Sabatini
Scaramouche, Rafael Sabatini
The Sea Hawk, Rafael Sabatini
The Tavern Knight, Rafael Sabatini
The Black Arrow, Robert Louis Stevenson
The Master of Ballantrae, Robert Louis Stevenson
A Gentleman of France, Stanley Weyland
Under the Red Robe, Stanley Weyland
 

Suggested books may be purchased through Salle de Fers Fencing Club.