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  • A Stranger to Myself

    The Inhumanity of War: Russia, 1941–44

    Translated by Michael Hofmann ...
    A Stranger to Myself: The Inhumanity of War, Russia 1941-44 is the haunting memoir of a young German soldier on the Russian front during World War II.Willy Peter Reese was only twenty years old when he found himself marching through Russia with orders to take no prisoners. Three years later he was dead.Bearing witness to--and participating in--the atrocities of war, Reese recorded his reflections ... Read more

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  • Cromwell's Masterstroke

    Dunbar 1650

    by Peter Reese ...
    The author of Bannockburn recounts the New Model Army's upset victory in 17th-century Scotland that cemented Oliver Cromwell's military reputation.The victory at Dunbar of Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army over the Scots under David Leslie in 1650 merits a major place in the long succession of Anglo-Scottish battles. The Scots had brought Cromwell's invading army to its knees, but Cromwell took the ... Read more

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  • The Life of General George Monck

    For King & Cromwell

    by Peter Reese ...
    General George Monck is famous for the key role he played in the restoration of the monarchy in 1660. His actions changed the course of British history, but his statesmanship in the dangerous time between the death of Cromwell and the bloodless return of Charles II distracts attention from his extraordinary career as a soldier and general, admiral, governor and administrator. During the confused, ... Read more

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  • The Men Who Gave Us Wings

    Britain and the Aeroplane, 1796–1914

    by Peter Reese ...
    Why did the British, then the leading nation in science and technology, fall far behind in the race to develop the aeroplane before the First World War? Despite their initial advantage, they were overtaken by the Wright brothers in America, by the French and the Germans. Peter Reese, in this highly readable and highly illustrated account, delves into the fascinating early history of aviation as he ... Read more

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  • Robert the Bruce, King of Scots

    " A heroic biography of one of Scotland's legendary leaders, by a British novelist and former literary critic for the London Sunday Times" ( Kirkus).Robert the Bruce had himself crowned King of Scots at Scone on a frozen March morning in 1306. After years of struggle, Scotland had been reduced to a vassal state by Edward I of England. Its people lived in abject poverty. But on the day he seized ... Read more

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  • Bannockburn

    by Peter Reese ...
    "An admirably vivid account of the Scots' greatest victory over the English": the 14th century Battle of Bannockburn ( The Scotsman, UK).Scotland, 1314. On a marsh-fringed plain south of Stirling Castle, King Robert the Bruce led the Scottish army in a singularly devastating victory over the English. Bannockburn was Scotland's greatest battlefield triumph in the First War of Scottish Independence ... Read more

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  • Target London

    Bombing the Capital, 1915–2005

    by Peter Reese ...
    London was a target for Zeppelins and bombers during the First World War, for bombers, V1s and rockets in the Second, and for Cold War missiles and for terrorists in more recent times, yet rarely has the history of twentieth-century attacks on the capital been studied as a whole. Peter Reese, in this thought-provoking account, vividly describes how the destructive potential of aerial bombing and ... Read more

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  • Jonathan Edwards on the New Birth in the Spirit

    The Life, Times, and Thought of America's Greatest Theologian

    Biblical truth in the hands of Edwards lives mightily. Edwards in the hand of Peter Doyle comes alive. As we see an anemic Christendom today in its witness, ethics, and influence, we find the correctives and the guidance we need in the works of Jonathan Edwards––revivalist preacher, philosopher, and theologian. In this insightful book, former pastor and missionary Peter Doyle presents Edwards' ... Read more

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  • Homecoming Heroes

    An Account of the Re-assimiliation of British Military Personnel into Civilian Life

    by Peter Reese ...
    It is a sad and shaming but indisputable fact that the reception according to British soldiers on returning to civilian life has for centuries been little short of disgraceful, and even in this more enlightened age compares unfavourably with that of many other countries. In Homecoming Heroes Peter Reese ex-amines the lot of British veteran (often still quite a young man) on leaving the Armed ... Read more

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  • Replacement Parts

    The Ethics of Procuring and Replacing Organs in Humans

    In Replacement Parts, internationally recognized bioethicist Arthur L. Caplan and coeditors James J. McCartney and Daniel P. Reid assemble seminal writings from medicine, philosophy, economics, and religion that address the ethical challenges raised by organ transplantation. Caplan's new lead essay explains the shortfalls of present policies. From there, book sections take an interdisciplinary ... Read more

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  • Wallace

    by Peter Reese ...
    'I have brought you to the ring, now hop if you can.'Wallace's famous injunction before the battle of Falkirk is still remembered today. The first section of this major new biography deals with the history of Wallace and his time. According to legend, born and brought up in Elderslie, Wallace's courage and heroism during Scotland's darkest days were instrumental in creating a sense of national ... Read more

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  • Charles I's Executioners

    Civil War, Regicide & the Republic

    by James Hobson ...
    This biographical history of the English Civil War profiles the lives and ultimate fates of the nearly 60 men who sentenced their king to death.On January 30th, 1649, King Charles I was executed on a scaffold outside the Banqueting House of Whitehall. The parliamentarian High Court of Justice declared him guilty of treason, disregarding the Divine Right of Kings. Fifty-nine commissioners signed ... Read more

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