Nelson: 5165 books
Friendly Fire in the Civil War
More Than 100 True Stories of Comrade Killing Comrade
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 1999
More than 100 true stories of comrade killing comrade:
defective ammunition
accidental shootings
blinding smoke
deliberate fire upon comrade
mistaken uniforms
inexperienced troops
unknown passwords
On May 2, 1863, Stonewall Jackson was on the verge of the greatest victory of his career. Shortly...
Not Forgotten
The True Story of My Imprisonment in North Korea
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
For the first time since his two-year imprisonment in North Korea, Kenneth Bae recounts his dramatic ordeal in vivid detail. While leading a tour group into the most shrouded country on the planet, Bae is stopped by officials who immediately confiscate his belongings. With his computer hard drive...
by Donald Winkler
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2001
The tumultuous experiences Abraham Lincoln had with the women in his lifehave long been known, but here the stories have been brought together - andfilled out with newly discovered accounts - in a fresh, new way that shows theireffect on Lincoln's personality, ambition, and spirit:
The death...
America: The Last Best Hope (Volume II)
From a World at War to the Triumph of Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2008
Respected scholar William Bennett reacquaints America with its heritage in the second volume of America: The Last Best Hope (Volume II). This engaging narrative slices through the cobwebs of time, memory, and prevailing cynicism to reinvigorate America with an informed patriotism.
by Kirk Nelson
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2011
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by Irma Joubert
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Six-year-old Gretl Schmidt is on a train bound for Aushwitz. Jakób Kowalski is planting a bomb on the tracks.
“Richly imagined and masterfully told, a love story so moving it will leave you breathless. And deeply satisfied.” —Tamera Alexander, USA Today bestselling author
As World...
by Tracy Higley
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
FPreviously released as Guardian of the Flame.
In the Alexandrian Library, Roman soldiers scatter papyri over the floor like kindling, intent on destruction. Meanwhile, Cleopatra, the Queen of Egypt, plots the seduction of the world's most powerful political leader.
Sophia rarely leaves...
Soldier Stories
True Tales of Courage, Honor, and Sacrifice from the Frontlines
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2006
Soldier Stories chronicles the multi-dimensional drama of people who endured the shock and awe of war?and whose spirits triumphed over it.
A priest in the infamous Bataan Death March who kept others alive with his faithful recitation of the Lord's Prayer
The journey to faith by a skeptical...
Patton
The Pursuit of Destiny
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2010
He was a harsh taskmaster who comforted dying soldiers and quietly commended their valor. A crusty, often foulmouthed commander who wrote tender letters home to the love of his life.
Gen. George S. Patton Jr. comes to life in these pages as one of the most colorful, enigmatic, and unfairly...
Answering the Call
The Doctor Who Made Africa His Life: The Remarkable Story of Albert Schweitzer
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
Revere life, and give yours away for the sake of servingothers.
As ayoung man, Albert Schweitzer seemed destined for greatness. His immense talentand fortitude propelled him to a place as one of Europe’s most renownedphilosophers, theologians, and musicians in the early twentieth century....
Scary Close
Dropping the Act and Finding True Intimacy
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
After decades of failed relationships and painful drama, Donald Miller decided he’d had enough. Impressing people wasn’t helping him connect with anyone. He’d built a life of public isolation, yet he dreamed of meaningful relationships. So at forty years old he made a scary decision: to be himself...
Washington
A Legacy of Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2011
His name is carved in granite, his likeness cast in bronze, his legend as large as the role he played as America's first president. But before he was a commander-in-chief, George Washington was a general in a revolution that would decide the future of the people and land he called his own. If victorious,...
Armed America
The Remarkable Story of How and Why Guns Became as American as Apple Pie
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2009
"For many Americans, guns seem to be a fundamental part of the American experience?and always have been."
Grand in scope, rigorous in research, and elegant in presenting the formative years of our country, Armed America traces the winding historical trail of United States citizens'...
The Ice Diaries
The True Story of One of Mankind's Greatest Adventures
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2008
The greatest undersea adventure of the 20th century.
The Ice Diaries tells the incredible true story of Captain William R. Anderson and his crew's harrowing top-secret mission aboard the USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear-powered submarine. Bristling with newly classified, never-before-published...