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Called Up is the English language edition of the autobiography of Erik Wickberg - the ninth General of The Salvation Army. This book, first published in Swedish in 1978, describes how, having spent his formative years in Sweden, Germany and Switzerland, Erik Wickberg then served as a Salvation...

*What Manner of Man Is This? *is a unique and incisive look at an important but largely ignored period of the life of the Prince of Wales who was heir to the British throne and became King of England, Edward VIII, in 1936.  A mere ten months later he abdicated the throne to marry a twice-divorced...

The decision to publish this book was dictated the authors heavy experience with Internet fraudsters. When she finally realized that she was deceived, she found over the Internet a lot of similar victims. She familiarized herself with their different distress so she could attempt to combat against...

History teacher Nathan Greene’s plans for his students to hear Abraham Lincoln present his Gettysburg Address go awry when two ghostly historians secretly change the plans. Instead, the time-traveling classroom portable lands just before dawn on July 1, 1863, the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg....

From the brains behind the New York Times' bestseller, The Book of General Ignorance comes another wonderful collection of the most outrageous, fascinating, and mind-bending facts, taking on the hugely popular form of the first book in the internationally bestselling series. Just when you thought...

In 1907, Albert Einstein started his ideas about the general theory of relativity. And it took eight more years after this to conceptualize, to mold, and to chisel (so to speak) so the theory could take proper form and come into being. The reason it took eight years to formulate and to produce his...

Geriatric Medicine - General Practice: The Integrative Approach Series details the medical and consulting knowledge required of a General Practitioner when managing older patients. The world’s population is ageing rapidly, particularly in developed countries, where life expectancy is over 80...

Illustrated with 29 maps/diagrams and 44 photographs “The second of the eight volumes dealing with the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern theatres in the 18-volume official British History of the Second World War, this book is largely concerned with the consequences of Germany's decision to prop up...

500 ways to pass the General Chemistry section of the new MCAT! Intensive practice + detailed answer explanations—the best way to sharpen skills and prepare for the exam In anticipation of the fully revised 2015 MCAT, 500 Review Questions for the MCAT: General Chemistry has been updated to...

On 11 March 1943, the Chief of the British Imperial General Staff, Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, made a momentous decision in committing an entire British armored division, the 79th, to the task of developing equipment, tactics, and capabilities to penetrate the “Atlantic Wall,” in anticipation...

This book provides visualizations of many topics in general physics. The aim is to have an interactive MATLAB script wherein the user can vary parameters in a specific problem and then immediately see the outcome by way of dynamic “movies” of the response of the system in question. MATLAB tools...

And now for something completely different--Monty python The world the truth! An original history book of political satire fantasy, about the glorious president and military occupation of Iraq. The roots and background of this book come from my university degree in Classic History, combined...

An important and definitive study and critique of 86 general practices in Ontario and Nova Scotia, with particular attention to the quality of medical care and to problems of medical education and of the organization of medical care as these relate to quality. It was conceived by the College of General...

Field Marshal William J. Slim is considered by many historians to be one of the finest generals of World War II. His accomplishments were truly extraordinary. He commanded a polyglot army, consisting of six different nationalities speaking eight different languages, that fought in some of the most...