John Sadler: 27 books
Desert Rats
The Desert War 1940-3 in the Words of Those Who Fought There
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
The story of the last surviving 'Desert Rats' in their own words and their experience of war in North Africa. From 1940-3 Britain was engaged in a life and death struggle with the Axis powers in North Africa, a titanic, swaying conflict that surged back and forth across the barren wastes of Egypt,...
Ode to Bully Beef
WWII Poetry They Didn't Let You Read
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2014
This collection of humorous and un-jingoistic war poetry covers both world wars and most major campaigns. Many of the poems have never been in print before, and they offer a unique insight and a different approach leading up to the 1914 centenary. Illustrated with drawings and watercolors from unpublished...
Caesar’s Greatest Victory
The Battle of Alesia, Gaul 52 BC
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2016
The Battle for Alesia was a decisive moment in world history. It determined whether Rome would finally conquer Gaul or whether Celtic chieftain Vercingetorix would throw off the yoke and consequently whether a number of independent Celtic tribal kingdoms could resist the might of Rome. Failure would...
El Alamein
The Story of the Battle in the Words of the Soldiers
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2010
The epic battle in Egypt between Britain's 'Desert Rats' and the Axis forces led by Rommel, the 'Desert Fox'. On the night of 23 October 1942 British artillery thundered across the desolate sands of North Africa to herald the greatest Allied offensive of the Second World War. Churchill would describe...
Ghost Patrol
A History of the Long Range Desert Group, 1940–1945
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
The origins of most of the West’s Special Forces can be traced back to the Long Range Desert Group, which operated across the limitless expanses of the Libyan Desert, an area the size of India, during the whole of the Desert War from 1940 to 1943. After the defeat of the Axis in North Africa they...
Knights
Chivalry and Violence
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
Originally warriors mounted on horseback, knights became associated with the concept of chivalry as it was popularised in medieval European literature. Knights were expected to fight bravely and honourably and be loyal to their lord until death if necessary. Later chivalry came to encompass activities...
As Good as Any Man
Scotland's Black Tommy
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
The remarkable biography of one of Britain's first black soldiers of World War I, including artwork by the soldierWhen the harrowing Great War diaries of one of Britain's first black soldiers were unearthed in a dusty Scottish attic nearly 100 years after they were written, they posed a bit of a...
Castles
Fortresses of Power
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2018
Fortified structures have been in existence for thousands of years. In ancient and medieval times castles were the ultimate symbol of power, dominating their surroundings, and marking the landscape with their imposing size and impregnable designs. After the Norman conquest of England, castles exploded...
Applied Ethics in Mental Health Care
An Interdisciplinary Reader
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2013
Discussions of key ethical dilemmas in mental health care, including consent, trauma and violence, addiction, confidentiality, and therapeutic boundaries.
This book discusses some of the most critical ethical issues in mental health care today, including the moral dimensions of addiction, patient...
by John Lindsay Sadler Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2016
The factual events and stories of the book are wrapped in a fictional setting. Christians and church leaders make up the true stories that have contributed to the collapse of many churches, which in turn, has enhanced the corruption of America’s culture. Part 1 has Lucifer, the master of a convention,...
by John Edward Sadler
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2013
Originally published in 1966, this volume reappraises the educational philosophy of Comenius. Until recently the attention given to Comenius and his work concentrated on a narrow interpretation of his pedagogy which played down his pansophic theory. In the second half of the nineteenth century Germany...
Professional Writing in Context
Lessons From Teaching and Consulting in Worlds of Work
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
This volume explores adult work-world writing issues from the perspectives of five seasoned professionals who have logged hundreds of hours working with adults on complicated written communication problems. It examines the gap between school-world instructional practices and real-world problems and...
Operation Mercury
The Fall of Crete 1941
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2007
Unlike the few other books written on the catastrophic fall of Crete in May 1941, this book concentrates on the military actions between the first German paratroop landing on 20 May and the final defeat and evacuation on 30 May. As well as studying the strengths, tactics, leadership and weapons of...
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