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Author: Darius Hinks
Publisher: Games Workshop
Published: 2010-10-26
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781849700030
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWarrior Priest Jakob Wolff sets out to track down his brother, whose soul been tainted by the Ruinous Powers. Family must be put to one side as he battles to prevent the Empire from sinking into Chaos, with only his strength of arms and the purity of his beliefs to call upon.
Author: John Milton Cooper
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 478
ISBN-13: 9780674947511
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe colossal figures who shaped the politics of industrial America emerge in full scale in this comparative biography. In the depth and sophistication of intellect that they brought to politics and in the titanic conflict they waged, Roosevelt and Wilson were, like Hamilton and Jefferson before them, the political architects for an entire century.
Author: Matt Ralphs
Publisher: Games Workshop(uk)
Published: 2005-10-20
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781844162505
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe legend of Sigmar, warrior-god and central hero in the Warhammer fantasy mythology, is told for the first time in this book. Accompanying the exciting story and wonderful design are fantastic drawings and stylish presentation, which add an authentic flavour and depth to this mythical subject.
Author: John Guy
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2012-07-03
Total Pages: 449
ISBN-13: 0679603417
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA revisionist new biography reintroducing readers to one of the most subversive figures in English history—the man who sought to reform a nation, dared to defy his king, and laid down his life to defend his sacred honor NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KANSAS CITY STAR AND BLOOMBERG Becket’s life story has been often told but never so incisively reexamined and vividly rendered as it is in John Guy’s hands. The son of middle-class Norman parents, Becket rose against all odds to become the second most powerful man in England. As King Henry II’s chancellor, Becket charmed potentates and popes, tamed overmighty barons, and even personally led knights into battle. After his royal patron elevated him to archbishop of Canterbury in 1162, however, Becket clashed with the King. Forced to choose between fealty to the crown and the values of his faith, he repeatedly challenged Henry’s authority to bring the church to heel. Drawing on the full panoply of medieval sources, Guy sheds new light on the relationship between the two men, separates truth from centuries of mythmaking, and casts doubt on the long-held assumption that the headstrong rivals were once close friends. He also provides the fullest accounting yet for Becket’s seemingly radical transformation from worldly bureaucrat to devout man of God. Here is a Becket seldom glimpsed in any previous biography, a man of many facets and faces: the skilled warrior as comfortable unhorsing an opponent in single combat as he was negotiating terms of surrender; the canny diplomat “with the appetite of a wolf” who unexpectedly became the spiritual paragon of the English church; and the ascetic rebel who waged a high-stakes contest of wills with one of the most volcanic monarchs of the Middle Ages. Driven into exile, derided by his enemies as an ungrateful upstart, Becket returned to Canterbury in the unlikeliest guise of all: as an avenging angel of God, wielding his power of excommunication like a sword. It is this last apparition, the one for which history remembers him best, that will lead to his martyrdom at the hands of the king’s minions—a grisly episode that Guy recounts in chilling and dramatic detail. An uncommonly intimate portrait of one of the medieval world’s most magnetic figures, Thomas Becket breathes new life into its subject—cementing for all time his place as an enduring icon of resistance to the abuse of power.
Author: John Michael Priest
Publisher: Savas Publishing
Published: 2014-05-21
Total Pages: 538
ISBN-13: 1940669510
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“The best battlefield first-person compilation I have read . . . Here it all is—the tactics, the movement, the truth about warfare.” —The Civil War Times In Antietam: The Soldiers’ Battle, historian John Michael Priest tells this brutal tale of slaughter from an entirely new point of view: that of the common enlisted man. Concentrating on the days of actual battle—September 16, 17, and 18, 1862—Priest vividly brings to life the fear, the horror, and the profound courage that soldiers displayed, from the first Federal cavalry probe of the Confederate lines to the last skirmish on the streets of Sharpsburg. Antietam is not a book about generals and their grand strategies, but rather concerns men such as the Pennsylvanian corporal who lied to receive the Medal of Honor; the Virginian who lay unattended on the battlefield through most of the second day of fighting, his arm shattered from a Union artillery shell; the Confederate surgeon who wrote to the sweetheart he left behind enemy lines in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania that he had seen so much death and suffering that his “head had whitened and my very soul turned to stone.” Besides being a gripping tale charged with the immediacy of firsthand accounts of the fighting, Antietam also dispels many misconceptions long held by historians and Civil War buffs alike. Seventy-two detailed maps—which describe the battle in the hourly and quarter-hourly formats established by the Cope Maps of 1904—together with rarely-seen photographs and his own intimate knowledge of the Antietam terrain, allow Priest to offer a substantially new interpretation of what actually happened.
Author: Mike Johnson
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2005-10-13
Total Pages: 432
ISBN-13: 1463453264
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWorld War II is a story told most often through the eyes of national leaders, generals and, occasionally, infantrymen. Warrior Priest underscores why that cauldron continues to stir imaginations and curiosity by conveying the wars global impact in ways rarely told. Here are woven together memorably the lives of a young priest turned airborne chaplain, a Cracow student turned Polish lancer, an aircraft carrier fireman, two young women partisans in Warsaw and a French village, and a small town girl who follows a volunteer flyer to England where she first treats the wounded in a London hospital and then joins the U.S. Army nurse corps. Meticulously researched, Warrior Priests characters interact with real-life people in historically authentic locales and situations and in an accurate chronology from 1939 through 1946. From a quiet, small town in 1930s Ohio to a Vatican-run seminary From a Polish lancer charging German invaders to a U.S. airborne chaplain jumping into the night From a London hospital during the Blitz to a church basement in battered Warsaw From the harrowing streets of the ghetto to heroic river crossings From the heaving deck of an imperiled aircraft carrier to a memorable walk down a church aisle From invasion beaches to evacuation hospital tents From an occupied French village to the Nazis only death camp in France Warrior Priest pulls the reader into and through the cauldron of World War II by weaving together the lives of everyday people in unforgettable ways.
Author: Donald F. Crosby
Publisher:
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 336
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Catholic chaplains shared fully in the lot of the common soldier in World War II - in Pacific island jungles, Europe's battered cities, North African deserts, and the oceans in between. And like the common soldier, they endured the same combat perils, exposure to the elements, internal conflicts, boredom, and intense longings for peace and home. They saved lives, provided comfort and hope, and renewed lost faith in a dark time. In this compelling account Father Donald Crosby provides an unforgettable portrait of faith under fire and grace at ground level, reminding us again that "there are no atheists in foxholes.""--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author: Peter McLean
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2018-10-02
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 0451490215
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The first in an unmissable series, Priest of Bones is a fresh and compelling take on grimdark fantasy. Mashing together soldiers, gangsters, magic and war into a heady mix that is a hulking big brother to The Lies of Locke Lamora."--Anna Stephens, author of Godblind The war is over, and army priest Tomas Piety heads home with Sergeant Bloody Anne at his side. But things have changed while he was away: his crime empire has been stolen and the people of Ellinburg--his people--have run out of food and hope and places to hide. Tomas sets out to reclaim what was his with help from Anne, his brother, Jochan, and his new gang: the Pious Men. But when he finds himself dragged into a web of political intrigue once again, everything gets more complicated. As the Pious Men fight shadowy foreign infiltrators in the back-street taverns, brothels, and gambling dens of Tomas's old life, it becomes clear: The war is only just beginning.
Author: Roy Wenzl
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 1586177796
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents the life of the American Catholic priest who served as a chaplain in the Korean War, describing his heroic behavior as a prisoner of war which resulted in his being awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously in 2013.
Author: Drew Graffia
Publisher:
Published: 2019-10
Total Pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9781696067119
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough the ages, there have been few heroes as adored as the medieval KNIGHT! With a prayer in his heart and a sword in his hand, it is easy to see why this ultimate WARRIOR-PRIEST has stood the test of time. "The Warrior-Priest Mindset" unveils the inherent dual nature of every believer. Like Jesus, we must all be the LION and the LAMB! You Will Discover: The prophecies of the Dual Messiahs (The Suffering Servant and The Conquering King); Yahweh's Code of Chivalry when using Self-Defense; The mysterious and vile "Order of the Tinkling Cymbal"; How we may be acting as Counterfeit Crusaders instead of Warrior-Priests; How many of our biblical heroes were, in fact, Warrior-Priests; How the Bible is the greatest knight's tale ever written and how Jesus is the ULTIMATE DRAGON SLAYER! With ten years as a medieval "stuntman/actor," Drew Graffia brings a unique perspective to the Word of God that is bound to inspire others. "The world today needs Christian men, in the true sense of those words, and this is our call to arms. Intensely inspiring!" --Derek Gilbert, Host of SkyWatchTV, author of Bad Moon Rising and Last Clash of the Titans "This book is absolutely essential for every Christian, whether young of old, new or experienced, in order to fulfill the purposes God has for our lives. Thank you, Drew, for teaching me how to be a true Knight of Yahweh!" - Josh Peck, Best-Selling Author and Creator of Daily Renegade Renegade Publishers 2019 DailyRenegade.com
