In "Under The Red Crescent, Plevna 1877," readers are transported to the heart of one of the most pivotal moments in European history. Set against the backdrop of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878, this gripping narrative chronicles the epic struggle for the Bulgarian town of Plevna.As the Russian Empire seeks to expand its influence in the Balkans and challenge Ottoman dominance, the small garrison town of Plevna becomes the focal point of a fierce and relentless battle. Led by th...

Global Perspectives on Eco-Aesthetics and Eco-Ethics: A Green Critique focuses on the interface of the Anthropocene, sustainability, ecological aesthetics, multispecies relationality, and the environment as reflected in literature and culture. This book examines how writers have addressed ecological crises and environmental challenges that transcend national, cultural, political, social, and linguistic borders. It demonstrates how, as the environmental humanities developed and emerged as a...

'The Outlaws of the Wild West: 150+ Westerns in One Edition' serves as a sweeping anthology that showcases the rugged landscapes and resilient spirits characterizing American Western literature. This collection spans a vast array of narrative styles, from the sparse, gritty realism of frontier life to romanticized adventures among desolate, lawless expanses. The compilation captures an epoch where the morality was as untamed as the terrain, encapsulating themes of survival, justice, and th...

America is a nation that celebrates diversity and freedom of conscience. Yet, as Alexis de Tocqueville observed, democratic times often demand conformity. Nowadays, conformity might be enforced in the name of diversity itself, and go so far as to infringe on the rights of conscience, expression, association, and religious freedom. Americans have recently been confronted by this paradox in various ways, from federal health care mandates, to campus speech codes, to consumer boycotts, to publ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.What does courage look like when skill, supplies, and hope have all run out? Under the Red Crescent, Charles S. Ryan's memoir of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, finds its answer in his service as an army surgeon at the age of twenty-one. At Plevna he operated beneath a willow tree, amputated without adequate anaesthetic, and watched antiseptics give way to bazaar cloth and cotton-wool alive with maggots. Anyone who has struggled to ...

As war rages in the Pacific, a daring plan is set in motion: the rescue of Allied POWs being used as slave laborers on the main Philippine island of Luzon. Lt. John "Red" Parnell and his elite Blue Team commandos, having proven their fighting worth in every theater of the war, are chosen for this dangerous task.But Fate constantly places a vicious Japanese Marine officer on their trail as they battle through the green hell of the Philippine jungle to carry out their mission. And th...

The old U.S.S.R. is dead—but new evil has risen from its ashes, calling itself Phoenix Group. Led by a brilliant and obsessed rogue officer, manned by the most dedicated, deadly soldiers of the once all-powerful Soviet secret army.Their plan is to launch a biological weapon attack that will throw the fragile new world order into chaos. Their launching pad: a remote state on the northern frontier of India ruled by a power-hungry warlord. And the only people who could stop them: mari...

EYE OF THE TIGERThe Bengal set sail from a teeming Singapore harbor, but its precious cargo comes from the heart of the war-torn Middle East. The freighter is traveling under the flag of Cameroon, headed for an unknown destination. Deep in its hull the ship carries one of the deadliest devices ever invented, which silently waits for the perfect moment to detonate.EYE OF THE STORMThe intelligence forces of the world discover that a red bomb—an anti-personnel, mercury...

ZERO HOURDeep below the surface of the South Pacific, the U.S. Navy cargo ship Panjanq floated, delicately suspended above the ocean bottom. The ultra-expert diving team of Cas Bonner and Steve Chaffee and the beautiful, brilliant undersea geologist Napah Gilchrist knew it was there. They also knew that aboard was a weapon triggered to explode the world's hope for peace. They even knew the time that the instrument of global destruction was computer-programmed to be launched on its ...

In the dark days of World War II, a special unit was commissioned made up of the toughest and bravest volunteers the Army had to offer, the unit had only one purpose—to hit first, hit hard, and kill without hesitation. In this, their first mission, they are sent on a mission to North Africa.

WHEN THE CLOCK STOPS TICKING—CODE BLACKStruggling to overcome nightmares about his traumatic past, ex-Navy SEAL Matt Marquette is inadvertently drawn into a terrorist conspiracy after the murder of a young couple and the destruction of his fishing boat in Puget Sound. Searching among the wreckage, Matt uncovers the terrorists' quarry—the final element to a biological bomb. Within hours, Matt's quiet life is shattered as he becomes the center of a police manhunt and the targ...

Original book in ePub format.WITH AN AMBULANCE DURING THE FRANCO-GERMAN WARPersonal Experiences and Adventures with Both Armies 1870-1871by CHARLES E. RYAN, F.R.C.S.I., M.R.C.P.I.Knight of the Order of Louis II, of BavariaNew YorkCharles Scribner's Sons153-157 Fifth Avenue1896Aberdeen University Press.