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 ...

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.

Fifteen more fresh tales of madness and monsters from Fractured Mind Publishing that will leave you wanting more while you thank the Old Gods for the Mythos that inspired these stories. The astounding authors that weave these new webs of madness include:EV KNIGHT BECKY NARRON KARI LEIGH SANDERS PATRICK RAHALL CLAIRE DAVON CHARLES REIS RAZ T. SLASHER STEVE VAN SAMSON RYAN COLLEY L. E. HARRISON JON TOBEY LILY LUCHESI TRISHA J. WOOLDRIDGE DALE DRAKE CURTIS M. LAWSON

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The easy accessibility of the Bible in most of the world's major languages can obscure a dramatic and sometimes unexpected story. In Know How We Got Our Bible, scholars Ryan Reeves and Charles Hill trace the history of the Bible from its beginnings to the present day, highlighting key figures and demonstrating overall the reliability of Scripture.Reeves and Hill begin with the writing of the Bible's books (including authorship and dating), move into the formation of the Ol...

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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...

In the dark days of WWII, a special unit was commissioned by Lieutenant James Dunmore, an intelligence officer on General George Patton's staff. Made up of tough volunteers, the unit had only one purpose—to hit first, his hard, and kill without hesitation. This band of elite warriors would become known as the Mohawkers—and the last thing the enemy would see would be Recon Force Thunderbolt.Two days before the allied invasions of Sicily, Lt. John "Red" Parnell and this Blue Team are...

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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 ...