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  Dangerous Frontiers -...

  Bryan Ray

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  In Part 1 of his book the author describes his life as a young officer in the Somaliland Scouts in the (then) British Protectorate of Somaliland.  At that time tribal quarrels, generally over water,  were taking place in the troubled strip of country between the Protectorate and Ethiopia; the Ogaden.  It was the Scouts' difficult task to keep the warring clansmen apart.  It gives a vivid account of a nineteen-year-old in command of Somali troops in a fascinating and unpredictable country.The second part of the book deals with the Author's second period of service with Muslims, a quarter of a century later.  This time in the Southern Province of Oman—Dhofar.  Here he commanded the Northern Frontier Regiment of the Sultan's Armed Force in a limited but fierce war against Communist Insurgents.  It shows how the tide was turned against a brave enemy fighting on their home ground—the savage wadis and cliffs of the jebel.Dangerous Frontiers will appeal to a wide audience, including those interesting in military and world history and in those two little known areas—the Horn of Africa and Southern Oman.  In both campaigns it reflects the mutual liking and respect that the handful of British officers had for their Muslim soldiers and the soldiers for their leaders.   It is written with humor and an understanding of other cultures.

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  Killer Clown - The John Wayne...

  Terry Sullivan, Peter T. Maiken

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  He was a model citizen. A hospital volunteer. And one of the most sadistic serial killers of all time. But few people could see the cruel monster beneath the colorful clown makeup that John Gacy wore to entertain children in his Chicago suburb. Few could imagine what lay buried beneath his house of horrors—until a teenage boy disappeared before Christmas in 1978, leading prosecutor Terry Sullivan on the greatest manhunt of his career. 
  Reconstructing the investigation—from records of violence in Gacy's past, to the gruesome discovery of twenty-nine corpses of abused boys in Gacy's crawlspace and four others found in the nearby river—Sullivan's shocking eyewitness account takes you where few true crime books ever go: inside the heart of a serial murder investigation and trial.

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  The Pastor - A Memoir

  Eugene H. Peterson

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  In The Pastor, author Eugene Peterson, translator of the multimillion-selling The Message, tells the story of how he started Christ Our King Presbyterian Church in Bel Air, Maryland and his gradual discovery of what it really means to be a pastor. Steering away from abstractions, Peterson challenges conventional wisdom regarding church marketing, mega pastors, and the church’s too-cozy relationship to American glitz and consumerism to present a simple, faith-based description of what being a minister means today. In the end, Peterson discovers that being a pastor boils down to “paying attention and calling attention to ‘what is going on now’ between men and women, with each other and with God.”

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  The Quest - The Historians'...

  Frank Peters

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  Esteemed professor emeritus F.E. Peters compares the  similarities and differences in the dual searches for the  historical Jesus and the historical Muhammad. These  quests have been the focus of considerable effort since  the lifetime of each of these venerated figures. Using  the primary tools of historical inquiry and the evidence  discovered by both believers and unbelievers in the  faiths established by Jesus and Muhammad, Professor  Peters provides an insightful look into the results thus  far found and the surprising truths uncovered.

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  A German Deserter's War...

  Julius Koettgen

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  A firsthand account of a German soldier’s horrific experiences fighting in France and Belgium, culminating in his escape from military service.   In 1913 Julius Koettgen, a pacifist and a socialist, was drafted into the ranks of sapper battalion No. 30. He dutifully fought in the ranks of the Kaiser’s armies during 1914 and 1915 and saw action in France and Belgium where he describes the terrible events which were to become known as “the rape of Belgium” and also details the extent of the fighting including being forced to form part of a firing squad, crossing the Meuse under heavy fire, using corpses as road building materials, annihilating a cavalry charge, hand-to-hand bayonet fighting, and the awful events of the disastrous German retreat from the Marne.   Koettgen also experienced the horrors of trench warfare and the famous Christmas truce of 1914. In 1915 he decided that enough was enough and escaped military life by deserting the colors and slipping through the lines to neutral Holland. His was memoirs were published by a gleeful allied press under the title A German Deserter’s War Experience.   This English translation—edited and introduced by Emmy Award™-winning historian Bob Carruthers—provides a rare primary source of insight into the German side during the crucial opening battles of the war and is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the Great War from the German perspective.

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  Ukrainian History Of The 20th...

  HISTORY FOREVER

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  ·       How Ukraine Became Part of the USSR - The Soviet–Ukrainian War 
  ·       Ukraine after the Fall of the Soviet Union 
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