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|  | Calvin by Francois Wendel, Philip Mairet
Leading Calvin scholar Francois Wendel traces the development of Calvin's religious thought in the context of the turbulent Reformation era. Out of the upheavals in political, social, and intellectual life during the 16th century, Calvin emerges as one of the eminent Christian thinkers of his, or any age. AUTHOR: Francois Wendel, Philip Mairet
PUBLISHER: Baker Academic
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Churchill by Norman Rose
Winston Churchill is without question one of the most important figures of the twentieth century. Famous as the bulldog who rallied his wavering and war-weary compatriots to lead the Allied resistance to Hitler, he will forever stand as Britain's savior. Unceremoniously thrown out of office after the war, he was considered brilliant, occasionally impolitic, but morally principled by his friends, and fearsome, opportunistic, and an unruly trouble-maker by his enemies. For much of his long political career he was the most detested and mistrusted man in British public life. Yet when he retired he was acclaimed as the greatest Englishman of all time. Which is the real Churchill? In the past several years, a wave of revisionist scholars have attacked Churchill's wartime strategy, domestic politics, and private life, and have even claimed that he could have responsibly kept England out of the war. Now Norman Rose, the first historian to be granted access to the Churchill archives since the publication of Churchill's authorized biography, sets the record straight, combining a proper assessment of Churchill's achievements with a legitimate strand of revisionism. Rose's Churchill is impetuous, and capable of disastrous miscalculation -- as in the Dardanelles expedition and the Norwegian campaign of 1940. Yet Rose defends Churchill's place in the pantheon of history, showing that through his story runs a tragic thread -- how the scion of a great aristocratic house, in many ways the quintessential English aristocrat, conservative and imperialist, came to preside over his country's decline. It is this theme, at once dramatic and poignant, that Norman Rose handles with fine understanding and perception in this comprehensive and fully documented account of Churchill's life. British critics widely hailed Norman Rose's Churchill as quite simply the best biography yet written, calling it a masterpiece. Finally now available to American readers, Churchill: The Unruly Giant is a d AUTHOR: Norman Rose
PUBLISHER: Free Press, The
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Johnny Appleseed by Rosemary Benet, S. D. Schindler, Stephen Vincent Benet
An illustrated version of the classic 1933 poem which tells the story of Johnny Appleseed, who traveled across the United States planting apple seeds. Illustrated with color drawings. AUTHOR: Rosemary Benet, S. D. Schindler, Stephen Vincent Benet
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Death Game by Jack Olsen
Description not available.The renowned crime journalist and author of The Misbegotten Son turns his attention to serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson, the Happy Face Killer from Oregon who strangled eight women in the 1990s, detailing his evolution from angry child to psychotic murderer. 35,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Jack Olsen
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Abraham Lincoln's Daily Treasure
Description not available.Offers daily readings on a variety of subject themes based on the Believer's Daily Treasure, a book Lincoln was given after the death of his son that shaped his faith and from which he sought inspiration throughout his presidency.
PUBLISHER: Revell, Fleming H. Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Hitler's Cross by Erwin W. Lutzer
Hitler's Cross, by Erwin W. Lutzer, is the story of the German churches' near total capitulation to Nazi ideology, the story of a nation whose church forgot its primary call and discovered its failure too late. AUTHOR: Erwin W. Lutzer
PUBLISHER: Moody Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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