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The Fiery Spirits tells the story of the MPs in parliament and the protestors in the streets who played a pivotal role in the English Civil Wars. Through their stories, John Rees reveals the hidden history of the republicans who brought a desperate nation to the brink of revolution.At the start of the English Civil Wars, very few could have imagined that the country would soon become a republic. Practically alone in his republicanism was Henry Marten, MP and future regicid...

The Levellers, formed out of the explosive tumult of the 1640s and the battlefields of the Civil War, are central figures in the history of democracy. In this thrilling narrative, John Rees brings to life the men-including John Lilburne, Richard Overton and Thomas Rainsborough-and women who ensured victory and became an inspiration to republicans of many nations.From the raucous streets of London and the clattering printers' workshops that stoked the uprising, to the rank and file ...

In the eyes of Britain's heritage industry, London is the traditional home of empire, monarchy and power, an urban wonderland for the privileged, where the vast majority of Londoners feature only to applaud in the background.Yet, for nearly 2000 years, the city has been a breeding ground for radical ideas, home to thinkers, heretics and rebels from John Wycliffe to Karl Marx. It has been the site of sometimes violent clashes that changed the course of history: the Levellers' doomed ...

Unseen SoulsFrom fire and loss, her art became their voice.Dowlais, 1856. In the smoke-choked ironworks of South Wales, life is hard, dangerous, and often short. Eliza Turner grows up knowing little beyond hardship — until illness takes her parents and she is sent to London, into service in the grand house of the Earl of Ravensworth.It is a world she scarcely understands.But Eliza carries something with her: a way of seeing....

Christmas, 1896.Snow lies deep around Dolwyddelan Castle in North Wales. Within its ancient walls, antiquarian Lord Jeremiah de Haersbie has gathered a carefully chosen company to witness the unveiling of a newly discovered medieval codex — a manuscript whose contents threaten to unsettle accepted histories and challenge long-held assumptions about Wales, power, and identity.The guests arrive carrying more than winter cloaks. A retired general hardened by e...

If you think evil had been put to rest with Halocline, john g rees’ 2nd book of his ‘anoxic zone’ series, think again. Evil does not sleep, nor take a break as men do. It waits, but it is not still. Patient, but never at peace. It waits until men take their break on vigilance. Then the tendrils of greed, lust, power and jealousy insinuate themselves within the fecund soil of the unguarded mind. That is just the b...

This sci-fi/horror book, anoxic zone, by john g rees, is a look at the near future out of control. Or actually in control - by Megacorp, a company that owns and runs just about everything in this not too distant world.Megacorp is what its name implies: a massive worldwide organization that dominates and owns almost everything and everyone. Its decisions were capitalistic and paramount. It did whatever it had to do to increase shareholder dividends; whatever would make money.T...

john g rees takes you on a journey back in time with his third horror novel BLACK TIDE. Back in time to the beginning for Jake Strom. Megacorp has been in control for years. Only the old remember a time before the small corporation rose from the ashes of a destroyed world economy during the early 21st century and became the dominant player, in control of most of the world.Jake Strom is a commercial diver, a little older than the few new divers who were still willing to play the game...

Halocline is a near future tale of the workings of an everyday salvage vessel and its inevitable crew of characters. It is a twisted continuance of john g rees’ first horror novel anoxic zone.Once again, john g rees is grossly graphic in his descriptions of the impalings and disfigurements that occur throughout this wildly thrilling novel. His way of words just makes you squinch your eyes and yet want more. He happily continues to disgust and amuse us.Several years have passe...

War and revolution, economic crises and political conflict are the very stuff of modern history. This guide to the last 100 years of great power conflict, social rebellion, strikes and protests gives us the essential history of the world in which we live. Based on the Timeline TV series this is a rapid and accessible guide for those who want to know how power is exercised, by who, and for what purposes in the modern world.From the rise and fall of great empires in two world wars, t...

A unique critique of the new economic and military imperialism of the United States and its allies in the twenty-first century.Inspired by the anti-globalization and anti-war movements, in which the author himself has played a crucial role, this is also an accessible introduction to the huge changes in global politics since the dominance of the American Empire with the end of the Cold War. It covers the key areas of:the nature of the new imperialismthe econo...

Asthma is a common condition with increasing prevalence. This new edition of the highly regarded ABC of Asthma has been thoroughly revised with reference to the latest British Thoracic Society guidelines on the management of asthma in children and adults. It covers the advances in practice and methods, with a new emphasis on delivery systems, self-dose assessment and delivery of care with different pharmacological approaches.The ABC of Asthma is a concise...