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British journalist John Russell is adrift in a McCarthy-era Los Angeles, having left a life of international spying behind him—until his research into a wartime conspiracy brings him face-to-face with the perilous instability of a post-Stalin Berlin.Los Angeles, 1953. It has been five years since John Russell struck a deal with a high-ranking Soviet official, relieving Russell of his duty as double agent for Soviet and American intelligence. N...

In his teens, a young man wrote, "I believe in no religion. There is absolutely no proof for any of them." After serving in the trenches of WW1, the same young man said, "I never sank so low as to pray." To a religious friend, he wrote impatiently, "You can't start with God. I don't accept God!" This young man was C. S. Lewis, the "foul-mouthed atheist" who would become one of the most eloquent Christian writers of the twentieth century.David ...

In his teens, a young man wrote, "I believe in no religion. There is absolutely no proof for any of them." After serving in the trenches of WW1, the same young man said, "I never sank so low as to pray." To a religious friend, he wrote impatiently, "You can't start with God. I don't accept God!" This young man was C. S. Lewis, the "foul-mouthed atheist" who would become one of the most eloquent Christian writers of the twentieth century.David ...

The prequel to David Downing's bestselling Station series introduces John Russell, an Englishman with a political past who must keep his head down as the Nazis solidify their power.February 27, 1933. In this stunning prequel to the John Russell espionage novels, the Reichstag parliament building in Berlin is set ablaze. It's just a month after Hitler's inauguration as Chancellor of Germany, and the Nazis use the torching to justify a campaign ...

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The denouement of the World War II John Russell series, set in 1945 as Hitler's Third Reich stands on the verge of extinction. Russell's son and girlfriend are in Berlin, and he must reach the city ahead of the advancing Red Army in order to find and save them.

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The prequel to David Downing's bestselling Station series introduces us to John Russell, an Englishman with a political past who must keep his head down as the Nazis solidify their power Germany, 1933. The world is not yet at war, but the influence of the Nazi party is spreading like wildfire through Berlin. The Reichstag parliament building has burned down, just four weeks after Hitler's appointment as German Chancellor. The torching will be ...

It is 1940, and American Tom McCord, a 23-year-old graduate student, is in England researching the historical evidence for the legendary King Arthur. There he meets perky and intuitive Laura Hartman, a fellow American staying with her aunt in Oxford, and the two of them team up for an even more ambitious and dangerous quest.Aided by the Inklings -- that illustrious circle of scholars and writers made famous by its two most prolific members, C....

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From bestselling author David Downing, master of historical espionage, comes a heart-wrenching depiction of Germany in the days leading up to World War II and the difficult choices of one man of conviction. In April 1938, a man calling himself Josef Hofmann arrives at a boarding house in Hamm, Germany, and lets a room from the widow who owns it. Fifty years later, Walter Gersdorff, the widow's son, who was eleven years old in the spring of 193...

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This book addresses the function and status of the visual and verbal image as it relates to social, political, and ideological issues. The authors first articulate some of the lost connections between image and ideology, then locate their argument within the modernist/postmodernist debates. The book addresses the multiple, trans-disciplinary problems arising from the ways cultures, authors, and texts mobilize particular images in order to conf...

This book addresses the function and status of the visual and verbal image as it relates to social, political, and ideological issues. The authors first articulate some of the lost connections between image and ideology, then locate their argument within the modernist/postmodernist debates. The book addresses the multiple, trans-disciplinary problems arising from the ways cultures, authors, and texts mobilize particular images in order to conf...

In the fourth and final installment of David Downing's spy series, Jack McColl is sent to Soviet Russia, where the civil war is coming to an end. The Bolsheviks have won but the country is in ruins. With the hopes engendered by the revolution hanging by a thread, plots and betrayals abound.London, 1921: Ex-Secret Service spy Jack McColl is in prison serving time for assaulting a cop. McColl has been embittered by the Great War, he feels betray...

In the fourth and final installment of David Downing's spy series, Jack McColl is sent to Soviet Russia, where the civil war is coming to an end. The Bolsheviks have won but the country is in ruins. With the hopes engendered by the revolution hanging by a thread, plots and betrayals abound.London, 1921: Ex-Secret Service spy Jack McColl is in prison serving time for assaulting a cop. McColl has been embittered by the Great War, he feels betray...

In Russia the Bolshevik revolution is in full-swing while the supposed Great War is destroying Europe in ways never before imagined. Fulltime lovers and part-time enemies, British spy Jack McColl and progressive American journalist Caitlin Hanley, have seen their relationship survive this far but in a world defined by "win at all cost" attitudes how much longer can they hold out?Winter 1917: As a generation of Europe's young men perish on the ...

Teaching, Training, and Administration in Graduate Psychology Programs offers a unique contribution to literature by presenting psychoanalytic perspectives on the challenges of educating future psychologists. By integrating psychoanalytic theory with engaging cases and practical applications, the authors explore how psychoanalysis can foster a deeper understanding of the questions and decisions that graduate psychology faculty and administrato...