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MEN OF ACTION BOXSET Synopsis: BLACK EAGLE: One of our government's finest secret agents is dispatched to the island of Malta to retrieve an American jet plane which crashed behind enemy lines. The plane was carrying a top secret laser guidance system, and our-man-in-Malta must locate it before it falls into the hands of the Russians. His task is made all the more difficult by the fact that he has his children on vacation with him on the (now quite dangerous) isle. Daddy must somehow manage to save the "free" world while at the same time keeping one anxious eye on his own vulnerable offspring. WAY OF THE DRAGON: At last - the complete uncut version. After 29 years of waiting, ‘Way of the Dragon’ is now available to audiences as director Bruce Lee intended. Now re-instated are the 10 minutes of incredible high- impact fight footage previously prohibited. In this high-kicking martial arts thriller, a young man (Bruce Lee) is called to Rome to help a family friend whose restaurant is being targeted by local gangsters. Used to getting their own way, these ruthless men make the mistake of underestimating the young man's ingenuity. When they are unable to get rid of him, they call in an international martial arts champion (Chuck Norris), creating the ultimate clash of kung fu masters in the ancient city's majestic coliseum. KING OF ROBBERS: Get ready to get even. Leverage is a slick and crafty drama following a team of expert thieves that take down corrupt corporations in elaborate high-tech schemes. Insurance investigator Nate Ford (Academy Award-winner Timothy Hutton) gets even as the leader of a specialized team of thieves, computer experts and con artists. While working a con on a corrupt County judge in an outlying desert town,the team gets caught in the middle of a bank robbery... and Nate and Sophie are taken as hostages, along with their mark. Now, they must not only find a way to keep their own con going without being discovered,but must figure out how to help two very desperate – and very amateur – armed robbers.   Starring: Jean Calude Van Damme Bruce Lee   Category: Action   Age Restriction: 13 LV

 MEN AT WAR The Best War Stories of All Time Edited with an Introduction by ERNEST HEMINGWAY ; Hardcover; Bramhall House; 1979; ISBN 0 517 02084 X; No. of Pages; 1072  "This book contains 82 great war stories of all time, selected by Ernest Hemingway to show what war is, how wars are won and lost, the great things and little things the courage and the pity of mern and women at war the Authors include; Virgil; Sir Thomas Malory; Tolstoy; T E Lawrence ; Stephen Crane; Victor Hugo; de Maupassant; Stendhal; Charles Oman; Sir Winston Churchill; James Hilton; Col. John W Thomapson;  William Falkner; Kipling; C S Forrester; Alexander Woollcott; Theodore Roosevelt; Marquis James; Dorothy Parker; Ambrose Bierce; Hemingway; and many others.... "  Condition ' Book and dust jacket; both very good  D/K  minimal damage on top of spine and 2 small nicks  Back top ; Book;  Very good tight binding, no tears and no writing added. Some light browning of the paper  on the outer  edges of the pages. Postage  (with in SA) Preferably via Postnet to Postnet for a parcel of up to 5kg (addit. books may be included - up to 5kg) then please add R100.00  Delivery via Postnet 3 to 4 working days  or via SA PO   with tracking no.  then please add R60.00  delivery around 10 working days. Buyers from outside of SA can contact me for a postal quote.          

Men With Wings by Sandy Powell A first edition hardcover published by Allan Wingate in 1957 Blue covers with gold writing to the spine, binding is tight & strong, no marks or inscriptions, dustjacket is complete with minor nicks & tears to spine & book ends Postage within South Africa will be R30-00 Overseas buyers can contact us for a postal quote

MEN,MINES & ANIMALS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA by LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL This is a hard covered book of 339 pages with dust cover. It is from the Rhodesiana Reprint Library. There is slight foxing on the first and last few pages.  •The postage on this item will be R60.00 within S. A. (with tracking) •If outside South Africa please contact me re payment & postage before bidding. •I do not have a PayPal facility. •Please email any queries. •If you think the description in my listing is incorrect, please email me. •The photograph you are viewing in this listing is the actual item for sale.  

Book of Remembrance: Rhodesia Native Regiment & Rhodesian African Rifles, 19161981 (Gerry van Tonder) Over the years since 1980 when Rhodesia became Zimbabwe, much has been written and recorded about the various regiments that served the country of Rhodesia from the early pioneers in the 1890's, right through to the day that these fine units marched off their respective parade grounds for the last time and into the august annals of history.  Much of this service for the older regiments, such as the Rhodesia Regiment, the British South Africa Police, the Rhodesia Native Regiment and the Rhodesian African Rifles, was as a contribution to the British Empires war efforts during the South African War, both World Wars, and other regional conflicts of the 1950's and 1960's.  This Book of Remembrance has been specifically compiled as a lasting tribute to the men of the Rhodesia Native Regiment (RNR) and its successor the Rhodesian African Rifles (RAR) who, during the proud and honourable life of these units, made the ultimate sacrifice. It is not a definitive history of these regiments, as this has been admirably done in books such as Masodja and Ragtime Soldiers.  Accordingly, the book briefly looks at the history of each of the regiments and their battalions, with pictorial depictions of uniforms, badges, theatres of operation and colours. Chapters are also dedicated to those who received honours and awards for bravery and dedication to duty, with citations where it has been possible to source.  Nominal rolls, some incomplete, of commanding officers, officers and senior non-commissioned officers add to the overall remembrance theme of the book. The main content is the various Rolls of Honour, covering all the major conflicts and areas of operation in which the two units saw active service. Hardback / (A4 - Landscape size) 204 pages 32pp colour illustrations

BLACK EAGLE: One of our government's finest secret agents is dispatched to the island of Malta to retrieve an American jet plane which crashed behind enemy lines. The plane was carrying a top secret laser guidance system, and our-man-in-Malta must locate it before it falls into the hands of the Russians. His task is made all the more difficult by the fact that he has his children on vacation with him on the (now quite dangerous) isle. Daddy must somehow manage to save the "free" world while at the same time keeping one anxious eye on his own vulnerable offspring. WAY OF THE DRAGON: At last - the complete uncut version. After 29 years of waiting, ‘Way of the Dragon' is now available to audiences as director Bruce Lee intended. Now re-instated are the 10 minutes of incredible high- impact fight footage previously prohibited. In this high-kicking martial arts thriller, a young man (Bruce Lee) is called to Rome to help a family friend whose restaurant is being targeted by local gangsters. Used to getting their own way, these ruthless men make the mistake of underestimating the young man's ingenuity. When they are unable to get rid of him, they call in an international martial arts champion (Chuck Norris), creating the ultimate clash of kung fu masters in the ancient city's majestic coliseum. KING OF ROBBERS: Get ready to get even. Leverage is a slick and crafty drama following a team of expert thieves that take down corrupt corporations in elaborate high-tech schemes. Insurance investigator Nate Ford (Academy Award-winner Timothy Hutton) gets even as the leader of a specialized team of thieves, computer experts and con artists. While working a con on a corrupt County judge in an outlying desert town,the team gets caught in the middle of a bank robbery... and Nate and Sophie are taken as hostages, along with their mark. Now, they must not only find a way to keep their own con going without being discovered,but must figure out how to help two very desperate – and very amateur – armed robbers. 13LV

This is the story of the sinking of the SS Mendi during WW1, the bravery of the men on board and the ensuing inquiry conducted by the Board of Trade in London. The story follows the small band of survivors to France where they complete their tour of duty. The First World War rages in Europe, it is a white mans war, but when the British government calls for 10 000 black soldiers to be sent to France as a labour force, men from around South Africa volunteer for service. In the foothills of the Drakensberg, Kula Hlongwane, an amaNgwane prince steps forward, followed by a group of his tribesmen. Madondo is ordered to accompany them. For him it is a nightmare from which there is no escape. When crossing the English Channel on the troopship, the SS Mendi, lights loom out of the thick black fog, then a siren blasts. With no time to avoid the collision, the Mendi is struck a devastating blow on the starboard side where Kula and his men lie sleeping. Within minutes, the Mendi begins to sink. The book makes use of various historical documents and the transcripts from the inquiry held in London by the Board of Trade to establish causality for the large loss of life. On conclusion of the inquiry, these transcripts were declared secret and concealed from view for the next 50 years. Men of the Mendi gives an in depth account of the inquiry and the apparent reason for the cover-up.  At 5 am on 21 February 1917, in thick fog about 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of St. Catherine's Point on the Isle of Wight, the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company cargo ship Darro accidentally rammed Mendi's starboard quarter, breaching her forward hold. Darro was an 11,484 GRT ship, much larger than Mendi, sailing in ballast to Argentina to load meat. Darro survived the collision but Mendi sank, killing 616 South Africans (607 of them black troops) and 30 crew. Some men were killed outright in the collision; others were trapped below decks. Many others gathered on Mendi's deck as she listed and sank. Oral history records that the men met their fate with great dignity. An interpreter, Isaac Williams Wauchope, who had previously served as a Minister in the Congregational Native Church of Fort Beaufort and Blinkwater, is reported to have calmed the panicked men by raising his arms aloft and crying out in a loud voice: "Be quiet and calm, my countrymen. What is happening now is what you came to do...you are going to die, but that is what you came to do. Brothers, we are drilling the death drill. I, a Xhosa, say you are my brothers...Swazis, Pondos, Basotho...so let us die like brothers. We are the sons of Africa. Raise your war-cries, brothers, for though they made us leave our assegais in the kraal, our voices are left with our bodies." The damaged Darro did not stay to assist. But Brisk lowered her boats, whose crews then rescued survivors. The investigation into the accident led to a formal hearing in summer 1917, held in Caxton Hall, Westminster. It opened on 24 July, sat for five days spread over the next fortnight, and concluded on 8 August. The court found Darro's Master, Henry W Stump, guilty of "having travelled at a dangerously high speed in thick fog, and of having failed to ensure that his ship emitted the necessary fog sound signals." It suspended Stump's licence for a year. Stump's decision not to help Mendi's survivors has been a source of controversy. One source states that it was because of the risk of attack by enemy submarines. Certainly Darro was vulnerable, both as a large merchant ship and having sustained damage that put her out of action for up to three months. But some historians have suggested that racial prejudice influenced Stump's decision, and others hold that he merely lost his nerve. Softcover, 320 pages. First published: February 2017

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Causes of the Cold War by Stewart Ross - The story of the dangerous rivalry between the USA and the USSR        

A rare novel about true South African crime stories, written by Benjamin Bennett. The hardcover book consists of 237 pages in 9 chapters detailing 9 different crime stories. Learn about one of the most famous unsolved mysteries in South African history - the death of Jacoba "Bubbles" Schroeder, in 70 pages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Bennett_(writer) You will not find another copy of this book at retail stores nor at the NMM libraries. This book is also for sale online at other sites for over R300, but I am prepared to sell my copy for R150. Book is in very good condition and all pages are in tact. If you are reading this then the book is still available. No chancers please. Contact 0766708001

1995 edition. Hard cover with dust cover, 310 pages. Very good condition. Under 1kg. This book provides a wide-ranging and fascinating history of the duel and its significance, from the early modern period to the twentieth century.