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Bomber Boys, Fighting Back 1940-1945 by Patrick Bishop A hardcover edition published by Harper in 2007 Blue cover boards with silver writing to the spine, binding is tight & strong, no marks or inscriptions, dustjacket is complete clean & bright Postage within S Africa R70 thru P Office Overseas buyers can contact us for a postal quote

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Softcover in good condition. Clean inside and solidly bound. Published 2007 with 429 pages plus 14 pages on the author. Illustrated with b/w photographs and maps. A tribute to the Bomber Boys! Postage in RSA = R47.00

Softcover in good condition. Clean inside and solidly bound. Published 2007 with 429 pages plus 14 pages on the author. Illustrated with b/w photographs and maps. A tribute to the Bomber Boys! Postage in RSA = R50.00

Fighting Rebels and Redskins 1861 - 1892 By: Col. George B. Sanford A first edition hardcover published by Oklahoma Press in 1969 Blue cover boards with gold writing to the spine, binding is tight & strong, ex college library copy stamp on back of front cover & stamp page on back cover, dustjacket is complete clean & bright Postage within South Africa R50.00 Overseas Customers can contact us for a Postal Quotation

Fighting Their Own War - South African Blacks and the First  World War by Albert Grundlingh First published 1987 Softcover. 200 pages.   In a good used condition, the front cover have some creases on. Old white sticker on the back of the title page.   Please see the Photo's as part of the description. Sold as per scan.   International Bidders Welcome (Please enquire about shipping costs) Postage and Packaging: Shipping includes time, labor, packaging material and travel costs Post Office: R58, Courier R120  Items can be combined request.          Please see our other medallion, pins and coins, books ext.       

Fighting Their Own War - South African Blacks and the First  World War by Albert Grundlingh First published 1987 Softcover. 200 pages.   In a good used condition, the front cover have some creases on. Old white sticker on the back of the title page.   Please see the Photo's as part of the description. Sold as per scan.   International Bidders Welcome (Please enquire about shipping costs) Postage and Packaging: Shipping includes time, labor, packaging material and travel costs Post Office: R58, Courier R130  Items can be combined request.          Please see our other medallion, pins and coins, books ext.       

Fighting Their Own War - South African Blacks and the First  World War by Albert Grundlingh First published 1987 Softcover. 200 pages.   In a good used condition, the front cover have some creases on. Old white sticker on the back of the title page.   Please see the Photo's as part of the description. Sold as per scan.   International Bidders Welcome (Please enquire about shipping costs) Postage and Packaging: Shipping includes time, labor, packaging material and travel costs Post Office: R58, Courier R130, Postnet r115 Items can be combined request.          Please see our other medallion, pins and coins, books ext.       

Fighting Their Own War - South African Blacks and the First  World War by Albert Grundlingh First published 1987 Softcover. 200 pages.   In a good used condition, the front cover have some creases on. Old white sticker on the back of the title page.   Please see the Photo's as part of the description. Sold as per scan.   International Bidders Welcome (Please enquire about shipping costs) Postage and Packaging: Shipping includes time, labor, packaging material and travel costs Post Office: R60, Courier R130, Postnet r115 Items can be combined request.          Please see our other medallion, pins and coins, books ext.       

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SHAOLIN STRIKES BACK Synopsis: The masters are back... A Manchu Prince uses trickery to coax the secret fighting skills out of the Shaolin and Wu Tang masters. He then creates a rift between two young students who were once the best of friends despite their respective backgrounds, forcing the two disciples to return to their temples and seek advice from their superiors. When they later reunite, their differences forgotten. Shaolin and Wu Tang team up to fight the Manchu menace.  Shaolin Strikes back has plenty of beautifully choreographed fights,temple training scenes that surpass those of any another Martial Arts movie.   Starring: Robert Lee Hoi Wong   Category: Martial Art    Age Restriction: 10 V

  Zulu Zulu Foxtrot: To Hell And Back With Koevoet - Arn Durand - Zebra - 2016 - Paperback. This is the explosive follow-up to Zulu Zulu Golf, covering Arn Durand s next few years in Koevoet, the most deadly fighting force involved in the Border War. After moving to the unit Zulu Foxtrot, Durand went deeper into Angola than before and was involved in more contacts with the enemy, which he describes in nerve-shattering detail. Balancing the action is a dramatic human story, as Durand faces the tragic death of his commander, Frans Conradie, one of the pioneers of Koevoet, who had become a mentor to him. Written in the same gripping, novelistic style as its predecessor, Zulu Zulu Foxtrot recreates the experience of being in the heat of battle and delves more deeply into the psyche of the modern warrior."      

This is the explosive follow-up to Zulu Zulu Golf, covering Arn Durand's next few years in Koevoet, the most deadly fighting force involved in the Border War. After moving to the unit Zulu Foxtrot, Durand went deeper into Angola than before and was involved in more contacts with the enemy, which he describes in nerve-shattering detail. Balancing the action is a dramatic human story, as Durand faces the tragic death of his commander, Frans Conradie, one of the pioneers of Koevoet, who had become a mentor to him. Written in the same gripping, novelistic style as its predecessor, Zulu Zulu Foxtrot recreates the experience of being in the heat of battle and delves more deeply into the psyche of the modern warrior. PAPERBACK: 261 Pages Published October 2012

2012. Soft cover, 261 pages. Very good condition. Tightly bound, neat and clean. Under 1kg. This is the explosive follow-up to Zulu Zulu Golf, covering Arn Durand’s next few years in Koevoet, the most deadly fighting force involved in the Border War. After moving to the unit Zulu Foxtrot, Durand went deeper into Angola than before and was involved in more contacts with the enemy, which he describes in nerve-shattering detail. Balancing the action is a dramatic human story, as Durand faces the tragic death of his commander, Frans Conradie, one of the pioneers of Koevoet, who had become a mentor to him. Written in the same gripping, novelistic style as its predecessor, Zulu Zulu Foxtrot recreates the experience of being in the heat of battle and delves more deeply into the psyche of the modern warrior.

This is the explosive follow-up to Zulu Zulu Golf, covering Arn Durand's next few years in Koevoet, the most deadly fighting force involved in the Border War. After moving to the unit Zulu Foxtrot, Durand went deeper into Angola than before and was involved in more contacts with the enemy, which he describes in nerve-shattering detail. Balancing the action is a dramatic human story, as Durand faces the tragic death of his commander, Frans Conradie, one of the pioneers of Koevoet, who had become a mentor to him. Softcover. English. Zebra Press. 2012. ISBN: 9781770224346. 261pp. Good condition in softcover, very slight discoloration in prelims. Book No: 2002033

2012 paperback with 261 pages in very good condition. R65 postage in SA. This is the explosive follow-up to Zulu Zulu Golf, covering Arn Durand’s next few years in Koevoet, the most deadly fighting force involved in the Border War. After moving to the unit Zulu Foxtrot, Durand went deeper into Angola than before and was involved in more contacts with the enemy, which he describes in nerve-shattering detail. Balancing the action is a dramatic human story, as Durand faces the tragic death of his commander, Frans Conradie, one of the pioneers of Koevoet, who had become a mentor to him. Written in the same gripping, novelistic style as its predecessor, Zulu Zulu Foxtrot recreates the experience of being in the heat of battle and delves more deeply into the psyche of the modern warrior.

MUAY THAI FIGHTER Synopsis: From the fight chorographer of ONG BAK series. When the body is the ultimate weapon. Lifelong friends learn the traditional techniques and skills of Muay Thai fighting that have been passed down from generation to generation. When their training camp is shut down, they begin to fight underground and bring the art of Muay Thai fighting back to life. The fighting in the ring parallels the fight for their life - when an ultimate, highly anticipated, action-filled fight proves to be their biggest challenge, they are prepared to die for one another. Wall to wall action.   Starring: Akara Amarttayakul Don Ferguson   Category: Action   Age Restriction: 16 V

WARLORDS Synopsis: Asia's superstar Jet Li is Back. "A truimph from start to finish" THE DAILY MIRROR U.K. Set in the midst of the Taiping Rebellion of the s, The Warlords stars Jet Li as General Pang, who barely survives a brutal massacre of his fellow solders by playing dead, and then joins a band of bandits led by Er Hu (Andy Lau) and Wu Yang (Takeshi Kaneshiro). After fighting back attackers for a defenseless village, the three men take an oath to become "blood brothers," pledging loyalty to one another until death.  However, their lives quickly derail as they become embroiled in a web of political deceit and a love triangle between Pang, Er Hu and a beautiful courtesan (Wu Jing-Lei).    Starring: Jet Li Andy Lau   Category: Martial Art    Age Restriction: 16 V

Formed in 1916 as The Rhodesia Native Regiment, its troops were blooded with honour in the East African campaign. Disbanded in 1919, the regiment was re-formed in 1940 during World War II as The Rhodesian African Rifles, seeing action in Burma. In the 1950s, the regiment distinguished itself further during the Malayan Emergency. During the 1960s and 1970s, the regiment was at the forefront of hostilities in the bloody Rhodesian bush war. Ironically, it was after Zimbabwean independence in 1980, that the RARs finest hour came, when, fighting for their erstwhile enemy, Mugabe, the soldiers of the RAR defeated Nkomos invading ZIPRA armies at the battles of Entumbane in Bulawayo. Masodja  London launch address - Brigadier D. Heppenstall: 09/11/07 Lord Salisbury, our President, General Lord Michael Walker, the son of our battalion 2ic in Burma in World War 2, honoured guests, members of the Association, ladies and gentlemen. Like the Battle of Waterloo, this has been a close run thing. Yesterday morning I received four copies of Masodja from the printers in Durban, South Africa, by special delivery, and the main consignment only arrived at Heathrow yesterday evening. The main reason for the four by special delivery was so that we could present one of them to Prince Philip when he signed our Regimental Drumskin at lunchtime yesterday. He was most intrigued when Tobias Mutangadura pointed out to him his photograph taken at the Malayan Independence Merdeka celebrations fifty years ago in 1957. Anyway to get back to the main topic, the reasons why we almost didnt succeed in getting the books here for the launch were several. Firstly it was published and printed in South Africa on the one hand and the author and Regimental Association in the UK on the other. This of course prevented close liaison between the two sides although the use of email made things far easier than they used to be. Most of the text was completed by Alex Binda several years ago, although there were gaps in the records available, and more information was received right up to the last minute. Originally we had planned to have the Launch last April to coincide with our Regimental Day, Tanlwe Chaung Day. This was deemed too early, and it was put back to July, the month in which the Regiment was formed. In the meantime, however, in conjunction with Chris Cocks, Alex had written the History of the RLI, The Saints, which had a very impressive Launch last June. Chris Cocks, our publisher at 30 Degrees South, advised us that a July Launch would be too close to the Saints Launch and recommended that it be postponed to Remembrance Weekend  which we agreed and set the wheels in motion to hire this hall and invite our VIP guests. Apart from the distance between publishers and originators, other mitigating factors included the sheer volume of photographs of which about 75% have been included. These were still being annotated about ten days before the book went to print! Another major factor which nearly caused a postponement was the bad reaction to a new course of medicine prescribed to Kerrin Cocks. This resulted in her being rushed into intensive care followed by a two week break to recuperate. Kerrin is a vital cog in the 30 Degrees South machine, but was soon back on line to rush things through. Pinetown Printers in Durban did a great job in completing those books which we have here today, and in fact they were working 24 hours over the whole of last weekend. We owe a debt of gratitude to all involved in the publication, to Chris and Kerrin Cocks for their expertise, to Pinetown Printers and to Bill Welsh for acting as our Marshal Blucher and arriving with the books in the nick of time. Apart, of course, from Alex Binda, I owe a special thank you to John Hopkins, Iain Harper, Bridget Wells-West and all those who supplied photographs and reminiscences of their time in the Regiment. I would now like to deal with our four members whom we invited over from Zimbabwe. This has been possible due to the magnificent support given by the Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League who paid all their expenses. Our four who came over are: Captain Machakada Patrick Nelomwe: He attested in time to go to the Canal Zone, Egypt, with 1RAR in 1952, and has subsequently seen service in Malaya, the Nyasaland Emergency, the Congo border and the Rhodesian bush war. He rose from company clerk in A Company to ORQMS in the 1st Battalion in 1980. He was commissioned, subsequently in the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA). Major Tobias Chenharu Mutangadura DMM: A member of the Rhodesian Army Education Corps who served almost all his time with 1RAR. By 1980 he was a WO1 and had been awarded the Defence Forces Medal for Meritorious Service (DMM). He was commissioned in the ZNA, and retired as major. He was curator of the Gweru Military Museum for several years. RSM Gibson Zanago Mugadza BCR: A very talented half back in my battalion football team in his younger days. In the Rhodesian bush war he was awarded the Bronze Cross of Rhodesia (BCR) for outstanding leadership and bravery in action. He retired from the Army after 1980 as RSM at the School of Infantry, Gwelo. RSM Obert Veremu DMM: Obert was in my platoon in Malaya where he was a junior NCO, leading scout and tracker. That was exactly 50 years ago. He rose steadily through the ranks, was a champion 110 mile marcher and was awarded his DMM in 1972. He was RSM 1RAR from 1977 to 1978 and 3RAR from its formation in 1978 until after independence when he retired and went farming. The four are ideally situated throughout the country. Patrick is in Bulawayo, Tobias in Gweru, Gibson in Harare and Obert in the Vumba. They will be able to tell all our old comrades that the Regiment is still very much alive! I must now emphasise that the main reason that they arrived here at all is thanks to Lt-Col Malcolm Clewer, the Chairman of our Association in Zimbabwe and also the Chairman of the Harare Branch of the Legion

Soft cover, 610 pages. Very good condition. Book dealer's rubber stamp and old price in front. The front cover has a slight fold. Under 1kg. Garth Owen-Smith has spent almost his entire working life fighting not against a conventional enemy but against official ignorance, harsh climatic conditions, poachers and other enemies of Africa s fast-diminishing wildlife. In the process he has lived and worked in a number of countries but his chosen battlefield has always been the most challenging place of all: the harsh, beautiful and almost unknown Kaokoveld in north-western Namibia, his Arid Eden. He chose sides early on, when he spent two youthful years in the Kaokoveld and not only developed a deep affinity with the indigenous Himba, Herero and Damara pastoralists but realized that they had developed the ideal form of nature conservation, a situation in which humans and their livestock could live in equilibrium with wild game, so that there was room for all. In he was thrown out of the Kaokoveld as an alleged security risk, then spent a year looking into conservation and the treatment of indigenous peoples in Australia, farmed for two years in Rhodesia, and did pioneering work in conservation education for black youths in South Africa. He finally managed to get back to South West Africa in , and from there embarked on his life s work, to save the remnants of the Kaokoveld s rich wildlife, devastated by a variety of illegal hunters.When he went back to the Kaokoveld in it was to find that its rich wildlife, including black rhino and desert-adapted elephant, had been devastated by illegal hunting. Owen-Smith has spent the last 27 years working to reverse this, starting a non-government organization with his partner, Dr Margaret Jacobsohn. They have won some of the world s major conservation awards, north-western Namibia is a popular tourism destination and the Kaokoveld s wildlife has come back from the brink of virtual extinction, and thousands of people have benefited from the links they have forged between community development and natural resource management. 

32 BATTALION The Inside Story of South Africa's Elite Fighting Unit  by Piet Nortje; Softback; Published by Zebra 2004  ISBN 1 868729 141 No; of Pages; 315 Condition - Good, tightly bound, no tears Note; Some creases onfronf and back cardboard cover. Note; Previous owners name and address deleted with a koki pen (see photograph below) For postage within S A  and via S A Post Office please add R55.00   alternatively Postnet to Postnet (up to 5 kg) at R105.00. Buyers from outside of S A to contact me for a postal quote. Where more than one book is bought " combined " postage / shipping can be agreed and arranged.

SPEED RACER - SECRET INVADERS Synopsis: The world’s favourite high-octane animated hero is back! The world’s favourite high-octane animated hero is back! Roaring into action aboard his trust Mach-5, it’s the intrepid young race car driver who sparked an international cult phenomenon: the one-and-only SPEED RACER! It’s action in overdrive as SPEED RACER® tries to stop a gang of ruthless assassins from taking over the country of Avalonia, also the site of the treacherous Twist and Turn Race. The assassins suspect that one of the racers is a secret agent out to thwart their evil plan and Speed is their prime target. Soon our brave hero finds himself not only fighting for his own life but racing to the rescue of President Mountebank, whose microphone is rigged to blow up as he welcomes the racers. Buckle up tight as Speed, Trixie, Spridle,Chim Chim and the mysterious Racer X become embroiled in a caper with as many deadly curves as the race itself.   Starring: Animation   Category: Animation   Age Restriction: PG

Boxer Rocky Balboa enjoys the wealth he has as world-champion. He only fights against opponents "hand-picked" by his manager Mickey Goldmill. Then he is challenged by the arrogant Clubber Lang. Rocky accepts the challenge to prove once more that there is only one world-champion. But Lang wins and becomes the new champion. Nobody believes in Rocky anymore, except for one man: former world-champion Apollo Creed. As Creed tries to stimulate his fighting spirit and get Rocky back in top-form, it is now up to Rocky to get his edge back.

AFRICA@WAR SERIES: VOLUME 26 The Battle of Cuito Cuanavale: Cold War Angolan Finale, 1987-1988 In the broad history of the Cold War, the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale was the climax of a far-off, but nonetheless important African war. It was waged between the apartheid South African Defence Force (SADF) and the armed forces of the communist MPLA government in Angola and the Peoples Republic of Cuba. Led by Soviet generals, the MPLA embarked on a grand offensive in order to knock out the pro-Western rebel movement UNITA in southeastern Angola. As UNITAs survival was crucial to South Africas military strategy in fighting its own counter-insurgency war against the South West African rebel movement SWAPO, the SADF stepped in with a single mechanised brigade and broke the back of the overwhelming MPLA offensive. The MPLA forces were subsequently driven back over a hundred kilometres, before the SADF advance was finally stopped just short of the town of Cuito Cuanavale. Since then, a hot war of words have been waged about who actually won. In this book, a South African military historian and retired journalist examines the campaign, the adversaries, and their achievements on the basis of his research in SADF archives. His scrupulous attempt at objectivity results in interesting conclusions. While the MPLA lost hands down, he posits a draw between the Cubans and the SADF. Although having been a South African reservist officer himself, he has critical words for the SADF leadership. Many misunderstandings, some of which were purposefully created by Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, are put to rest. While not sharing Castros political beliefs, he acknowledges Castros military acumen and political savvy in extricating his country from an unwinnable war while smelling of roses. The analysis contains many lessons about mechanised warfare in the African context from which both laymen and military professionals alike may learb. Paperback, 64 pages.  This title is imported on demand and dispatched within 15 working days depending on supplier.

ONCE FALLEN Synopsis: Only the strongest survive. Life on the inside is hard... Life on the outside is even harder... When Chance (Brian Presley) returns home after five years in jail, he is determined to escape his past, start a new life and make peace with his father, (Ed Harris, Golden Globe® winner), who is the head of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang and serving a life sentence for murder. Upon his release, his dreams of a crime-free future begin to disintegrate when he is forced to assume his best friend’s outrageous debt to a local mobster. Despite being thrust back into a world of organized fighting, drug dealing and ties to corrupt police agents, Chance falls in love with Pearl (Academy Award® nominee Taraji P. Henson) and the prospect of living a normal life seems almost within reach. But will he be able to escape the crimes of his father and his past?   Starring: Ed Harris Tatako P   Category: Action   Age Restriction: 16 LV

HARDMEN Synopsis: A garage worker insults Jacky at his garage. At the same time an illegal transaction is taking place with diamonds. After the fighting, the diamonds go missing. The gangsters believe that Jacky has stolen them. All hell breaks loose in Hardmen as the gangsters want the diamonds back and will kill who ever comes in their way.   Starring: Alexandra Lou Johnny Chiu   Category: Action   Age Restriction: 13 V

ENEMY Synopsis: Steven Segal is back in this action movie about survival. Taekwondo champion Kim (Jun Lee) gives up his fighting career to take care of his daughter Sa-rang. But when an evil gambling kingpin kidnaps her, Kim must agree to fight in a rigged boxing match in exchange for Sa-rang's freedom. Kim now finds himself face to face with "King Of The Cage" Jack Miller (Steven Seagal), a deadly fighter who has never lost....   Starring: Steven Seagal Jun Lee   Category: Action   Age Restriction: 13 L