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The True Story of the Death Railway & The Bridge on the River Kwai A first edition softcover published by J P Picture cover boards are as new, binding is tight & strong, an as new copy Postage within South Africa R50.00 Overseas Customers can contact us for a Postal Quotation

Size A4. Softcover in good condition with 60 pages and b/w photographs. The decision to build the railway was made by The Japanese Cabinet following the decisive defeat of its navy at Battle of Midway 1942. The Japanese had also planned to use the railway to launch an attack on India. Postage in RSA = R55.00.  

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days Alistair Urquhart was a soldier in the Gordon Highlanders, captured by the Japanese in Singapore. Forced into manual labor as a POW, he survived 750 days in the jungle working as a slave on the notorious "Death Railway" and building the Bridge on the River Kwai. Subsequently, he moved to work on a Japanese "hellship," his ship was torpedoed, and nearly everyone on board the ship died. Not Urquhart. After five days adrift on a raft in the South China Sea, he was rescued by a Japanese whaling ship. His luck would only get worse as he was taken to Japan and forced to work in a mine near Nagasaki. Two months later, he was just ten miles from ground zero when an atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. In late August , he was freed by the American Navy--a living skeleton--and had his first wash in three and a half years. This is the extraordinary story of a young man, conscripted at nineteen, who survived not just one, but three encounters with death, any of which should have probably killed him. Silent for over fifty years, this is Urquhart's inspirational tale in his own words. It is as moving as any memoir and as exciting as any great war movie. Features Summary * An extraordinary and moving tale by an ex-POW and last surviving member of the Gordon Highlanders regiment that was captured by the Japanese in Singapore... Author Alistair Urquhart Publisher Abacus Release date Pages 312 ISBN ISBN

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Subtitle: Foundation Author: Peter Ackroyd Publisher: Pan Books () ISBN-10: ISBN-13: Condition: Very Good Binding: Softcover Pages: 500 Dimensions: 19.5 x 13 x 3.5 cm +++ by Peter Ackroyd +++ In Foundation, the chronicler of London and of its river the Thames, takes us from the primeval forests of England's prehistory to the death, in , of the first Tudor kind, Henry VII. With his extraordinary skill for evoking time and place and his acute eye for the telling detail, Peter Ackroyd recounts the familiar story of warring kinds, of civil strife and foreign wars. But he also gives us a vivid sense of how our forebears really lived, bringing them to life in characteristically rich prose.   A passion for books and a passion for collecting fine editions was the recipe that created the successful group of bookshops in Johannesburg called Bookdealers. The group started thirty years ago with one store in the quirky suburb of Yeoville and has grown through the years to a total of five shops, plus our online sales. Bookdealers is well-known for its collectable and used books. We also have a large variety of remaindered books sourced from around the world.  If you collect from one of our five branches there is no delivery charge. We also offer postal delivery (when available) and courier delivery, subject to a quote.

Ukraine 10 hryvnas Dmytro Vyshnevetskyi (Baida) Heroes of Cossack Age Proof 1999 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Ukraine Metal Purity:    Silver 0.925 Box:   Yes Year of Issue:   1999 Weight:   31,1 CoA:   Yes Face Value:   10 hryvnias Dimensions:   38,6     Quality:   Proof     Mintage:   10,000   New coin with capsule, CoA and box Series: Heroes of Cossack AgeThe commemorative coin is dedicated to Dmytro Vyshnevetsky, the orthodox Prince and Cossack ataman, who in 1556 built a fortress on the Dnipro River island of Mala Khortytsia and founded the Zaporizhian SichOn the coin obverse there is the composition similar to the whole Series of coins which embodies the National idea of the Unified Ukraine: next to the small National Emblem of Ukraine, the emblematic figures of Michael the Archistrategos and crowned lion are located, which are symbols of Kyiv and L`viv Cities. Circular inscriptions are split by baroque ornamentation: ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿, 10 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿, 1999, (Ukraine/ 10 Hryvnia/ 1999), the designation of precious metal - Ag 925 and its weight in fineness - 31,1.On the coin reverse there is a figure of Vyshnevetskyi, with a bow in his hand; on the right inscribed are his Family Coat of arms and his date of death - 1563. The conventionalized circular inscription says: ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ (¿¿¿¿¿) (Dmytro Vyshnevetskyi (Baida). ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

Ukraine 5 UAH, Kobzar, LAST JOURNEY, Taras Shevchenko, 2011, Coin Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Ukraine Metal Purity:    Nickel Silver Box:   No Year of Issue:   2011 Weight:   16.54 CoA:   No Face Value:   5 hryvnias Dimensions:   35     Quality:   special uncirculated     Mintage:   35000   New coin with capsule The commemorative coin is dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko`s death and his reburial in Ukraine. On the obverse there are: the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine and the semicircular inscription ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ (National Bank of Ukraine) (above); the monument fixed up on Taras Shevchenko`s grave; to the right there are the lines from his poetry: `...¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ / ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ / ¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿, ¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ / ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿, / ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿, / ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ / ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.` (So that the fields, the boundless steppes, The Dnieper`s plunging shore My eyes could see, my ears could hear, The mighty river roar) with T.Shevchenko`s signature; below to the right there is a conventionalized image of the Dnieper-river with the logo of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint over it, to the left there is the legend 5 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿/2011 (5 hryvnias / 2011). On the reverse there are: a conventionalized sketch of T.H.Shevchenko`s reburial route from Saint Petersburg to Kaniv (to the right), bas-relief of Taras Shevchenko`s port. ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

 Charge! History's greatest Military Speeches - Steve Israel - 2007 - Hard cover in nearly new condition. One of the leading voices on national security issues in the U.S. Congress demonstrates how words have been sharp and powerful weapons of victory in this compilation of great military speeches that helped turn the tide of history. Among the dozens of inspirational speeches featured are: Moses instructing his followers to cross the Jordan River without him... Queen Elizabeth pledging to die with her soldiers as they faced the Spanish Armada... Patrick Henry choosing between liberty and death... Napoleon exhorting his troops as they marched on Egypt... Winston Churchill rallying his nation to victory... General Sir Montgomery refusing to retreat from Rommel... President Roosevelt preparing the American people for World War II... General Eisenhower fortifying his troops for the invasion of Normandy... President Reagan demanding that Gorbachev tear down the Berlin Wall... President George W. Bush encouraging America after 9/11... and more. Congressman Israel has included speeches that have motivated and mobilized, challenged and comforted. Some were blurted in the heat of combat, others were carefully written in places far removed from the brutality of the battlefield, but all will inspire readers with the courage that moved people forward against all odds. Each speech is introduced with an insightful historic context. This dramatic sweep of military history in the words of history's military leaders serves to reinforce the concept that the pen is mightier than the sword.

Ukraine 10 hryvnas Dmytro Vyshnevetskyi (Baida) Heroes of Cossack Age Proof 1999 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Ukraine Metal Purity:    Silver 0.925 Box:   Yes Year of Issue:   1999 Weight:   31,1 CoA:   Yes Face Value:   10 hryvnias Dimensions:   38,6     Quality:   Proof     Mintage:   10,000   New coin with capsule, CoA and box Series: Heroes of Cossack AgeThe commemorative coin is dedicated to Dmytro Vyshnevetsky, the orthodox Prince and Cossack ataman, who in 1556 built a fortress on the Dnipro River island of Mala Khortytsia and founded the Zaporizhian SichOn the coin obverse there is the composition similar to the whole Series of coins which embodies the National idea of the Unified Ukraine: next to the small National Emblem of Ukraine, the emblematic figures of Michael the Archistrategos and crowned lion are located, which are symbols of Kyiv and L`viv Cities. Circular inscriptions are split by baroque ornamentation: ???????, 10 ???????, 1999, (Ukraine/ 10 Hryvnia/ 1999), the designation of precious metal - Ag 925 and its weight in fineness - 31,1.On the coin reverse there is a figure of Vyshnevetskyi, with a bow in his hand; on the right inscribed are his Family Coat of arms and his date of death - 1563. The conventionalized circular inscription says: ?????? ???????????? (?????) (Dmytro Vyshnevetskyi (Baida). ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

  Ratels On The Lomba: The Story Of Charlie Squadron - Leopold Scholtz - Jonathan Ball - 2017 - Paperback. Charlie Squadron - the iron fist of the South African Defense Force's 61 Mechanised Battalion Group - led the way on 3 October 1987 during the climactic battle on the Lomba River in Southern Angola. Not only were they up against a vastly superior force in terms of numbers and weaponry, but they also had to deal with a terrain so dense that both their movement and sight were severely impaired. Despite this, the squadron nearly wiped out the Angolan forces' 47 Brigade. In Ratels on the Lomba, the reader is taken to the heart of the action in a dramatic recreation based on interviews, diary entries and Facebook contributions by members of Charlie Squadron. It is an intensely human story of how individuals react in the face of death.