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  • The Interesting Times Club

    Short Stories from a South African Mining Security Officer 1985-1990

    by Mark Corby ...
    Since it was first discovered, gold has evoked many emotions, the foremost of which is greed. When this precious metal was discovered in South Africa it was no different, and countless men have risked all trying to get their hands on it...legally or otherwise. The need to protect the gold on its journey from deep within the bowels of the earth to bank vaults and jewelers' workshops was, and is, of ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • Zulu Zulu Foxtrot

    To Hell and Back with Koevoet

    by Arn Durand ...
    ‘Both my guns are jammed. I’m dead meat, a sitting duck. All the insurgent has to do is pull the trigger of his RPG-7 rocket launcher. My heart surges, pumping pure adrenalin through my body and my mind.’ Arn Durand was a member of Koevoet, the most deadly fighting force involved in the Border War. Their task was to seek and destroy SWAPO PLAN insurgents. Zulu Zulu Foxtrot is an explosive account ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • A Game Ranger Remembers

    by Bruce Bryden ...
    Bruce Bryden's true stories about the life of a bushveld conservationist draws on 27 years in the service of the Kruger National Park. It makes for a gripping read, abounding with encounters with elephant, lion, buffalo, leopard and rhino, whether darting for research, managing culling operations by helicopter or stalking on foot. In the best tradition of bushveld stories, there is a great deal of ... Read more

    $8.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Aviation at the Edge

    42 Years of Comradeship, Tragedy and Adrenaline Fuelled Life in the Clouds

    by John Flexman ...
    Three thousand feet above the Zambian bush, the DHC2 Beaver had only ten minutes' fuel remaining. Night was drawing in; ground features were indiscernible. I could not raise anyone on the radio. Would this be the end? John Flexman knew he wanted to be a pilot from moment he saw an RAF flypast as a boy of eight. At sixteen he joined the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy, getting his 'wings' in 1961 ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • An Unpopular War

    From afkak to bosbefok

    by JH Thompson ...
    In the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s, hundreds of thousands of young men were called up for military service, most of them going through extreme physical training and many being sent to fight the war in northern Namibia and Angola. This book is a collection of reflections and memories of that time, collected by JH Thompson, who interviewed numerous former National Servicemen. Contributors include ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Steeped in Blood

    The Life and Times of a Forensic Scientist

    by David Klatzow ...
    Bloody crimes of passion, political assassinations, sinister poisonings, investment fraud and mass mining disasters … Dr David Klatzow has seen it all. During his extraordinary twenty-six-year career as South Africa’s foremost independent forensic scientist, he has investigated countless high-profile and notorious cases. Steeped in Blood provides gripping accounts of dozens of these matters, ... Read more

    $10.09 USD

  • Behind the Badge

    The Untold Stories of South Africa's Police Service Members

    by Andrew Faull ...
    Every South African has a strong opinion on crime and policing, but most know very little about the lives and experiences of the average cop in the 185 000-strong South African Police Service. This book is composed of excerpts from interviews with current and former members of the service who, for the first time, share their personal experiences of life behind the badge. The book covers a wide ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Anything to Declare?

    The Searching Tales of an HM Customs Officer

    by Jon Frost ...
    In more than twenty years, Jon Frost has worked with the mad, the bad, the brave, the stupid, the spectacular and the heroic.In his time as a uniformed officer Jon seized presidential aircraft, a working tank, cars, lorries, boats and coffins; and uncovered wild animals, killer snakes, bush meat, animal porn, poisonous vodka, dodgy medicine, bootleg prescriptions, pirated pills, toxic alcohol, ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Rhino Conspiracy

    by Peter Hain ...
    In the South African veld poaching gangs are using extreme violence to hunt down valuable rhino horns. Battling to defend the dwindling rhino population, a veteran anti-apartheid freedom fighter is forced to break his lifetime loyalty to the ANC as he confronts corruption at the very highest level. The stakes are high. The veteran and his 'born free' colleagues are hell bent on catching the ... Read more

    $6.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Angel in a Thorn Bush

    by Rob Fynn ...
    Walk with an African adventurer, whose ancestors arrive in Cape Town when Napoleon is conquering Europe. Befriending Shaka, chief of the Zulu, they settle in Rhodesia, todays Zimbabwe. Deep insights and experience of living and fighting for survival through Colonial occupation to Nationalist free Africa today. An extraordinary continent, that excites, inspires and baffles. Living in the beautiful, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Better Than Some, Worse Than Others

    The way it was: - Remembering the South African Border War in the 1980’s and 90’s.

    by Wayne Webster ...
    Not yet seventeen, Wayne Webster, along with many young men around South Africa, abruptly leaves a life of relative peace and tranquility to fulfill his obligatory military service duties during the South African Border War. He has no idea what the next two years will hold, and how they will change him forever.After undergoing the hell of basic training, Wayne was trained to perform aerial ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Airline Scams and Scandals

    by Edward Pinnegar ...
    From Catch Me if You Can to the Zambian attempt to join the Space Race using a 40-gallon oil drum, this amusing collection of stories seeks to present the pick of the many scams and scandals that have plagued the aviation industry (but amused everyone else!) over the years. With a foreword by airhostess comedienne Pam Ann, this book includes hilarious-but-true accounts of drug smuggling, pilots ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus