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Author : Alan Brough
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780620894135
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (941 download)
Download or read book Jack Malloch, Legend of the African Skies written by Alan Brough and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nick Meikle
Publisher : Casemate
ISBN 13 : 1612002536
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Malloch's Spitfire written by Nick Meikle and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2014-04-19 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of one of history’s greatest fighter aircraft from WWII to its remarkable restoration in 1980 Rhodesia: “an aviation classic-in-waiting” (Airscape). In 1977, the Rhodesian Air Force retrieved a World War II–era Supermarine Spitfire F Mk 22. But while the RAF was embroiled in the Bush War, the dream of restoring the aircraft was frustrated by international sanctions. That’s when legendary pilot John “Jack” McVicar Malloch took control of the project. Not only had Jack flown Spitfires during World War II, he was also uniquely positioned to circumvent sanctions through his airfreight company, Air Trans Africa. With ingenuity, passion, and a team of trusted engineers, Jack realized the dream of putting Spitfire PK350 back in the air on March 29, 1980. In Malloch’s Spitfire, author Nick Meikle tells the full story of this remarkable restoration and reveals some fascinating insights about the aircraft. The reader is taken on a journey through the Spitfire’s life, beginning with her first test flight in 1945. The project’s lead engineer and many of the surviving pilots who flew her also share their memories. For two years, PK350 delighted those fortunate enough to see her fly. Then, on what was planned to be her last flight, Malloch’s Spitfire never returned to base.
Author : Hannes Wessels
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780620902052
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Men of War written by Hannes Wessels and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hannes Wessels
Publisher : Casemate
ISBN 13 : 1612003451
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (12 download)
Download or read book A Handful of Hard Men written by Hannes Wessels and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2015-10-19 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the WestÕs great transition into the post-Colonial age, the country of Rhodesia refused to succumb quietly, and throughout the 1970s fought back almost alone against Communist-supported elements that it did not believe would deliver proper governance. During this long war many heroes emerged, but none more skillful and courageous than Captain Darrell Watt of the Rhodesian SAS, who placed himself at the tip of the spear in the deadly battle to resist the forces of Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo. It is difficult to find another soldierÕs story to equal WattÕs in terms of time spent on the field of battle and challenges faced. Even by the lofty standards of the SAS and Special Forces, one has to look far to find anyone who can match his record of resilience and valor in the face of such daunting odds and with resources so paltry. In the fight he showed himself to be a military maestro. A bush-lore genius, blessed with uncanny instincts and an unbridled determination to close with the enemy, he had no peers as a combat-tracker (and there was plenty of competition). But the Rhodesian theater was a fluid and volatile one in which he performed in almost every imaginable fighting role; as an airborne shock-trooper leading camp attacks, long range reconnaissance operator, covert urban operator, sniper, saboteur, seek-and-strike expert, and in the final stages as a key figure in mobilizing an allied army in neighboring Mozambique. After 12 years in the cauldron of war his cause slipped from beneath him, however, and Rhodesia gave way to Zimbabwe. When the guns went quiet Watt had won all his battles but lost the war. In this fascinating biography we learn that in his twilight years he is now concerned with saving wildlife on a continent where they are in continued danger, devoting himself to both the fauna and African people he has cared so deeply about.
Author : Duncan Clarke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 814 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Rhodes' Ghost written by Duncan Clarke and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-27 with total page 814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cecil John Rhodes lived from 1853 to 1902, a brief span, and was the renowned and world-famous founder of Rhodesia (1890-1980), the leading personality and figure in the Victorian world's late nineteenth-century Africa empire. Rhodes' endeavours shaped the domains of late nineteenth and twentieth century Zambesia, and set down the trajectories marking southern Africa, while the Great Powers' record of empire in Africa proved greatly inferior to Rhodesia's. Zambesia's long history of continuous turbulence on a troubled plateau was reversed by Rhodes' Pioneer Column in 1890 when the 'First Rhodesians' arrived following five decades of itinerant white presence in Zambesia. Rhodesia was forged on blood, sweat and tears: no easy task. Rhodes had been the main architect and visionary behind its formation, the continental geopolitics around Zambesia, establishing enduring state boundaries in its undefined geographies, the legal and institutional systems, corporate world and political economy. All came from pioneer endeavour which reversed feudalism on the plateau and brought the fruits of civilisation and prosperity into Zambesia. Generations of Rhodesians followed this pioneering path for ninety years, building the longest-established modern state seen in Africa, one that succumbed to civil war and the perilous, shifting tides in Africa's histories. Apart from what is 'left behind', with few Rhodesians living in the inheritor state, there has remained continuity in Rhodesiana and its legacies on the world stage.
Author : Francis Francis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Book on Angling written by Francis Francis and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : H. Ellert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Rhodesian Front War written by H. Ellert and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Wrigley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (889 download)
Download or read book I Lived to Fly Another Day written by George Wrigley and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-21 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I have survived numerous and foolhardy escapades and have had countless near misses during my 40-year flying career. My book is a compilation of short stories, including my time as an officer cadet in the Rhodesian Air Force and the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm flying off aircraft carriers in the Far East. Then actively engaged in anti-terrorist operations during the Rhodesian bush war, crop sprayed in helicopters in Rhodesia, Cape Town and Mauritius and helicopter service to vessels and oil rigs. I was a mercenary pilot for the CIA in Nicaragua, dropping night supplies to the Contras, often under heavy fire. In later years, I became an airline captain for Sun Air and flew corporate jets in Southern Africa and overseas and ended up flying night freight before retiring.
Author : Mark Honigsbaum
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 1787382648
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (873 download)
Download or read book The Pandemic Century written by Mark Honigsbaum and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-09 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like sharks, epidemic diseases always lurk just beneath the surface. This fast-paced history of their effect on mankind prompts questions about the limits of scientific knowledge, the dangers of medical hubris, and how we should prepare as epidemics become ever more frequent. Ever since the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic, scientists have dreamed of preventing catastrophic outbreaks of infectious disease. Yet, despite a century of medical progress, viral and bacterial disasters continue to take us by surprise, inciting panic and dominating news cycles. From the Spanish flu and the 1924 outbreak of pneumonic plague in Los Angeles to the 1930 'parrot fever' pandemic and the more recent SARS, Ebola, and Zika epidemics, the last 100 years have been marked by a succession of unanticipated pandemic alarms. Like man-eating sharks, predatory pathogens are always present in nature, waiting to strike; when one is seemingly vanquished, others appear in its place. These pandemics remind us of the limits of scientific knowledge, as well as the role that human behaviour and technologies play in the emergence and spread of microbial diseases.
Author : Mike Borlace
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1789010780
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Spider Zero Seven written by Mike Borlace and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-02-28 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Silver Cross recipient, Mike Borlace is considered to be one of the most experienced combat helicopter pilots of recent times. Now he collates his experiences in this compelling wartime memoir set against the backdrop of the civil war fought in Rhodesia during the 1970s.
Author : Hannes Wessels
Publisher : 30 Degrees South Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781920143497
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (434 download)
Download or read book PK Van Der Byl written by Hannes Wessels and published by 30 Degrees South Publishers. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The narrative gives the reader an overview of the history of the white man in southern Africa with detailed emphasis on the Rhodesian story through the life and times of PK van der Byl; one of the major players in a political drama that ended in the accession to power of Robert Mugabe under the auspices of the British government led by then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. By his very nature PK was controversial and confrontational. This account is likely to give offense to some because it portrays him as bluntly as he was in real life. Much can be contested about PK van der Byl but few will dispute he was an extremely colorful character with a devilish sense of humor. This memoir covers his life with a full flourish while doing nothing to detract from the seriousness of the international political and military conflict in which he was engaged. The reader will glean new information on a highly controversial subject and emerge with a more sympathetic understanding of what PK van der Byl and his colleagues did and strove for. The human tragedy that has followed the removal from power of Ian Smith and his Rhodesian Front party will almost certainly force the reader to deal with some uncomfortable conclusions, of value to anyone sincere about grappling with the volatile and deeply troubling challenges that confront all Africans today. Hannes Wessels was born in 1956 in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) but grew up in Umtali on the Mozambican border. As a boy, holidays were spent with Game Department rangers; time on safari in Mozambique with the late Wally Johnson was a big influence on him. Wessels also grew to know Robert Ruark whose love of Africa, its people, politics and the written word left a lasting impression. He saw action in the Rhodesian bush war before acquiring a law degree which he chose not to use. He has hunted big game in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Tanzania in a 20-year career. In 1994 he was severely gored by a wounded buffalo which almost cost him his life. While no longer directly involved in hunting, he is part-owner of a lodge and game ranch in Zambia on the Zambezi and remains keenly interested in all matters relating to African wildlife and conservation. He has published Strange Tales from Africa in the USA, a collection of anecdotes from his hunting days. He is also a syndicated writer for Outdoor Life in the United States and is currently writing a history on the Rhodesian SAS. He is married to Mandy and has two daughters, Hope and Jana, and lives in Darling in the Western Cape of South Africa.
Author : Sandra Navidi
Publisher : Nicholas Brealey
ISBN 13 : 1857889797
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (578 download)
Download or read book SUPERHUBS written by Sandra Navidi and published by Nicholas Brealey. This book was released on 2017-01-24 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ONE OF BLOOMBERG'S BEST BOOKS, 2016 FOREWORD BY NOURIEL ROUBINI $UPERHUBS is a rare, behind-the-scenes look at how the world's most powerful titans, the -superhubs- pull the levers of our global financial system. Combining insider's knowledge with principles of network science, Sandra Navidi offers a startling new perspective on how superhubs build their powerful networks and how their decisions impact all our lives. $UPERHUBS reveals what happens at the exclusive, invitation-only platforms - The World Economic Forum in Davos, the meetings of the International Monetary Fund, think-tank gatherings and exclusive galas. This is the most vivid portrait to date of the global elite: the bank CEOs, fund managers, billionaire financiers and politicians who, through their interlocking relationships and collective influence are transforming our increasingly fragile financial system, economy and society.
Author : William Angus Knight
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Stories of Golf written by William Angus Knight and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark Adams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781920143596
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (435 download)
Download or read book Africa's Commandos written by Mark Adams and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The RLI killing machine extraordinaire
Author : Sallie Elizabeth Peters
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (1 download)
Download or read book A Rhodesian Story written by Sallie Elizabeth Peters and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-29 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book details the life of James R 'Hamish' Peters, a third generation Rhodesian, and seventh generation African. He grew up in Rhodesia and saw the best of the country growing up as a boy and later during his service with the Ministry of Internal Affairs. You will explore his adventures as a young boy, a teenager, a district commissioner, an honorary officer of the Game Department, an avid conservationist, and a fisherman. As a district commissioner his role changed from administration to one of 'winning the hearts and minds of the people' during the bush war years. That was when he was named #1 on the hit list of Robert Mugabe, head of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), when Hamish led the war efforts in the war-torn Honde Valley. Follow the lives of Hamish Peters, and his wife, Sallie, as they raise a family, move from the center of the country to the west, to the south, to the west again, to the eastern districts and finally to the capital, Salisbury. See Rhodesia through their eyes and join them in the joys and challenges they faced. See also how faith in God influenced their lives in so many ways.
Author : Molly Caldwell Crosby
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780425217757
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (177 download)
Download or read book The American Plague written by Molly Caldwell Crosby and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-09-04 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this account, a journalist traces the course of the infectious disease known as yellow fever, “vividly [evoking] the Faulkner-meets-Dawn of the Dead horrors” (The New York Times Book Review) of this killer virus. Over the course of history, yellow fever has paralyzed governments, halted commerce, quarantined cities, moved the U.S. capital, and altered the outcome of wars. During a single summer in Memphis alone, it cost more lives than the Chicago fire, the San Francisco earthquake, and the Johnstown flood combined. In 1900, the U.S. sent three doctors to Cuba to discover how yellow fever was spread. There, they launched one of history's most controversial human studies. Compelling and terrifying, The American Plague depicts the story of yellow fever and its reign in this country—and in Africa, where even today it strikes thousands every year. With “arresting tales of heroism,” (Publishers Weekly) it is a story as much about the nature of human beings as it is about the nature of disease.
Author : John Alexander Moore
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674794825
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (948 download)
Download or read book Science as a Way of Knowing written by John Alexander Moore and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book makes Moore's wisdom available to students in a lively, richly illustrated account of the history and workings of life. Employing rhetoric strategies including case histories, hypotheses and deductions, and chronological narrative, it provides both a cultural history of biology and an introduction to the procedures and values of science.
