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Sea Stories from Springbok

Author : Gavin Russell
Publisher : Grosvenor House Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1803818778
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Sea Stories from Springbok written by Gavin Russell and published by Grosvenor House Publishing. This book was released on 2024-06-13 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty former sea-goes, of all descriptions, live in a unique little country estate in Surrey. Their memories, from as early as 1957, have become the inspiration for this collection of varied, entertaining, and salty tales. Engineers, seamen, officers, fishermen, and yachtsmen (serving on general cargo and container ships, tankers, luxury yachts, trawlers, cruisers, and aircraft carriers) who have travelled the world in all its weathers, have given us some priceless accounts of their adventures. From tragedy to bullets flying, from hilarious to horrific and with loneliness and comradeship, it will keep you guessing and turning the pages. Stories include - paying not to have to buy the chief's daughter; emergency four hundred feet down in a diving bell; watching your thumb go off in a crane strop; losing power in a force ten storm (with your trawls down); bleeding on the floor of the Taverna; caught with your live-in girlfriend by the skipper; surviving the sinking ferry - and so much more! How did such a collection of seafarers come together in this unlikely place? It all began at the end of the First World War when a shipping magnate and a seamen's union boss got together to take care of the many injured Merchant Navy casualties. They organised a huge fund-raising occasion in London, which provided enough funds to buy a nursing home in Kent that did essential work for years - until the Second World War. In 1947, with the help of a magnificent contribution from the South African government (given in gratitude for our Merchant Navy keeping them supplied during the war) and the generosity of the RMT Union, they were provided with a new home in Surrey; 'Springbok' where they, and all arrivals since, have been given a home and supported ever since. The Merchant Navy has had to survive drastic changes over the years, moving from general cargo to container ships and then tankers. Each step meant that serious adjustments had to be made by all involved. When containers took over, the turnaround times in port meant there was no longer a week or more for unloading and no longer times for friendly relationships in port! Working in tankers meant crews were so remote at the distant unloading points that they often did not get ashore at all. Then, the introduction of 'Flags-of-convenience' provided much more competition from around the world for our countrymen - conditions changed again. Inevitably ships moved in and out of war situations, often supplying the combatants. Do not simply imagine lone cargo carriers ploughing the distant waters, the Royal Navy was always busy keeping seaways safe while there are so many other reasons for being on (or in) the oceans; including 'for the sheer pleasure of it'. We have got them all living here on the Estate. Through all the changes, our seafarers managed fascinating careers wherever they were around the world's oceans. Compensations came and went, and relationships too, but they always shared their work and experience to make life more liveable. It is all in this book of gripping yarns!

All clenched up and finally finished

Author : Mick O'Reardon
Publisher : Grosvenor House Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1836150717
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (361 download)

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Download or read book All clenched up and finally finished written by Mick O'Reardon and published by Grosvenor House Publishing. This book was released on 2024-11-21 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After retiring to Cyprus and looking forward to a life of leisure, a neighbour told me the donkey sanctuary was losing their farrier and was I interested! This was the beginning of my second career as a farrier in Cyprus that led me to some way out places, and to meeting some really interesting people. Also I was asked if I could shoe a horse which snowballed into horseshoeing the length and breadth of Cyprus and over the border into the Turkish area too. My work all came from recommendations. I did try to control my work to two or three days a week as i wanted to follow other leisure activities. Some weeks though, that plan went out of the window. One leisure activity I did get involved with was a writers group. For years I had always wanted to write a book about my life as a farrier, but it was always going to be tomorrow when I would start it. I had told God knows how many folk over the years that one day I would write a book but it certainly wasn't going to be today as I had no idea how to go about it. That changed when I met the chairman of Paphos writers group and told him about my plans to write about my farrier life, one day he said; ''Well it is no good talking about it. I hope to see you at our groups meeting at 10 o'clock tomorrow. That morning was the ''tomorrow'' that had finally come to start writing my first book; All clenched up and nearly finished.'' Now I write regularly and my second book ''All clenched up and finally finished'' is published.

The Works of R. M. Ballantyne: Western Novels, Sea Tales, Historical Thrillers & Children's Books

Author : R. M. Ballantyne
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 9205 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book The Works of R. M. Ballantyne: Western Novels, Sea Tales, Historical Thrillers & Children's Books written by R. M. Ballantyne and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 9205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully edited Ballantyne collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Table of Contents: Novels: The Coral Island Snowflakes and Sunbeams (The Young Fur Traders) Ungava Martin Rattler The Dog Crusoe and his Master The World of Ice The Gorilla Hunters The Golden Dream The Red Eric Away in the Wilderness Fighting the Whales The Wild Man of the West Fast in the Ice Gascoyne The Lifeboat Chasing the Sun Freaks on the Fells The Lighthouse Fighting The Flames Silver Lake Deep Down Shifting Winds Hunting the Lions Over the Rocky Mountains Saved by the Lifeboat Erling the Bold The Battle and the Breeze The Cannibal Islands Lost in the Forest Digging for Gold Sunk at Sea The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands The Iron Horse The Norsemen in the West The Pioneers Black Ivory Life in the Red Brigade Fort Desolation The Pirate City The Story of the Rock Rivers of Ice Under the Waves The Settler and the Savage In the Track of the Troops Jarwin and Cuffy Philosopher Jack Post Haste The Lonely Island The Red Man's Revenge My Doggie and I The Giant of the North The Madman and the Pirate The Battery and the Boiler The Thorogood Family The Young Trawler Dusty Diamonds, Cut and Polished Twice Bought The Island Queen The Rover of the Andes The Prairie Chief The Lively Poll Red Rooney The Big Otter The Fugitives Blue Lights The Middy and the Moors The Eagle Cliff The Crew of the Water Wagtail Blown to Bits The Garret and the Garden Jeff Benson Charlie to the Rescue The Coxswain's Bride The Buffalo Runners The Hot Swamp Hunted and Harried The Walrus Hunters Wrecked but not Ruined Children's Books: Three Little Kittens The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast Mister Fox The Life of a Ship My Mother Other Works: The Hudson's Bay Company Handbook to the new Goldfields Up in the Clouds: Balloon Voyages Man on the Ocean: A Book about Boats and Ships The Ocean and its Wonders Six Months at the Cape Battles with the Sea Memoirs: Personal Reminiscences in Book Making

Sea Stories from Springbok

Author : Gavin Russell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781803818764
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (187 download)

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Download or read book Sea Stories from Springbok written by Gavin Russell and published by . This book was released on 2024-06-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selection of salty yarns, from a wide range of seafarers, who have first-hand experience of the world's unforgiving oceans and share their memories in this entertaining collection.

The Story of the Great War (Vol. 1-8)

Author : Various Authors
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 3285 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book The Story of the Great War (Vol. 1-8) written by Various Authors and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-16 with total page 3285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eight-volume series titled 'The Story of the Great War' is a comprehensive account of World War I, highlighting the political, social, and military aspects of the conflict. Written by Various Authors, the books are a blend of historical narrative, first-hand accounts, and analysis, providing readers with a deep understanding of the events that unfolded during the war. The literary style is objective and informative, making it a valuable resource for students and history enthusiasts alike. The context of the books is set within the larger scope of World War I literature, offering a detailed and thorough examination of the war's impact on society and culture. Various Authors, a collective of historians, military experts, and researchers, collaborated to produce this monumental work on World War I. Their diverse backgrounds and expertise bring a multidimensional perspective to the narrative, enriching the reader's understanding of the complexities of the conflict. I highly recommend 'The Story of the Great War' series to anyone interested in gaining a comprehensive insight into World War I. The depth of research and the breadth of topics covered make these books essential reading for those looking to delve deeper into the history of the Great War.

A Necklace of Springbok Ears

Author : Helize van Vuuren
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
ISBN 13 : 1920689907
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book A Necklace of Springbok Ears written by Helize van Vuuren and published by AFRICAN SUN MeDIA. This book was released on 2016-05-30 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where once there were twenty-nine San Bushman languages and/or dialects in Southern Africa, few now remain. The loss of these languages results in the loss of their stored oral culture and indigenous knowledge. All that remains are archaeological evidence and rock art, or slim archives recorded by individuals, such as Wilhelm Bleek, Lucy Lloyd and GR von Wielligh, who heard the encroaching language and cultural death knell before it was too late. The contents of this study hang together as in a "e;necklace of springbok ears"e;. The last dancing rattle and necklace has long since crumbled to dust. Yet the binding string serves as a useful metaphor for the literary texts discussed here and their relation to the culture of the First People. The cosmology embedded in the /Xam myths as recorded by Von Wielligh between the Cederberg and the Gariep (or Orange) River seems to share much with contemporary consciousness: in order to survive, humankind needs to recognise the interdependence of all life.

The Story of Life & the Environment

Author : Jo van As
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN 13 : 1920544542
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book The Story of Life & the Environment written by Jo van As and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Story of Life & the Environment – an African perspective is about the fragile miracle of life. It’s a celebration of the Earth’s rich and wonderful diversity – the species, populations, communities and ecosystems that surround us – and of nature’s resilience. It unpacks the three major ecosystems: fresh water, the ocean and the land, and the teeming life each supports on and around Africa. It discusses evolution and the ever-branching tree of life; how systems work, how populations expand and contract, and how all the elements of life interact. And it tells the story of how humans originated in Africa, and how we have evolved to become modern people. The book sounds a warning about our human impact on the planet, which is fostering rapid climate change, as well as massive over-consumption and depletion of resources. The book is also about responsible planning and management of our environment and natural resources to redress damage and ensure sustainability. This is the story of life and the environment in Africa.

The Springbok Coaches

Author : Gavin Rich
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN 13 : 1776090594
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book The Springbok Coaches written by Gavin Rich and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2016-07-12 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Was coach Heyneke Meyer the reason why the Springboks failed at the 2015 Rugby World Cup? And what does the future have in store for the incumbent coach, Allister Coetzee? Find these answers, and many others, in The Springbok Coaches. In this new, updated edition of The Poisoned Chalice, rugby writer Gavin Rich takes us past the disappointment of the 2015 Rugby World Cup right up to the appointment of Allister Coetzee in April 2016, and dissects not only the successes and failures of these two Springbok coaches, but of all the post-isolation coaches who preceded them. If all of them agree on one thing, it is that the job goes hand in hand with tremendous pressure and that, at some point, they all buckled under the strain. This book reveals why André Markgraaff and Rudolf Straeuli came up with some of their weird and controversial decisions, why Nick Mallett dropped Gary Teichmann and how he regrets it now, why Harry Viljoen really quit, and why the pressures on Heyneke Meyer made it so much more difficult for the Springboks to win the 2015 Rugby World Cup. This book chronicles all the post-isolation coaches’ experiences via interviews, articles and stats. From the triumphs to the controversies, the boardroom to the rugby field, The Springbok Coaches will reveal exactly what it takes to be the Bok coach, and why each and every one of them had, at some time or another in the toughest job in South African sport, lost it. A riveting, often revelatory and definitely controversial read!

The Story of the Great War

Author : Francis Joseph Reynolds
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of the Great War written by Francis Joseph Reynolds and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The House of Reed

Author : Reed (A. H.) ltd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The House of Reed written by Reed (A. H.) ltd and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Complete Novels of R. M. Ballantyne

Author : R. M. Ballantyne
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 13147 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Novels of R. M. Ballantyne written by R. M. Ballantyne and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2019-11-22 with total page 13147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete Novels of R. M. Ballantyne" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: The Coral Island Snowflakes and Sunbeams (The Young Fur Traders) Ungava Martin Rattler The Dog Crusoe and his Master The World of Ice The Gorilla Hunters The Golden Dream The Red Eric Away in the Wilderness Fighting the Whales The Wild Man of the West Fast in the Ice Gascoyne The Lifeboat Chasing the Sun Freaks on the Fells The Lighthouse Fighting The Flames Silver Lake Deep Down Shifting Winds Hunting the Lions Over the Rocky Mountains Saved by the Lifeboat Erling the Bold The Battle and the Breeze The Cannibal Islands Lost in the Forest Digging for Gold Sunk at Sea The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands The Iron Horse The Norsemen in the West The Pioneers Black Ivory Life in the Red Brigade Fort Desolation The Pirate City The Story of the Rock Rivers of Ice Under the Waves The Settler and the Savage In the Track of the Troops Jarwin and Cuffy Philosopher Jack Post Haste The Lonely Island The Red Man's Revenge My Doggie and I The Giant of the North The Madman and the Pirate The Battery and the Boiler The Thorogood Family The Young Trawler Dusty Diamonds, Cut and Polished Twice Bought The Island Queen The Rover of the Andes The Prairie Chief The Lively Poll Red Rooney The Big Otter The Fugitives Blue Lights The Middy and the Moors The Eagle Cliff The Crew of the Water Wagtail Blown to Bits The Garret and the Garden Jeff Benson Charlie to the Rescue The Coxswain's Bride The Buffalo Runners The Hot Swamp Hunted and Harried The Walrus Hunters Wrecked but not Ruined Six Months at the Cape Memoirs: Personal Reminiscences in Book Making

Sisters of the South

Author : Conrad Lighton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Sisters of the South written by Conrad Lighton and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Allan's Wife and Other Tales

Author : H. Rider Haggard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Allan's Wife and Other Tales written by H. Rider Haggard and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Allan's Wife and Other Tales

Author : Henry Rider Haggard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book Allan's Wife and Other Tales written by Henry Rider Haggard and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

David's Story

Author : Zoë Wicomb
Publisher : The Feminist Press at CUNY
ISBN 13 : 1558619135
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (586 download)

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Download or read book David's Story written by Zoë Wicomb and published by The Feminist Press at CUNY. This book was released on 2015-04-25 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful post-apartheid novel and winner of South Africa’s M-Net Literary Award, hailed by J.M. Coetzee as “a tremendous achievement.” South Africa, 1991: Nelson Mandela is freed from prison, the African National Congress is now legal, and a new day dawns in Cape Town. David Dirkse, part of the underground world of activists, spies, and saboteurs in the liberation movement, suddenly finds himself above ground. With “time to think” after the unbanning of the movement, David searches his family tree, tracing his bloodline to the mixed-race “Coloured” people of South Africa and their antecedents among the indigenous people and early colonial settlers. But as David studies his roots, he soon learns that he’s on a hit list. Now caught in a web of surveillance and betrayal, he’s forced to rethink his role in the struggle for “nonracial democracy,” the loyalty of his “comrades,” and his own conceptions of freedom. Mesmerizing and multilayered, Wicomb’s award-winning novel delivers a moving examination of the nature of political vision, memory, and truth. “A delicate, powerful novel, guided by the paradoxes of witnessing the certainties of national liberation and the uncertainties of ground-level hybrid identity, the mysteries of sexual exchange, the austerity of political fiction. Wicomb’s book belongs on a shelf with books by Maryse Condé and Yvette Christiansë.” —Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, author of A Critique of Postcolonial Reason

The Yellow-maned Lion

Author : Ernest Glanville
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Yellow-maned Lion written by Ernest Glanville and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mitch – The Real Story

Author : John Mitchell
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN 13 : 1770226168
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Mitch – The Real Story written by John Mitchell and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2014-10-05 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He is one of the most highly regarded coaches in international rugby, but also one of the most controversial. Now you can read why ... John Mitchell’s rugby coaching career spans many years, several teams and various countries. He was assistant to Clive Woodward, who spearheaded England’s 2003 World Cup-winning campaign, for four years in the pioneering days of professional rugby coaching, and he took charge of the All Blacks and the Chiefs in New Zealand, the Western Force in Australia and the Lions in South Africa. Indisputably one of the most experienced coaches on the circuit, he has arguably also been one of the most controversial. For although he made a success of all his tenures, he has challenged the structures and powers-that be, resulting in several premature departures. This book reveals why, and also why Mitchell has successfully defended every disciplinary hearing he has been subjected to. For the first time, the rugby public will learn the truth behind the newspaper headlines: from his painful axing as All Black coach to his fall-out with the Western Force and his disciplinary hearing at the Lions, whom he had guided to their first Currie Cup trophy, Mitchell sets out the reasons for his successes as well as his failures, and gives his opinion on what the future holds for South African rugby. Honest, gripping and revealing, this book is a must-read for every rugby fan.