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    Mauser Military Rifles (eBook, ePUB)
    This volume offers an insight into the iconic Mauser family of German bolt-action rifles. Drawing on first-hand accounts of the weapons in combat and primary sources regarding their mechanical performance, this fully illustrated study charts the Mauser's origins, combat record and lasting influence. It explores the full range of Mauser rifles, beginning with the hugely successful Gew 98, which entered service in the time of the Kaiser, provided the basis for the US Springfield M1903 and equipped combatants such as the South African Boers. It also investigates the Kar 98k, which was still in front-line use with Wehrmacht troops in 1945, saw use with Mexican and Yugoslavian forces, and even played a role in the 1990s Balkan conflicts in the hands of snipers. Featuring expert analysis, specially commissioned artwork and gripping first-hand accounts, this volume is ideal for anyone seeking an understanding of these sturdy and accurate rifles' unique place in the history of small-unit tactics in the 20th century.
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    The Anti-War Movement of the South African War
    The Anti-War Movement of the South African War ab 67.99 € als Taschenbuch: The Pro-Boers and their Language of Dissent 1899-1902. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Wissenschaft, Geschichte,
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    Whisper at Dawn , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 921min
    At the dawn of the 20th century, young Dan Sullivan signs on to fight the Boers, but discovers war has horrors beyond the battle fields. In East Africa, a railway crosses a land with an unimaginable throng of wild animals. It is the golden age of the white hunter - men whose exciting lives entice rich hunters to go in search of big, dangerous game. After many failed attempts, old Bill Freeman sees his chance to make his fortune as a hunter and convinces Dan to join his fledgling safari company. Bill's young granddaughter, Liz, falls in love with Dan and with Africa - but tragedy forces her to return to Australia. Years later, as the shadow of the Great War falls across the continent, Liz returns to Africa and the man she has dreamed of since childhood. But Dan has secrets that threaten to shatter their love, and he must finally decide what courage truly means. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Tredinnick. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/boli/002128/bk_boli_002128_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    My Early Life , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 759min
    One of the classic volumes of autobiography, My Early Life is a lively and colourful account of a young man's quest for action, adventure and danger. Churchill's schooldays are undistinguished, but he is admitted to Sandhurst and embarks on a career as a soldier and a war correspondent, seeing action in Cuba, in India, in the Sudan - where he took part in the battle of Omdurman, of which he gives us a stirring account - and finally in South Africa. Taken prisoner by the Boers, Churchill makes a daring escape. Back home he embarks on the political career that is to make him one of Britain's most distinguished parliamentarians. First published in 1930, when Churchill's most testing time still lay ahead of him, My Early Life is memorable both as an adventure-story and as an account of the events and influences that helped to shape the career of a great Englishman. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Frederick Davidson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/018433/bk_adbl_018433_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Bushveldt Carbineers
    Bushveldt Carbineers ab 27.49 € als Taschenbuch: the War Against the Boers in South Africa and the 'Breaker' Morant Incident. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Geist & Wissen,
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    The Forsyte Saga, Volume 5 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 261min
    The Forsyte feud continues into the next generation with Jolly and Val involved in a drunken bout of fisticuffs. Soames continues to pursue Irene driving her to seek refuge in Paris. Believing that she has a lover, he puts her under surveillance to obtain evidence. Jolyon travels to Paris on the pretext of discussing business and he and Irene spend some time together unaware their movements are being watched.... The love affair of Holly and Val continues to flourish despite Jolly daring the young Dartie to enlist and join him in the fight against the Boers. Soames has a plan which will enable Winifred to divorce and be rid of the adulterous Monty if only the erring husband stays away- but will he? Jolyon returns from France to bid farewell to his son and is greeted by another death at Robin Hill. About Assembled Stories: Over the years the national press have reviewed Assembled Stories titles as "excellent", "remarkable", "entrancing", "superb", "magic for sure", "masterly", "wonderful", "a class act" and "a splendid example of audio at its best". ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Joyce. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/assm/000014/bk_assm_000014_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Moon over Natal: Love Flies No Battle Flag: Moonlit Romances , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 651min
    Hadley Vanderveer and her twin brother Harry, born and raised in Amsterdam, never expected to live in South Africa, but the sudden death of their father and their Dutch grandfather's reprisals for his son's having married an English woman force them, with their mother, to sail off to the British colony of Natal to live with their "mythical" English grandfather who, not approving of his daughter's choice of husband, had long since sailed off to seek his fortune in South Africa. Expecting a lonely, isolated life in a strange land, to their surprise, their English grandfather, formerly a colonel in the British Army, has acquired a fortune, a large, comfortable house on the edge of the veldt, and a wide circle of friendships which include British and Boers (Dutch living in South Africa) as well as Zulu employees. But before a year has passed, the Second Anglo-Boer War breaks out, and as happens in a war, families are split, friendships are shattered, and love is put to the test. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Beverly Enwall. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/005212/bk_acx0_005212_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Courts of the Morning , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1010min
    Sir Richard Hannay introduces this last adventure involving his old friends. John Blenkiron discovers that a ruthless industrialist is plotting to destabilise America and cause global turmoil. Although Bavarian born, Castor plans to dominate the world from Olifa, a small country in Latin America. Hannay realises he is now too old for the job of thwarting these evil designs and enlists the aid of his old friend Sandy Arbuthnot, now Lord Clanroyden. Fortunately, Sir Archibald Roylance and his wife, Janet, are honeymooning in Olifa and are able to lend a hand. Sandy decides that revolution is the way forward, and Buchan draws on his experience of the tactics of the Boers in South Africa to describe the action of the campaign. Also, the villain is captured, and Janet is instrumental in effecting his ideological change but at great cost. The novel was published in 1929. It is unlikely to be a coincidence that in the same year, American financial markets collapsed, giving another Bavarian national, who had been abusing his people, the opportunity to consolidate his power in Germany and, ultimately, make his insane bid for world domination. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Newcombe Joyce. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/assm/000099/bk_assm_000099_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Forsyte Saga, Volume 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 276min
    It is 1899. Old Jolyon has long since been buried at Robin Hill, and with the death of Aunt Susan in 1895 and Roger’s funeral opening this instalment of the Saga, the Forsytes are fast becoming aware of their mortality. Yet more problems beset the family. Montague Dartie leaves his wife for Buenos Aires to pursue his latest flame, a dancer. Young Jolyon’s wife has died and his father entrusted him as executor of his will, ensuring that Irene receives the interest on the sum the old man left her. Motor cars are beginning to fill the streets of London, and war with the Boers is about to be declared. Soames is now 44 years old, separated from Irene for 12 years and yearning for a son to whom he can leave his property. He meets and begins to woo Annette. Could she give him an heir? At first, he favours the idea and prepares to seek a divorce, but meeting Irene again rekindles that desperate, unfulfilled passion. Why should she not come back to him? He informs Jolyon of his intentions, asking the artist to ‘kindly leave her quite alone’; ‘I can give you no such promise’ comes the firm reply, and the battle begins in earnest. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Joyce. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/assm/000033/bk_assm_000033_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Aftermath Of War
    The Aftermath Of War ab 31.49 € als Taschenbuch: An Account Of The Repatriation Of Boers And Natives In The Orange River Colony 1902-1904 (1906). Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Wirtschaft & Soziales,
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