Books across my table 3.

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I have decided to make this “Books across my table” a permanent blog. I have lots more to chat about on many and diverse subjects so hopefully there will be something for everyone’s taste.

Where I am, it is the middle of winter but as yet we have not experienced the season as such, where has winter gone? Is it part of global warming or perhaps winter is just late this year.

Getting back on topic. I have five books to share with you. What you do with the information provided is up to you. I love reading about books as well as reading them. Books have a strange fascination, they are doorways to unknown worlds and along with sound provide a theatre of the mind.

1). Weapons, an international encyclopaedia from 5000 B.C. to 2000 A.D. – The Diagram group.
From primitive stone axes to the highly technological weapons of today, they are all here in one volume. So many ways to kill an enemy, we may abhor it but still can’t resist turning the pages.

2). The Battle of Britain by Norman Franks. From July to September 1940 the Luftwaffe tried their level best to destroy Britain’s air power, The fighting spirit of a valiant people and the resistance of the common man proved such an obstacle to Goering that Operation Sea Lion was called off.

3). Phantoms Forever by Robert M. Dorr. An Osprey book. Another book in a military vein showing off the famous McDonald Douglas phantom fighter bomber.

Namib Desert -Image - Pexels

4). Skeleton Coast by John H. Marsh is a book with a personal connection to me. Written in 1956 it describes the rescue of shipwrecked passengers from the Dunedin Star. The Namib is a formidable desert, it took tremendous rescue effort which cost the lives of some. I worked for John Marsh in 1970 as an advertising salesmen for his magazine the Travel and Trade News Pictorial.

5). My fifth book is “Notes on South African Affairs" by W.B. Boyce. Being South African I love collecting and passing on good bits of Africana. W.B. Boyce was an advisor to Benjamin d’Urban during the Sixth Kaffir war (1834-1835). Many famous people from South African history are found in the book. Dingaan, Piet Retief and Thomas Pringle to name a few.

Please note that today the word Kaffir is a derogatory term in South Africa and comes with a lot of baggage. I use it purely as a historical descriptor and mean no offence.

I hope this short summary perks your interest. If you want to read more of the same follow me @petruska13
Thank you for reading.