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This booklet tells the vivid true stories of the sinking of The Bismarck, The sinking of Atlantic Raider and The Loss of HMS Dorsetshire. It dates from 1942 and was written by John Creasey
Some scuffing around the edge due to age and a couple of small tears on edge

Two talented photographers focus on the Horn of Africa–an "ark" that shelters an astonishing variety of landscapes and human societies. Starting with the Christian Amharas of Lalibela and Axum and the Falashas of Lake Tana, they complete an arc that takes them to the seacoast of Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia, as far south as Lamu in Kenya, and finally to the remote peoples of the Southeast who still engage in stick fighting, body painting, scarification and the wearing of lip plates. Other handsome peoples they depict include the desert-dwelling Afar, Beja and Rashaida, the Somali nomads of Ogaden and the ecstatic Oromo (formerly Galla) pilgrims of the Bale Mountains. As in Beckwith and Fisher's previous, award-winning books ( Maasai and Nomads of the Niger ), their magnificent color photos (240 of them here) are the glory of this beautifully designed volume. Hancock's ( Ethiopia ) useful if uninspired text covers indigenous societies, cultures, crafts, religions, sacred places, dances, and cycles… Read More

The record of 27 days in an open boat after a U Boat attack in 1943. Written by the only woman survivor Doris M Hawkins
A few age spots, spine is slightly scuffed