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Time Well Spent

Memories of an automotive engineer, #1

by Kenneth C Ryeland ...

Series Book 1 - Memories of an automotive engineer
"Time Well Spent" is a personal account of Ken Ryeland's training as a motor fitter in Birmingham, where he served his apprenticeship with British Railways (London Midland Region) from 1957 to 1963.Birmingham, the veritable "Workshop of the World", could offer a limitless variety of industrial and clerical jobs during the 1950s. Work was so plentiful in those days that it was possible to resign ... Read more

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"Time Well Spent" is a personal account of Ken Ryeland's training as a motor fitter in Birmingham, where he served his apprenticeship with British Railways (London Midland Region) from 1957 to 1963.Birmingham, the veritable "Workshop of the World", could offer a limitless variety of industrial and clerical jobs during the 1950s. Work was so plentiful in those days that it was possible to resign
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Boom Town Legacy

Tales from Nibana, #4

by Kenneth C Ryeland ...

Series Book 4 - Tales from Nibana
Boom Town Legacy is a story about the corrosive effects of corruption on a young man new to the ways of 1960s post-colonial Africa. In 1967 Charlie Robinson is tasked to open a new branch for the company in the swampy delta region of Nibana in West Africa, where oil has recently been discovered. New to the ways of Africa, Charlie struggles to come to terms with the tribalism, nepotism and, above ... Read more

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Boom Town Legacy is a story about the corrosive effects of corruption on a young man new to the ways of 1960s post-colonial Africa. In 1967 Charlie Robinson is tasked to open a new branch for the company in the swampy delta region of Nibana in West Africa, where oil has recently been discovered. New to the ways of Africa, Charlie struggles to come to terms with the tribalism, nepotism and, above
... Read more
Juju-Men

Tales from Nibana, #6

by Kenneth C Ryeland ...

Series Book 6 - Tales from Nibana
"Juju-Men" is a single story from the "Tribal Gathering" compendium.Ade Soyoyi and Bande Abaleko meet a young houseboy and he persuades them to deliver a parcel to the local Freemason's Lodge. The houseboy misleads the men into believing that the parcel contains some kind of white man's juju and that the whole of the Yuba tribe is in danger from its malignant evil. The two friends immediately set ... Read more

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"Juju-Men" is a single story from the "Tribal Gathering" compendium.Ade Soyoyi and Bande Abaleko meet a young houseboy and he persuades them to deliver a parcel to the local Freemason's Lodge. The houseboy misleads the men into believing that the parcel contains some kind of white man's juju and that the whole of the Yuba tribe is in danger from its malignant evil. The two friends immediately set
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The Last Bature

Tales from Nibana, #2

by Kenneth C Ryeland ...

Series Book 2 - Tales from Nibana
"The Last Bature" is a policeman's story set in an imaginary West African state, shortly after gaining its independence from the British in 1962. What begins as a straightforward investigation, by the last British policeman in the Northern Region and an African police inspector, quickly turns to intrigue when the intelligence services of the superpowers vie with each other to secure a breakthrough ... Read more

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"The Last Bature" is a policeman's story set in an imaginary West African state, shortly after gaining its independence from the British in 1962. What begins as a straightforward investigation, by the last British policeman in the Northern Region and an African police inspector, quickly turns to intrigue when the intelligence services of the superpowers vie with each other to secure a breakthrough
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The Up-Country Man

Memories of an automotive engineer, #2

by Kenneth C Ryeland ...

Series Book 2 - Memories of an automotive engineer
"The Up-Country Man" (Third Edition) is a factual and personal account of the events leading to secession and the conditions inside Biafra during the early days of the Nigerian civil war. In April 1967, a young British engineer arrives in Nigeria to take up his new job. The country is seven years into a volatile independence and Ken Ryeland struggles to come to terms with the culture shock and the ... Read more

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"The Up-Country Man" (Third Edition) is a factual and personal account of the events leading to secession and the conditions inside Biafra during the early days of the Nigerian civil war. In April 1967, a young British engineer arrives in Nigeria to take up his new job. The country is seven years into a volatile independence and Ken Ryeland struggles to come to terms with the culture shock and the
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Tribal Gathering

Tales from Nibana, #1

by Kenneth C Ryeland ...

Series Book 1 - Tales from Nibana
"Tribal Gathering" is a collection of 8 short stories set in an imaginary West African state shortly after gaining its independence from the British in 1962. Struggling to come to terms with the tribalism, nepotism, corruption and greed that flourishes at all levels of society is part of everyday-life and relatively simple compared to the problems of surviving three military coups and a civil war. ... Read more

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"Tribal Gathering" is a collection of 8 short stories set in an imaginary West African state shortly after gaining its independence from the British in 1962. Struggling to come to terms with the tribalism, nepotism, corruption and greed that flourishes at all levels of society is part of everyday-life and relatively simple compared to the problems of surviving three military coups and a civil war.
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Leyland Rover

Memories of an automotive engineer, #3

by Kenneth C Ryeland ...

Series Book 3 - Memories of an automotive engineer
'Leyland Rover' is an account of Ken Ryeland's several tours of the Far East as a service engineer for British Leyland during the early 1970s. After serving an engineering apprenticeship and several years working in Nigeria, Ryeland and his family returned to the UK, where he joined the Rover Company at Solihull. His task was to audit the company's UK distributor network, checking the quality of ... Read more

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'Leyland Rover' is an account of Ken Ryeland's several tours of the Far East as a service engineer for British Leyland during the early 1970s. After serving an engineering apprenticeship and several years working in Nigeria, Ryeland and his family returned to the UK, where he joined the Rover Company at Solihull. His task was to audit the company's UK distributor network, checking the quality of
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The Mine

Tales from Nibana, #3

by Kenneth C Ryeland ...

Series Book 3 - Tales from Nibana
The Mine is a political thriller set in Nibana, an imaginary West African state, several years after gaining independence from the British in 1962. With the Eastern Region about to secede and Nibana heading for civil war, the head of state invites an archaeology professor and his team to investigate some ruins in the Northern Region. The professor's astonishing finds initiate a chain of ... Read more

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The Mine is a political thriller set in Nibana, an imaginary West African state, several years after gaining independence from the British in 1962. With the Eastern Region about to secede and Nibana heading for civil war, the head of state invites an archaeology professor and his team to investigate some ruins in the Northern Region. The professor's astonishing finds initiate a chain of
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Hot Metal

Tales from Nibana, #5

by Kenneth C Ryeland ...

Series Book 5 - Tales from Nibana
"Hot Metal" is a single story from the "Tribal Gathering" compendium.Peter Stafford and John Hughes decide to spend the weekend visiting the ancient town of Ifun where the early Nibanans first learned the art of bronze casting. The town has a reputation for powerful juju because of its association with Ogun, one of the great gods of the Yuba tribe. They encounter a mysterious Nibanan boy who ... Read more

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"Hot Metal" is a single story from the "Tribal Gathering" compendium.Peter Stafford and John Hughes decide to spend the weekend visiting the ancient town of Ifun where the early Nibanans first learned the art of bronze casting. The town has a reputation for powerful juju because of its association with Ogun, one of the great gods of the Yuba tribe. They encounter a mysterious Nibanan boy who
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Twelve Desperate Miles

The Epic World War II Voyage of the SS Contessa

by Tim Brady ...

The Dirty Dozen meets Band of Brothers in this true story of how a rusty old New Orleans banana boat staffed with an unlikely crew of international merchant seamen, a gang of inmates from a local jail, and a French harbor pilot spirited out of Morocco by O.S.S. agents in the trunk of a Chevy, were drafted into service in WWII -- and heroically succeeded in setting the stage for Patton's epic ... Read more

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The Dirty Dozen meets Band of Brothers in this true story of how a rusty old New Orleans banana boat staffed with an unlikely crew of international merchant seamen, a gang of inmates from a local jail, and a French harbor pilot spirited out of Morocco by O.S.S. agents in the trunk of a Chevy, were drafted into service in WWII -- and heroically succeeded in setting the stage for Patton's epic
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Echoes of the Ashanti Empire Part 2

by Dennis Mensah ...

The author in Chapter 5 covers the reasons put forward by prominent Ghanaian Historian, Professor Albert Adu Boahen regarding the reasons that led to the decline and fall of the Ashanti Empire. In Chapter 6, the author puts forward two external political and economic factors that led to the fall of the Ashanti Empire. The author also puts forward two internal factors that led to the fall of the ... Read more

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The author in Chapter 5 covers the reasons put forward by prominent Ghanaian Historian, Professor Albert Adu Boahen regarding the reasons that led to the decline and fall of the Ashanti Empire. In Chapter 6, the author puts forward two external political and economic factors that led to the fall of the Ashanti Empire. The author also puts forward two internal factors that led to the fall of the
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Another Man's War

The Story of a Burma Boy in Britain's Forgotten African Army

by Barnaby Phillips ...

In December 1941 the Japanese invaded Burma. For the British, the longest land campaign of the Second World War had begun. 100,000 African soldiers were taken from Britain’s colonies to fight the Japanese in the Burmese jungles. They performed heroically in one of the most brutal theatres of war, yet their contribution has been largely ignored.Isaac Fadoyebo was one of those ‘Burma Boys’. At the ... Read more

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In December 1941 the Japanese invaded Burma. For the British, the longest land campaign of the Second World War had begun. 100,000 African soldiers were taken from Britain’s colonies to fight the Japanese in the Burmese jungles. They performed heroically in one of the most brutal theatres of war, yet their contribution has been largely ignored.Isaac Fadoyebo was one of those ‘Burma Boys’. At the
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