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In the summer of 1964, a small advertisement appeared in the personal column of the classified section of the Johannesburg Times newspaper: ‘Fit young men looking for employment with a difference, at a salary in excess of $280 per month, should telephone, Johannesburg 55715 during business hours. Employment initially offered for six months. Immediate start.' The advert also appeared in several other Southern African newspapers. Tony McManus saw the ad, and though not stated, he knew it was about seeking volunteer recruits to join a mercenary force being formed to go to the Congo to fight ...

Meet James Fallon, founder, and CEO of Global Solutions International. Fallon, an ex-SAS hard man turned bounty hunter for whom nothing is off limits. From sea piracy to black ops he’s up for it. Anytime. Anywhere. From its formation in July 1941 until April 1980, most British people had never heard of the Special Air Service Regiment. Its very existence was unknown. Then, on April 30th, terrorists seized the Iranian Embassy in London. The London police force, the Met, had no answer. The Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, handed the task to the military, and they brought in the SAS. Five ...

In the eyes of legendary canoeist, Bill Mason, the South Nahanni River in Canada’s North West Territory is the finest canoeing river in North America. Other rivers may have more challenging white water, have easier accessibility, but when all things are considered, this remote water course, with its rich abundance of flora and fauna and scenic diversity, holds far more drama and romance. Running the Nahanni’s 530 kilometers from source to terminus, is an incomparable all round river experience. It is the centerpiece of the Nahanni National Park Reserve. Some years ago, I paddled this ...

Set in Manchester, England and Chiang Mai, Thailand, Ray is a powerful story of abandonment, rejection and betrayal. But also a story of fulfillment, enduring love, an unquenchable friendship and a paradise found.

Tony McManus fulfilled a long held dream of building a hand-crafted log home in the Laurention Mountains of Quebec. This is the story of one man’s experience in building a log home, and as such a new builder may find it a useful reference. It tells of the hard and occasionally dangerous work entailed and the pitfalls and unexpected events that await the unwary. It covers the tragedy of losing his wife, Aline, to ovarian cancer halfway through the project. How he twice ran out of money, the mistakes he made and the things he would do differently. It also tells of the great, almost euphoric...

Crime pays in Thailand. Big time. Corruption and graft is rampant among its power elites. It's mafias, and family crime clans rule. Thai politicians, police, courts and military brass are in their pockets. Preying on foreigners and ripping off their property is one of the lucrative games they play. And if the victim fights back, unpleasant things including serious violence, and death befall them. For Ray Coombs the island of Phuket was paradise. He .married a beautiful girl. He built a beautiful home. Life was perfect. Then the bad men came and took it from him. He fought back. What ...

JAMES FALLON IN AMERICA James Fallon in America. On the road. Heading west. Taking a vacation. Feeling good. What could possibly go wrong? Captain Sullivan aimed a broad smile at Fallon and broke the silence. “I did a little reading about you, Mr. Fallon. An interesting life you lead.” “It has its moments,” Fallon returned the smile. “But don’t believe everything. As someone once put it: ‘Life often reads better than it lives.’” “You’re here on a tourist visa?” Sullivan held up Fallon’s passport. “Yes, that’s right.” “And inside three weeks of arriving in ...

Mike Villiers was a ten-year-old boy when his father, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Villiers, died with eleven others on a flight from Bangkok that crashed and burned near Saigon in November 1970. A tragic accident they said. Thirty years on Mike comes to believe that it was murder. And he’s looking to find the killers.Thirty years is a long time they tell him. It’s a cold case. The perpetrators will be dead. They tell him to forget about it, and most people would. But Mike’s not a bit like that. He going to Bangkok, the City of Angels and place of his birth with retribution in mind and ...