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I'm thoroughly enjoying this story - Horn of the Hunter, Robert C. Ruark
However I find it hard to read more than a few pages at a time
It is not long before it creates in me such a painful longing - A little nagging voice inside me whispers that I've wasted all these years and might not ever see that life again
Paperback would be more cost effective
Perhaps it's time to cancel these direct debits?))
Lord of the Flies
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Ratwhiskers
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l've always liked Treasure Island by R L Stevenson,
l've found the Quran by some chap called Mohamed fascinating (l've been described as Pagan btw) and the Communist Manifesto by Marx and Engles if you're struggling to sleep.
l've found the Quran by some chap called Mohamed fascinating (l've been described as Pagan btw) and the Communist Manifesto by Marx and Engles if you're struggling to sleep.
owdnorthener
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Any B.B. books, as mentioned, Brendon Chase is one.
spannulman
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As others have said, various Jim corbett such as man eaters of kumaon. I only discovered those a few years ago after a review in the Field.
death in the long grass et al by Peter capstick. I love his style and not like the usual American ’**** yeah’ type. he wrote several books and they all made me want to go to africa but I fear the type of safari i would love to do either no longer exists or is way beyond my means.
finally, this may sound a little pretentious, but a friend of my girlfriend gave it to me, ‘
i’d never Heard- of it. ‘meditations on hunting’ by Jose ortgay gasset. Apparently he was a famous Spanish philosopher. I thought it would be dry and a tough read but it is quite insightful. The main thing I remember from it is statement “ man doesn’t hunt to kill, but kills to have hunted” which makes a lot of sense in context.
im in danger of sounding poncy and pretentious now, but that rings true for me. The kill isn’t everything but the kill is a natural part of what we do, but not the sole objective.
death in the long grass et al by Peter capstick. I love his style and not like the usual American ’**** yeah’ type. he wrote several books and they all made me want to go to africa but I fear the type of safari i would love to do either no longer exists or is way beyond my means.
finally, this may sound a little pretentious, but a friend of my girlfriend gave it to me, ‘
i’d never Heard- of it. ‘meditations on hunting’ by Jose ortgay gasset. Apparently he was a famous Spanish philosopher. I thought it would be dry and a tough read but it is quite insightful. The main thing I remember from it is statement “ man doesn’t hunt to kill, but kills to have hunted” which makes a lot of sense in context.
im in danger of sounding poncy and pretentious now, but that rings true for me. The kill isn’t everything but the kill is a natural part of what we do, but not the sole objective.
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John Gryphon
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An unreal account of hunting just about everything in Colonial Ceylon,one of the best true story books ever written.
The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon
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Samuel White Baker
The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon
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Samuel White Baker
Thanks to you Brits for putting me onto some great books:
"Open Cockpit" is a really great memoir, put together by author as he drives around France in 1969 and recalls his fighter pilot days in 191
"No Parachute", the first book by Arthur Lee Gould, immediately became the object of my search for a sequel, and I found a mint first edition.
And I found a copy of another book raved about here, "Winged Victory", by W. M. Yeates. It will be next on my list, but the preface has introduced me to another countryside writer, Henry Williamson.
"Open Cockpit" is a really great memoir, put together by author as he drives around France in 1969 and recalls his fighter pilot days in 191
"No Parachute", the first book by Arthur Lee Gould, immediately became the object of my search for a sequel, and I found a mint first edition.
And I found a copy of another book raved about here, "Winged Victory", by W. M. Yeates. It will be next on my list, but the preface has introduced me to another countryside writer, Henry Williamson.
The Sporting Bookshop
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Anybody interested in Jim Corbett books i have many copies of all of his works, except his rarest Jungle Stories. Copies to suit all pockets, various editions etc. plus a few others books mentioned in this thread.
Namman
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Home Run by John Nichol and Tony Rennell , about escape from Nazi Europe.
The Indian Mutiny by Saul David.
The First Day on the Somme by Martin Middlebrook.
Arnhem 1944 by Martin Middlebrook.
I Was a Stranger by General Sir John Hackett. A superb account of his experiences after after being seriously wounded at the Battle of Arnhem and of his sheltering by Dutch civilians and of his eventual return to the allied lines.
The Indian Mutiny by Saul David.
The First Day on the Somme by Martin Middlebrook.
Arnhem 1944 by Martin Middlebrook.
I Was a Stranger by General Sir John Hackett. A superb account of his experiences after after being seriously wounded at the Battle of Arnhem and of his sheltering by Dutch civilians and of his eventual return to the allied lines.
A child alone by B.B. well worth a read
The Sporting Bookshop
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Nice copy KB
I don't have all the BB books I would like but purchased this one at the same time as the above from a Dealer in Greenwich Market back in the day:
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If you like Jack London read Cormac McCarthy's Border trilogy. Extraordinary depictions of landscape, wilderness and wild animals. The second book, The Crossing, opens with particularly lyric writing about the exploits of a rogue she-wolf and the attempts of a rancher to trap her, and has been compared favourably to Jack London at his finest. Makes you want to saddle up a horse and head off through the snow to the mountains.
Simon Scarrows Roman series is a good read, boys own with all the dates, wars and history thrown in together.
I’ve read the whole series and now sitting in a pile looking for a buyer.... cheap as chips?
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Stalker62
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Has sat on my shelf for years. Finally got to it during the lockdown. Decent read.
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