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good books to read?
@ 06:33 am (GMT) |
Thomas Kitchenjust wondering is there any good books any one recommends? |
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@ 09:24 am (GMT) |
Warwick MarflittRe: good books to read?Hey Thomas,Shooting books or other adventures/ topics? This book is awesome about the first up run of the Colorado river in 1961 with the jet boat. 
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@ 05:50 pm (GMT) |
Brendon GreigRe: good books to read?The whole set of Nathan's I have just finished reading the last one and know that I will be using them as a reference for years to come looking forward to his next one |
@ 08:14 pm (GMT) |
Joshua MayfieldRe: good books to read?If we're sticking more or less to outdoor/hunting/shooting books then I'd recommend Fred Bear's Field Notes: The Adventures of Fred Bear, Marine Sniper by Charles Henderson (about Carlos Hathcock), and One Man's Wilderness by Sam Keith (compilation of Dick Proenneke's notes). |
@ 08:33 pm (GMT) |
Mike DavisRe: good books to read?the "big Al Lester" books are great for a laugh, sort of a modern Crumpy style.for a bit of history,the "chopper boys" and "the venison hunters" are enlightening for those who werent around during those eventful years. for general light reading Wilber Smith takes a bit of beating, I have entire collection and have read them all 4-5 times. |
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@ 08:37 pm (GMT) |
Mike DavisRe: good books to read?Davey Hughes ...the swaziman..... has a awesome book too, kind of puts him into perspective a no holds barred look at how he has managed to make that brand what it is today.for parents..Nigel Latter for parents of teenage boys Celia Lashlie both authors will help keep you sane and give pointer of 57 to navigate that troublesome time. |
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@ 12:29 am (GMT) |
Warwick MarflittRe: good books to read?A+ to Nigel Latter " Before your teenagers drive you crazy read this!"Here's the link to his website. http://www.goldfishwisdom.org/ It's full of good info for parents of troubled kids. I was a Solo Dad with my Daughter thru her teenage years. I wouldn't have survived without this book she arrived on my doorstep aged 13 and said "Dad can I live with you? we'd last lived together when she was 6months old and it had been 12month gaps between visits! "I said of course you can darling. But you have to ask your mother. Mother dearests reply to the Question was " Take the F**** B*****!!!!!! So I got us a house and we had our bumps and wobbles and now I have the best 21year old daughter a Dad could ever wish for..... 
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@ 05:34 am (GMT) |
Thomas KitchenRe: good books to read?cheers guys keep them coming i tend to read mainly hunting books most of them have been pig hunting ones or ones from the culling days but anything non fiction tends to interest me from gold mining to history.couldnt agree more with you brendon i always seem to be looking at one of Nathans book about something or a rather itching for the new one. i own the swazi one its a good read and chopper boys has to be one of my favourites. i just reread ken cubertson 2 dogs and a rifle what a good read funny how i took a lot more interested in the different caliber rifles he was trying out this time. i brought a copy of peter maxwell's (editor of guns and hunting mag) book on the maori wars called "frontier" after Nathan mention it on here what a good read that turned out to be. one that i liked that work mate lent to me was "American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company". might have to keep a look out for the nigel latta books might come in handy, i use to watch his "beyond the darklands" programme and his doco on sugar was a good watch to. bit of a thrown in the deep end situation warwick but good to hear it worked out well |
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@ 11:53 pm (GMT) |
Warwick MarflittRe: good books to read?Read the book "Discovery II in Antarctic All of its southern ocean data collected every 15mins 24hrs a day as it traversed the southern oceans from 1929 to 1951 (Except the WWII years) it took and logged water temps and samples that where documented and stored for reference at a latter date!
RRS Discovery II was a British Royal Research Ship which, during her operational lifetime of about 30 years, carried out considerable hydrographical and marine biological survey work in Antarctic waters and the Southern Ocean in the course of the Discovery Investigations research program. Built in Port Glasgow, launched in 1928 and completed in 1929, she was the first purpose-built oceanographic research vessel[2] and was named after Robert Falcon Scott's 1901 ship, RRS Discovery.[3] Career The ship’s maiden voyage took place from December 1929 to May 1931 and consisted of a hydrographic survey of the South Sandwich Islands. From October 1932 until May 1933 she operated in the Antarctic, calling at South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Similar voyages took place from 1934 to 1939. Her last voyage before the onset of war was from September 1937 to May 1939.[4] In December 1935 and January 1936 the ship was involved in a successful rescue of American polar explorer and aviator Lincoln Ellsworth and his English copilot Herbert Hollick-Kenyon after their aircraft ditched in the Ross Sea near the Bay of Whales.[3] During the Second World War she served with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, mainly in the North Atlantic, before resuming her Antarctic survey work after the war ended. Her final Antarctic voyage in the Discovery Investigations series took place from May 1950 to December 1951, in the course of which she circumnavigated the Antarctic continent and discovered four seamounts, three in the Indian Ocean and one in the Pacific Ocean. From 1952 she mainly undertook oceanographical work in the North Atlantic. She was decommissioned in 1962 and broken up the following year.[3] |
@ 08:33 am (GMT) |
Ray BoucherRe: good books to read?definitely not technical, but fabulous adventure reading is James S Rands "Run For The Trees" about mid 20th century Africa and also "Viva Ramirez" by same author re South America. Hard to put down ,check 2nd hand bookshops! |
@ 08:55 am (GMT) |
Bob MavinRe: good books to read?Some of my favourite "can't put them down" books are written by Tom Cole, Hell west & crooked, The last paradise and Riding the Wildman plains, three excellent books, true stories.Cheers Bob |
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