Favourite Books
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I am a prolific reader and try to read at least one book a week, currently reading:
Popski's Private Army, Lt Col Vladimir Peniakoff.
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Bearded Brigands, Trooper Frank Jopling.
My favs include:
Damn fine read, war with the warts, I first read it because I had an uncle who served in that part of La Legion at that particular time. Lets just say he had to leave Germany quickly.
Jed, you'll be lucky to get a copy of the book. It is now officially a collectors item and goes for anything from £50.00 to £100. Mine went walkabout too and I managed to get a replacement, £££'s ouch!
Another classic in waiting.
Ditto. Just finished his 'The Protector', the darker funnier side of military contracting.
Pamwe Chete The Legend of the Selous Scouts, Reid-Daly, R. Title says it all.
Selous Scouts Top Secret War, Reid-Daly, R., Stif, R. The first work as such about the Selous Scouts.
SAS Rhodesia, Pittaway & Fourie. I am waiting for the new edition of this, one of the authors is going to tell me when they are ready to ship. They are realeasing 3 books about Rhodie soldiering in November: LRDG; SAS; Selous Scouts.
I picked up a book by Dick Couch when I was in the US last, light bed time reading, I could not put it down and ended up buying the follow ons. If you ever want to know what it takes to be a Special Forces soldier from a front row seat so that you can see almost everything - these are the books.
The Warrior Elite, The forging of SEAL Class 228
The Finishing School, Earning the Navy SEAL trident
Down Range, Navy SEAL's in the War on Terrorism
More recently Dick Couch wrote a work following a group thru Green Beret: pre-training; pre-selection; selection; speciality training; and operations.
Chosen Soldier, The making of a Special Forces warrior.
Popski's Private Army, Lt Col Vladimir Peniakoff.
&
Bearded Brigands, Trooper Frank Jopling.
My favs include:
Damn fine read, war with the warts, I first read it because I had an uncle who served in that part of La Legion at that particular time. Lets just say he had to leave Germany quickly.
Jed, you'll be lucky to get a copy of the book. It is now officially a collectors item and goes for anything from £50.00 to £100. Mine went walkabout too and I managed to get a replacement, £££'s ouch!
Another classic in waiting.
Ditto. Just finished his 'The Protector', the darker funnier side of military contracting.
Pamwe Chete The Legend of the Selous Scouts, Reid-Daly, R. Title says it all.
Selous Scouts Top Secret War, Reid-Daly, R., Stif, R. The first work as such about the Selous Scouts.
SAS Rhodesia, Pittaway & Fourie. I am waiting for the new edition of this, one of the authors is going to tell me when they are ready to ship. They are realeasing 3 books about Rhodie soldiering in November: LRDG; SAS; Selous Scouts.
I picked up a book by Dick Couch when I was in the US last, light bed time reading, I could not put it down and ended up buying the follow ons. If you ever want to know what it takes to be a Special Forces soldier from a front row seat so that you can see almost everything - these are the books.
The Warrior Elite, The forging of SEAL Class 228
The Finishing School, Earning the Navy SEAL trident
Down Range, Navy SEAL's in the War on Terrorism
More recently Dick Couch wrote a work following a group thru Green Beret: pre-training; pre-selection; selection; speciality training; and operations.
Chosen Soldier, The making of a Special Forces warrior.
Fiction: Danny, Champion of the World - Rould Dahl. I was bought my copy when I was about 9. I love this book. Can't wait until my boy is old enough to sit still long enough to read it with me.
Non Fiction: Life on Earth - David Attenborough. My Gran bought me this when I was 13. God has it really been 25 years!
Non Fiction: Life on Earth - David Attenborough. My Gran bought me this when I was 13. God has it really been 25 years!
Selous Scouts Top Secret War, Reid-Daly, R., Stif, R. Reading this one now, got it for a fiver off of eBay. pamwe Chete seems to command a decent price! Can't believe you lent your Devils Guard books out, they are worth a fortune.
Alex, can you keep me posted on the 3 Rhodie soldiering books please.
Alex, can you keep me posted on the 3 Rhodie soldiering books please.
I like adult animal books, no, no, no not beastialty!!! I mean;
Henry Williamson such as Stunperleap and Tarka the Otter.
Brian Plummer, Lepus, Trog, Nathan.
Then there is;
Hunter S Thompson
The Dorian Amos books were good.
Robin Pages short extracts are amusing.
Chris Yates
I will be taking Charlie Boorman 'Road to Dakar' and Jamie Andrews 'Life and Limb' on hols.
Henry Williamson such as Stunperleap and Tarka the Otter.
Brian Plummer, Lepus, Trog, Nathan.
Then there is;
Hunter S Thompson
The Dorian Amos books were good.
Robin Pages short extracts are amusing.
Chris Yates
I will be taking Charlie Boorman 'Road to Dakar' and Jamie Andrews 'Life and Limb' on hols.
Oh yeah I forgot to mention Tower of Silence auto biography of a dissidnet kgb agent
a nasty book scary instructive tense depessing illuminating describes his flight from the glass aquarium offices to the west aparently a true stroy
a nasty book scary instructive tense depessing illuminating describes his flight from the glass aquarium offices to the west aparently a true stroy
My Pamwe Chete cost me £80.00, hardback and still mint......with two kids around.
£5.00 is a good price for one of those, you got a bargain there. Others to watch out for are the two Rhodie SAS books by Barbara Cole:
The Elite - The Story of the Rhodesian SAS
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The Elite, Rhodesias Special Air Service, Pictorial
Spamel, I will most certainly keep you informed about the Fourie and Pittaway books.
PS RED ZAMBEZI, Hale, J. A 'fictitous' account of a high ranking mercenarys life and role in Rhodesia, because it could never be told as true........
Oh yes - anythingby either Rankin boys! Ian or Robert that is....
My list just keeps getting longer and my bookshelves more crowded!
My list just keeps getting longer and my bookshelves more crowded!
Where do i start.
Probably my most read non-fiction is Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez (maybe a tad dated on some of his views, but so far forward on many of them, that he is very upto date).
Dorian Amos's books are great ( to the point we're off to the Yukon next week to look for a house).
Nessmuk of course,
The Eldar Eddas (fiction, non-fiction, you decide
)
Fiction wise,
All the Ann Mcaffry books
The Last Kingdom series by Bernard Cornwell
The Viking Series by Tim Severin
Tolkien
All Pratchets work (even the ones for kids)
And a whole library of other books that spill out over the floor in 3 rooms
Baggins
Probably my most read non-fiction is Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez (maybe a tad dated on some of his views, but so far forward on many of them, that he is very upto date).
Dorian Amos's books are great ( to the point we're off to the Yukon next week to look for a house).
Nessmuk of course,
The Eldar Eddas (fiction, non-fiction, you decide
)Fiction wise,
All the Ann Mcaffry books
The Last Kingdom series by Bernard Cornwell
The Viking Series by Tim Severin
Tolkien
All Pratchets work (even the ones for kids)
And a whole library of other books that spill out over the floor in 3 rooms
Baggins
Some great suggestions
Can I add in the following for those with a canoeing side
Path of the paddle - Bill Mason
Song of the Paddle - Bill Mason
My wife would also add the Axminster tools catalogue on my behalf !!!
Gary
Can I add in the following for those with a canoeing side
Path of the paddle - Bill Mason
Song of the Paddle - Bill Mason
My wife would also add the Axminster tools catalogue on my behalf !!!
Gary
Ice Cold In Alex - Christopher Landon
Congo Mercenary - Major Mike Hoare
The Phantom Major - Virginia Cowles
Three Against The Wilderness - Eric Collier
Crazy White Man - Richard Morenus
Alone In The Wilderness - Mike Tomkies
A Last Wild Place - Mike Tomkies
Fireweed - Jill Paton-Walsh
Plus,
ALL the Poldark novels by Winston Graham
Congo Mercenary - Major Mike Hoare
The Phantom Major - Virginia Cowles
Three Against The Wilderness - Eric Collier
Crazy White Man - Richard Morenus
Alone In The Wilderness - Mike Tomkies
A Last Wild Place - Mike Tomkies
Fireweed - Jill Paton-Walsh
Plus,
ALL the Poldark novels by Winston Graham
Oops, Forgot to mention,
Excursion To Hell by Vincent Bramley. Astonishing account of the Battle for Mt Longdon, what happened before and afterwards. It sounds like Vincent dug deep to write the account of his experiences. When i say it was hard work reading it, i don't mean it was written badly, i mean when i read it, i was up Mount Kent!
Also recommended, 'Where did it all go right by Andrew Collins. An absolute must if you were born between 1965 and 1972. Laugh out loud funny!
Excursion To Hell by Vincent Bramley. Astonishing account of the Battle for Mt Longdon, what happened before and afterwards. It sounds like Vincent dug deep to write the account of his experiences. When i say it was hard work reading it, i don't mean it was written badly, i mean when i read it, i was up Mount Kent!
Also recommended, 'Where did it all go right by Andrew Collins. An absolute must if you were born between 1965 and 1972. Laugh out loud funny!
Hi troops Soloman here.
This is my first post,the site looks great.Heres a few gems if you can get hold of them,first CRUSOE OF LONESOME LAKE the story of Ralph edwards building up a farm from virgin forest in Brittish Columbia at the turn of the century.A CODE TO KEEP by Ernest c Brace a disgraced us pilot shot down in viet nam and held prisoner for ten years.WILD SWANS by Jung chang, the story of three generations of chinese women.
All these books are about survival in different ways and i would give all three 10/10.
This is my first post,the site looks great.Heres a few gems if you can get hold of them,first CRUSOE OF LONESOME LAKE the story of Ralph edwards building up a farm from virgin forest in Brittish Columbia at the turn of the century.A CODE TO KEEP by Ernest c Brace a disgraced us pilot shot down in viet nam and held prisoner for ten years.WILD SWANS by Jung chang, the story of three generations of chinese women.
All these books are about survival in different ways and i would give all three 10/10.
Ah, I mean to read the first (I read a heavily condensed version in a Readers Digest mag once) not only a very tough pioneer, but an innovachitive man (and daughter) in his own right.
Not so much about bushcraft, but of bringing modern conveniences to the wilderness
Not so much about bushcraft, but of bringing modern conveniences to the wilderness
Fiction:
The Lord of The Rings - JRR Tolkein
Factual:
Bushcraft - Mors Kochanski
Essential Bushcraft - Ray Mears
Biographical:
Bravo Two Zero - Andy McNab
Call Of The Wild, My Escape to Alaska - Guy Grieve (simply excellent
)
Stewey.
The Lord of The Rings - JRR Tolkein
Factual:
Bushcraft - Mors Kochanski
Essential Bushcraft - Ray Mears
Biographical:
Bravo Two Zero - Andy McNab
Call Of The Wild, My Escape to Alaska - Guy Grieve (simply excellent
)Stewey.
Call Of The Wild, My Escape to Alaska - Guy Grieve (simply excellent
Stewey.
red this recently, totally agree, very good book.
For those Devil's Guard fans, there's copies on amazon for £30
