Personal Library
What are some of the Titles and Authors in your personal library?
Please feel free to include all topics, not just hunting or reloading. We are an educated group and I love to see titles and authors so that maybe I too, could get a copy for my shelves.
Last edited by WILCO; 01-19-2013 at 08:00 AM.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face!" - Mike Tyson
"Don't let my fears become yours." - Me, talking to my children
That look on your face, when you shift into 6th gear, but it's not there.
Great thread Wilco.
Manuals:
An Australians Reloading Guide by Barry Wilmot
ABC'S of reloading Dean Grennell
Hornady manual, 3rd edition
Lyman Reloading Handbook 45th
General Reading:
Art of the Rifle - Cooper
Hell I was there - Keith (letters from Elmer Keith on order)
Introduction to the Deer of Australia - Arthur Bentley
Walking them Up - Ken Pearce
The Accurate Rifle - Warren Page
Australian Shooters Handbook - Ken Pollard
A Hunters Heart: Honest Essays on Blood Sport - David Peterson
Looking forward to reading other peoples entries.
Last edited by sthwestvictoria; 01-19-2013 at 08:23 AM.
ars longa, vita brevis
Thanks and me too! I love books!Originally Posted by sthwestvictoria
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face!" - Mike Tyson
"Don't let my fears become yours." - Me, talking to my children
That look on your face, when you shift into 6th gear, but it's not there.
Some great authors and titles there.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face!" - Mike Tyson
"Don't let my fears become yours." - Me, talking to my children
That look on your face, when you shift into 6th gear, but it's not there.
This is the T-Shirt my partner screen-printed for me, two birthdays ago:
ars longa, vita brevis
Playboy
Hustler
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I dont look at the pictures I get engrosed in the reading material
Like I said, we're an educated group..........
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face!" - Mike Tyson
"Don't let my fears become yours." - Me, talking to my children
That look on your face, when you shift into 6th gear, but it's not there.
Far too many to list. My loading room has three 3 foot shelves of loading & related books, my living room has two 3 foot, 4 shelf book cases mostly full covering many different topics. Very little in novels, mostly American history, biography's, current affairs etc.
Rick
"The people never give up their freedom . . . Except under some delusion." Edmund Burke
"Let us remember that if we suffer tamely a lawless attack on our liberty, we encourage it." Samuel Adams
NRA Benefactor Life Member
CRPA Life Member
Thousands. Way too many to post. From history to geology to psychology to Bible study to theology to mysteries to science fiction to do it yourself, cookbooks to hymnals - we have more books than we have shelves, and more on the Kindles.
Wayne the Shrink
There is no 'right' that requires me to work for you or you to work for me!
Lots of handloading manuals. My two most cherished are by Phil Sharpe and Earl Narramore. I got these, by the way, from a charter member here. I have an almost complete collection of Capstick. Every year, I go through the complete works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes". I have a huge collection of grilling cook books. Come spring, most of our meals come from the deck right outside the back door.
Janet makes me look like a starting novice. She has more books than I can carry in my pickup.
Authors:
Elmer Keith
Jack O Conner
Jim Carmichel
Mike Venturino
Ken Waters
Richard Lee
Jack London
Robert Service
Edward Abbey
Patrick McManus
Carl Russel
Fred Gowans
Lewis and Clark
and a host of others
I have about 300 linear feet of shelving -not near enough but all we have wall space for! I love to read and have 3 books going at any given time! Am a big mystery buff - from Sherlock Holmes and Charlie Chan to Agatha Christie and what you would call "cozy" mysteries. Like biographies and am addicted to "how things work" and "how to fix" type books. Have recently discovered Brad Metzler - his books are a great read!
We should start a book exchange!!
what lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to while lies within us - emerson
Hah... what a topic! LOL I would rather move my piano than move my books--it's lighter (it's an antique orchestral grand carved from solid tiger oak, btw, and bottoms out the suspension in my truck at nothing more than the suggestion of hauling it...). I read sci-fi, fantasy, political suspense, and who-knows what else... My library is just that--a library. So, you want to know every chord possible on a standard 6-string guitar? I have a book on it. You want to know the fundamentals of aviation and small aircraft piloting? I have several. How about timber-framing? Sailing? Stone cutting and masonry? Ever wonder how to burn off limestone into clinkers to use in Portland Cement? Well, I have you covered. Mathematics--need a formula or a memory-jog to remember how to apply one? I have over a dozen books on applied mathematics alone. I won't even mention science, medicine, history, language, etc...
I accidentally coined a saying I am pretty proud of at the register while buying a book when the cashier said "you buy a lot of books..." I shrugged and said "books don't care if the power is out. They work all the same if you can figure out how to open them..."
I love reading, write often, and have noticed over the years that you can easily recognize those who do the same. They generally have a good grasp of both knowledge and the ability to communicate. Unfortunately, those who have neither are far more obvious and frequent.
Guns have only two real enemies; Rust and Politicians...
"Praying might get you to heaven, but trespassing will expedite the journey..."
Where might I be found when I'm not here? Try looking here:http://www.facebook.com/NSWE.Pagosa and here: www.rescueropes.org
Similar to "Rangefinder" I read all kinds of books, some educational and some pure recreational (junk). I had a lot more books than I currently have but I gave most of my how-to (build with; stone, wood rounds, old tires etc.), plumbing, electricty, carpentry, Mother earth news (1 t0 337+) books to my boys. My gun books remaine with me and they will get them "from my cold dead hands"! I buy the odd Handloader if the index has something that catches my fancy and I usually buy the Backwoodsman, read it and pass it on to my youngest son. I have been and remaine an avid reader all of my life, and reading has served me well.
R.D.M.
It would probably take m a year to list them all. I have over 200 lineal feet of filled bookcases here and recently built more. I've belonged to the NRA Classic Firearms and Frontier Series since it started. Both of those turn out a bunch of great books both firearm and history related. You may want to look into those.
Thanks for all the replies folks.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face!" - Mike Tyson
"Don't let my fears become yours." - Me, talking to my children
That look on your face, when you shift into 6th gear, but it's not there.
I have several authors I try to own all they have in print. They include Dick Francis & his son Felix,Elmer Keith, Bob Hagel, Steven Hunter, Robert Crais, John D MacDonald, Michael Connelly,Donald Harstad, and Steven Hamilton. I've tried to read all of Robert B Parkers, Sue Grafton, Jonathon King, Bernard Cromwell, Lee Child, Chuck Logan and Dennis Lehane. I enjoy biographys and how to books. I do not care much for political intrepretations but do read some occasionally. Given the choice of Talk Radio, most TV or a toothpaste tube I will pick the toothpaste tube to read every time.
[The Montana Gianni] Front sight and squeeze
Hi...
I read ...a lot!
I read and study military history with an emphasis on WWII. One whole wall of my den is covered in bookcases full of books on military history and armored fighting vehicle design and development. I have studied nearly every battle and campaign of any significance on the eastern front in WWII(currently studying Glantz' excellent trilogy on the Stalingrad campaign) and have recently begun an in-depth study of the post-landing Normandy battles.
I also study paleontology. Dinosaur fossils, especially the predators intrigue me. I am also quite interested in hominid evolution and have not only acquired a large number of the popular works on the subject, but also some text books and limited publication professional papers on fossil analysis.
I also read science fiction and a good bit of current political writings by conservative authors and pundits.
Firearms related books include works by some guy named O'Connor, another guy named Taffin and a couple other books by Mike Venturino. I also have a couple of books by Skeeter Skelton,Elmer Keith and Bill Jordan.
A somewhat eclectic mix.
I really can't list them all, but my re-read section contains the following books:
"Atlas Shrugged"
"Starship Troopers"
"1984"
"War is a Racket"
"First to Fight"
"Citizen Soldier"
"Alphabet of Manliness"
"Encyclopedia of Sarcasm"
"The Republic"
"On Killing"
"Counter Insurgency Operations"
"How Wars are Won" (Falls in line with the "Art of War")
So a little bit of everything. My next batch will have much more history books covering our history.
Curious as why nobody listed W.E.B Griffin?
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