[Critter]

If any of you would like to read a book by a non hunter about hunting in Africa I'll suggest this one. It is written by a hunters wife who tagged along on a 23 day safari in Tanzania. While there are tales on hunting and the kill a lot of it is about the animals and people.

It is a very interesting book, so far I am 2/3's of the way through it and find it quite interesting. The reviews are quite good also even from non hunters, and while it won't open a lot of non hunters eyes it may make them look at things a little bit different than they are not.

The title is, Cries Of The Savanna by Sue Tidwell

It is available on Amazon, and Kindle.

 

[Vanilla]

I’m not much of a reader. In fact, I hate reading! (Go figure…) The last several months I’ve taken to audio books, and I’ve enjoyed it. Here are a few that I’ve done that I really enjoyed:

-The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown - what a story!
-Autobiography of Malcolm X- narrated by Lawrence Fishburn, and it is REALLY fascinating.
-The Only Plane in the Sky: oral history of 9/11 - this is made for an audiobook format. It’s gripping!
-Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: I’m just finishing this one up in the next day or so and started it at the recommendation of this thread. Man, what a tragedy. My heart has been changed on a couple topics after listening to this book. It has been pretty powerful and I’ve learned a lot.

Here are a couple sports related books I’ve listened to as well:

-Boys Will be Boys by Jeff Pearlman - Very good. Made me long for the glory days for my Cowboys! And scratch my head how dudes can be so good at something while being so undisciplined in every other aspect of their lives.
-The Last Folk Hero, also by Pearlman. A good essay on Bo Jackson, I enjoyed it overall by thought it ended kind of weak.
-Just Win Baby by Murray Oldermann. I loved this book. It’s a great history about Al Davis (and the modern NFL). That dude was crazy as a fox, man.
-Swagger by Jimmy Johnson, it was just alright. It’s worth it if you’re looking for a quick listen that isn’t heavy. I knew most of the stories already. I was hoping for a bit more insight along the way, but towards the end of the book he really opens up and becomes vulnerable, which was kind of cool.

Things coming up in the pipeline that I will get to over the next little while:

-The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter
-Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
-Grant by Ron Chernow (48 hour audio book!)
-Atomic Habits by James Clear

If anyone has some great audiobooks to recommend, post them up! Fiction really is not my thing, I’m not very interested in that genre. Historical stuff is always interesting to me.

 

[PBH]

-Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: I’m just finishing this one up in the next day or so and started it at the recommendation of this thread. Man, what a tragedy. My heart has been changed on a couple topics after listening to this book. It has been pretty powerful and I’ve learned a lot.



If anyone has some great audiobooks to recommend, post them up! Fiction really is not my thing, I’m not very interested in that genre. Historical stuff is always interesting to me.

check out Killing Crazy Horse by Bill O'Reilly. It's good. Lots of really good historical stuff packed into it.

I just started Into the Abyss: An Extraordinary True Story (Carol Shaben). It's about 4 survivors of a plan crash in northern Alberta. So far, it's good.


Also -- you'd probably really like both Alaska and Journey by James Michener. Sure, they're fiction, but they are historical. Alaska is great for anyone (like Vanilla) that's been fishing in Alaska. Journey was originally a chapter in Alaska, but turned into a book of it's own. It's great too -- a historical context of a trek across Canada to the Yukon for the gold rush. They're both great! If you aren't sure about Alaska (due to size / time), then start with Journey.

 

[middlefork]

No real recommendations but I'll look at a few of the above for sure.

I read too much some times and am a little cheap so I use the app Libby to download books. It is tied into the public library system and offers E books, Audio books, magazines and others. All for the price of any county library card (free).

 

[paddler]

I'd recommend some Africana, "African Rifles and Cartridges" by Taylor, and "Man-Eaters of Tsavo" by Patterson. John "Pondoro" Taylor was an elephant poacher, and he does a complete review of all the classic cartridges with very entertaining anecdotes of many. Patterson was in charge of the building of the Nairobi to Uganda railroad, his descriptions of killing the two man-eating lions who terrorized the "*******" doing the labor is fascinating.

Books about Roosevelt are also good, try "River of Doubt" by Millard. Or the three-volume biography by Morris. Very interesting man, he accomplished much during his rather short 61 years. The third volume, "Colonel Roosevelt", paints a rather melancholy picture of his last years.