The Book Club Episode

With the mercury in the red it has been far too warm to do anything overly energetic - far better to find a shady spot and relax with a good book (or audiobook). Sam, Jake, Avian and George have been scouring their libraries for summer reading recommendations for fieldsports enthusiasts - think natural history, shooting fiction, fishing anecdotes, gamekeeping handbooks and beyond. Reading List Guns Wanted by JK Stanford Wilderlands by Eloise Kane The Great Auk by Tim Birkhead Fish, Fishing and The Meaning of Life by Jeremy Paxman The Badminton Library by Lord Walsingham Birds, Sex and Beauty by Matt Ridley The Scoundrels Trilogy by Major Victor Cornwall and Major Arthur Trevelyan Gamebird Diseases - a Gamekeepers' Guide by Alan Pearson Modern Firearm Engraving by Mario Abbiatico A Practical Guide to Modern Gamekeeping by Jeremy Hobson The Shooting Party by Isabel Colegate The Chimp Paradox by Prof. Steve Peters Honourable mentions Ring of Bright Water by Gavin Maxwell John Macnab by John Buchan Born Free by Joy Adamson Return of the Grey Partridge by Roger Morgan-Grenville and The Duke of Norfolk Uncommon Ground by Patrick Galbraith Words from the Hedge by Richard Negus Living with Greys by Tarquin Millington-Drake Books for Kids Redwall by Brian Jaques A Leopard's Tale by Jonathan Scott Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin Dann My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell Feathers / Venison by Jose L Souto