Books for Books Day
In no particular order …
One Thousand Days – Sirius
A book about an extraordinary military patrol in Greenland which also happens to be best book ever written on selecting and training high performing teams
Joss Naylor MBE Was Here – the best book ever written on human powered endeavour.
How To Connect With Nature – moved me from looking to seeing. Vital reading.
The White Hotel – as a kid growing up in the North East books were my escape. They took me places. This book took me the furthest.
At What Point – outstanding, important, fierce, imaginative poetry for the here and the now
A Place of Tides – an example to all of us
Maquis – a remarkable memoir. Read Horned Pigeon straight after it. Lest we forget.
Between Silk and Cyanide – Because.
The South Yorkshire Moors – i’ve been reading and re-reading it for years. An unmatched work of reference for the moors and valleys which i frequent.
Millican Dalton – my ‘ex landlord’.
Goose Green – i was reflecting the other day on how the majority of people salivating over another war have not been to war nor will they ever do so. And those that have experienced the horrors of war are adamantly against another. This book is amongst the best ever written on the personal cost of combat.