{"id":245,"date":"2014-09-24T09:49:51","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T07:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/?page_id=245"},"modified":"2020-02-10T16:54:33","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T14:54:33","slug":"books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/books\/","title":{"rendered":"MY BOOKS BUCKET"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I always take a book or two on my travels as you never know where you get stuck and have to wait a couple of hours. \u00a0And yes, I do prefer a book rather than all the electronic e-readers that are available on the market. \u00a0The reason? \u00a0It is dust proof and never needs charging &#8211; it is simply always available and exchangeable for a new read anywhere on the globe. \u00a0Well, maybe I am a bit old fashioned but I like a book!<\/p>\n<h2>Some of the books that I enjoyed to read were:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Babylon&#8217;s Ark &#8211; Lawrence Anthony<\/li>\n<li>The night of the knives &#8211; Jon Evans<\/li>\n<li>The last Resort &#8211; Douglas Rogers<\/li>\n<li>The cloud garden &#8211; Tom Hart Dyke &amp; Paul Winder<\/li>\n<li>The Man-Eaters of Tsavo &#8211; John Henry Patterson<\/li>\n<li>The Last Rhinos &#8211; Lawrence Anthony<\/li>\n<li>Long Way Down &#8211; Ewan McGregor &amp; Charley Boorman<\/li>\n<li>The Lost Boy &#8211; Aher Arop Bol<\/li>\n<li>Mulberry Forest (Moerbei Bos) &#8211; Dalene Matthee<\/li>\n<li>The White Nile &#8211; Alan Moorehead<\/li>\n<li>The Good Italian &#8211; Stephen Burke<\/li>\n<li>Cape to Cairo &#8211; Kingsley Holgate<\/li>\n<li>The Elephant Whisperer &#8211; Lawrence Anthony<\/li>\n<li>Queen of\u00a0 Shaba &#8211; Joy Adamson<\/li>\n<li>The Trouble with Africa &#8211; Vic Guhrs<\/li>\n<li>The Delta &#8211; Tony Park<\/li>\n<li>The Long Way Round \u00a0&#8211; Charley Boorman<\/li>\n<li>I dreamed of Africa &#8211; Kuki Gullman<\/li>\n<li>Night of the Lions &#8211; Kuki Gullman<\/li>\n<li>Swahili for the broken-hearted &#8211; Peter Moore<\/li>\n<li>Open Cockpit over Africa &#8211; Victor Smith<\/li>\n<li>The Kite Runner &#8211; Khaled Hosseini<\/li>\n<li>Emma&#8217;s War &#8211; Deborah Scroggins<\/li>\n<li>Seerowers, kameelkoppe &amp; chillies vir tee &#8211; Ilse Salzwedel<\/li>\n<li>Papillon &#8211; Henri Charriere<\/li>\n<li>Around Africa on my bicycle &#8211; Riaan Manser<\/li>\n<li>Jupiter&#8217;s Travels &#8211; Ted Simon<\/li>\n<li>Winning is not enough &#8211; Sir Jackie Stewart<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/anigif.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1147\" src=\"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/anigif.gif\" alt=\"anigif\" width=\"171\" height=\"253\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>And on my reading list for the future:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The bookseller of Kabul &#8211; Asn\u00e8 Seierstad<\/li>\n<li>The Silent Elephant &#8211; Gareth Patterson<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s on the meter &#8211; Paul Archer &amp; Johno Ellison<\/li>\n<li>Tracks &#8211; Robin Davidson<\/li>\n<li>Left beyond the horizon &#8211; Christopher Mandy<\/li>\n<li>Hunters venom &#8211; Peter J Earle<\/li>\n<li>Left to tell &#8211; Immaculee Ilibagiza<\/li>\n<li>Elephant Dawn &#8211; Sharon Pincott<\/li>\n<li>Spark your dream &#8211; Candelaria &amp; Herman Zapp<\/li>\n<li>One girl&#8217;s incredible journey from war torn Syria in a wheelchair &#8211; Nujeen Mustafa<\/li>\n<li>African Stories &#8211; Al J Venter<\/li>\n<li>Invisible Armies &#8211; Jon Evans<\/li>\n<li>Vat jou hele hart &#8211; Elkarien Fourie<\/li>\n<li>The zookeper&#8217;s wife &#8211; Diane Ackerman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I always take a book or two on my travels as you never know where you get stuck and have to wait a couple of hours. \u00a0And yes, I do prefer a book rather than all the electronic e-readers that are available on the market. \u00a0The reason? \u00a0It is dust proof and never needs charging &#8211; it is simply always available and exchangeable for a new read anywhere on the globe. \u00a0Well, maybe I am a bit old fashioned but I like a book! 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