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The Black Stallion and Flame (Black Stallion) by Walter Farley
All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for None and All by Friedrich Nietzsche
Dracula (Barnes & Noble Classics) by Bram Stoker
The Great Black Jockeys: The Lives and Times of the Men Who Dominated America's First National Sport by Edward Hotaling
The Missing by Sarah Langan
The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
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About me I'm a fairly average nerd from the sticks of Mississippi, and as my username implies I tend to err on the side of facetiousnes. I'm an enlisted member of the Marines, and currently am touring scenic, lovely Afghanistan. After my pitstop in government work is done, I'll hopefully be able to attend a decent college and major in something as nerdy and eclectic as I am ;-)
About my library My interests run the gamut from horses to musings on theology to physics and astronomy, so you'll find a pretty wide range of books. That's also why you'll very rarely see a full collection from any author since I never like to spend too long focused on one thing. The major exception to that would be Walter Farley's books, which were hands down my favorite through Junior High and part of High School, and I still enjoy perusing now and again. I tend to have high ratings for my books since I never finish a book I don't like unless I'm forced to.
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There is only one book I know of that intentionally covers all the birds of Afghanistan. That book is "Birds of South Asia - Volume 1: Field Guide" by Rassmussen and Anderton, 2005, (ISBN 8487334652). This is an excellent book with outstanding illustrations of all species between Afghanistan east through India, Nepal, and over to eastern Myanmar (aka, Burma). Volume 1 contains exclusively the 180 color plates and Volume 2 holds all the text and species accounts. This set of two books is a bit pricey, starting at US$100. The cheapest purchase site I've found is at http://www.hbw.com/lynx/en/lynx-edicions... --
I can recommend two other cheaper books:
1) The Birds of Kazakhstan by Wassink and Oreel, 2007 (ISBN 9789081146210). This country borders Afghanistan on the north.
2) Field Guide to the Birds of the Middle East by Porter, Christensen, and Schiermacker-Hansen, 1996 (ISBN 0856610763). This book does not specifically cover Afghanistan, but it does cover all of Iran, which sits on the western border.
These three additional books include all the birds in Pakistan, which borders you on the east:
1) Field Guide to Birds of the Indian Subcontinent by Kazmierczak, 2000 (ISBN 0300079214)
2) Birds of India by Grimmet & Inskipp, 1999 (ISBN 0691049106)
3) A new book coming out in November 2008 is Birds of Pakistan by Grimmet and Inskipp (ISBN 0713688009)
Lastly, here is a very good website for photos of birds in Kazakhstan. A large percentage will be in common with Afghanistan. -- http://www.birds.kz/photosonlye.html --
Just as a little factoid, there is only one bird endemic to Afghanistan, the Afghan Snowfinch (Montifringilla theresae).
Best of luck to you.
posted by Soleglad at 2:05 am (EST) on Jun 25, 2008
I did find this list of birds seen around the Kandahar base by someone who may have been a Dutch soldier (not sure) during a six-month period in 2006-2007:
http://www.surfbirds.com/trip_report.php...
posted by tropics at 9:28 pm (EST) on May 25, 2008
Cheers!
posted by tropics at 10:46 pm (EST) on May 24, 2008
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posted by tropics at 4:18 pm (EST) on May 24, 2008
Recently I stumbled upon this site - Russian soldiers describing their tours of duty in Afghanistan (in translation, with photos):
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=h...
posted by tropics at 6:19 pm (EST) on May 23, 2008
posted by tropics at 12:20 pm (EST) on May 23, 2008