Dear All,
I was browsing through the Gleebooks Summer Reading Guide that came
with the Sydney Morning Herald today and came across a book that may
be a gift idea for a birder. The book is "A Guide to the Birds of East
Africa" by Nicholas Drayson. Firstly, it is not a field guide. The
book, set in Kenya, tells the tale of a birder who has fallen in love
with a young lady, who is the leader of a mid-week birding outing and
is trying to gather enough courage to ask the young lady to accompany
him to the Hunt Ball. The young man discovers that he has a rival, a
school-days adversary, for the young lady's affections. The two men
agree to compete for the right to escort the young lady to the Ball by
means of a week long twitchathon. The book should appeal to the fans
of Alexander McCall-Smith. Sounds like a ripping yarn.
Glee Books has the book on special at the moment for $13.95. At that
price I might even be tempted myself.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
===============================
www.birding-aus.org
birding-aus.blogspot.com
To unsubscribe from this mailing list,
send the message:
unsubscribe
(in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
to:
===============================
|
