Books:
I don't think any of our books are really first editions or valuable or anything. Very few of them are even close to what you would call pristine. We do try to look after them but they get read - generally a lot. As a result they aren't really going to fetch any money on their own merit, so are pretty much there for the asking. I just hate throwing them away.
The pics are generally of the books themselves, not some catalogue pic, so you can get an idea of how dog-eared or otherwise they are.
We like Gerald Durell's writing a lot and friends and relatives keep an eye out for his books for us. These are duplicates so we'd like to pass them on.
Two in the Bush - Gerald Durrell
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Three Singles to Adventure - Gerald Durrell
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Mockery Bird - Gerald Durrell
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My Family and Other Animals - Gerald Durrell
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Rosy is My Relative - Gerald Durrell
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The Whispering Land - Gerald Durrell
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beasts in my belfry - Gerald Durrell
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Marc Olden's stuff tends to be martial arts related, but slightly too macabre for my taste. Bloody, violent and with little of spiritual meaning. I have had it for many years and read it several times, so obviously I enjoyed it on some level, but I don't think I would want to read it again now.
Giri - Marc Olden
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Te - Marc Olden
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Various esoteric and metaphysical stuff: Largely nonsense, but many have a core meaning that may help guide us in making ourselves better people - or at least to make out that's what we are trying to do.
Alchimia - Titus Burckhardt
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astrological key in mahabharat - Paule Lerner
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circle of stars.jpg - Valerie J Roebuck
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fundamentals of astrology - M. Ramakrishna
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The Holy Grail - Malcolm Godwin
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Il Monte Analogo - Rene Daumal
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Metaphysics - Coomaraswamy
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poesie del fiume wang - Martin Benedikter
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the Power of gems and Crystals - Soozi Holbeche
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preghiera della rana - Anthony de Mello
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Se - Titus Burckhardt
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I like Robert Ludlum's stuff very much - plays right into my paranoid conspiracy theories. However, there is a tendency to feel you've read it before whenever you pick up one of his books (as undoubtedly I have). Not exactly 'read one and you've read them all', but certainly 2 or 3 should cover it. However, I've enjoyed reading 20 different versions of how the nazis didn't go away and are secretly still trying to take over the world and how one lone guy can stop them all, but now ready to pass them on.
Aquitaine Progression - Robert Ludlum
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Holcroft Covenant - Robert Ludlum
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The Icarus Agenda - Robert Ludlum
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The Rhinemann Exchange - Robert Ludlum
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I find Ben Elton very funny, and his comedy with an ecological/political message is right up my street. The books are good, but I only needed to read them once or twice.
Gridlock - Ben Elton
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Stark - Ben Elton
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Comedy, satire, etc. although I've brushed this category pretty broad
Billy - Pamela Stephenson
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eat your own pet - Russell Jones
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Fido Dido - Susan Rose
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Novels, Random thrillers, legal dramas and stuff.
black market - James Patterson
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Cat and Mouse - James Patterson
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digital fortress - Dan Brown
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The Eight Day - John Case
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Colonel Sun - Robert Markham
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The Firm - John Grisham
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River of Death - Alastair Maclean
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Runaway Jury - John Grisham
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The Secret Agent- Joseph Conrad
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The Simple Truth - David Baldacci
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Time of the Wolf- Elizabeth Harris
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Every science fiction fan has to have read Arthur C Clarke's stuff - it's the law. The Rama series started off well, but I didn't enjoy these one's so much and we've decided to pass them on
Rama Revealed - Arthur C Clarke
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garden of rama.jpg - Arthur C Clarke
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Rendezvous with Rama - Arthur C Clarke
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Other Science Fiction
comets and computers - Isaac Asimov
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Serious, text books, anything that is at least vaguely intellectual
The Great Apes - Robert Gray
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My Healthy Child
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Three in a Bed - Deborah Jackson
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L'etologia - Konrad Lorenz
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nuava agricoltura biologica - Mauro Milani
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