More books

Not only did Josh outdo me this weekend in the categories "Frigid Temperatures Endured", "Snowball Battles Won" and "Snowshoe Travel", he also trounced me in "Books Acquired". Diana's aunt is moving and Josh got to rummage through her late husband's library, and came back with eight cases of books. He was only able to smuggle a few volumes back on the plane with him, including:

• Oliver Warner's Great Sea Battles (which includes a chapter on Suffren v Hughes)
• History of the Regiments and Uniforms of the British Army
• The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico
• Even the Brave Falter (a subaltern's experience with the 7th Ghurkas in WW2)
• The Empire and the Army (both British, of course)
• Fair Dinkum (forty years of an Australian's world travels)
• British Military Uniforms
• Heraldry in War
• Australia: the Fifth Continent.

By contrast, I picked up three Terry Pratchett books and Saberhagen's An Old Friend of the Family.