Bookshelf Latest Additions

The books listed here are the latest additions to the Shakari Connection Bookshelf. In no particular order, there are books on African hunting, African exploration, hunting firearms and more. All the books newly added to the website will be listed on this page before going into their various categories and into the author index.

Adam Parkison

Bush Lore: A Professional Hunter's Adventures In Central Africa by Adam Parkison (2025). From the book synopsis ... the author spent "five years of adventure in a little-known country called the Central African Republic. In these short stories, the author takes readers on a journey deep in the tropical forest mosaics of the Chinko basin, following wounded buffalo, outwitting a menacing leopard, tracking down rumors of cryptid creatures, encountering venomous snakes, fleeing from bush fires, surviving deadly illnesses, and more".

J Poth

Kota Gombé: The Story Of Marc Pechenart, Wilderness Explorer And Big-Game Hunter by J Poth (2025) is the English language edition of Joseph Poth's 2023 book about the hunting life of Marc Péchenart (1927 - 2008), a Frenchman who hunted in Africa in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Péchenart was a successful French industrialist known for his great love of African big game hunting, particularly elephants. He made fifteen trips to the Central African Republic and with other prominent French associates, he was granted 700,000 hectares in CAR, where he hunted with several illustrious people, including the then French President Giscard D'Estaing. It was in CAR that he obtained his best elephant ever with tusks weighing 154 x 148 pounds.

Dr Jorge Pinero

Dr Jorge Pinero was born in Cuba in 1956 and came to the United States in 1963. He served as an Airborne Ranger in the US Army and became a dentist.

Adventures Outside The Urban Jungle: Life Experiences Few Could Imagine by Dr Jorge Pinero (2024) is the author's first book about his passion for big game hunting and fishing. He writes about his experiences of getting away from the city and living freely in the wilds.

The Rogue Of The Luangwa: Life Experiences Few Could Imagine by Dr Jorge Pinero (2025) is the author's second book which attempts to illustrate the reality of what happens when bans backed by so-called "green" organizations and pushed by western countries. More often than not, these bans cause excessive poaching of wildlife and natural resources, which rather than stopping the loss of wildlife has the opposite effect and can lead to species extinction. This is illustrated with a snapshot of life in the villages of the Luangwa Valley of Zambia and shows what residents deal with in human/wildlife interaction on a daily basis. The author demonstrates why trophy hunting is a necessity in these rural African areas where other economic means for dealing with problem animals are not available.

Dr Norman Parsons Jewell

On Call In Africa: In War And Peace 1910 - 1932 by Dr Norman Parsons Jewell (2016) is the account of events based on the author's personal diary, memoirs and extensive photography. He began his tropical medical career in the Seychelles, but on the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 he was appointed to the East Africa Protectorate and became an army doctor. He travelled with the troops all over Tanganyika including meeting the 25th Royal Fusiliers who were commanded by Colonel Jerry Driscoll and Frederick Courteney Selous. He was posted to Mombasa, Kenya after the war and then returned to England in 1932.

J B Carson

Pages From The Past: Kenya by J B Carson (1990) contains nine stories describing aspects of life in Kenya, from the early pioneering days to the game reserves of today. Included is the story of how the lion rose from being vermin to the King of the Beasts, and then became a household pet. The book also tells of the railway to Uganda and the country's general expansion and development. The stories were written because the author, who served as a District Officer and Commissioner in Kenya, felt that they were worthy of record in a world where recent history is being forgotten and sometimes deliberately distorted.
More books by J B Carson

John Blower

The Plundered Forests by John Blower (2007)is the author's fourth autobiographical book in which he describes his time spent in the 1970s in South-East Asia working on a project to save the endangered forests and wildlife. In Indonesia, political change drastically affected the survival of some of the world's most important rain forests and wildlife. In spite of many difficulties his team were successful in setting up a number of National Parks which are still in existence today. After seven years the author moved to Burma to find a very similar situation.
More books by African Game Warden, John Blower

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Jim Corbett

My India by Jim Corbett (1952) is the autobiography of Corbett who spent a lifetime in India among the poor villagers in the Himalayan foot-hills and among the labourers while he was employed by the Bengal and Northwestern Railway at Mokameh Ghat as a Trans-shipment Officer from the late 1890s to the beginning of the First World War.

Fred Duckworth

Far From Ordinary Life: A Diary Of Adventures In An Africa Now Past by Fred Duckworth (2004). The author's descriptive prose vividly brings to life his wanderings and twists of fate as he evolved from his early years assisting game-control scouts in the Selous Game Reserve in Tanganyika to becoming a licensed professional hunter. Along that path in his long career he hunted for ivory at a time when a 110-pound per side tusker was worth four-month's pay as an assistant game ranger. He also describes the personalities, guns and game encountered.

Brad Fitzpatrick

Morning Shadows, Evening Sun: Stories Of Namibia's Professional Hunters by Brad Fitzpatrick (2013). The author, together with the Namibian Professional Hunter's Association, has interviewed the finest Namibian PHs and got each to give the story of their most interesting, exciting or dangerous hunt.

Stephen J Smith

Stephen Smith (1931 - 1993) was one of Africa's well-known professional hunters based in Kenya. He started with Ker & Downey then later moved to Laddy & Ada Winzca's company Hunters & Guides. Stevie Smith was the founder of PHASA, chairing the first meeting in 1978. Until his untimely death he was the editor and publisher of 'Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game'.

The Hunter And The Go-Away Bird: The Ramblings Of An African Hunter by Stephen J Smith (1992) are his autobiographical tales of his professional hunting days through Africa from 1955 to 1992. Stevie Smith was a great advocate of ethics in the hunting field, believing that it is a privilege to hunt, not a right.

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