Author's Note - 'Prairie Basin'Inspiration to write this action/survival story began when my wife Elly and I were on a touring holiday in Arizona and our guide proposed a once in a lifetime helicopter flight into the Grand Canyon for a picnic. With four other Brits and spectacular views of the Hoover Dam as we flew over it, we landed in the merciless heat and spellbinding terrain of the Canyon where our pilot, handing out prepacked parcels of fruit, sandwiches and warm cans of Coca...

This is a new book, a compiliation of my past experiences, hope you enjoy.

This book is a further compilation to my previous work 'Memories of Mileage Past' and is drawn from factual events during both my time as a Paratrooper, and our travels around the world.Hope you enjoy.Barrie David

Events inspring this story came from reading screenplay format versions of John Steinbeck's 'Of mice and Men' and Harold Brighouse's 'Hobson Choice'Prologue….Currently retired and living in the Vale of Glamorgan with my wife Elly, plus our dog and our cat I enjoy writing stories drawn from amazing life experiences in various parts of the world. Set in contemporary Arizona this fictional story was inspired by a helicopter flight into the searing heat and mind-boggling terrai...

This book is based on actual military parachuting experiences in the UK, the United Arab Emirates, Cyprus and Guernsey between 1972 and 1976 where it draws to a close in what remains of Belsen Concentration Camp in Germany.

THE SUNDAY TIMES NATURE BOOK OF THE YEAR'A compelling investigation of navigation in the animal kingdom.' Mail on Sunday'David Barrie, who himself has sailed the oceans using a sextant, is passionate about navigation and describes in delightful detail the myriad ways in which animals get around ... eye-opening book.' Frans de Waal, New York Times'Only a sailor could relate the navi...

Sie müssen ohne GPS auskommen und finden doch ans Ziel, ob schwimmend, fliegend oder krabbelnd – Fische und Vögel, Insekten und Meeressäuger auf dem Weg zu Partnern, Nahrung oder ihren Winterquartieren. Die navigatorischen Meisterleistungen der Tiere stellen die Forschung vor Rätsel: Ameisen und Bienen, die mithilfe von Lichtmustern navigieren, Meeresschildkröten und Langusten, die sich am Erdmagnetfeld orientieren, und Wale, die über Tausende von Meilen einen geraden Kurs beibehalten. Fun...

With 2014 marking the tercentenary of the Longitude Act, this eloquent celebration of the sextant tells the story of this elegant instrument and explores its vital role in man’s attempts to map the world.This is the story of an instrument that changed the world. In prose as crisp as the book’s subject, David Barrie tells how and why the sextant was invented; how offshore navigators depended on it for their lives in wild and dangerous seas until the advent of GPS – and the sextant’s...

The life and times of an independent, British family-owned bus company based in Berkshire that rose up following World War I.Between the two world wars and in the years that followed, several generations relied on country buses. In the days when few could afford a car, the bus was the medium to move between homes in often remote villages and the places where they increasingly went to school, worked, and enjoyed their leisure hours.This is the story of one s...

"An interesting introduction to Victorian crimes, the people who committed them, and how effective rehabilitation may have been." — Ripperologist MagazineWhat was life like in the Victorian underworld—who were the criminals, what crimes did they commit, how did they come to a criminal career, and what happened to them after they were released from prison? Victorian Convicts, by telling the stories of a hundred criminal men and women, gives...

Looking for a reliable way to learn how to program on your own, without being overwhelmed by confusing concepts? Head First Programming introduces the core concepts of writing computer programs -- variables, decisions, loops, functions, and objects -- which apply regardless of the programming language. This book offers concrete examples and exercises in the dynamic and versatile Python language to demonstrate and reinforce these concepts.Learn the basic tools to start writ...

A book about animal navigation - how creatures, great and small, find their way and how brilliantly they manage without benefit of maps or instruments - and what lessons there are for human beings.In Incredible Journeys, award-winning author David Barrie takes us on a tour of the cutting-edge science of animal navigation, where breakthroughs are allowing scientists to unravel, for the first time, how animals as various as butterflies, birds, crustaceans, f...