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S P O R T I N G C L A S S I C S 1 8 9 Bodio's books fall into a variety of subject areas. Boston born but now a resident of Magdalena, New Mexico—there's a change of scenery for you—he's not only a serious sporting bibliophile but is possessed by other obsessions such as training falcons, coursing dogs, raising pigeons, and collecting guns. His works reflect many of those interests and include, in addition to those already mentioned, The Art of Shooting Flying (1988), Aloft: A Meditation on Pigeons and Pigeon Flying (1990), A Rage for Falcons (1992), Good Guns Again (1994— definitely better than its predecessor volume on the subject), On the Edge of the Wild: Passions and Pleasures of a Naturalist (1998), and Eagle Dreams: Searching for Legends in Wild Mongolia (2003). The dates are those of first publication. Most of these books have been reprinted, and just this year Skyhorse Press brought out paperback editions of Eagle Dreams and On the Edge of the Wild. The topics of his books rightly suggest a wide-ranging mind and voracious intellectual appetite. Bodio suffers from Parkinson's but has approached the disease with the same insatiable curiosity that runs as a bright thread through the fabric of his writings. On his blogspot (stephenbodio.blogspot.com), which fittingly bears the title "Querencia," and elsewhere he has dealt frankly and in forthright fashion with the ravages of Parkinson's and its impact on his life. He soldiers on undaunted and even as this column appears he is close to releasing a sequel to A Sportsman's Library. I eagerly await its appearance, knowing that it will find a place of prominence on my shelves of sporting reference works. Meanwhile, if you are somehow unacquainted with Bodio's work, there's no time like now to fill some holes in your library and avail yourself of reading material that will prove provocative, inspiring, and most of all enjoyable.