Reading for Mariners and their Families
- Nothing can go wrong - Capt. John H. Kilpack/John D. MacDonald
- It didn’t happen on my watch - George C. Murphy
- Ronald Morton; or, The fire-ships, a story of the last naval war
- Until the Sea Shall Free Them – Robert Frump
- Collisions and their Causes – Capt. Richard A. Cahill
- Strandings and their Causes - Capt. Richard A. Cahill
- Collision Course: The Classic Story of the Collision of the ANDREA DORIA and the STOCKHOLM - Alvin Moscow
In Peace and War: A History of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point - Cruikshank and Kline
- The Battle of the Atlantic - Andrew Williams
- Liberty Ship - Sherod Cooper
- The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914 - David McCullough
- Sailing on Friday : The Perilous Voyage of America's Merchant Marine - John A. Butler
- Leading at the Edge : Leadership Lessons from the Extraordinary Saga of Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition by Dennis N. T. Perkins
- Heroes In Dungarees: The Story of the American Merchant Marine in World War II - John Bunker
- A Careless Word...a Needless Sinking - Arthur R. Moore
- The U.S. Merchant Marine at War, 1775-1945 - Bruce L. Felknor
- The Forgotten Heroes: The Heroic Story of the United States Merchant Marine - Brian Herbert
- Abandoned Convoy...The Full Story Of The Debacle Of Convoy P.Q.-17 – F. O'Flaherty
- The Abraham Lincoln of the Sea: The Life of Andrew Furuseth - Arnold Berwick
- Workers on the Waterfront: Seamen, Longshoremen, and Unionism in the 1930s - Bruce Nelson
- Last of the Boom Ships: Oral Histories of the U.S. Merchant Marine 1927-2000 - Jim Whalen
- Looking For a Ship – John McPhee
- Steaming to Bamboola: The World of a Tramp Freighter – Christopher Buckley
- Super Ship - Noel Mostert
- The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (P.S.) by Sebastian Junger
- The four days of Mayaguez – Roy Rowan
- The Last American Sailors: A Wild Ride in the Modern Merchant Marine - Michael R. Rawlins
- Longitude - Dava Sobel
- In Peril: A Daring Decision, a Captain's Resolve, and the Salvage that Made History – Skip Strong
- Captain James Cook - Richard Hough
- In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex – Nathaniel Philbrick
- Maritime Terror: Protecting Your Vessel and Your Crew Against Piracy – Jim Gray
- No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
- Hard On The Wind - Russ Hofvendahl
- EAGLE Mutiny - Richard Linnett and Roberto Loiederman
- Mutiny on the Globe: The Fatal Voyage of Samuel Comstock - Thomas Farel Heffernan
- The Loss of the Ship Essex, Sunk by a Whale - Owen Chase, Thomas Nickerson, Nathaniel Philbrick, and Thomas Philbrick
- A Greater Freedom: Stories of Faith from Operation Iraqi Freedom – Oliver North
- The Right Thing – Scott Waddle
- The PEKING battles Cape Horn – Irving Johnson
- Yangtze Patrol: The U.S. Navy in China - RADM Kemp Tolley
- The Sand Pebbles – Richard McKenna
- The Ancient Mariners – Lionel Casson
- Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World – Lionel Casson
- The Blame Machine: Why Human Error Causes Accidents – R.B. Whittingham
- Lord Jim – Joseph Conrad
- Typhoon – Joseph Conrad
- The Shadow Line – Joseph Conrad
- The Mirror of the Sea – Joseph Conrad
- The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad
- Moby Dick – Herman Melville
- Sailing into the Abyss: A True Story of Extreme Heroism on the High Seas – William Benedetto
- The Bounty Trilogy - Charles Nordhoff, James Hall
- Typhoon, the Other Enemy: The Third Fleet and the Pacific Storm of December 1944 – Capt. C. Raymond Calhoun USN
- The Seaman's Friend: A Treatise on Practical Seamanship – Richard H. Dana
- Two Years Before the Mast – Richard H. Dana
- Port and Maritime Security – John F. Frittelli
- The Sea-Wolf – Jack London
- Song of the Sirens - Ernest K. Gann
- Three Star Fix - Capt. Joseph Jablonski
- Leadership: The Warrior’s Art, edited by Christopher Kolenda; foreword by General Barry R. McCaffrey, USA (Ret.)
- Master and Commander, by Patrick O’Brian
- Naval History and Maritime Strategy: Collected Essays – John B. Hattendorf
- Inventing Grand Strategy and Teaching Command: The Classic
- Works of Alfred Thayer Mahan Reconsidered - Jon Tetsuro Sumida
- Naval Strategy and Operations in Narrow Seas - Milan N. Vego
- Greek and Roman Naval Warfare: A Study of Strategy, Tactics, and
- Ship Design from Salamis - William Ledyard Rodgers
- One Hundred Years of Sea Power: The U.S. Navy, 1890-1990, by George W. Baer
- Roots of Strategy Book: 4 Military Classics : The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783, Some Principles of Maritime Strategy, Command of the Air, Winged Defense – David Jablonsky
- A Greater Freedom: Stories of Faith from Operation Iraqi Freedom – Oliver North
- Decision Points – George W. Bush
- Thinking in Time: The Uses of History for Decision Makers, by Richard E. Neustadt and Ernest R. May
- The Art of the Long View: Planning for the Future in an Uncertain World, by Peter Schwartz
- Working Together – Olaf Issachson
- Magic of Thinking Big, by David Schwartz
- How to make millions with your ideas, Dan Kennedy
- The E-Myth Revisited, by Michael Gerber
- Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of World Travel, by Rolf Potts
- Walden, by H.D. Thoreau
- Less is More, by Goldian Vandenbroeck
- The Monk and the Riddle, by Randy Komisar
- 80/20 Principle, by Richard Koch
- “This business has legs”: An Entrepreneurial Adventure Story, by Peter Bieler
- Secrets of Power Negotiating, by Roger Dawson
- Small Giants, by Bo Burlingham
- D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II, by Stephen E. Ambrose
- The Declaration of Independence and Other Great Documents of American History, 1775-1865
- Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card
- Flags of Our Fathers, by James Bradley
- The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
- Life in Mr. Lincoln’s Navy, by Dennis J. Ringle
- Lincoln on Leadership, by Donald T. Phillips
- A Passage to India, by E.M. Forster
- A Sailor’s History of the U.S. Navy, by Thomas J. Cutler
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen R. Covey
- Starship Troopers, by Robert A. Heinlein
- Time Management from the Inside Out: The Foolproof Plan for
- Taking Control of Your Schedule and Your Life, by Julie Morgenstern
- American Government, by Robert A. Heineman, Steven A. Peterson, and Thomas H. Rasmussen
- Billy Budd and Other Stories, by Herman Melville
- The Caine Mutiny, by Herman Wouk
- The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror, by Bernard Lewis
- The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy’s Finest Hour, by James D. Hornfischer
- Not a Good Day to Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda, by Sean Naylor
- The Sand Pebbles, by Richard McKenna
- Shackleton’s Way: Leadership Lessons From the Great Antarctic Explorer, by Margot Morrell and Stephanie Capparell
- The Sheriff: America’s Defense of the New World Order, by Colin S. Gray
- The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, by Malcolm Gladwell
- To the Shores of Tripoli: The Birth of the U.S. Navy and Marines, by A.B.C. Whipple
- Victory at Yorktown: The Campaign That Won the American Revolution, by Richard M. Ketchum
- Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
- The Golden Thirteen: Recollections of the First Black Naval Officers, edited by Paul Stillwell; foreword by Colin L. Powell
- The Good Shepherd, by C.S. Forester
- The Innovator’s Dilemma: the Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business, by Clayton M. Christensen
- Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the
- Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time, by Dava Sobel
On the Origins of War: And the Preservation of Peace, by Donald Kagan
- Recognizing Islam: Religion and Society in the Modern Middle East, by Michael Gilsenan
- The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power, by Max Boot
- Shield and Sword: The United States Navy in the Persian Gulf War, by Edward J. Marolda and Robert J. Schneller Jr.
- Two Souls Indivisible: The Friendship That Saved Two POWs in Vietnam, by James S. Hirsch
- White-Jacket: or, The World in a Man-of-War, by Herman Melville
- The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century, by Thomas L. Friedman
- The Cruel Sea, by Nicholas Monsarrat
- Eagle Against the Sun: The American War With Japan, by Ronald Spector
- Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done, by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan
- The Fate of Africa: From the Hopes of Freedom to the Heart of Despair, by Martin Meredith
- From Beirut to Jerusalem, by Thomas L. Friedman
- Imperial Grunts: The American Military on the Ground, by Robert D. Kaplan
- Implementing Diversity: Best Practices for Making Diversity Work in Your Organization, by Marilyn Loden
- Jefferson’s War: America’s First War on Terror, 1801-1805, by Joseph Wheelan
- Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism, by Robert Pape
- Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War, by William Manchester
- The Great Wall at Sea: China’s Navy Enters the Twenty-first Century, by Bernard D. Cole
- Leadership, by Rudolph W. Giuliani
- Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, by Michael Lewis
- The Pursuit of Victory: The Life and Achievement of Horatio Nelson, by Roger Knight
- Rethinking the Principles of War, edited by Anthony D. McIvor
- The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning, by Henry Mintzberg
- Scenarios: The Art of Strategic Conversation, by Kees van der Heijden
- The Second World War, Volume 1: The Gathering Storm, by Winston S. Churchill
- 1776, by David McCullough
- History of the Peloponnesian War, by Thucydides
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