Reading for Mariners and their Families

1. Nothing can go wrong - Capt. John H. Kilpack/John D. MacDonald
   
2. It didn’t happen on my watch - George C. Murphy
   
3. Until the Sea Shall Free Them – Robert Frump
   
4. Collisions and their Causes – Capt. Richard A. Cahill
   
5. Strandings and their Causes - Capt. Richard A. Cahill
   
6. 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
   
7. The Battle of the Atlantic - Andrew Williams
   
8. Liberty Ship - Sherod Cooper
   
9. The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914 - David McCullough
   
10. Sailing on Friday : The Perilous Voyage of America's Merchant Marine - John A. Butler
    
11. Leading at the Edge : Leadership Lessons from the Extraordinary Saga of Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition by Dennis N. T. Perkins
    
12. Heroes In Dungarees: The Story of the American Merchant Marine in World War II - John Bunker
    
13. A Careless Word...a Needless Sinking - Arthur R. Moore
    
14. The U.S. Merchant Marine at War, 1775-1945 - Bruce L. Felknor
    
15. The Forgotten Heroes: The Heroic Story of the United States Merchant Marine - Brian Herbert
    
16. Abandoned Convoy...The Full Story Of The Debacle Of Convoy P.Q.-17 – F. O'Flaherty
    
17. The Abraham Lincoln of the Sea: The Life of Andrew Furuseth - Arnold Berwick
    
18. Workers on the Waterfront: Seamen, Longshoremen, and Unionism in the 1930s - Bruce Nelson
    
19. Last of the Boom Ships: Oral Histories of the U.S. Merchant Marine 1927-2000 - Jim Whalen
    
20. Looking For a Ship – John McPhee
    
21. Steaming to Bamboola: The World of a Tramp Freighter – Christopher Buckley
    
22. Super Ship - Noel Mostert
    
23. The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (P.S.) by Sebastian Junger
    
24. The four days of Mayaguez – Roy Rowan
    
25. The Last American Sailors: A Wild Ride in the Modern Merchant Marine - Michael R. Rawlins
    
26. Longitude - Dava Sobel
    
27. In Peril: A Daring Decision, a Captain's Resolve, and the Salvage that Made History – Skip Strong
    
28. Captain James Cook - Richard Hough
    
29. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex – Nathaniel Philbrick
    
30. Maritime Terror: Protecting Your Vessel and Your Crew Against
31. Piracy – Jim Gray
    
32. Hard On The Wind - Russ Hofvendahl
    
33. EAGLE Mutiny - Richard Linnett and Roberto Loiederman
    
34. Mutiny on the Globe: The Fatal Voyage of Samuel Comstock - Thomas Farel Heffernan
    
35. The Loss of the Ship Essex, Sunk by a Whale - Owen Chase, Thomas Nickerson, Nathaniel Philbrick, and Thomas Philbrick
    
36. A Greater Freedom: Stories of Faith from Operation Iraqi Freedom – Oliver North
    
37. The Right Thing – Scott Waddle
    
38. The PEKING battles Cape Horn – Irving Johnson
    
39. Yangtze Patrol: The U.S. Navy in China - RADM Kemp Tolley
    
40. The Sand Pebbles – Richard McKenna
    
41. The Ancient Mariners – Lionel Casson
    
42. Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World – Lionel Casson
    
43. The Blame Machine: Why Human Error Causes Accidents – R.B. Whittingham
    
44. Lord Jim – Joseph Conrad
    
45. Typhoon – Joseph Conrad
    
46. The Shadow Line – Joseph Conrad
    
47. The Mirror of the Sea – Joseph Conrad
    
48. The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad
    
49. Moby Dick – Herman Melville
    
50. Sailing into the Abyss: A True Story of Extreme Heroism on the High Seas – William Benedetto
    
51. The Bounty Trilogy - Charles Nordhoff, James Hall
    
52. Typhoon, the Other Enemy: The Third Fleet and the Pacific Storm of December 1944 – Capt. C. Raymond Calhoun USN
    
53. The Seaman's Friend: A Treatise on Practical Seamanship – Richard H. Dana
    
54. Two Years Before the Mast – Richard H. Dana
    
55. Port and Maritime Security – John F. Frittelli
    
56. The Sea-Wolf – Jack London
    
57. Song of the Sirens - Ernest K. Gann
    
58. Three Star Fix - Capt. Joseph Jablonski
    
59. Leadership: The Warrior’s Art, edited by Christopher Kolenda; foreword by General Barry R. McCaffrey, USA (Ret.)
    
60. Master and Commander, by Patrick O’Brian
    
61. Naval History and Maritime Strategy: Collected Essays – John B. Hattendorf
    
62. Inventing Grand Strategy and Teaching Command: The Classic
63. Works of Alfred Thayer Mahan Reconsidered - Jon Tetsuro Sumida
    
64. Naval Strategy and Operations in Narrow Seas - Milan N. Vego
    
65. Greek and Roman Naval Warfare: A Study of Strategy, Tactics, and
66. Ship Design from Salamis - William Ledyard Rodgers
    
67. One Hundred Years of Sea Power: The U.S. Navy, 1890-1990, by George W. Baer
    
68. 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
    
69. A Greater Freedom: Stories of Faith from Operation Iraqi Freedom – Oliver North
    
70. Thinking in Time: The Uses of History for Decision Makers, by Richard E. Neustadt and Ernest R. May
    
71. The Art of the Long View: Planning for the Future in an Uncertain World, by Peter Schwartz
    
72. Working Together – Olaf Issachson
    
73. Magic of Thinking Big, by David Schwartz
    
74. How to make millions with your ideas, Dan Kennedy
    
75. The E-Myth Revisited, by Michael Gerber
    
76. Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of World Travel, by Rolf Potts
    
77. Walden, by H.D. Thoreau
    
78. Less is More, by Goldian Vandenbroeck
    
79. The Monk and the Riddle, by Randy Komisar
    
80. 80/20 Principle, by Richard Koch
    
81. “This business has legs”: An Entrepreneurial Adventure Story, by Peter Bieler
    
82. Secrets of Power Negotiating, by Roger Dawson
    
83. Small Giants, by Bo Burlingham
    
84. D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II, by Stephen E. Ambrose
    
85. The Declaration of Independence and Other Great Documents of American History, 1775-1865
    
86. Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card
    
87. Flags of Our Fathers, by James Bradley
    
88. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
    
89. Life in Mr. Lincoln’s Navy, by Dennis J. Ringle
    
90. Lincoln on Leadership, by Donald T. Phillips
    
91. A Passage to India, by E.M. Forster
    
92. A Sailor’s History of the U.S. Navy, by Thomas J. Cutler
    
93. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen R. Covey
    
94. Starship Troopers, by Robert A. Heinlein
    
95. Time Management from the Inside Out: The Foolproof Plan for
96. Taking Control of Your Schedule and Your Life, by Julie Morgenstern
    
97. American Government, by Robert A. Heineman, Steven A. Peterson, and Thomas H. Rasmussen
    
98. Billy Budd and Other Stories, by Herman Melville
    
99. The Caine Mutiny, by Herman Wouk
    
100. The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror, by Bernard Lewis
     
101. 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
     
102. Not a Good Day to Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda, by Sean Naylor
     
103. The Sand Pebbles, by Richard McKenna
     
104. Shackleton’s Way: Leadership Lessons From the Great Antarctic Explorer, by Margot Morrell and Stephanie Capparell
     
105. The Sheriff: America’s Defense of the New World Order, by Colin S. Gray
     
106. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, by Malcolm Gladwell
     
107. To the Shores of Tripoli: The Birth of the U.S. Navy and Marines, by A.B.C. Whipple
     
108. Victory at Yorktown: The Campaign That Won the American Revolution, by Richard M. Ketchum
     
109. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
     
110. The Golden Thirteen: Recollections of the First Black Naval Officers, edited by Paul Stillwell; foreword by Colin L. Powell
     
111. The Good Shepherd, by C.S. Forester
     
112. The Innovator’s Dilemma: the Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business, by Clayton M. Christensen
     
113. Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the
114. Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time, by Dava Sobel
     On the Origins of War: And the Preservation of Peace, by Donald Kagan
     
115. Recognizing Islam: Religion and Society in the Modern Middle East, by Michael Gilsenan
     
116. The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power, by Max Boot
     
117. Shield and Sword: The United States Navy in the Persian Gulf War, by Edward J. Marolda and Robert J. Schneller Jr.
     
118. Two Souls Indivisible: The Friendship That Saved Two POWs in Vietnam, by James S. Hirsch
     
119. White-Jacket: or, The World in a Man-of-War, by Herman Melville
     
120. The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century, by Thomas L. Friedman
     
121. The Cruel Sea, by Nicholas Monsarrat
     
122. Eagle Against the Sun: The American War With Japan, by Ronald Spector
     
123. Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done, by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan
     
124. The Fate of Africa: From the Hopes of Freedom to the Heart of Despair, by Martin Meredith
     
125. From Beirut to Jerusalem, by Thomas L. Friedman
     
126. Imperial Grunts: The American Military on the Ground, by Robert D. Kaplan
     
127. Implementing Diversity: Best Practices for Making Diversity Work in Your Organization, by Marilyn Loden
     
128. Jefferson’s War: America’s First War on Terror, 1801-1805, by Joseph Wheelan
     
129. Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism, by Robert Pape
     
130. Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War, by William Manchester
     
131. The Great Wall at Sea: China’s Navy Enters the Twenty-first Century, by Bernard D. Cole
     
132. Leadership, by Rudolph W. Giuliani
     
133. Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, by Michael Lewis
     
134. The Pursuit of Victory: The Life and Achievement of Horatio Nelson, by Roger Knight
     
135. Rethinking the Principles of War, edited by Anthony D. McIvor
     
136. The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning, by Henry Mintzberg
     
137. Scenarios: The Art of Strategic Conversation, by Kees van der Heijden
     
138. The Second World War, Volume 1: The Gathering Storm, by Winston S. Churchill
     
139. 1776, by David McCullough
     
140. History of the Peloponnesian War, by Thucydides