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The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
The Lessons of History
Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher
Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
Reality is Not What it Seems
Thinking Physics: Understandable Practical Reality
Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words
The Book of Life: Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge
Horatio Hornblower 1 - 11 by C.S. ForesterThe East Indiaman by Ellis K. MeachamH.M.S. Ulysses by Alistair MacLeanHis Majesty's Dragon by Naomi NovikThe Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat
Great Naval fiction (historical)
39 books — 13 voters
FEAR IS THE KEY By ALISTAIR MacLEAN Fawcett Gold Medal PB 196... by Alistair MacLeanThe Raising of the Dubhe by Patrick O'ConnorA Flock of Ships by Brian CallisonFloodtide for Rafferty by Joan WoodberryThe amphorae pirates by Lou Cameron
Maritime Salvage in Fiction
46 books — 3 voters

The Admirals by Walter R. BornemanNelson by Andrew D. LambertThe Life of Vice-Admiral William Bligh by George MackanessAdmirals by Andrew D. LambertLincoln and His Admirals by Craig L. Symonds
Admirals
79 books — 4 voters
On Basilisk Station by David  WeberDauntless by Jack CampbellEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Mote in God's Eye by Larry NivenThe Short Victorious War by David  Weber
Naval Science Fiction
157 books — 45 voters

Heart of Oak by David        CookThe Royal Marines  by richard-brooksEating Smoke by Chris ThrallThe Guardian's Wildchild by Feather Stone, F. StoneGoing Commando by Mark Time
Royal Marines (RM)
26 books — 10 voters
I Rode with Morgan by Jonathan JacksonEver the Wayward Sky by Oliver PhippsDivided Waters by Ivan MusicantNaval Shipbuilders of the World by Robert Winklareth"Old Hoodoo" The Battleship Texas by Mark D. Cowan
A 19th Century Nautical Miscellenia
45 books — 12 voters

Colum McCann
Our lives, even the unruptured ones, bounce around on the sea floor. For a while we might brush tenderly against one another, but eventually, and inevitably, we collide and splinter.
Colum McCann, Twist

Emil M. Cioran
### Pauvreté de la sagesse Je hais les sages pour leur complaisance, leur lâcheté et leur reserve. J'aime infiniment plus les passions dévorantes que l'humeur égale qui rend insensible au plaisir comme à la douleur. Le sage ignore le tragique de la passion et la peur de la mort, de même qu'il méconnait l'élan et le risque, l'héroisme barbare, grotesque ou sublime. Il s'exprime en maximes et donne des conseils. Le sage ne vit rien, ne ressent rien, il ne désire ni n'attend. Il se plaît à niveler ...more
Emil M. Cioran, Oeuvres

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