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[Chitch]

I've read the book "A View From The Bridge" by Capt. Kelley Sweeney - Excellent, and am currently reading "Salvage" by Capt. Ian Tew...also excellent so far (about half way through it now).

These are highly recommended reading for anyone who's interested in maritime subjects.

Jim

[Captain Cadet]

the Hachet series if you are a teen

[Mad_Fred]

I loved the Hornblower series of novels, by C.S. Forester.  

A bit 'outdated' as far as the nautical stuff goes perhaps, but an era I find extremely interesting, sailing wise.

[Captain Cadet]

the Hachet series if you are a teen

but i must say that this was published JUST before computer and other tecnolagy came into our lives (athough im to young remeber that)
so if you a geeky dont expect to much tecnolagy to come in the best part

[marcstrat]

My best book is a classic to
The riddle of the sands
I loved it very much, i only red it in dutch
Marc

[The Ferry Man]

Master Mariner: A life underway

by Captain Philip Rentell

Great book, has been a Captain to a lot of ships, mainly of the Cruise Ship variety

A most interesting read 

[saltydog]

I read a book once..  It was called "De wereld gaat aan vlijt ten onder", by Max Dendermonde..

[Chitch]

Interesting choice of titles....I'm now working on one that's called "Master", about the life and times of a captain from the time he was a young boy in England during the outbreak of WW II, and his subsequent entrance into the Maritime Community, to (nearly) current day.

I have to admit, that with my Kindle, I tend to snag books with a maritime flavor somewhat too easily.  I'm certainly glad that I put a limit on what I can get with the Kindle  ....but it does make it nearly too easy to get one....you'll be browsing on there, and you find one that's interesting, and see the price..."Well, it's only x amount...I'll get it"...the next thing you know you have 20+ book on there waiting to get read...so you have to be alert and not buy the entire candy store when all you want is a piece of chocolate 

Jim

[The Ferry Man]

I prefer a real book, something I can hold and read, not a electronic sheet...

Call me old fashioned... 

[lolmax123]

I prefer a real book, something I can hold and read, not a electronic sheet...

Call me old fashioned... 

you can but i forgot how
i did it for issue 10 and 11 but i took to long so now im downloading

[Chitch]

I prefer a real book, something I can hold and read, not a electronic sheet...

Call me old fashioned... 

Nah....there are still plenty of books that you can't get on the Kindle, so I get real live paper copies of those.  We're just kind of running out of room for the books....we got a bunch!

Besides, when I go somewhere, I don't have to worry about lugging 20 lbs of books with me, I just take the 1/2 lb. Kindle with me...and if I can't find anything on there of interest at the moment, then I can always do some browsing to see what else is available.

But you're right...books don't need recharging 

Jim

[Ballast]

I know a few shipmates who also have those 'e-books'. Pretty handy if you travel alot like Chitch says 

Those iPad's look pretty fancy too 

[Chitch]

Yeah, they're nice, but I heard on a computer radio show this weekend that they aren't designed to be e-readers specifically...they will work, but...there are other ones besides the Kindle...I used to have an ECTACO ebook Reader Lite that I used...had to install the books manually from my computer, and then there the Nook that goes with Barnes & Nobel (bookstore), and I think that there's another one out there too, but I've lusted after a Kindle for some time, and now that the price is down, I figured that it was time to strike while the iron was hot.

Jim

[Captain Cadet]

also the alex rida is a good book

[vin_sun]

Mariners should try and read this one ...