Marine & Nautical Technology

The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World

By Lincoln Paine

Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers Who Turned The Tide in the Second World War

By Paul Kennedy

The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

By T.J. Stiles

The Battleships (hb)

By Johnston, Ian and McAuley, Rob.

Maritime Kent

By Anthony Lane

Outlaw Sea: Chaos and Crime on the World's Oceans

By William Langewiesche

The Skipper: A Fisherman's Tale

By Roger Nowell, Jeremy Mills

The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor: Or a Key to the Leading of Rigging and to Practical Seamanship

By Darcy Lever

Tall Ships, Two Rivers: Six Centuries of Sail on the Rivers Tyne and Wear

By Adrian G. Osler, Tony Barrow

Yachtmaster

By Pat Langley-Price, Philip Ouvry