The Sailor's Bookshelf Fifty Books to Know the Sea

The Sailor's Bookshelf Fifty Books to Know the Sea

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  • Create Date：2021-11-10 15:21:15
  • Update Date：2025-09-07
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  • Author：James G. Stavridis
  • ISBN：1682476987
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Reviews

Maria ，

Admiral Stavridis shares two of his loves in this book， the sea and books about the sea。 This book is a personalized annotated bibliography， where Stavridis summarizes each book and then adds personal experiences about his reading， traveling or study。 These "sea stories" help clarify the many challenges of a life on the sea and the joy of life long learning。 Grouped together in four main categories—The Oceans， Explorers， Sailors in Fiction， and Sailors in Non-Fiction， this work demonstrates the Admiral Stavridis shares two of his loves in this book， the sea and books about the sea。 This book is a personalized annotated bibliography， where Stavridis summarizes each book and then adds personal experiences about his reading， traveling or study。 These "sea stories" help clarify the many challenges of a life on the sea and the joy of life long learning。 Grouped together in four main categories—The Oceans， Explorers， Sailors in Fiction， and Sailors in Non-Fiction， this work demonstrates the vastness of the oceans and our history exploring them。 Why I started this book: Jumped at the chance to review an ARC copy of Stavridis's latest book， especially since it was about other books。 Why I finished it: This is an easy book to pick up and to put down， as Stavridis recommends 50 different books。 I struggled getting into this book because the ARC formatting was especially horrific。。。 but despite that I kept returning because I love books， I love talking about them， and I love reading about how others have enjoyed， encountered and loved books too。 And this is where this book shines。 Stavridis is eager to share his two loves， books and the sea。。。 and like all book lovers， he kept sneaking in more recommendations， often pairing his original recommendation with another title to as a read along。 He also included his personal reviews of movies based on the books mentioned。 。。。more

Elmira ，

My thanks to the publisher and Net Galley for allowing me to review a copy of this book prior to release in exchange for an honest review。I absolutely loved this book， which becomes available December 15， 2021。 While it was very kind of the publisher to choose to let me review it for free， it turns out it was also a good business decision because I am buying several copies of this to give away as Christmas gifts！ I absolutely loved learning from Admiral Stavridis' point of view， what it is about My thanks to the publisher and Net Galley for allowing me to review a copy of this book prior to release in exchange for an honest review。I absolutely loved this book， which becomes available December 15， 2021。 While it was very kind of the publisher to choose to let me review it for free， it turns out it was also a good business decision because I am buying several copies of this to give away as Christmas gifts！ I absolutely loved learning from Admiral Stavridis' point of view， what it is about each of these books that hooked him， or that he thought was important， or that fired his imagination。 The two to five page discussions about each of the books were the perfect length to whet my appetite for each of the books！I highly recommend this for anyone this for anyone with a dual interest in books and oceans！ 。。。more

Renee ，

"I have always felt that looking at the horizon from the bridge of a ship at sea， we are looking not at simple meteorological phenomena but rather are peering at eternity itself。" -from The Sailor's Bookshelf 3。5 starsThis author loves two things: books and the sea。 Here， he combines these two， by highlighting 50 of his favorite books。 For each book， he has a quote， a summary， and some sort of connection; either meeting the author， why he thinks the book is important， or a story of his own from "I have always felt that looking at the horizon from the bridge of a ship at sea， we are looking not at simple meteorological phenomena but rather are peering at eternity itself。" -from The Sailor's Bookshelf 3。5 starsThis author loves two things: books and the sea。 Here， he combines these two， by highlighting 50 of his favorite books。 For each book， he has a quote， a summary， and some sort of connection; either meeting the author， why he thinks the book is important， or a story of his own from his adventures on the sea。 By far， the last is the most compelling parts of the book。 Paragraphs are enormous， and coupled with the formating errors of the book （and a fair amount of editing ones as well）， it gets hard to read sometimes。 Summaries are often repetitive， starting each sentence with "the author states"， again and again。 Does the average person need summaries of books about how to captain a ship or navigate？ Probably not。 If I were to have to sail or navigate a ship， I think I would make sure to read the whole book。 The heart of the novel are his personal stories。 I would have loved more of those- especially the ones of him at sea， including how he combated crimes he witnessed on the water， and more of the changes he has observed due to climate change， with a more emotional attachment to them- not just "I've seen this"。 I also would have loved to hear him expand upon the allowance of women to be midshipmen on the warship he was captain of。 Thank you to NetGalley， the publisher， and author for a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review。 。。。more