Essential Books for the Cruiser's Library?

[GordMay]

Atlas Shrugged vs. Atlas Hugged
“Atlas Hugged: The Autobiography of John Galt III” ~ A Novel by David Sloan Wilson
A (fictionalized) critique of Ayn Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism, and its impact on the world.
About ➥ https://atlashugged.world/
Excerpt ➥ https://atlashugged.world/read/

* David Sloan Wilson (born 1949) is an American evolutionary biologist, and a Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences and Anthropology, at Binghamton University. He is a son of the author Sloan Wilson (The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit etc), and co-founder of the Evolution Institute.
David Sloan Wilson, PhD - Scientific Publications ➥ https://neurotree.org/beta/publications.php?pid=58384

[GordMay]

“The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History” ~ by John M. Barry
The strongest weapon against pandemic is the truth. Read why in the definitive account of the 1918 Flu Epidemic.
➥ https://www.johnmbarry.com/index.htm

[GordMay]

The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 16
Eds Diana Kormos Buchwald et al. Princeton Univ. Press (2021)
➥ https://press.princeton.edu/books/pa...16-translation

Albert Einstein’s collected papers began publication in 1987. The 16th of these uniquely comprehensive volumes covers 1927–29, up to Einstein’s 50th birthday, when he hid from acclaim. It includes the 1927 Solvay Conference on quantum mechanics, where he sparred with Niels Bohr but scribbled a note: “Who knows who’ll be laughing in a few years?” He also engaged further in politics, dubbing himself an anti-fascist, and hired assistant Helen Dukas, who preserved his letters post-mortem, creating his vast archive.

More ➥ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...entary-edition

[Talbot]

Originally Posted by GordMay

The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 16

I am sure these are interesting, but essential for a cruising library - I don't think so!

I rate a book as essential for cruising, where I am willing to give stowage space for a hardcover version. This is a pretty small number of books. Anything else nice to have or for entertainment is ordered as a kindle version.

Audio books, music and videos are all transferred to a couple of hard drives for which I keep a second copy of each hard drive in case of hard drive problems.

Its amazing how much space and weight you can save.

It a shame that pilot books are not available as ebooks. That would also save a lot of space and weight.

[GordMay]

Originally Posted by Talbot

I am sure these are interesting, but essential for a cruising library - I don't think so! ...

Indeed, you're right!
My apologies.