A Reading List For Life

Introduction

To the Midshipmen of the United States Naval Academy --

One of the frustrations of Naval Academy life -- for both Faculty and Midshipmen -- is the extent to which the daily schedule limits opportunities for informal encounters between teacher and student. Midshipmen simply do not have the time to take full advantage of the range of academic potential the Academy offers. You cannot always meet in leisure with your professors, pursue spontaneous discussions to their conclusion, or read much beyond the books required in courses. The purpose of this compilation is to take a step in the direction of alleviating this frustration.

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Each Naval Academy faculty member and librarian was invited to submit a list of books that he or she would recommend to you. They were asked to identify those books that had a major impact on their own lives. You may find in this list books which will have a significant effect on your own life.

We have provided Nimitz Library call numbers for each book so that you can print out pages with books of interest and go directly to the shelves. If all copies of a book are on loan you can put a reserve on the next available copy at the Circulation Desk. We have ordered any book not already in the Nimitz Library collection. Call numbers for the videotape and audiotape versions of books, shelved on the first floor of Nimitz Library, are given where appropriate.

There are many other lists of suggested readings available. Two of special interest are the CNO Reading List and the Marine Corps Reading List.

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