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The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as marine)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,324,508 ratings — published 1952
The Pacific (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as marine)
avg rating 4.15 — 14,425 ratings — published 2009
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as marine)
avg rating 4.17 — 119,692 ratings — published 2000
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as marine)
avg rating 3.94 — 60,549 ratings — published 2015
Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as marine)
avg rating 4.06 — 155,746 ratings — published 1943
The Sea Around Us (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as marine)
avg rating 4.16 — 5,085 ratings — published 1951
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as marine)
avg rating 3.57 — 619,285 ratings — published 1851
The Brilliant Abyss (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as marine)
avg rating 4.04 — 2,825 ratings — published 2021
Other Minds (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as marine)
avg rating 3.88 — 28,271 ratings — published 2016
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as marine)
avg rating 4.18 — 19,453 ratings — published 1950
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as marine)
avg rating 3.89 — 278,321 ratings — published 1869
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as marine)
avg rating 4.07 — 63,976 ratings — published 1969
Falling for the Marine (McCade Brothers, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as marine)
avg rating 4.02 — 3,351 ratings — published 2013
Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as marine)
avg rating 3.92 — 25,330 ratings — published 1997
What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as marine)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,922 ratings — published 2016
How To Read Water (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as marine)
avg rating 3.96 — 2,246 ratings — published 2016
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as marine)
avg rating 3.85 — 543,638 ratings — published 1882
Moby Dick (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as marine)
avg rating 3.81 — 2,880 ratings — published 2002
Trojan Odyssey (Dirk Pitt, #17)
by (shelved 6 times as marine)
avg rating 3.98 — 19,963 ratings — published 2003
Song for the Blue Ocean: Encounters Along the World's Coasts and Beneath the Seas (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as marine)
avg rating 4.32 — 951 ratings — published 1998
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as marine)
avg rating 3.97 — 62,986 ratings — published 1798
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as marine)
avg rating 4.46 — 168,602 ratings — published 1959
The World Is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean's Are One (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as marine)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,323 ratings — published 2009
The Secret Life of Lobsters: How Fishermen and Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favorite Crustacean (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as marine)
avg rating 4.00 — 4,690 ratings — published 2004
The Log from the Sea of Cortez (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as marine)
avg rating 3.84 — 6,665 ratings — published 1951
Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as marine)
avg rating 3.71 — 3,367 ratings — published 2017
Marine Diesel Engines (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as marine)
avg rating 4.34 — 101 ratings — published 2004
Spying on Whales: The Past, Present, and Future of Earth's Most Awesome Creatures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as marine)
avg rating 3.79 — 3,947 ratings — published 2018
Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells (Bloomsbury Sigma)
by (shelved 5 times as marine)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,080 ratings — published 2015
The Ocean of Life: The Fate of Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as marine)
avg rating 4.26 — 972 ratings — published 2012
Temporarily Yours (Shillings Agency, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as marine)
avg rating 3.88 — 3,199 ratings — published 2014
Kraken: The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing Science of Squid (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as marine)
avg rating 3.80 — 1,937 ratings — published 2011
Starfish (Rifters, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as marine)
avg rating 3.95 — 10,508 ratings — published 1999
Deep Shadow (Doc Ford, #17)
by (shelved 5 times as marine)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,487 ratings — published 2010
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as marine)
avg rating 4.12 — 119,385 ratings — published 1997
Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as marine)
avg rating 4.06 — 6,978 ratings — published 2010
Ocean: The World's Last Wilderness Revealed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as marine)
avg rating 4.46 — 512 ratings — published 2006
The World Beneath: The Life and Times of Unknown Sea Creatures and Coral Reefs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as marine)
avg rating 4.42 — 178 ratings — published
Remarkably Bright Creatures (ebook)
by (shelved 4 times as marine)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,283,150 ratings — published 2022
Reef Life: An Underwater Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as marine)
avg rating 4.05 — 196 ratings — published
Chasing Shadows: My Life Tracking the Great White Shark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as marine)
avg rating 4.12 — 773 ratings — published 2023
Our Wives Under the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as marine)
avg rating 3.69 — 132,434 ratings — published 2022
How to Speak Whale: The Power and Wonder of Listening to Animals (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as marine)
avg rating 4.28 — 2,479 ratings — published 2022
Eloquence of the Sardine: Extraordinary Encounters Beneath the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as marine)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,609 ratings — published 2019
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as marine)
avg rating 4.17 — 214,867 ratings — published 2023
How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as marine)
avg rating 4.09 — 14,356 ratings — published 2022
Below the Edge of Darkness: A Memoir of Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as marine)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,541 ratings — published 2021
The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as marine)
avg rating 3.92 — 22,645 ratings — published 2019
The Sea Is Not Made of Water: Life Between the Tides (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as marine)
avg rating 3.53 — 1,336 ratings — published 2021
“It was that hour that turns seafarers' longings homeward- the hour that makes their hearts grow tender upon the day they big sweet friends farewell...”
― Purgatorio (Deluxe)
― Purgatorio (Deluxe)
“In my younger days dodging the draft, I somehow wound up in the Marine Corps. There's a myth that Marine training turns baby-faced recruits into bloodthirsty killers. Trust me, the Marine Corps is not that efficient. What it does teach, however, is a lot more useful.
The Marine Corps teaches you how to be miserable.
This is invaluable for an artist.
Marines love to be miserable. Marines derive a perverse satisfaction in having colder chow, crappier equipment, and higher casualty rates than any outfit of dogfaces, swab jockeys, or flyboys, all of whom they despise. Why? Because these candy-asses don't know how to be miserable.
The artist committing himself to his calling has volunteered for hell, whether he knows it or not. He will be dining for the duration on a diet of isolation, rejection, self-doubt, despair, ridicule, contempt, and humiliation.
The artist must be like that Marine. He has to know how to be miserable. He has to love being miserable. He has to take pride in being more miserable than any soldier or swabbie or jet jockey. Because this is war, baby. And war is hell."
Page 68”
― The War of Art
The Marine Corps teaches you how to be miserable.
This is invaluable for an artist.
Marines love to be miserable. Marines derive a perverse satisfaction in having colder chow, crappier equipment, and higher casualty rates than any outfit of dogfaces, swab jockeys, or flyboys, all of whom they despise. Why? Because these candy-asses don't know how to be miserable.
The artist committing himself to his calling has volunteered for hell, whether he knows it or not. He will be dining for the duration on a diet of isolation, rejection, self-doubt, despair, ridicule, contempt, and humiliation.
The artist must be like that Marine. He has to know how to be miserable. He has to love being miserable. He has to take pride in being more miserable than any soldier or swabbie or jet jockey. Because this is war, baby. And war is hell."
Page 68”
― The War of Art
