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The Selfish Gene is wonderfully tight, indeed very little noise and a whole lot of signal.

Sun Tzu's The Art of War is itself very focused

you should look at The E-Myth by Michael Gerber, no matter what you're doing it'll have some essential advice

Indeed, that's the single best book to start with.

Yes, Human Action is big, thick and highly recommended.

Foundations and Fundamental Concepts of Mathematics by Howard Eves

Massad Ayoob's In the Gravest Extreme, The Role of the Firearm in Personal Protection

Jeff Cooper Principles of Personal Defense

The Facts on File Dictionary on Mathematics by Gibson

Here's the first one: http://www.susanwisebauer.com/books/history-of-the-ancient-w...

Samuel Eliot Morison wrote a series of book on the History of United States Naval Operations in World War II

I do remember it being fairly good when I read some of it in high school