Here is a list of books I have read and recommend.

• My Old Man and the Sea (David and Dan Hays) http://www.amazon.com/Old-Man-Sea-David-Hays/dp/0060976969/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276786737&sr=1-1
• Storm Tactics(Lin and Larry Pardey) http://www.amazon.com/Storm-Tactics-Handbook-Heaving-Conditions/dp/1929214472/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276786818&sr=1-1
• After 50000 miles (Hal Roth) http://www.amazon.com/After-000-Miles-Hal-Roth/dp/0393309487/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276786867&sr=1-1
• How to Sail Around the World (Hal Roth) http://www.amazon.com/How-Sail-Around-World-Voyaging/dp/0071429514/ref=pd_sim_b_1
• A World to the West (Maurice Cloughly) http://www.amazon.com/World-West-Maurice-R-Cloughly/dp/0920663532/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276786952&sr=1-1
• Sailmakers Apprentice (Emiliano Marino)  http://www.amazon.com/Sailmakers-Apprentice-Emiliano-Marino/dp/0071376429/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276787025&sr=1-1
• Sail Power: The Complete Guide to Sails and Sail Handling (Wallce Ross) http://www.amazon.com/Sail-Power-Complete-Guide-Handling/dp/0394727150/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276787090&sr=1-1
• Fastnet, Force 10: The Deadliest Storm in the History of Modern Sailing (John Rousmaniere) http://www.amazon.com/Fastnet-Force-10-Deadliest-History/dp/B003F76JM8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276787173&sr=1-1
• The Long Way (Bernard Moitessier) http://www.amazon.com/Long-Way-Bernard-Moitessier/dp/0924486848/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277067976&sr=1-1