Tag: Book Review

A Black Swan, according to Nassim Nicholas Taleb, is a highly improbable event with three key characteristics: it is unpredictable, it has an important effect on history, and an explanation is created for it afterwards to make it make sense.

The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment, is a book that can act very much like a mirror to one’s soul. It guides the reader to a higher altitude of thinking through self-reflection and the lessons they can draw from living in the moment.

Our special column presents a book written by Matthew Campbell and Kit Chellel based on a true incident which took place on the oil tanker Brillante Virtuoso as it was sailing in Gulf of Aden in July 2011 when a pirate crew attacked and set the ship ablaze in a horrific explosion.

Dr. (Capt.) Vivek Jain released the seminal book for seafarers and maritime industry, on 25th June, International Day of Seafarers, “Maritime Skills on Vessels & Shore – the STCW Convention's Relevance & Recommendations”, giving to the maritime industry a new model of skills-set for the seafarers.

‘IBS Basics’, the new book by Prof. Capt. Ralph Becker-Heins, explains what integrated bridge systems are, but most of all it aims to transfer this theory to the practical application of these complex systems and therefore contributing to a safer maritime environment.

The Politics of Sustainability in the Arctic argues that sustainability is a political concept because it defines and shapes competing visions of the future.

Our special column focuses on a book written by John S. Sledge, exploring the people, ships, and cities that have made the Gulf of Mexico's human history and culture so rich.

March 17th is World Sleep Day and our special column focuses on a book that tackles with broken sleep, its causes it and ways to fix it. 

Our special column focuses on a book written by Professor David Abulafia that explores the most famous bodies of water in the world and shows readers their significance to human history.

Our special column focuses on a book written by Sidney Dekker that offers new material on restorative justice and ideas about why people may be breaking rules.