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I've finished:

U.S. SUBMARINES THROUGH 1945, by Norman Friedman.

It was very worthwhile. I got it because I needed a good sub reference, but it was very interesting beyond that.

Almost finished:

WE WERE PIRATES, by Robert Schultz and James Shell.

This is also interesting, though rather short. Either the subject forgot a lot by the time pen was put to paper, or much was edited out.

I'm also reading something outside the nautical dept.:

THE HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD, by Susan Wise Bauer.

I am enjoying this one a great deal. It covers ancient civilizations from Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, China, and up to the fall of Rome.
It is ~800 pages, but the chapters are very short, so it is an easy read.