acropolis5 and bws48... I always had 3 books on my desk.. occasionally an inquisitive student would pick them up and ask to read them...after 9/11/01 the last two were recommended to any of them going to the military academies.. where hopefully they would be in the curriculum
A Brief History of Time...Stephen Hawking
The Art of War, Sun Tzu...translation by Samuel B Griffith
Seven Pillars of Wisdom... T E Lawrence