Books like 'Worlds Hidden in Plain Sight: The Evolving Idea of Complexity at the Santa Fe Institute, 1984–2019'
Readers who enjoyed Worlds Hidden in Plain Sight: The Evolving Idea of Complexity at the Santa Fe Institute, 1984–2019 by David C. Krakauer, Murray Gell-Mann, Kenneth Arrow, W. Brian Arthur, John H. Holland, Richard Lewontin, Harold Morrowitz, Jessica C. Flack, Jennifer Dunne & Geoffrey West also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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This Thing of Darkness by Harry Thompson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn 1831 Charles Darwin set off in HMS Beagle under the command of Captain Robert Fitzroy on a voyage that would change the world... -
![See You at the Bar by David Black]()
See You at the Bar by David Black
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Mediterranean, early 1940s. Lieutenant Harry Gilmour, captain of the S-Class submarine HMS Scourge, has been tasked with patrolling the Mediterranean and supporting operations for the Allied forces. Someone, however, is on his tail: Captain Charles ‘the Bonny Boy’ Bonalleck VC, who cannot forget Lt Gilmour calling him out on his conduct during an operation early in the war... -
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Storm Tide by Wilbur Smith
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe brand-new historical epic from the bestselling master of adventure, Wilbur Smith'Best Historical Novelist' Stephen King1774. Rob Courtney has spent his whole life in a quiet trading outpost on the east coast of Africa, dreaming of a life of adventure at sea...Categorized as:
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![Fletcher and the Blue Star by John Drake]()
Fletcher and the Blue Star by John Drake
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt is 1800 and Jacob Fletcher’s plans for a career in trade are once again dashed by the allure of ocean adventures.Sent to America as a roving ambassador, Fletcher finds himself caught up in one of his most demanding challenges yet, fighting against the robust French Navy. It is during this epic battle that Fletcher first sees the Blue Star, a diamond to surpass all others... -
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![The Captain's Nephew by Philip K. Allan]()
The Captain's Nephew by Philip K. Allan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter a century of war, revolutions, and Imperial conquests, 1790s Europe is still embroiled in a battle for control of the sea and colonies. Tall ships navigate familiar and foreign waters, and ambitious young men without rank or status seek their futures in Naval commands. First Lieutenant Alexander Clay of the frigate Agrius is self-made, clever, and ready for the new age...Categorized as:
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![The King's Marauder by Dewey Lambdin]()
The King's Marauder by Dewey Lambdin
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe year 1807 starts out badly for Captain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy. His frigate HMS Reliant has a new captain, he’s living at his father’s estate at Anglesgreen, among spiteful neighbors and family, and he’s recovering from a wound suffered in the South Atlantic. At last, there’s a bright spot... -
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Wayfinder by John Drake
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsOlof Torkillson is known as the Wayfinder. A man of uncanny skill and intellect, he knows how to navigate ships and motivate men. Jarl Sjur is a great man with a terrible weakness: lust for his sister, Lady Frejda. Forbidden to marry or to leave him, she does everything she can to kill him, but always he survives... -
![The Devil's Horizon by Matt Tomerlin]()
The Devil's Horizon by Matt Tomerlin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Golden Age of Piracy is drawing to a close. Captain Guy Dillahunt recklessly pursues the infamous Charles Vane across the Caribbean, risking the lives of his entire crew for one last chance at glory. Former strumpet Jacqueline Calloway uncovers a dark destiny she never could have imagined. The dashing Gabe Jenkins attempts to right the wrongs of his past, and meets an enemy he does not expect...Categorized as:
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![Tom Swan and the Head of St George Part Three: Constantinople by Christian Cameron]()
Tom Swan and the Head of St George Part Three: Constantinople by Christian Cameron
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1450s France. A young Englishman, Tom Swan, is kneeling in the dirt, waiting to be killed by the French who've taken him captive. He's not a professional soldier. He's really a merchant and a scholar looking for remnants of Ancient Greece and Rome - temples, graves, pottery, fabulous animals, unicorn horns... -
![Second to None by Alexander Kent]()
Second to None by Alexander Kent
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJune 1815: On the eve of Waterloo, a sense of finality and cautious hope pervade a nation wearied by decades of war. But peace will present its own challenge to Adam Bolitho, captain of His Majesty's Ship Unrivalled, as many of his contemporaries face the prospect of discharge... -
![King, Ship, and Sword by Dewey Lambdin]()
King, Ship, and Sword by Dewey Lambdin
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTHE SIXTEENTH TALE IN DEWEY LAMBDIN'S CLASSIC NAVAL ADVENTURE SERIESDecember 1801. The Peace of Amiens end the long war with Napoleon Bonaparte's France, but Captain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, is appalled by its consequences... -
![The Baltic Gambit by Dewey Lambdin]()
The Baltic Gambit by Dewey Lambdin
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJanuary 1801, and Captain Alan Lewrie, RN, known as “St. Alan the Liberator” for freeing (stealing!) a dozen black slaves on Jamaica to man his frigate years before, is at last being brought to trial for it, with his life on the line... -
![Hostile Shores by Dewey Lambdin]()
Hostile Shores by Dewey Lambdin
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Lambdin is closing on Patrick O'Brian as the most prolific historical novelist to celebrate a Royal Navy mariner." —Washington Times In 1805, with news of Admiral Nelson's death fresh on his mind, Captain Lewrie's HMS Reliant joins up in the voyage that will culminate in the Battle of Cape Town, in which the British wrested control of South Africa from the Dutch... -
![The Oath of Nimrod: Giants, MK-Ultra and the Smithsonian Coverup by David S. Brody]()
The Oath of Nimrod: Giants, MK-Ultra and the Smithsonian Coverup by David S. Brody
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA mysterious race of North American giants. An ancient Hebrew inscription in a Cherokee burial mound. A blood oath made by blindfolded Freemasons...Categorized as:
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![The Inshore Squadron by Alexander Kent]()
The Inshore Squadron by Alexander Kent
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCopenhagen, 1800. After seven years of cruel war against France, Britain's long-standing ally, Denmark, suddenly poses a threat. The scene of battle shifts to the Baltic where the British navy encounters the bitter hardship of blockade duty... -
![Signal-Close Action! by Alexander Kent]()
Signal-Close Action! by Alexander Kent
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen in 1798 Richard Bolitho hoists his broad pendant as commodore of a small squadron and prepares to re-enter the Mediterranean he is soon made aware of his responsibility. There are rumours of a massive French armada and of the latest type of artillery - and Bolitho's orders are to seek out the enemy and to discover the intentions of his growing force... -
![Seaflower by Julian Stockwin]()
Seaflower by Julian Stockwin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt is two years since Thomas Paine Kydd was spirited away in the night to serve his country aboard the 'Duke William'. Now, with his friend Nicholas Renzi and crew members from the 'Artemis', Tom is a shipwrecked sailor back in the land of his birth... -
![Quarterdeck by Julian Stockwin]()
Quarterdeck by Julian Stockwin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThomas Kydd was promoted to acting lieutenant at the bloody Battle of Camperdown in October 1797. Now, he must sit an examination to confirm his rank - or face an inglorious return before the mast. But this is only the first of many obstacles for a man who was pressed into the King's Service and discovered a calling for the sea... -
![The East Indiaman by Ellis K. Meacham]()
The East Indiaman by Ellis K. Meacham
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFirst of a three book series about Percival Merewether of the Bombay Marine."For Percival Merewether, 1806 would be a year to remember. For in January of that year he was promoted from First Lieutenant and given the command of his first ship - the Rapid...Categorized as:
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![The Patriot's Fate by Alaric Bond]()
The Patriot's Fate by Alaric Bond
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"In his new novel, The Patriot’s Fate, Alaric Bond joins the ranks of well-known Age of Sail authors C.S. Forester and Patrick O'Brian in his skillful combining of historical fact with compelling fiction to produce another gripping novel in his Fighting Sail series.It is 1798 and Ireland rises up against years of repression and injustice...Categorized as:
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![The Maddest Idea by James L. Nelson]()
The Maddest Idea by James L. Nelson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom Simon & Schuster, The Maddest Idea is James L. Nelson's Book Two is a powerful saga of the American Revolution and a stirring dramatic maritime adventure.When gunpowder reserves dwindle to dangerously low levels in 1775, General George Washington sends Captain Isaac Biddlecomb on a treacherous mission to capture British gunpowder in Bermuda... -
![The Continental Risque by James L. Nelson]()
The Continental Risque by James L. Nelson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom Simon & Schuster, The Continental Risque is James L. Nelson's powerful saga of the American Revolution and a stirring dramatic maritime adventure.Nelson's exciting seafaring trilogy concludes. As cries for independence ring through the chambers of the Second Continental Congress, Captain Isaac Biddlecomb and his crew are called upon to engage The Royal Navy... -
![Fled by Meg Keneally]()
Fled by Meg Keneally
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBased on the life of an incredible historical heroine, a harrowing journey in search of love, justice, and freedom, told by the daughter of best-selling author Thomas Keneally (Schindler's List) Tall and lanky, more suited to sailing and fishing than to keeping a house, Jenny Gwyn has proven herself a survivor...Categorized as:
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![Old Glory by Christopher Nicole]()
Old Glory by Christopher Nicole
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHarry McGann, is forced to flee Ireland, falls in love with Elizabeth Bartlett, a shipowner's daughter, and becomes involved with the founding of the American...Categorized as:
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![By Force of Arms by James L. Nelson]()
By Force of Arms by James L. Nelson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom Simon & Schuster, By Force of Arms is James L. Nelson's powerful saga of the American Revolution and a stirring dramatic maritime adventure.Fleeing the New England coast after foiling a British man-of-war's attempt to seize his cargo, merchant sea captain Isaac Biddlecomb finds himself in the middle of a brewing rebellion and at the mercy of a sadistic captain... -
![Shipkiller-C by Bernard Scott]()
Shipkiller-C by Bernard Scott
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt was the largest moving object on the face of the earth, but for Carolyn and Peter Hardin it was a towering wall of steel bursting out of a squall at full speed, bearing down on their ketch Siren. In a few dramatic moments, Siren was shattered by the indifferent juggernaut... -
![The Only Life That Mattered: The Short and Merry Lives of Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and Calico Jack by James L. Nelson, Elizabeth Garrett]()
The Only Life That Mattered: The Short and Merry Lives of Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and Calico Jack by James L. Nelson, Elizabeth Garrett
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFed up with an outlaw existence, Calico Jack Rackam swears off the pirate life, until he meets Anne Bonny, a woman who would as soon stab a man as give him a good tumble—that is, unless he's a pirate. Soon Jack finds himself out on the high seas, with Anne by his side and his men spoiling for action...Categorized as:
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![Mrs Jewell and the Wreck of the General Grant by Cristina Sanders]()
Mrs Jewell and the Wreck of the General Grant by Cristina Sanders
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s 1866 and the three-masted sailing ship General Grant is on the southern route from Melbourne to London, with gold from the diggings secreted in returning miners’ hems and pockets. In the fog and the dark, the ship strikes the cliffs of the Auckland Islands, is sucked into a cave and wrecked.Only fourteen men make it ashore and one woman – Mrs Jewell...Categorized as:
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![Titanic Affair by Amanda Grange]()
Titanic Affair by Amanda Grange
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFirst published in hardback by traditional British publisher Severn HouseEmilia Cavendish is given a first class ticket on board Titanic and sets out to start a new life with her godmother. The first few days aboard the world-famous 'unsinkable' liner are everything she hoped for as she enjoys the unaccustomed luxuries of the fabulous ship...Categorized as:
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![Dance of the Tiger by Björn Kurtén]()
Dance of the Tiger by Björn Kurtén
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBjörn Kurtén's compelling novel gives the reader a detailed picture of life 35,000 years ago in Western Europe. One of the world's leading scholars of Ice Age fauna, Kurtén fuses extraordinary knowledge and imagination in this vivid evocation of our deepest past. This novel illuminates the lives of the humans who left us magnificent paintings in the caves of France and Spain...Categorized as:
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![Prince by Ib Michael]()
Prince by Ib Michael
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor lovers of Howard Norman's The Bird Artist, Prince is an evocative, richly imagined novel about a defining season in the life of a young outcast. In 1912 at a provinical Danish seaside hotel, twelve-year-old Malte, a charity case from the city, revels in the freedom of summer. Largely a solitary boy, Malte spends his days on the beach, transfixed by the sea... -
![Five Sisters by Leen Elle]()
Five Sisters by Leen Elle
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe five Sisters Mary, Sara, Nora, Emy, and Gail are heading across the ocean on a ship full of sailors. Along the way each one falls in love with a man she never expected whether a sailor, an artist, a doctor, or an invalid. The sisters embark on a journey to a new home, to Brighton, where Mary's (the eldest) fiancee lives... -
![Pieces of Dreams by Jennifer Blake]()
Pieces of Dreams by Jennifer Blake
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAmelia “Melly” Bennington’s dream of married bliss comes undone as she mistakenly kisses the wrong man—not her staid, hard-working bridegroom but the dashing sea captain who is his twin brother... -
![Propeller Island (Extraordinary Voyages, #41) by Jules Verne]()
Propeller Island (Extraordinary Voyages, #41) by Jules Verne
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPropeller Island (1895), a science fiction novel about a massive ship in the Pacific Ocean inhabited entirely by millionaires, was first published as part of the "Voyages Extraordinaires."Includes a new introduction by literary scholar Darrell Schweitzer... -
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