The Looking Glass War ~ John Le Carre
The War in the Air --H.G. Wells
On War ~ Karl Von Clausewitz
Running a Hotel on the Roof of the World - Alec le Sueur
Across the roof of the world -- Wilfred Skrede
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Tennessee Williams
The Cat in the Hat -- Dr. Seuss
Green Hat - Michael Arlen
The greening of America ~ Charles A Reich
The Plot Against America- Philip Roth
The Other America ~ Michael Harrington
The Other End of the Leash -- Patricia McConnell
Howard's End - E M Forster
The Asylum of Howard Hughes -- Jack Real, et al
Inside the Asylum: Why the United Nations and Old Europe Are Worse Than You Think - Jed Babbin
(sounds terrible! But it gives you a lot of words to play with)
(I would read the book for reference..)
Why We Get Sick : The New Science of Darwinian Medicine (Vintage) -- Randolph M. Nesse, George C. Williams
We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea - Arthur Ransome
The sailor who fell from grace with the sea ~ Yukio Mishima
The Sea of Trolls-Nancy Farmer