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Best Biographies and Memoirs May's round up: May's Best Biographies & Memoirs Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations, by William H. McRaven This retired Navy admiral's earliest memories place him at American Officers' Club in France among Allied officers recounting their adventures in WWII. The son of a career Air Force officer, William McRaven followed his father into t

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The practice had evolved from commonplace books, a Renaissance tradition of compiling important and memorable information into bound sheets of paper. Students were encouraged to keep the books during class, and eventually they became a place to store anything and everything their owners found interesting-including the signatures of other classmates.