- larger image - [1]	Navy Times Book of Submarines [2]ASIN: 0425157776 Binding: Hardcover List price: $31.95 USD [3]

This is a very readable, engaging history of submarine technology, events and politics.  Highly recommended.  Contains a number of black and white illustrations and photos but is primarily text.

Covers submarines from very early origins (1580!) to present times.  The book is weighted towards the pre-1945 era: about one third of the book covers pre-1914 developments with much of the rest covering the two world wars.  There's relatively light coverage of the Cold War and present era - less than 50 pages. 

Category: submarine history

Technical content: average

Overall: excellent