If you were to form a Noah's Ark for books which ones are you taking and why?

Haynes and Chilton manuals: Better than trusting someone will remember 18436572. (Firing order as a password component?)

Encyclopedia Britannica from the 80s: Reasonable account of the past

Radio Shack electronics pamphlets by Forrest Mims: Great introduction to electronics.

The Art of Computer Programming: Why reinvent this wheel?

Mad magazine: Humor

Cookbooks and edible plant guides: Gotta eat.

Boy Scout manuals, guidebooks, and merit badge books: Full of useful information

Machinery's Handbook: Relearn to make parts

Military field manuals: Helpful information for survival and tactics

Anarchist Cookbook: Blackpowder, gene pool cleansing

Marconi Patents: Communications - Slip in a Morse code table too.

Bible: wisdom and hope, Noah story :>

Aquarium: not repeating [bad] history

history books: same as above

Lord of the Rings: immersive world

kid's books: kid's books

manuals and guides: utility

Err, actually Noah take one of every kind ;)

Differential and Integral Calculus, Vol. 1 & 2 by Courant

The Earth Care Manual by Whitefield

The Decisive Moment by Bresson

Hand Book Binding by Watson

The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival by Rinella