Amazon has a slew of book SKUs (SKU stands for stock keeping unit). And it’s very cool that Rope has hit Number 1 Best Seller in the History of Technology category. Which is a pretty good description of what the book is all about.

But don’t forget the exciting, intriguing and even harrowing stories that start each chapter. Like the story of fisherman Howard Blackburn who with his dory mate got lost after setting a rope trawl off Newfoundland in the winter of 1883. What happened after that was a classic story of survival.

Maybe Rope should have its own category: “History of Technology and Cool Stories.”