As the Dad of a future nuke, I was interested in "nuke life" as well. I'll just note that the books you listed are all vanity projects - basically sea stories with an agenda. If you google around a bit you'll be able to get a handle on where the authors are coming from.
That said, if what you want are sea stories there's no need to pay money for 'em. You can get 'em here:
http://www.nukeworker.com/forum/index.php/topic,17568.0.html and at nifty sites like
http://mooj.com/rxdept.htmMy son is currently about half way through power school and based on his comments to me:
Basic was kind of fun - just do it.
MM A-School was most definitely fun. Who knew there were so many different ball-peen hammers?
Power School (so far) is much more work but also more interesting.
Do what you have to do to stay on voluntary study hours
If you're under 21, know that there are Navy people EVERYWHERE
The fleet is 2 years in the future the day you report to Great Lakes. Forget about it.