Books

Books referred to by this site are:

  • Marriage Figured Out (a gentleman’s perspective on marriage)
  • Think Yourself Thin (a diet for obese people)

If you’re interested in history:

  • How The Irish Saved Civilization (Thomas Cahill – The Hinges of History Series)
  • The Gifts of the Jews (Thomas Cahill – The Hinges of History Series)
  • Desire of the Everlasting Hills (Thomas Cahill – The Hinges of History Series)
  • Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea – Why the Greeks Matter (Thomas Cahill – The Hinges of History Series)
  • Mysteries of the Middle Ages (Thomas Cahill – The Hinges of History Series)
  • Heretics and Heroes (Thomas Cahill – The Hinges of History Series)
  • The Last Lion, Winston Spencer Churchill – Visions of Glory, 1874-1932 (William Manchester)
  • The Last Lion, Winston Spencer Churchill – Alone, 1932-1940 (William Manchester)
  • The Last Lion, Winston Spencer Churchill – Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965 (William Manchester, Paul Reid)
  • Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Yuval Noah Harrari)
  • Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Yuval Noah Harrari)
  • 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Yuval Noah Harrari)
  • Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Walter Isaacson)
  • John Adams (David McCullough) – there’s also a mini-series
  • Truman (David McCullough)
  • Chronicle of the 20th century (Clifton Daniel)
  • Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid (Jimmy Carter)
  • The President, the Pope, and the Prime Minister (John O’Sullivan)
  • The Uses and Abuses of History (Margaret MacMillan)

  • The Story of Canada (Janet Lunn, Christopher Moore, Alan Daniel)
  • The Company: The Rise and Fall of the Hudson’s Bay Empire (Stephen Bown)
  • Bush Runner: The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson (Mark Bourrie)
  • The Life and Times of Sir John A. MacDonald – The Man Who Made Us, 1815 – 1867 (Richard Gwyn)
  • The Life and Times of Sir John A. MacDonald – Nation Maker, 1867 – 1891 (Richard Gwyn)
  • The Last Spike (Pierre Burton)
  • The Great Depression: 1929-1939 (Pierre Burton)

If you enjoy politics, try:

  • Exporting Democracy (Bob Rae)
  • Enlightenment Now (Steven Pinker)
  • Factfulness (Hans Rosling)
  • Hate Inc. (Matt Taibbi)
  • Here Comes Trouble (Michael Moore)
  • Lament for a Nation (George Grant)
  • Not My Party (Tom McMillan)
  • Preparing for the Twenty-first Century (Paul Kennedy)
  • Rage (Bob Wooward)
  • Shake Hands with the Devil (Romeo Dallaire)
  • Ship of Fools (Tucker Carlson)
  • The Dark Side (Jane Mayer)
  • The Forever War (Dexter Filkins)
  • The Way of the Strangers (Graeme Wood)
  • Time Zones – a journalist in the world (Joe Schlesinger)
  • Triple Crown (Jim Prentice)
  • Whatever Happened to Tradition (Tim Stanley)

If you like economics, I suggest:

  • Essential Scholars – Adam Smith, F.A. Hayek, and Milton Friedman (The Fraser Institute)
  • The Affluent Society (John Kenneth Galbraith)
  • Free to Choose (Milton Friedman)
  • 30-Second Economics (Donald Marron)
  • Collusion (Nomi Prins)

A few good books on business:

  • The Predators’ Ball (Connie Bruck)
  • The Art of the Deal (Donald J. Trump)
  • Steve Jobs (Walter Isaacson)

If you’d appreciate more on religion:

  • Jesus: A Life (A.N. Wilson)
  • Pope John XXIII (Thomas Cahill)
  • The God Who May Be (Richard Kearney) – there’s also a 3-part podcast on CBC Ideas
  • How to be Animal (Melanie Challenger)

For more on psychology / philosophy:

  • The Road Less Traveled (M. Scott Peck)
  • The Power of Now (Eckhart Tolle)
  • Man’s Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
  • Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)
  • The Happiness Hypothesis (Jonathan Haidt)
  • 12 Rules for Life (Jordan Peterson)
  • How the World Works: Philosophy (Anne Rooney)
  • The Passion of the Western Mind (Richard Tarnas)