Book List

Information for this site comes from many sources. Books used and recommended include the following:

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)

• 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)

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