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I Hate Canadians by Will Ferguson
-tongue in cheek, sarcastic humour ridden opinions of a Canadian nationalist. I didn't agree with all of his points, but he got me think about what Canada is, and what is to be a Canadian from political, cultural and social context
Byzantium by Stephen Lawhead
-randomly picked up historical fiction. the back cover says something about Irish monk going to Byzantium during medieval times and killing bunch of things. sounds interesting
Unexpected War: Canada in Kandahar by Eugene Lang and Janice Gross-Stein
-you want to know why Canada is in Afghanistan? these two poli sci profs tell a good story about how Canada ended up in that hell hole, with insights from key political and military POVs. pretty well written and mostly unbiased.
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
-always interesting quotes to get me thinking. being a bit of believer in stoicism, his words ring true to me, most of the time
The Qu'ran
-trying to understand Muslims require reading of their sacre text. more to understand how the Islamic fundamentalists are twisting Qu'ran for their own purposes
more to follow, as I go through more books |
holy mac, looks more like a PhD reading list then a holiday reading list 
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Just surrender yourself to the rhythm,
With your hands up in the sky,
Feel the energy deep inside your system
And leave this world behind...
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