Bob Tarantino has tagged me in the web of the latest blog thingy.

Which is cool because the rest of those he tagged are giants of the Canadian Blogosphere. So here goes:

Number of books I own:

No idea. Books on birds and birding would have to be around 100, add about 30 cookbooks or more and then all the rest….. I will take a stab and say 500 (but I could be underestimating).

Last Book I Bought: Smoke and Spice (just last night!) considered to be one of the classic cookbooks for those who are particular about how they cook their barbecue. This one is aimed at slow smokin’ not grillin so if you only have a gas grill your pretty much out of luck. But hey a Weber Smokey Mountain Water Smoker can be had for a mere 280.00 CDN so what’s stopping you?

Last Book I Read: Hmm, cover to cover?? New Ideas From Dead Economists an Introduction to Modern Economic Thought

A fantastic easy to read primer of all the major economists from Adam Smith to Karl Marx, from Keynes to Friedman. If you want to learn about economic theory quickly this is your book.

Five Books That Mean a Lot to Me:

1 Will by G. Gordon Liddy.
A fascinating book by one of the most fascinating characters to come out of the whole Watergate thing. The chapters on his time in prison are riveting. And overall it is an excellent treatise on rugged individualism and how it can still survive in an age of pure statism.

2. Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand. I would have included “The Virtue of Selfishness” as well but let’s face it, it is practically unreadable. Anyway I love this book; it is one that anybody with a remotely libertarian streak in them should have in their library.

3. Modern Times, Paul Johnson. If you are a right-winger and you haven’t read Paul Johnson you are really missing out. Johnson has written tons of good books and this one is as good a place as any to start . Johnson is a historian who doesn’t write from a “Marxist-feminist-deconstructionist’ point of view. In short he doesn’t think we are the bad guys. Think of the old TV Show Connections and imagine it as a history book and you get my drift.

4 How to Grill, Steve Raichlen. This guy has become a phenomenon his books are now dominating the bbq section of any book store. He is disparaged by the “slow and low” set because he chooses to write for those who own gas grills (which is most people) so if you are a BBQ snob you might not like this book. Anyway I received this book for Christmas about 4 years ago and I consider it the book that started me on my journey from burning pork chops and cooking frozen President’s Choice burgers to the BBQ fanatic I am today. If you own a grill you should own this book. No. Questions. Asked.

5. The Classical Man, Richard Kim. Even though I don’t train as much as I used to I can’t ignore this book, which is one of the best martial arts books period. Focused on traditional Karate and other Japanese martial arts Kim’s book is a must for all of those who want to broaden their understanding of martial-arts and the mental aspect of training. He is probably the only author who has kept alive the words of the ancient Japanese masters. Essential.

Tag Five More :
Canadian Headhunter of Recruiting.com because he has 10,000 books or more.
Chris Taylor
Monte Solberg (lets see if he really reads this blog)
Gnotalex
Rick McGinnis

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