Recommended Reading
READING TOP 25
The books listed here are recommended reading for all LifesBigQuestion.com members. Workshop participants and graduates will find special meaning in their pages. The currently listed ” Recommended Reading books fall into many categories including biography, autobiography, self-help, inspiration, cultural sociology, history, social commentary, and fiction.
Many of these titles may be available at your local public library.
For all their differences, however, these books share one thing in common: they provide the reader with insightful opportunities to test their own values against the ideas and values in action demonstrated in their pages. By doing so, readers have the potential to enrich their lives, and make a difference.
May these readings inspire and transform. Enjoy!
– Dr. Bill DeMarco
Featured Selection
Awakening the Leader Within: A Story of Transformation guides readers through what Kevin Cashman calls the Six Seeds of Growth. Running parallel to the concepts and models we use in LifesBigQuestion.com, Cashman leads the reader on a path of self-discovery and personal betterment. He engagingly uses one compelling interactive story to draw the reader in by portraying the life of an executive who is confronted with the disconnect between what he says he stands for and how he behaves in defining moments of his life. Authenticy, ethics, and leadership issues are front and centre. Through the use of questions to the reader and personal reflection suggestions, the reader is challenged to take a closer look at the link/gap between personal values and behaviour. This book can have special value for members of the LifesBigQuestion.com community.
Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, And The West
by Benazir Bhutto
Mandela’s Way: Fifteen Lessons on Life, Love, and Courage
Chasing The Flame
by Samantha Power
Outliers: The Story of Success
by Malcolm Gladwell
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by Louise L. Hay
Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life
by Gail Sheehy
The Prophet
by Kahlil Gibran
The Good Earth (Oprah’s Book Club)
by Pearl S. Buck
City of Joy
by Dominique Lapierre
A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice
Ideas And Opinions
by Albert Einstein
Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives
by Nocholas A. Christakis and James H. Fowler
Understanding Men’s Passages: Discovering the New Map of Men’s Lives
by Gail Sheehy
Shake Hands With the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda
by Romeo Dallaire
Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
by Robert Pirsig
An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth
by Mohandas Gandhi
Beyond the White House: Waging Peace, Fighting Disease, Building Hope
by Jimmy Carter
Extraordinary Canadians Pierre Elliott Trudeau
by Nino Ricci
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
by Oliver Sacks
Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
by Lee Iacocca
The Way of Chuang Tzu
by Thomas Merton
We Shall Not Fail
by Celia Sandys
The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything
by Stephen M.R. Covey
Eat Pray Love
by Elizabeth Gilbert
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