When he has the time, John likes to read. He is a librarian after all. He likes to read on a variety of topics. For some reason apocalyptic science fiction and books about financial and/or environmental doom and gloom are among his favourite subjects.

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Mapping Human History
Discovering the Past Through Our Genes
Steve Olson

Miracle in the Andes
72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home
Nando Parrado

Dark Age Ahead
Jane Jacobs

Freakonomics
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Steven D. Levitt

A Canticle for Leibowitz
Walter M. Miller

The City of Ember
Jeanne DuPrau

Oryx and Crake
Margaret Atwood

Greybeard
Brian Aldiss

The Last Canadian
William C. Heine

Empire of Debt
The Rise of a Financial Crisis
Bill Bonner & Addison Wiggin

Financial Reckoning Day
Surviving the Soft Depression of the 21st Century
Bill Bonner & Addison Wiggin

Stone Country
An Unauthorized History of Canada
George Bowering

Ghost Empire
How the French Almost Conquered North America
Philip Marchand

Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw
Travels in Search of Canada
Will Ferguson

The Da Vinci Code
(Illustrated edition)
Dan Brown

The Last Voyage of the Loch Ryan
Andrew Struthers

Hidden Profits in Your Mortgage
The Smart Money Guide to Canadian Home Ownership
Alan Silverstein

Are You Missing the Real Estate Boom?
David Lereain

The Way the Crow Flies
Ann-Marie MacDonald