A Few Literary Picks For The Holidays

In our second instalment of Reader’s Corner, 11 chief executives have kindly agreed to share with us their two favourite books of the last decade (and in some cases of all time) and titles they have read more recently. We chose the holidays to unveil our latest list to give you some ideas of what you might like to read over the coming winter months. Happy reading and happy new year from The Northern Miner.

Lynda Bloom, president and chief executive of Halo Resources

Favourites: The Trusted Advisor by David Maister and Cool It by Bjorn Lomberg. More recent reads: Secrets of Power Negotiating by Roger Dawson.

Bradford Cooke, chairman and chief executive of Endeavour Silver Favourites: The Power of Gold by Peter Bernstein and Quantum Golf: The Path to Golf Mastery by Kjell Enhager and Samantha Wallace.

More recent reads: The Holographic Universe by Michael Talbot and Why Your World is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller by Jeff Rubin.

Geoff Davis, managing director of Medusa Mining

Favourites: The Associate by John Grisham and The Righteous Men by Sam Bourne. More recent reads: Black Notice by Patricia Cornwell.

Edward C. Dowling Jr., president and chief executive of Anatolia Minerals Favourites: The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

More recent reads: No Less Than Victory, The Steel Wave, and The Rising Tide: a trilogy by Jeff Shaara.

Ewan Downie, president and chief executive of Premier Gold Mines Favourites: Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat and McElligot’s Pool by Dr. Seuss.

More recent reads: In Praise of Wolves by R.D. Lawrence.

John Gingerich, chairman, president and chief executive of Advanced Explorations

Favourites: Against the Gods — The Remarkable Story of Risk by Peter Bernstein and Best Evidence by David Lifton.

More recent reads: The Bourne Trilogy by Robert Ludlum and The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson.

Wes Hanson, president and chief executive of Noront Resources

Favourites: Point of Impact by Stephen Hunter and Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Robert F. Kennedy and Arthur Schlesinger Jr. More recent reads: The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown.

Michael Hudson, president and chief executive of Mawson Resources

Favourites: Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk by Peter Bernstein and The Money Miners: The Great Australian Mining Boom by Trevor Sykes.

More recent reads: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest: the Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson.

Glenn Mullan, former chief executive and chairman of Canadian Royalties

Favourites: The Game by Ken Dryden and No Guts No Glory by Robert Eriksson.

More recent reads: Fearful Symmetry: The Fall and Rise of Canada’s Founding Values by Brian Lee Crowley.

Colin McKenzie, president and chief executive of Cornerstone Capital Resources

Favourites: From the Holy Mountain by William Dalrymple and A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians by John M. Faragher. More recent reads: Churchill: A Biography by Roy Jenkins.

Robin Ross, chief executive and chairman of Mantis Mineral

Favourites: The Source by James Michener and Law of Success by Napoleon Hill. More recent reads: A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson and Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.