The Pessimist's Guide to History: An Irresistible Guide to Compendium of Catastrophes, Barbarities, Massacres and Mayhem

5 best books like The Pessimist's Guide to History: An Irresistible Guide to Compendium of Catastrophes, Barbarities, Massacres and Mayhem (Stuart Berg Flexner): Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, Memoirs of a Bookbat, To the Best of My Ability, So, You Want to Be Canadian: All About the Most Fascinating People in the World and the Magical Place They Call Home, The End of Reason: A Response to the New Atheists

Politically Correct Bedtime Stories

Author

James Finn Garner

Once upon a time, in the olden days, heavy-set middle-aged men would congregate in their elitist clubs, sit in over-stuffed leather chairs, smoke air-choking cigars, and pitch story ideas and plots to each other. Problem was, these stories, many of which found their way into the general social consciousness,...

Memoirs of a Bookbat

Author	Kathryn Lasky
ISBN	0152012591

Harper Jessup is an avid reader, and when her parents become “migrants for God” she must keep her books secret. As Harper grows older and realizes how valuable reading is to her, she comes to understand that her parents’ radical efforts in favor of educational censorship are related to a quest...

To the Best of My Ability

Author	James M. McPherson
ISBN	0756607779

One of the more insidious ways to fritter away your life on the internet is to play Jeopardy online, competing against random strangers for (relatively) small amounts of money. There are few things more satisfying than starting out your day by shutting out perky cincinnatipatti, even though you immediately...

So, You Want to Be Canadian: All About the Most Fascinating People in the World and the Magical Place They Call Home

Author	Kerry Colburn
ISBN	0811845354

So, you want to be Canadian? Who doesn't these days? Canucks are enjoying a major renaissance in attention, from their enlightened social policies to their wild and wooly pop culture. This playful, trivia-packed book is a long-overdue celebration of all things Canadian, from the mysteries of "eh?"...

The End of Reason: A Response to the New Atheists

Author	Ravi Zacharias
ISBN	0310282519

When you pray, are you talking to a God who exists? Or is God nothing more than your “imaginary friend,” like a playmate contrived by a lonely and imaginative child?When author Sam Harris attacked Christianity in Letter to a Christian Nation, reviewers called the book “marvelous” and a generation...