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I would like to give my dh some type of inspirational book on cd for men for Christmas... any ideas?
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My dh likes to read Chesterton and George Wiegel.
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Although I haven't read it, my father really enjoyed With God in Russia. That is more the autobiographical book and the author also wrote He Leadeth Me which is more spiritual. Sorry, I can't remember the author  but I know he was a priest.
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My husband and a very close male friend of our family both LOVED He Leadeth Me. Dh is also a George Weigel fan, but I'm not sure he's exactly "inspired" by it--it's more good food for conversation. Dh also thinks Chesterton particularly appeals to males (at least that's what he told me when I admitted not liking "Orthodoxy")
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He Leadeth Me by Fr. Walter J. Ciszek, S.J. is the story of a priest who was taken prisoner by the Soviets at the close of WW II in Poland and accused of being a Vatican spy. He spent 5 years in solitary confinement in the KGB prison before being sentenced to 15 years in Siberia for his "crime." This is such a rich book about faith, tenacity, abandonment, providence and true unvarnished love of God. Here is a man with every reason to give up hope who saw his imprisonment and suffering as his vocation. It sounds heavy, but it is wonderful. This book is good for anyone, but it would be an excellent gift for a man. Many spiritual books are too - feminine. This is real and strong - a great read for someone going through a difficult time or a soldier far from home.
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I begged my husband to read Story of a Soul, one of the books that led to my conversion...he wasn't quite as in love with it as I was.  
My husband has Butler's Lives of the Saints, Tan's Catholic Dictionary, and several Catholic magazines on his nightstand right now--that's more his style. Maybe an apologetics CD? My husband really likes biographies of saints too.
And I'm definitely going to look in to the other suggestions here--they sound wonderful.
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Thank you all for the wonderful suggestions. I am armed with a booklist and hopefully will get to do a little shopping this week (if we all stay well) 
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