by Norman West | Mar 5, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Social Science
Once again, we may be on the cusp of another societal sea change. First, the civil rights act of 1964 officially ended segregation; in 2015, a great leap forward in LGBT rights was signaled by the marriage equality decision of the Supreme Court. Grayson Perry, in The...
by L Ruby Hannigan | Feb 27, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Nature, Outdoors & Animals, Social Science
Shoba Narayan decides to move her family back to India from Manhattan, New York. She immediately is caught up in the traditional Indian culture when she encounters a cow in the elevator to her new apartment and invites it inside. Accompanying the cow is the milk lady,...
by Norman West | Feb 15, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Philosophy, Science & Technology, Social Science
Any technology can be problematic if it’s not used correctly. Whether it’s automobiles, guns, or the internet, careless or uninformed use can have serious consequences beyond those intended. Social media is one of those with results ranging from just being a major...
by Norman West | Jan 30, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Philosophy, Religion, Social Science
10,000 religions. Can they all be wrong? Can any be right? Well, certain members of all of them believe they are. The result is a world pushed this way and that. Separation and conflict ensues. James T. Houk is a professor of anthropology at Our lady of the Lake...
by Whitney Smyth | Oct 31, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Books About Books, Social Science
For those of us looking for something with a little education along with our scares, look no further than Literary Witches: A Celebration of Magical Women Writers. The book features 30 women writers, both living and dead, who have used their skills to magic up some...
by Megan McIntyre | Oct 18, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Social Science
Author and ‘integrator’ Jeremy Lent has written a thorough, well-researched and yet readable (not so dense) book around the core theme aptly captured in the author’s quote of “Culture shapes values, and those values shape history”...