ONLINE BOOK REVIEWS BY KENNETH WESTHUES In alphabetical order, by author's surname. This webpage first published in August 2003, updated 2007.
Amis, Kingsley, Lucky Jim Anonymous, A Campus Conspiracy Barlow, Maude, and James Winter, The Big Black Book: The Essential Views of Conrad and Barbara Amiel Black Baum, Gregory, Nationalism, Religion, and Ethics Baum, Gregory, Karl Polanyi on Ethics and Economics Beer, Edith Hahn, The Nazi Officer's Wife Bly, Carol, Changing the Bully Who Rules the World Bosco, Antoinette, Choosing Mercy Buchan, Jane, Transformation in Canada's Deep South Clarke, Tony, Silent Coup: Confronting the Big Business Takeover of Canada, Davenport, Noa, Mobbing: Emotional Abuse in the American Workplace Duffy, Maureen, and Len Sperry, Mobbing: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions (foreword to the book) Frank, Thomas, and Matt Weiland, Commodify Your Dissent: Salvos from the Baffler Garner, Helen, The First Stone Girard, René, I See Satan Fall Like Lightening Hart, William, Never Fade Away James, William, "What Makes a Life Significant?" by William James Klein, Naomi, No Logo Kuttner, Robert, Everything for Sale: the Virtues and Limits of Markets Land, Darian, The Teasdale Primer (for MBAs) Lappé, Frances Moore, and Paul Martin Du Bois, The Quickening of America: Rebuilding Our Nation, Remaking Our Lives Lee, D. B., Old Order Mennonites Levine, Daniel S., Disgruntled: the Darker Side of the World of Work Li, Peter S., The Making of Post-War Canada Lewis, C. S., That Hideous Strength Lotz, James, The Lichen Factor Luttrell, William, Transforming Communities MacAdam, Murray, et al., From Corporate Greed to Common Good McEwan, Ian, Atonement McMurtry, John, Unequal Freedoms: the Global Market as an Ethical System McNamara, Robert S., In Retrospect: the Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam, McQuaig, Linda, The Cult of Impotence: Selling the Myth of Powerlessness in the Global Economy Menzies, Heather, Whose Brave New World? The Information Highway and the New Economy Namie, Gary, and Ruth Namie, Bullyproof Yourself at Work Oliner, Samuel P., and Pearl M. Oliner, The Altruistic Personality: Rescuers of Jews in Nazi Europe Prose, Francine, Blue Angel Roberts, Wayne, and Susan Brandum, Get a Life! Roth, Philip, The Human Stain Russo, Richard, Straight Man Schwartz, David B., Who Cares? Rediscovering Community Sclove, Richard E., Democracy and Technology Sennett, Richard, The Corrosion of Character: the Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism Shannon, James P., Reluctant Dissenter: an Autobiography Simons, Robert G., Competing Gospels: Public Theology and Economic Theory Stanford, James, Paper Boom: Why Real Prosperity Requires a New Approach to Canada’s Economy Suzuki, David, and Holly Dressel, From Naked Ape to Superspecies Tamney, Joseph B. Tamney, The Resilience of Conservative Religion Teeple, Gary, Globalization and the Decline of Social Reform Theobald, Robert, Reworking Success: New Communities at the Millennium Thibeault, Thomas, Balto's Nose Thompson, A. Frank, Love Songs of the Last Canadian Williams, John, Stoner |