Authors: Judith K. Brodsky and Ferris Olin (2012, Rutgers University Institute for Women and Art) Reviewed by Doris Friedensohn Timing, as we know, is (almost) everything. This is the case […]
Ethical Culture Review of Books
Welcome to the Ethical Culture Review of Books, reviews written by members and friends of the Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County and, we hope soon, by members and friends of Ethical Culture societies nationwide. We invite your comments on any review.
We also invite original reviews, not yet published, of current books for consideration. For details and a copy of the author guidelines, please send an email to reviews@ethicalfocus.org.
Editorial Board: Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County members Marc Bernstein, who is also former archivist for the American Ethical Union; Joseph Chuman, leader of the Society, and Theresa Forsman.
Thanks! How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier
Author: Robert Emmons (2007, Houghton Mifflin) Reviewed by Marc Bernstein I discovered Robert Emmons’ book, Thanks! How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier, at a difficult moment […]
In This Timeless Time
Authors: Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian (2012, University of North Carolina Press) Reviewed by Theresa Forsman If there are fates worse than death, spending decades in a cage […]
True Wealth
Author: Juliet Schor (2011, Penguin Group; titled Plenitude in hardcover, which was published by the Center for a New American Dream in 2010) Reviewed by Theresa Forsman Change or die. […]
Global Weirdness: Severe Storms, Deadly Heat Waves, Relentless Drought, Rising Seas, and the Weather of the Future
Author: Climate Central (2012, Pantheon Books, a division of Random House) Reviewed by Theresa Forsman Ideally, science and journalism are non-partisan. Ideally, discussions about global warming are also […]
Not Working: The Stories Behind the Unemployment Statistics
Author D.W. Gibson (2012, Penguin Books) Reviewed by Theresa Forsman More than 12 million Americans are unemployed today. That’s 12 million stories of being laid off, fired, riffed […]
