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Recent Book Reviews
- The Green Foodprint
- Ninety-Five: Meeting America’s Farmed Animals
- The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
- The Spirit’s Pilgrimage
- The 100 Thing Challenge
- EcoMind
- Beyond Religion
- Plenitude
- Whitewash
- Just Food
- Vegan’s Daily Companion
- The Party’s Over
- The World Peace Diet
- The Ten Trusts
- On a Dollar a Day
- The Engine 2 Diet
- The Life You Can Save
- How to Eat Like A Vegetarian Even If You Never Want to Be One
- Vice Cream: Gourmet Vegan Desserts
- The New Good Life
- The Empathic Civilization
- Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows
- Eating Animals
- The China Study
Categories
- Animal Issues (2)
- Biography (1)
- Environment (5)
- Food Issues (7)
- Health and nutrition (5)
- Nonviolence (1)
- Psychology (3)
- Simple Living (2)
- Social Issues (10)
- Spirituality (3)
- Veganism (2)
Category Archives: Psychology
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, by Steven Pinker. Viking, 2011. I can’t stop telling people about this amazing landmark study of societal progress concerning violent behavior! Everyone I’ve talked to is cheered by the news … Continue reading
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The Life You Can Save
The Life You Can Save: How to Do Your Part to End World Poverty, by Peter Singer. Random House, 2009. Watch video and learn more: thelifeyoucansave.com. Would you save the life of a dying child if it didn’t require very … Continue reading
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Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows
Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism, by Melanie Joy. Conari Press, 2009. Ideally qualified to investigate the mindset that permits humans to mistreat and eat so-called “food” animals while lavishing love and expensive … Continue reading
Posted in Food Issues, Psychology, Veganism
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