Category Archives: Book reviews

More Seen than Recognized:

Posted on September 3, 2016 by Davd

Essay review of Vincent, Norah, 2006. Self Made Man: One Woman’s Year Disguised as a Man. New York: Viking Penguin. (c) 2016, Davd I first chose to review this book because i was writing a review of John Howard Griffin’s … Continue reading →

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From White Supremacy to Female Supremacy?

Posted on July 26, 2016 by Davd

The Status of Canadian Men and Families Compared to the Former Plight of Afro-America (c) 20161; Davd Martin, PhD The “Moynihan report” was controversial from its publication. Cited as Anonymous, 1965. The Negro2 Family: The Case for National Action. United … Continue reading →

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Fragile’s Not the Word:

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Davd

Essay Review of Pinker, Susan, 2008. The Sexual Paradox: Extreme Men, Gifted Women and the Real Gender Gap. [no city listed in flyleaf] Random House of Canada; New York: Simon and Schuster. (c) 2016, Davd I borrowed this book from … Continue reading →

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Second Class Like Me[n]:

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Davd

… To What Extent is the Predicament Ours, 55 Years Later? Essay Review of John Howard Griffin, 1960. Black Like Me. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. cited in the pocket sized Signet edition, New York, “New American Library”, 1961. (review (c) 2015, … Continue reading →

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43 Years Later, The Implications are Clearer

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Davd

Essay Review  of Morgan, Elaine, 1972. The Descent of Woman: (London: Souvenir Press) c) 2015, Davd (from the dust jacket) Elaine Morgan was born in the South Wales Mining Valley; she was awarded an exhibition to Oxford where she took … Continue reading →

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Men’s Rights Amputation:

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Davd

Essay review of Nathanson, Paul, and Katherine K. Young, 2006 Legalizing Misandry: From Public Shame to Systemic Discrimination against Men Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press. (c) 2015, Davd Men in Canada, the USA, and inferentially much of Europe1 are second-class citizens … Continue reading →

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Eat, Pray, Love (book review)

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Davd

Eat, Pray,Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia. New York: Penguin, 2007. Review (c) 2013, Davd I acquired this book as i acquire many books, at the Public Library table where they sell off books deleted … Continue reading →

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Manpower is Not Obsolete:

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Davd

  The Implications of Ecological Scarcity and Energy Frugality (c) 2012, Davd When times change profoundly, habit fails us and reminiscence often misleads. Euro-Industrial nations and scholars laughed [often rudely, sometimes politely behind the hand] at aboriginals who tried to … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Revolt of the Primitive

Posted on May 3, 2011 by admin

The Revolt of the Primitive: An Inquiry into the Roots of Political Correctness by Howard S. Schwartz. Praeger Publishers. Westport, CT, 2001. 234 pages, hardcover, ISBN 0-275-96577-5 Review by David Shackleton I have been waiting for this book.  (Actually, I … Continue reading →

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Book reviews

Posted on May 3, 2011 by admin

Hold onto your N.U.T.S. by Wayne M. Levine Review by Eric Dormer, 08-Apr-05. This 210 book is a quick 2 hour read. Its subtitle is “The Relationship Manual for Men”. It is targeted at men who feel emasculated in their … Continue reading →

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