Book reviews
Browse our featured books on animal welfare issues. If you purchase a book from Amazon after clicking on the link from our website, Advocates for Animals receives a percentage of the sale.
Eternal Treblinka - by Charles Patterson
In his exceptional book, Patterson writes about the Holocaust and the slaughterhouse industry - and the chilling links between the two.
Kinship and Killing: The Animal in World Religions by Katherine Wills Perlo
Through close readings of Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and Buddhist texts, Katherine Wills Perlo proves that our relationship with animals shapes religious doctrine, particularly through the tension between animal exploitation and the bonds of kinship.
The Earth Only Endures: On Reconnecting with Nature and our Place In It by Jules Pretty
For most of human history, we have lives our daily lives in a close relationship with the land. Yet now, for the first time, more people are living in urban rather than rural areas, bringing about an estrangement.
Fur Babies: Why We Love Cats by, Liz Jones
This is a book for anyone who adores or has ever adored a cat. Funny, unsentimental, moving and eccentric by turns, it celebrates the extraordinary power of the puss. Liz Jones, self confessed mad cat woman, begins by chronicling life with her 'fur babies' -Snoopy, Squeaky, Susie and Sweetie- and occasional house-guest Leo. It's a quirky, revealing account of their different personalities, why she loves them all so much, and the solace they have given her during the past fourteen years.
Zoograhies: The Question of the Animal from Heidegger to Derrida by, Matthew Calarco
Zoographies challenges the anthropocentrism of the Continental philosophical tradition and advances the position that, while some distinctions are valid, humans and animals are best viewed as part of an ontological whole.
Striking at the Roots: A Practical Guide to Animal Activism by, Mark Hawthorne
Strking at the Roots brings together the most effective tactics for speaking out for animals and gives voice to activists from around the globe, who explain why their chosen models of activism have been successful and how others can get involved.
Philosophy & Animal Life by, Stanley Cavell, Cora Diamond, John McDowell, Ian Hacking & Cary Wolfe
Philosophy and Animal Life offers a new way of thinking about animal rights, our obligation to animals, and the nature of philosophy itself.
Kissing Counsins: A New Kinship Bestiary by, Frances Bartkowski
Since DNA has replaced blood as the medium through which we establish kinship, how do we determine with whom we are kin? Who counts among those we care for?
Luxury For Dogs, by Manuela von Perfall
Dogs have managed to be taken seriously as customers. Unlike common, ordinary cats, hamsters or goldfish, dogs are no longer forced to do their shopping in a musty pet shop. Fancy boutiques are courting their favor- just as luxary labels and fashion chains, travel agents and beauty salons, architects and interior designers, gourmet chefs and fitness trainers have to classic "gentledogs" and barking luxuary ladies; a look at the practical, beautiful, and superfluous reveals new trends and creative fun things. Luxary for Dogs is good fun for all dog fans who want to make life together with their best friend perfect.
100 Years of Wildlife, by Michael Bright
100 Years of Wildlife dives into the BBC archives to find the moments that best celebrate the glories and the eccentricities of this astonishingly popular and enduring art form. Discover the history of the wildlife moving image: the first heady days when an ant juggling a matchbox was big box office; the charismatic and sometimes controversial celebrity presenters; the astonishing behaviour of animals and plants; the bobbling oddities of nature; the animals now extinct that poignantly only exist on flim. Explore 100 years of revelation- from the black-and-white silent footage that started it all to the almost magical photography techniques seen today in programmes like 'Planet Earth'. From famous faces of wildlife TV to extrodinary animal (and plant) behaviour, natural history filming has changed the way we look at and think about our world. It's all here- so weird, you couldn't make it up; so wonderful, you wouldn't want to miss it.
Going, Going, Gone? Animals and Plants on the Brink of Extinction and How You Can Help, by Malcolm Tait
Going, Going, Gone? explains how we can all help to give animals such as Bengal tiger, Giant panda, Water vole, Corncockle, Polar Bear, Snow leopard, Red breatsted goose, Northern right whale, etc. and plants a chance.
Pleasurable Kingdom: Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good, by Jonathan Balcombe
Pleasurable Kingdom is the first book to focus on new evidence that animals, like humans, enjoy themselves. It debunks the popular perception that life for most is a continuous, grim struggle for survival. Instead it suggests that creatures from birds to bats to baboons may feel good thanks to play, sex, touch, food, anticipation, comfort, aesthetics and more.
Witness To Extinction, by Samuel Turvey
The baji, the Yangtze River dolphin, a beautiful slender creature long celebrated in stories along the Chinese river, is gone forever. Everyone knew it was at risk, and much was made of the threat of extinction. Urgent appeals for effective international action were made time and time again. Too late. Samuel Turvey took part in the survey of the Yangtze in 2006 which discovered that the baji was extinct. His personal account of the failure to save the dolphin is frank, passionate, and filled with frustration and pain. But it also carries important lessons: we have lost the baji, but there are other remarkable animals and plants under grave threat. We must not let this happen again.
Committed: The Adventures of PETA's Rebel Campaigner: A Rabble-rouser's Memoir, by Dan Mathews
'Committed' is an offbeat, hilarious memoir that shows how the most ridiculed punching-bag in school became an internationally renowned crusader for the most downtrodden individuals of all - animals.
The Livewire Guide to Going, Being, and Staying Veggie! by Juliet Gellatley
Juliet Gellatley- a leading vegetarian campaigner- lays down the facts, explores the issues at stake and, most of all, suggests ways of fighting back against the oppostion!
Animal Free Shopper 8th Edition, by The Vegan Society
Very latest Animal Free Shopper (8th Edition published November 2008) produced by the Vegan society this handy sized paperback book makes finding things for Vegans and those with meat / dairy allergies a lot easier. Excellent for helping anyone wishing to live a Cruelty Free lifestyle by listing thousands of items which are free from animal ingredients, animal testing etc.
Animals on the Agenda - by Andrew Linzey and Dorothy Yamamoto
Animals on the Agenda is the most comprehensive collection of original studies on animals and theology ever published.
The Dog Listener - by Jan Fennell
Jan Fennell's remarkable gift has earned her the admiration of dog lovers everywhere; her unique understanding of the canine world and its language has enabled her to bring countless problem dogs - from biters and barkers to bicycle-chases - to heel.
Hunters, Herders and Hamburgers - by Richard W Bulliet
In Hunters, Herders, and Hamburgers: the past and future of human-animal relationships Richard Bulliet offers a compelling exploration of the changing relationship between humans and animals.
From guinea pig to computer mouse - by Ursula Zinco
A ground-breaking book on life science education published by the International Network for Humane Education.
A Prickly Affair - by Hugh Warwick
Obsession, persecution and passion: the hedgehog may be small but it attracts strong feelings. And Hugh Warwick is not immune.
The nature of Britain - by Alan Titchmarsh
In The Nature of Britain Alan Titchmarsh turns wildlife detective, taking us on a journey of discovery through the habitats of the British Isles.
In the shadow of man - by Jane Goodall
In the Shadow of Man is Dr. Goodall’s first published report of her amazing adventures and scientific discoveries in Africa.
The longest struggle - by Norm Phelps
The Longest Struggle tells the story of animal exploitation and the battle for animal justice.
