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Please take note: These book reviews are not placed here as a "public service" but reflect my own personal direction of study. I have decided that since I was going to study the book, I might as well review it and let you share in my thoughts.


Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love.
By Dr. Helen Fisher

Henry Holt and Company, 2004
Review by William A. Spriggs, June 14 2009

The Sex Contract: The Evolution of Human Behavior
By Helen E. Fisher
William Morrow & Company, Inc., New York, 1982
Book Review by William A. Spriggs
Origin: April 24, 2008

Women, Power, and the Biology of Peace
By

Judith L. Hand, Ph.D.

Book review by William A. Spriggs, January 28th, 2008

Redefining Seduction: Women Initiating Sex, Courtship, Partnership, and Peace
By
Donna Sheehan & Paul Reffell

Book Review by William A. Spriggs, December 31, 2007

The Most Dangerous Animal: Human Nature and the Origins of War
by

David Livingstone Smith

Book review by William A. Spriggs, December 27th, 2007

Bare Branches: The Security Implications of Asia's Surplus Male Population
By
Valerie M. Hudson & Andrea M. den Boer

Book review by William A. Spriggs

"The masculinization of Asia's sex ratios is one of the overlooked stories of the century…This phenomenon may be only one example of the linkage between the status of women in society and the society's possibilities for democracy and peace." P. 264.

OUR INNER APE, by Frans de Waal
Latest book review by William A. Spriggs

Origin: September 2006

The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
Yes, its the novel by Dan Brown that you most likely have read. Now re-read it with the eyes of an evolutionary feminist. "Jesus was the original feminist." P. 248. Review by William A. Spriggs, August 28th, 2006

Women's Roots: The History of Women
By June Stephenson

Review by William A. Spriggs, October 6, 2003

Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently...and Why
By Richard Nisbett

Review by William A. Spriggs, June 4, 2003

Stupid White Men
by Micheal Moore

Hardcopy,

Review by William A Spriggs, April 27, 2003

Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative
by David Brock

Review by William A Spriggs, January 19, 2003

Social Dominance : An Intergroup Theory of Social Hierarchy and Oppression
by Jim Sidanius (Author), Felicia Pratto (Author)

     
     

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Paperback: 412 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.79 x 8.95 x 5.93
Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr (Pap Txt); ISBN: 0521805406; (May 2001)

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Review by William  A.  Spriggs, November 25, 2002

Darwinian Politics: The Evolutionary Origin of Freedom (Rutgers Series on Human Evolution)
by Paul H. Rubin

     
     

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  • Paperback: 256 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.63 x 9.38 x 5.88
  • Publisher: Rutgers University Press; ISBN: 0813530962; (August 2002)
  • In-Print Editions: Hardcover

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Review by William  A.  Spriggs, October 27, 2002

Evolution and the Capacity of Commitment
By Randolph M. Nesse, Editor

 
  • Hardcover:
  • Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation; ISBN: 0871546221; (December 10, 2001)

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Review by William A. Spriggs, August 7, 2002

The Mating Mind : How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature
by Geoffrey F. Miller

 


Paperback: 512 pages; (April 17, 2001)
Publisher: Anchor Books; ISBN: 038549517X; (April 17, 2001)

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Review by William  A.  Spriggs, May 11, 2002

Woman's Inhumanity to Woman
by Phyllis Chesler

 


Hardcover - 536 pages (February 9, 2002)
Thunder's Mouth Press/Nation Books ; ISBN: 1560253517 ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.73 x 9.38 x 6.36

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Review by William  A.  Spriggs, April 28, 2002

Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea
by Carl Zimmer, Stephan Jay Gould, (Introduction), Richard Hutton

Hardcover - 320 pages 1 Ed edition (September 4, 2001)
HarperCollins; ISBN: 0060199067 ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.30 x 10.33 x 8.37
Other Editions: Audio Cassette  (Abridged) | Audio CD (Abridged)

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Review by William  A.  Spriggs, January 20, 2002

Sacred Choices : The Right to Contraception and Abortion in Ten World Religions (Sacred Energies Series)
by Daniel C. Maguire
 
Paperback - 168 pages (July 2001)
Fortress Pr; ISBN: 0800634330 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.41 x 8.45 x 5.45
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Review by William  A.  Spriggs,  December 11, 2001

Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia

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Review by William  A.  Spriggs,  November 6, 2001

The New Right Papers
By Robert W. Whitaker,
Saint Martins Press, 1982
Review by William  A.  Spriggs,  Oct 4th,  2001

Moses Was a Right-Wing Conservative
By John L. Plough


Review by William  A.  Spriggs,  Sept. 3,  2001 Tree of Origin : What Primate Behavior Can Tell Us About Human Social Evolution
by Frans de Waal
 

Hardcover - 256 pages (April 2001)
Harvard Univ Pr; ISBN: 0674004604
Review by William  A.  Spriggs,  August 20,  2001

Mean Genes: From Sex to Money to Food: Taming Our Primal Instincts
by Terry Burnham & Jay Phelan
 
Hardcover - 224 pages (August 2000)
Perseus Book Group; ISBN: 0738202304 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.90 x 8.44 x 5.63
Review by William  A.  Spriggs,  July 21,  2001

The Human Face
by Brian Bates, John Cleese 

Hardcover - 240 pages 1st edition (July 1, 2001)
ISBN: 0789478366
Review by William  A.  Spriggs,  July 10,  2001

Handbook of Emotions, Second Edition
by Michael Lewis (Editor), Jeannette M. Haviland-jones (Editor)
 
Hardcover - 710 pages 2nd edition (June 5, 2000)
Guilford Press; ISBN: 1572305290 ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.78 x 10.32 x 7.43
Review by William  A.  Spriggs, 
May 19,  2001

Popular Evolution: Life Lessons From Anthropology
by Joseph L. Popp
Man and Nature Press
, 2000

Review by William  A.  Spriggs,  February 27, 2001

The Disappearance
By Philip Wylie
originally published by
Holt, Rinehart, & Winston
January 1951(out of print)

Review by William  A.  Spriggs,  January 28, 2001

Shaping Life : Genes, Embryos and Evolution
by John Maynard Smith

Hardcover - 65 pages (October 1999)
Yale Univ Pr; ISBN: 0300080220 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.42 x 7.33 x 4.81
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Review by William  A.  Spriggs,  January 7, 2001

Executive Instinct : Managing the Human Animal in the Information Age
by Nigel Nicholson
 
Hardcover - 352 pages (November 7, 2000)
Crown Pub; ISBN: 0812931971
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Review by William  A.  Spriggs, Dec. 15, 2000

The Math Gene: How Mathematical Thinking Evolved and Why Numbers Are Like Gossip
by Keith J. Devlin


Hardcover - 328 pages (January 15, 2000)
Basic Books; ISBN: 0465016189 ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.17 x 9.68 x 6.48

Review by William  A.  Spriggs, Nov. 26, 00.

Genome : The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
by Matt Ridley


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Review by William  A.  Spriggs, Oct. 22. 00.

Evolutionary Psychology : The New Science of the Mind
by David M. Buss

Hardcover - 416 pages (January 1999)
Allyn & Bacon; ISBN: 0205193587 ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.05 x 9.57 x 7.35
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Review by William A. Spriggs, Sept. 00

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