2020 Reviews
Hugh Cunningham, The reputation of philanthropy since 1750: Britain and beyond, Manchester University Press (Reviewed on September 18, 2020 by Gail Picco)
Michael Prosserman, Building Unity: Leading a Non-Profit from Spark to Succession, ECW Press, September 15 2020 (Reviewed September 15, 2020 by Sharon Broughton)
Chris Hamby, Soul Full of Coal Dust – A Fight for breath and justice in Appalachia, , Little, Brown and Company, August 18, 2020 (Reviewed by September 12, 2020 by Sharon Broughton)
Pamela Newkirk, Diversity Inc: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business, Bold Type Books, October 22, 2019 (Review by Roger Ali re-run September 7, 2020)
Alina Das, No Justice in the Shadows: How America Criminalizes Immigrants, , Bold Type Books, April 14, 2020 (Reviewed September 3, 2020 by Evan Adamson)
Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, Scribner; Reissue edition, June 2 2020, (Reviewed by Gail Picco)
Frances Frei and Anne Morriss, Unleashed: The unapologetic leader’s guide to empowering everyone around you, , Harvard Business Review Press, June 2, 2020 (Reviewed September 2, 2020 by Sharon Broughton)
Edited by Catriona Sandilands, Rising Tides: Reflections for Climate Changing Times, Catelin Press, October 19, 2019 (Reviewed July 17, 2020 by Roger Ali)
Ralph Ellison Juneteenth, with preface by Charles Johnson, Vintage International (Reviewed June 19, 2020 by Gail Picco)
Al Etmanksi, The Power of Disability: 10 Lessons for Surviving, Thriving, and Changing the World, , Berrett-Koehler Publishers, February 5, 2020 (Reviewed June 9, 2020 by Wanda Deschamps)
Stephen Legault, Taking a Break from Saving the World, A Conservation Activist’s Journey from Burnout to Balance, Rocky Mountain Books, May 5, 2020, Paperback (Reviewed June 2, 2020 by Maryann Kerr)
Sally Armstrong, Power Shift: The Longest Revolution, House of Anansi Press, September 17, 2019 (Reviewed May 15, 2020 by Joanne Linka)
Edward Segal, Crisis Ahead: 101 Ways to Prepare for and Bounce Back from Disasters, Scandals, and Other Emergencies, Nicholas Brealey, June 16, 2020 (Reviewed May 12, 2020 by Sharon Broughton)
Lisa Rogak, Rachel Maddow: A Biography, Thomas Dunne Books, January 7, 2020 (Reviewed May 8, 2020 by Gail Picco)
David Kushner Koren Shadmi (artist), A for Anonymous: How a Mysterious Hacker Collective Transformed the World, Bold Type Books, March 31, 2020 (Reviewed May 4, 2020 by Evan Adamson)
A for Anonymous: How a Mysterious Hacker Collective Transformed the World, David Kushner, Koren Shadmi (artist), Bold Type Books, March 31, 2020 (Reviewed May 4, 2020 by Evan Adamson)
Melanie Siebert (Author), Belle Wuthrich (Illustrator), Heads Up: Changing Minds on Mental Health, Orca Book Publishers, April 20, 2020 (Reviewed May 1, 2020 by Katherine Verhagen Rodis)
Sarah Kurchak, I Overcame My Autism: And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder, Douglas & McIntyre, April 1, 2020 (Reviewed April 28, 2020 by Wanda Deschamps)
Marie Kondo and Scott Sonenshein, Joy at Work: Organizing Your Professional Life, Little, Brown Spark, April 7, 2020 (Review April 24, 2020 by Roger Ali)
Robert B. Reich, The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It, Knopf, March 24, 2020 (Review April 20, 2020 by Mal Warwick)
Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, Carpe Fin: A Haida Manga, Douglas & McIntyre, September 19, 2020 (Reviewed April 15, 2020 by Evan Adamson)
Brianna Jonnie (Author), Nahanni Shingoose (Contributor), Neal Shannacappo (Illustrator), If I Go Missing, Lorimer, December 3, 2019 (Reviewed April 15, 2020 by Evan Adamson)
James Wilt, Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars Public Transit in the Age of Google, Uber and Elon Musk?, Between the Lines, April 22, 2020 (Reviewed April 8, 2020 by Adya Afanou)
Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot, Viking, February 25, 2020 (Reviewed March 29, 2020 by Nicole Salmon)
Barbara Ehrenreich, Fear of Falling, The Inner Life of The Middle Class, Twelve; Reprint edition, January 7, 2020 (Reviewed February 6, 2020 by Maryann Kerr)
Katherena Vermette (Author), Scott B. Henderson (Illustrator), Donovan Yaciuk (Illustrator), Northwest Resistance: A Girl Called Echo (Volume 3), HighWater Press, February 25, 2020 (Reviewed March 6, 2020 by Gail Picco)
Maya Goodfellow, Hostile Environment: How Immigrants Became Scapegoats, Verso Books: December 17, 2019 (Reviewed March 6, 2020 by Joanne Linka)
Terry O’Reilly, This I Know: Marketing Lessons from Under the Influence, , Vintage Canada, Paperback, Dec 31, 2019 (Reviewed March 3, 2020 by Diane Hill)
Ed Gordon, Conversations in Black: On Power, Politics, and Leadership, Hachette Books, January 20, 2020 (Reviewed February 27, 2020)
Tessa McWatt, Shame on Me: An Anatomy of Race and Belonging, , Random House Canada, March 24, 2020 (Reviewed February 26, 2020 by Gail Picco)
Desmond Cole, The Skin We’re In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power, Doubleday Canada, January 28, 2020 (Reviewed February 26, 2020 by Gail Picco)
Edited by Nikole Hannah-JonesThe 1619 Project, , New York Times, August 16, 2019 (Reviewed February 26, 2020 by Gail Picco)
Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Vintage; 2nd ed. Edition, March 14, 1995, originally published 1956 (Reviewed February 25, 2020 by Gail Picco)
James Hughes, Ed. Beyond Shelters: Solutions to Homelessness in Canada from the Front Lines, James Lorimer & Company Ltd, 2018 (Review February 22, 2020 by Katherine Verhagen Rodis)
Lars Osberg, The Age of Increasing Inequality: The Astonishing Rise of Canada’s 1%, James Lorimer & Company Ltd, February 19, 2019 (Reviewed February 18, 2020 by Sharon Broughton)
Joan Duncan Oliver with forward by Annie Lennox, Conversations with Buddha: A Fictional Dialogue Based on BiographicalFact, Watkins Publishing, Reprint Edition, November 12, 2019 (Reviewed February 13, 2019 by Lucy White)
Peter Gluckman and Mark Hanson, Ingenious: The Unintended Cost of Human Innovation, Harvard University Press, October 15, 2019 (Reviewed February 13, 2020 by Gail Picco)
Joseph McCormack, Noise: Living and Leading When Nobody Can Focus, Wiley, December 5, 2019 (Reviewed on February 7, 2020 by Nicole Salmon)
Paul Schlicke, Forward by Peter Ackroyd, Conversations with Dickens: A Fictional Dialogue Based on Biographical Facts, Watkins, November 12, 2019 (Reviewed February 7, 2020 by Katherine Verhagen Rodis)
Jean Shafiroff (Author), Georgina Bloomberg (Introduction), Successful Philanthropy: How to Make a Life by What You Give, , Hatherleigh Press, March 16, 2016 (Reviewed February 7, 2020 by Gail Picco
Barbara Ehrenreich, Fear of Falling, The Inner Life of The Middle Class, , Twelve; Reprint edition January 7, 2020 (Reviewed February 6, 2020 by Maryann Kerr)
Mike Vacanti, Believership, The Superpower Beyond Leadership Volume 1: The Experience, Dog Ear Publishing, September 10, 2019 (Reviewed February 6, 2020 by Maryann Kerr)
Lisa Taylor and Fern Lebo, The Talent Revolution: Longevity and the Future of Work, Rotman-UTP Publishing, April 9, 2019 (Reviewed February 6, 2020 by Maryann Kerr)
N.M. Gwynne, Gwynne’s Grammar: The Ultimate Introduction to Grammar and the Writing of Good English, Vintage, November 26, 2019 (Reviewed January 29, 2020 by Diane Hill)
The Only Grant-Writing Book You’ll Ever Need 5th ed., Ellen Karsh & Arlen Sue Fox, Basic Books, November 5, 2019 (Reviewed January 29, 2020 by Joanne Linka)
Dan Heath, Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen, Avid Reader Press, March 3, 2020 (Reviewed January 28, 2020 by Gail Picco)
LaWana Harris, Diversity Beyond Lip Service: A Coaching Guide for Challenging Bias, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, May 28, 2019 (Reviewed January 23, 2020 by Joanne Linka)
Greta Thunberg, No one is too small to make a difference, Penguin UK, July 30, 2019 (Reviewed January 21, 2020 by Gail Picco)
Samuel Woolley, The Reality Game: How the Next Wave of Technology Will Break the Truth, Public Affairs, January 7, 2020 (Reviewed January 14, 2020 by Gail Picco)
2019 Reviews
(Listed in order of review)
Ronan Farrow, Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators, Little, Brown and Company, October 15, 2019 (Reviewed December 20, 2019 by Gail Picco)
Marie Robert, When you Kant figure it out, ask a philosopher, Little, Brown Spark November 12, 2019 (Reviewed December 20, 2019 by Mo Waja)
Franchesca Ramsey, Well, that Escalated Quickly Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist, Grand Central Publishing, May 22, 2018 (Reviewed December 20, 2019 by Nicole Salmon)
Jackson Bird, Sorted: Growing Up, Coming Out, and Finding My Place (A Transgender Memoir), Tiller Press, September 24, 2019 (Reviewed December 18, 2019 by Katherine Verhagen Rodis)
Martin Duberman, Stonewall: The Definitive Story of the LGBTQ Rights Uprising That Changed America, Blume, June 4, 2019, 2nd edition (Reviewed December 18, 2019 by Krishan Mehta)
Anne Boyer, The Undying: Pain, vulnerability, mortality, medicine, art, time, dreams, data, exhaustion, cancer, and care, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, September 17, 2019 (Reviewed December 13, 2019 by Katherine Verhagen Rodis)
Gil Hasson, Communication: How to Connect with Anyone, Capstone, November 5, 2019 (Reviewed November 28, 2019 by Christopher Barry
Eleanor Gordon-Smith, Stop Being Reasonable: How We Really Change Our Minds, Public Affairs, October 22, 2019 (Reviewed November 28, 2019 by Cindy Wagman)
Bobby Duffy, Why We’re Wrong About Nearly Everything: A Theory of Human Misunderstanding, Basic Books, November 26, 2019 (December 5, 2019 by Cindy Wagman)
Kai D. Wright, Follow the Feeling: Brand Building in a Noisy World, Wiley, August 6, 2019 (Reviewed November 28, 2019 by Cindy Wagman
Robyn Doolittle, Had It Coming: What’s Fair in the Age of #MeToo? by Allen Lane, September 24, 2019, (Reviewed November 22, 2019 by Katherine Verhagen Rodis)
Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement, Penguin Press, September 10, 2019 (Reviewed November 22, 2019 by Juniper Locilento)
Quint Studer, The Busy Leader’s Handbook: How to lead people and places that thrive, Wiley, October 1, 2019 (Reviewed November 18, 2019 by Roger Ali)
John Mattone, The Intelligent Leader: Unlocking the 7 Secrets to Leading Others and Leaving Your Legacy by , Wiley, October 15, 2019 (Reviewed November 18, 2019 by Gail Picco)
Joy L Wiggins & Kami J. Anderson, Sabotage to Support: A new Vision for Feminist Solidarity in the Workplace, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, May 14, 2019 (Reviewed November 12, 2019 by Maryann Kerr)
Ken Ramsay, Empowerment Dialogue: A New Approach to Fundraising, Civil Sector Press, 2016 (Reviewed November 7, 2019 by Joanne Linka)
Rachel Maddow, Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth, Crown, October 1, 2019 (Reviewed November 5, 2019)
David Brooks, The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life, Random House, April 16, 2019 (Reviewed October 29, 2020 by Juniper Locilento)
Cara Wall, The Dearly Beloved, Simon & Schuster, August 13, 2019 (Reviewed October 29, 2019 by Juniper Locilento
Dana Brownlee, The Unwritten Rules of Managing Up, Project Management Techniques from the Trenches, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, February 26, 2019 (Reviewed October 25, 2019 by Maryann Kerr)
Henry Mintzberg, Bedtime Stories for Managers, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, February 5, 2019 (Reviewed October 25, 2019 by Mo Waja)
David Wallace-Wells, The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming, Tim Duggan Books, February 19, 2019 (Reviewed October 9, 2019 by Juniper Locilento)
Gilbert M. Gaul, The Geography of Risk: Epic Storms, Rising Seas, and the Cost of America’s Coasts, Sarah Crichton Books, September 3, 2019 (Reviewed by October 9, 2019 by Katherine Verhagen Rodis)
Naomi Klein, On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal , Knopf Canada, September 17, 2019 (Reviewed on October 9, 2019 by Katherine Verhagen Rodis)
Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Sonny Assu, Brandon Mitchell, et al., forward by Alicia Elliott, This Place: 150 Years Retold, Highwater Press, May 17, 2019 (Reviewed on October 4, 2019 by Gail Picco)
Bob Joseph,Indigenous Relations: Insights, Tips and Suggestions to Make Reconciliation a Reality, Page Two Books, May 9, 2019 (Reviewed October 4, 2019 by Christopher Barry)
Tori O’Neal-McElrath, Lynn Kanter, Lynn English, Winning Grants Step by Step: The Complete Workbook for Planning, Developing, and Writing Successful Proposals, Jossey-Bass; 5th edition, July 30, 2019 (Reviewed September 26, 2019 by Joanne Linka)
Kristen Meinzer, So You Want to Start a Podcast: Finding Your Voice, Telling Your Story, and Building a Community That Will Listen, William Morrow, August 6, 2019 (Reviewed September 26, 2019 by Cindy Wagman)
Darian Rodriguez Heyman and Laila Brenner (Editors), Nonprofit Management 101: A complete and practical guide for leaders and professionals – 2ndedition, Wiley, August 30, 2019 (Reviewed September 21, 2019 by Sharon Broughton)
Sara Rose Cavanaugh, Hivemind: Thinking Alike in a Divided World, Grand Central, September 19, 2019 (Reviewed September 21, 2019 by Sharon Broughton)
Binyamin Appelbaum, The Economists’ Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society, Little Brown, September 3, 2019 (Reviewed September 12, 2019 by Diane Hill)
Malcolm Gladwell, Talking to Strangers, What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know, Little Brown, September 10, 2019, Hardcover (Reviewed September 12, 2019 by MaryAnn Kerr)
Ziya Tong, The Reality Bubble, Penguin Random House Canada, May 2019 (Reviewed September 12, 2019 by Christopher Barry)
Kate Mulgrew, How to forget: A Daughter’s Memoir, William Morrow, May 21, 2019, (Reviewed on August 29, 2019 by Maryann Kerr)
Zluddin Yousafzai with Louise Carpenter, Let Her Fly: A Father’s Journey, Back Bay Books, November 28, 2018 (Reviewed on August 29, 2019 by Roger Ali)
Timea Nagy with Shannon Moroney, Out of the Shadows, Doubleday, May 30, 2019 (Reviewed on August 29, 2019 by Juniper Locilento)
Alicia Elliott, A Mind Spread Out on the Ground, Doubleday Canada, March 26, 2019 (Reviewed August 15, 2019 by Diane Hill)
Jesse Thistle, From the Ashes: My Story of being Metis, Homeless and Finding My Way, Simon & Shuster, August 6, 2019 (Reviewed August 15 by Sharon Broughton)
Dani McClain, We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood, Bold Type Books, April 2, 2019 (Reviewed August 15, 2019 by Nicole Salmon)
Yasuko Thanh, Mistakes to Run With, Hamish Hamilton, April 2, 2019 (Reviewed July 25, 2019 by Katherine Verhagen Rodis)
Stephanie Land, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s will to Survive (foreward by Barbara Ehrenreich), Hachette, Jan 22, 2019 (Reviewed July 25, 2019 by Gail Picco)
Phil Buchanan, Giving Done Right: Effective Philanthropy and Making Every Dollar Count, Public Affairs, April 16, 2019 (Reviewed July 4, 2019 by Mo Waja)
Rob Reich, Just Giving: Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better,Princeton University Press, November 2018 (Reviewed July 4, 2019 by Juniper Locilento)
Tim Plumptre, The Intrepid Nonprofit, Friessen Press, June 30 2019 (Reviewed July 4, 2019 by Maryann Kerr)
Thomas F. Sheridan, Helping the Good Do Better: A White Hat Lobbyist’s Winning Strategies from the Front Lines of Social Change, Grand Central Publishing, June 30, 2019 (Reviewed July 4, 2019 by Gail Picco)
Ann Mei Chang, Lean Impact: How to Innovate for Radically Greater Social Good, Wiley, October 2018, Hardcover (Reviewed June 6, 2019 by Gail Picco)
Melinda Gates, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World, Flatiron Books, April 2019, Hardcover (Reviewed June 6, 2019 by Gail Picco)
Anand Giridharadas, Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World, Knopf, August 2018, Hardcover (Reviewed June 6, 2019 by Gail Picco)