Book Reviews
For The Birds: From Exploitation to Liberation Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs The Holocaust and the Henmaid’s Tale More Than a Meal UPC Book Reviews
For The Birds: From Exploitation to Liberation
- For The Birds: An Urgently Necessary, Deeply Moving Work UPC Winter 2022 Poultry Press
- Marit de Haan Review of For the Birds 29 December 2020 - fb.com
(Also in Spring 2021 Poultry Press) - Caryn Hartglass 5-Star Amazon Review of For The Birds: From Exploitation to Liberation UPC Winter 2020 Poultry Press
- Praises for For the Birds: From Exploitation to Liberation by Karen Davis, PhD UPC Winter 2019 Poultry Press
- For The Birds is a “must read” for everyone! UPC Fall 2019 Poultry Press
- FOR THE BIRDS “Can Only Be Described with Superlatives” – Animal Culture Magazine 30 July 2019 (Also in UPC Winter-Spring 2020 Poultry Press)
- “It’s All About Food”: Listen to Karen Davis’s Interview with host Caryn Hartglass on For the Birds: From Exploitation to Liberation 22 July 2019
- Amazon Reviews Praise FOR THE BIRDS: FROM EXPLOITATION TO LIBERATION by Karen Davis, PhD 16 July 2019
- Marc Bekoff Interviews Karen Davis For The Birds: From Exploitation to Liberation 20 June 2019
(Also in UPC Summer 2020 Poultry Press) - For The Birds: From Exploitation to Liberation is now available! Order Now! 14 June 2019
Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs: An Inside Look at the Modern Poultry Industry
- Journal of Animal Ethics 2011 Review of Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs 3 May 2011
- Journal for Critical Animal Studies Review of Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs 6 May 2010
- Norm Phelps' 5-Star Amazon Review of Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs, 2009 Edition 18 February 2010
- Vegetarians in Paradise Reviews Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs 1 February 2010
- Choice Magazine Recommendation of Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs 11 December 2009
- Book Recommendation: Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs (Review by Mark Hawthorne) UPC Fall-Winter 2009 Poultry Press
- Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs - Essential Reading (Review by Claire Druce) UPC Summer-Fall 2009 Poultry Press
- 5-Star Amazon Reviews of Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs, 2009 Edition 19 June 2009
- Acknowledgements, Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs, 2009 UPC Spring 2009 Poultry Press
The Holocaust and the Henmaid’s Tale: A Case for Comparing Atrocities
- Norm Phelps Reviews The Holocaust and the Henmaid’s Tale: A Case for Comparing Atrocities13 October 2006
- Marc Bekoff Reviews The Holocaust and the Henmaid’s Tale: A Case for Comparing Atrocities 13 October 2006
- Model of Oppression: Mark Hawthorne Reviews The Holocaust and the Henmaid’s Tale 21 March 2006
- These Books Will Change How You Think About Chickens, Turkeys, Thanksgiving, and the Holocaust UPC Winter 2005 Poultry Press
- Jeffrey Masson Reviews The Holocaust and the Henmaid’s Tale UPC Winter 2005 Poultry Press
- *ENGLANDGAL'S BOOK PICK* The Holocaust & The Henmaid’s Tale 28 October 2005
- United Poultry Concerns is Proud to Announce Our New Book: The Holocaust & The Henmaid’s Tale 2 August 2005
More Than a Meal: The Turkey in History, Myth, Ritual, and Reality
- Mary T. and Frank L. Hoffman Book Review of “More Than A Meal” www.all-creatures.org - 16 November 2011
- These Books Will Change How You Think About Chickens, Turkeys, Thanksgiving, and the Holocaust UPC Winter 2005 Poultry Press
- Susan Roghair's Review of More Than a Meal 4 December 2003
- The Place of United Poultry Concerns in the Chronology of Humane Progress (from Moses to Walt Disney) UPC Winter-Spring 2003-2004 Poultry Press
- Karen Davis' New Book: More Than A Meal UPC Fall 2002 Poultry Press
- Jim Mason's Book Review of "More Than a Meal"
- Norm Phelps' Book Review of "More Than a Meal"
- Maribeth Abrams' Book Review of "More Than a Meal"
UPC Book Reviews + Guest Reviews
- The Humane Hoax: Essays Exposing the Myth of Happy Meat, Humane Dairy, and Ethical Eggs 9 August 2023
- A Boy, A Chicken & The Lion of Judah: How Ari Became A Vegetarian UPC Winter 2023 Poultry Press
- Beyond Beef: The Rise and Fall of the Cattle Culture by Jeremy Rifkin, 1992 UPC Summer 1992 Poultry Press
- FOREVER YOUNG: How Six Great Individuals Have Drawn upon the Powers of Childhood and How We Can Follow Their Lead 19 February 2022
- BOOK REVIEW by Richard H. Schwartz, Ph.D. of VEGAN VOICES: Essays by Inspiring Changemakers 17 January 2022 [PDF]
(Also in UPC Spring 2022 Poultry Press) - BOOK REVIEW by Karen Davis in praise of VEGAN VOICES: Essays by Inspiring Changemakers 13 October 2021
- Vegan Voices: Essays by Inspiring Changemakers 31 August 2021
- ANIMAL AGRICULTURE IS IMMORAL: Can We Create a New Normal? 12 December 2020
(Also in Spring 2021 Poultry Press)
Voices for Animal Liberation
Inspirational Accounts By Animal Rights Activists
During a time of historic actions and victorious campaigns, Voices for Animal Liberation depicts the full spectrum of animal rights activism that is currently at work to create change. This book offers the words of both new and highly influential voices in the movement today, with the intention of inspiring and educating those who are sparked by the vision of a more ethical world.
UPC is selling a limited number of copies for $14.95
Also available on Amazon, Skyhorse Publishing or Barnes & Noble.
- An Underwater Friend Shines a Light on the Underside of Fishing 29 August 2020 (Also in UPC Winter 2020 Poultry Press)
- Book Review: Voices For Animal Liberation: Inspirational Accounts By Animal Rights Activists 26 March 2020 (Also in UPC Summer 2020 Poultry Press)
- Voices for Animal Liberation is Ready to Buy! 3 March 2020
- Voices for Animal Liberation is Ready to Order! 18 December 2019
- Critical Animal Studies: Towards Trans-Species Social Justice 17 April 2018
- Finding Paradise: Leilani Farm Sanctuary of Maui 5 December 2017 (Also in UPC Winter 2017-2018 Poultry Press)
- Where’s the Turkey? – A Delightful New Children’s Book 13 November 2017
- Food Fictions: A Review of Farm to Fable 27 December 2016 (Also in UPC Spring 2017 Poultry Press)
- The Interconnectedness of Life 17 December 2015
- That Quail, Robert, by Margaret A. Stanger 30 September 2015
- Letters to a New Vegan: Words to Inform, Inspire, and Support a Vegan Lifestyle 2 July 2015
- Why Did the Chicken Cross the World? The Epic Saga of the Bird that Powers Civilization 29 December 2014 (Also in UPC Spring 2015 Poultry Press)

Ella Turner (Rescued rooster, now UPC resident)
- The Emotional Lives of Animals and Children: Insights from a Farm Sanctuary 21 October 2014 (Also in UPC Winter 2014 Poultry Press)
- Minny’s Dream: Story of a “Battery” Hen Who Escaped with “A Little Help from Her Friend.” 10 April 2014 (Also in UPC Summer 2014 Poultry Press)
- Chickens’ Lib: The Story of a Campaign UPC Spring 2014 Poultry Press
- The Global Guide to Animal Protection 30 December 2013
- A Rooster's Tale: A Year in the Life of a Clan of Chickens 26 August 2013
- This is Hope: Green Vegans and the New Human Ecology UPC Summer 2013 Poultry Press
- Experiencing Animal Minds: An Anthology of Animal-Human Encounters 30 January 2013
- CHICKEN WISDOM: Calling for an Audience with Mr. Joy Chicken by Annie Potts Book Review - 4 October 2012 (Full Review in UPC Winter-Spring 2013 Poultry Press)
- Searing Commentary Through Visual Imagery - Cruel by Sue Coe and Sanctuary by Sharon Lee Hart: Two Powerful New Books available from United Poultry Concerns 13 September 2012 (Also in UPC Winter 2012 Poultry Press)
- Book Review: City Chickens UPC Summer-Fall 2012 Poultry Press
- Is Anthropomorphism a Dirty Word? Why Animals Matter Says It Is! 9 May 2012
- A Boy, A Chicken & the Lion of Judah: How Ari Became a Vegetarian UPC Spring-Summer 2012 Poultry Press
- Comfortably Unaware: global depletion and food responsibility . . . What you choose to eat is killing our planet 21 December 2011 (Also in UPC Winter 2011-2012 Poultry Press)
- "My Life as a Turkey" by Joe Hutto on PBS: Illumination & Blindness in the Flatwoods of Florida 22 November 2011
- Putting Traumatic Knowledge to Work for the Animal People of the Planet Sister Species Book Review - UPC Fall 2011 Poultry Press
- Jonathan Scovner's Review of When the Chickens Went on Strike and interview with Erica Silverman 2 September 2011 - picturebooksreview.blogspot.com
- Sister Species: Women, Animals, and Social Justice, University of Illinois Press, 2011 29 June 2011
- Critical Theory and Animal Liberation 23 May 2011
- Ninety-Five: Meeting America’s Farmed Animals in Stories and Photographs UPC Summer 2010 Poultry Press
- The Inner World of Farm Animals: Their Amazing Social, Emotional, and Intellectual Capacities 23 October 2009
- The Missing Peace: The Hidden Power of Our Kinship with Animals 2 June 2009
- The Longest Struggle and Striking At The Roots UPC Summer 2008 Poultry Press
- Is It Unscientific to Say that an Animal is Happy? UPC Spring 2007 Poultry Press
- Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching by Michael Greger, MD UPC Winter 2006-2007 Poultry Press
- The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter by Peter Singer & Jim Mason UPC Winter 2006 Poultry Press
- Fowl! Bird Flu: It's Not What You Think UPC Spring 2006 Poultry Press
- Chicken: The Dangerous Transformation of America’s Favorite Food UPC Winter-Spring 2005-2006 Poultry Press
- Terrorists or Freedom Fighters Reflections on the Liberation of Animals 18 September 2005
- Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior" UPC Fall 2005 Poultry Press
- Book Review: A Boy, A Chicken and The Lion of Judah How Ari Became A Vegetarian UPC Winter 2004-2005 Poultry Press
- Speciesism 11 January 2005
- Minny’s Dream UPC Fall 2004 Poultry Press
- Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? Reflections on the Liberation of Animals
- The Pig Who Sang To the Moon Gets a Great Review in The Atlantic Monthly 15 March 2004
- Stop Look Listen - Recognising the Sentience of Farm Animals UPC Winter-Spring 2003-2004 Poultry Press
- Book & Film Review The Pig Who Sang to the Moon: The Emotional World of Farm Animals UPC Winter-Spring 2003-2004 Poultry Press
- Book Review: Animal Suffering and The Holocaust: The Problem With Comparisons UPC Winter 2003 Poultry Press
- Plucked and Burned UPC Summer-Fall 2003 Poultry Press
- Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, And the Call to Mercy UPC Spring 2003 Poultry Press
- Eternal Treblinka:Our Treatment of Animals and the Holocaust UPC Summer 2002 Poultry Press
- Winter 03 PP: The Dominion of Love: Animal Rights According to the Bible UPC Winter-Spring 2003-2004 Poultry Press
- Fresh Eggs: An American Fable 28 Octoboer 2002
- The Food Revolution UPC Winter 2002 Poultry Press
- My Fine Feathered Friend 9 October 2002
- Animal Equality: Language and Liberation UPC Summer 2001 Poultry Press
- Ben Austrian, Artist UPC Summer 2000 Poultry Press
- Beyond the Law UPC Winter-Spring 2000 Poultry Press
- The Chicken Book UPC Fall 2000 Poultry Press
- The Vegan Sourcebook UPC Fall 1999 Poultry Press
- Vegetarian Judaism: A Guide for Everyone UPC Fall 1999 Poultry Press
- The Human Use of Animals UPC Spring 1999 Poultry Press
- Slaughterhouse UPC Fall-Winter 1998 Poultry Press
- Animal Place: Where Magical Things Happen UPC Summer-Fall 1995 Poultry Press