NONFICTION
Released: May 17, 2011
"Spartan prose delivers a chilling, page-turning lesson in food safety."
Just in time for BBQ season, an investigative journalist traces the path of a devastating outbreak of food-borne illness linked to hamburger meat.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 12, 2010
"A good combination of solid research and affirmative testimonials."
NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 7, 2010
"Insightful, compassionate and humorous."
While humans have turned pets into quasi family members, writes human-animal relations expert Herzog (Psychology/Western Carolina Univ.) in his debut, our love for animals clashes with our dietary habits and more.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 2, 2009
"A blend of solid--and discomforting--reportage with fierce advocacy that will make committed carnivores squeal."
Celebrated novelist Foer (
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, 2005, etc.) examines the ethics and practical realities of eating things with faces.
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NONFICTION
Released: March 1, 2009
"Eat your way to Eden or Armageddon, Masson writes convincingly, but bystander status no longer applies."
The author of more than a half-dozen books on the emotional lives of animals argues for awareness about what you are shoveling down your trap.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 4, 2008
"A revealing, deeply dismaying overview of how the world's food is produced and marketed."
From
Harper's contributor Roberts (
The End of Oil, 2004), another dire warning of hard times ahead.
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