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The Book Collection housed at the Vegetarian Center

A trove of vegetarian sources shows the breadth of our culture.

First, a listing of those books recently acquired (at the Veggie Center) and/or recently published:
  • Battaglia, Richard A., Handbook of Livestock Management, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall, 1998. Encyclopedic; a look behind the scenes of animal agriculture
  • Berley, Peter, The Modern Vegetarian Kitchen, Regan Books, Harper Collins, 2000. Hardcover tome.
  • Bowlby, Rex, Plant Root: 101 Reasons Why the Human Diet is Rooted Exclusively in Plants, Outside The Box Publishing, 2003. Obviously stole title from that other much more popular pamphlet (and now book). But the more the merrier, we suppose...
  • Butts, Lauren, OK, So Now You're a Vegetarian: Advice and 100 Recipes from One Vegetarian to Another, Broadway Books, 2000.
  • Cohen, Robert, Ed., God's Nutritionist: Pearls of Wisdom from Ellen G. White, Square One Publishers, 2004. Ellen G. White was a founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Seventh Day Adventists are required to be vegetarian.
  • Dinshah, Anne, Healthy Hearty Helpings, American Vegan Society, 1999. Yummy. Yummy.
  • Dinshah, Freya, The Vegan Kitchen, American Vegan Society, 1997.
  • Dori, Ann Marie, Ed. Caring Consumers: A Guide to Products That Are Not Tested on Animals, PETA, 2007.
  • Eisman, George, R.D. (with Anne Greene and Matt Ball), The Most Noble Diet: Food Selection and Ethics, Diet Ethics, 1994.
  • Ferrell, Vance, International Meat Crisis, Harvestime Books, 2001. Designed to work as a vegetarian propaganda tool.
  • Francis, S., PawPrints on Our Souls: New Evidence Jesus Was a Vegetarian, Foley Publishing, 1999.
  • Giehl, Dudley, Vegetarianism: A Way of Life Barnes & Noble Books, 1979.
  • Greger, Michael, Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching, Lantern Books, 2006.
  • Greger, Michael, M.D., Carbophobia: The Scary Truth About America's Low-Carb Craze, Lantern Books, 2005.
  • Harris, William, The Scientific Basis of Vegetarianism, Hawaii Health Publishers, 1995. You need to know your chemistry for this one.
  • Jennifer Horseman & Jaime Flowers, Please Don't Eat the Animals,Quill Driver Books, 2006.
  • Lovenheim, Peter, Portrait of a Burger As a Young Young Calf: The Story of One Man, Two Cows, and the Feeding of a Nation, Harmony Books, 2002.
  • Maurer, Donna, Vegetarianism: Movement or Moment, Temple University Press, 2002.
  • McFadden, Christine, New Vegetarian Food, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1994.
  • Ornish, Dean, M.D., Reversing Heart Disease: The Only System Scientifically Proven to Reverse Heart Disease Without Drugs or Surgery, Baltimore Books, 1996. That system is veganism, of course.
  • Pasour, E.C., Agriculture and the State: Market Processes and Bureaucracy, The Independent Institute, 1990. A detailed look as U.S. agricultural subsidies.
  • PETA, Cooking with PETA: Great Vegan Recipes for a Compassionate Kitchen, Book Publishing Company, 1997. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals cookbook.
  • Poletti, Arthur, God Does Not Eat Meat, Exposure Publishing.
  • Regan, Tom, Empty Cages, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2004. An important book of today's animal rights movement.
  • Rice, Pamela, 101 Reasons Why I'm a Vegetarian, Lantern Books, 2005. An expansion on the popular pamphlet. CLICK HERE for reviews.
  • Rollin, Bernard E., Farm Animal Welfare: Social, Bioethical, and Research Issues, Iowa State University Press, 1995. Highly illustrative.
  • Safron, Jeremy A. (with Renée Underkoffler), The Raw Truth: The Art of Loving Foods, Raw Foods Press, 1997. Cookbook for raw-food enthusiasts.
  • Schwartz, Richard H., Judaism and Global Survival, Lantern Books, 2002. Author of Judaism and Vegetarianism.
  • Sinclair, Upton, The Jungle, The New American Library, 1905. Classic pro-labor treatise that inadvertantly changed meat sanitation laws in the U.S.
  • Scully, Matthew, Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and a Call to Mercy, St Martins Press, 2002. The author is one of the speechwriters for President George W. Bush.
  • Spencer, Colin, Vegetarianism: A History, Four Walls, Eight Windows, 2000 edition.
  • Thomas, Scarlett, PopCo, Harcourt Books, 2004. Fiction with vegetarian characters.

Permanant installations at the Veggie Center:

  • Adams, Carol J., Living Among Meat Eaters: The Vegetarian's Survival Handbook, Three Rivers Press, 2001.
  • Adams, Carol J., The Sexual Politics of Meat, Continuum International Publishing Group, 1990.
  • Arlin, Stephen (with Fouad Dini and David Wolfe), Nature's First Law: The Raw-Food Diet, Maul Brothers Publishing, 1997.
  • Barker, Rodney, And the Waters Turned to Blood, Simon & Schuster, 1997.
  • Barnard, Neal, M.D., The Best in the World, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, 1998. Fast, healthful recipes from exclusive and out-of-the-way restaurants.
  • Barnard, Neal, M.D., Food for Life, Three Rivers Press, 1993.
  • Barnard, Neal, M.D., Foods That Fight Pain, Three Rivers Press, 1998.
  • Barnard, Neal, M.D, The Power of Your Plate, Book Publishing Company, 1990. (The 1995 edition is also available.)
  • Berkoff, Nancy, R.D., Vegan Meals for One or Two, The Vegetaarian Resource Group, 2001.
  • Berry, Rynn, Famous Vegetarians and Their Favorite Recipes, Pythagorean Publishers, 1995. The author is a New Yorker.
  • Berry, Rynn, Food for the Gods: Vegetarianism and The World's Religions, Pythagorean Publishers, 1998.
  • Berry, Rynn, Why Hitler Was Not a Vegetarian, Pythagorean Publishers, 1999.
  • Boyd, Billy Ray, For the Vegetarian in You, Taterhill Press, 1987.
  • Braunstein, Mark Mathew, Radical Vegetarianism, Panacea Press, 1993.
  • Breier, Davida Gypsy, Vegan and Vegetarian FAQ: Answers to Your Frequently Asked Questions, The Vegetarian Resource Group, 2001. Includes a nutrition section by Reed Mangels, Ph.D, R.D.
  • Brody, Jane E., The New York Times Book of Health, Random House, 1997.
  • Brower, Michael, Ph.D. (with Warren Michael, Ph.D.), The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices, Three Rivers Press, 1999.
  • Brown, Arthur (with S. Barbara Holmes), Good and Cheap Vegetarian Dining in New York, City & Company, 1994.
  • Butts, Lauren, OK, So Now You're a Vegetarian, Broadway Books, 2000.
  • Carper, Jean, Jean Carper's Total Nutrition Guide, Bantam Books, 1987.
  • Cerquetti, Giorgio, The Vegetarian Revolution: Commentary and Cookbook, Torchlight Publishing Inc., 1997.
  • Civic, Jed and Susan, The Vegetarian Traveler, Larson Publications, 1997.
  • Coats, C. David, Old MacDonald's Factory Farm: The Myth of the Traditional Farm and the Shocking Truth About Animal Suffering in Today's Agribusiness, Continuum Publishing, 1989.
  • Coe, Sue, Dead Meat, Four Walls Eight Windows, 1995.
  • Cohen, Robert, Milk A-Z, Argus Publishing, 2001.
  • Cohen, Robert, Milk: The Deadly Poison, Argus Publishing, 1998.
  • Cook, Robin, Toxin, The Berkeley Publishing Group, 1998. A suspense novel about E. coli contamination.
  • Cooking with PETA: Great Vegan Recipes for a Compassionate Kitchen, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, 1997.
  • Davis, Brenda, R.D. (with Vesanto Melina, M.S., R.D.), Becoming Vegan, Book Publishing Company, 2000.
  • Davis, Karen, Ph.D., Instead of Chicken, Instead of Turkey: A Poultryless "Poultry" Potpourri, Book Publishing Company, 1993.
  • Davis, Karen, Ph.D., Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs: An Inside Look at the Modern Poultry Industry, Book Publishing Company, 1996.
  • Della Croce, Julia, Italy: The Vegetarian Table, Chronicle Books, 1994.
  • Donahue, Debra L., The Western Range Revisited: Removing Livestock from Public Lands to Conserve Native Biodiversity, University of Oklahoma Press, 1999.
  • Eisman, George L., The Most Noble Diet: Food Selection and Ethics, Diet-Ethics, 1994. Foreword by Michael Klaper, M.D.
  • Eisnitz, Gail A., Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, and Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.S. Meat Industry, Prometheus Books, 1997.
  • Fifty Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth, Earthworks Press, 1989.
  • Fox, Nicols, Spoiled: The Dangerous Truth About a Food Chain Gone Haywire, Basic Books, 1997.
  • Fuhrman, Joel, M.D., Discover the Health Equation, published by the author, 1999.
  • Fuhrman, Joel, M.D., Fasting and Eating for Health: A Medical Doctor's Program for Conquering Disease, St. Martin's Griffin, 1995.
  • Hutto, Joe, Illumination in the Flatwoods, Lyons Press, 1995. The diary of a man who had a brood of wild turkeys imprint on him.
  • Jacobs, Lynn, Waste of the West: Public Lands Ranching, published by the author, 1991.
  • Kalechofsky, Roberta, Ph.D., Vegetarian Judaism: A Guide for Everyone, Micah, 1998.
  • Kirchner, Bharti, Vegetarian Burgers, Harper Perennial, 1996.
  • Klaper, Michael, M.D., Pregnancy, Children and the Vegan Diet, Gentle World Inc., 1997.
  • Klavan, Ellen, The Vegetarian Factfinder, illustrations by Adrienne Hartman, The Little Bookroom, 1996.
  • Kowalski, Gary, The Souls of Animals, Stillpoint Publishing, 1991.
  • Lappé, Frances Moore, Diet for a Small Planet, Ballantine Books, 1991. The book that started a revolution in the way Americans eat.
  • Linzey, Andrew, Christianity and the Rights of Animals, Crossroad, 1987.
  • Lyman, Howard F., Mad Cowboy: Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher Who Won't Eat Meat, Scribner, 1998.
  • Marcus, Erik, Vegan: The New Ethics of Eating, McBooks Press, 1998.
  • Mason, Jim, An Unnatural Order: Why We Are Destroying the Planet and Each Other, Continuum Publishing Company, 1997.
  • Mason, Jim (with Peter Singer), Animal Factories, revised and updated, Harmony Books, 1990.
  • McDougall, John A., M.D., The McDougall Program: 12 Days to Dynamic Health, Plume, 1990.
  • McMenamin, Michael (with Walter McNamara), Milking the Public: Political Scandals of the Dairy Lobby from LBJ to Jimmy Carter, Nelson-Hall Inc., 1980.
  • Melina, Vesanto, R.D. (with Brenda Davis, R.D., and Victoria Harrison, R.D.), Becoming Vegetarian: A Complete Guide to Adopting a Healthy Vegetarian Diet, Book Publishing Company, 1995.
  • Newkirk, Ingrid, Save The Animals! 101 Easy Things You Can Do, Warner Books, 1991.
  • Null, Gary, The Vegetarian Handbook: Eating Right for Total Health, St. Martin's Press, 1987.
  • Ornish, Dean, M.D., Eat More, Weigh Less, Harper Collins, 1993.
  • Parachin, Victor, 365 Good Reasons to Be a Vegetarian, Avery Publishing Group, 1998.
  • Reinhardt, Mark Warren, The Perfectly Contented Meat-Eater's Guide to Vegetarianism, Continuum, 1998.
  • Rhodes, Richard, Deadly Feasts: Tracking the Secrets of a Terrifying New Plague, Simon & Schuster, 1997.
  • Rifkin, Jeremy, Beyond Beef: The Rise and Fall of the Cattle Culture, Dutton, 1992.
  • Robbins, John, Diet For a New America, Stillpoint Publishing, 1987. This is a pillar in vegetarian literature.
  • Robbins, John, The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and the World, Conari Press, 2001.
  • Robbins, John, May All Be Fed: Diet for a New World, William Morrow and Company Inc., 1992.
  • Rowe, Martin (editor), The Way of Compassion: Survival Strategies for a World in Crisis, Stealth Technologies Inc., 1999.
  • Sass, Lorna J., Great Vegetarian Cooking Under Pressure, William Morrow and Company Inc., 1994.
  • Sass, Lorna J., Recipes from an Ecological Kitchen, William Morrow and Company Inc., 1992.
  • Schlosser, Eric, Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
  • Schwartz, Richard H., Ph.D., Judaism and Vegetarianism, Lantern Books, 2001.
  • Seaborn, Ron, The Children's Health Food Book, Life Line Inc., 1995.
  • Sinclair, Upton, The Jungle, New American Library, 1905.
  • Singer, Peter, Animal Liberation (new revised edition), Avon Books, 1990.
  • Singer, Peter, Ethics Into Action: Henry Spira and the Animal Rights Movement, Rowman & Littlefield, 1998.
  • Smith, Scott S., The Soul of Your Pet: Evidence for the Survival of Animals After Death, Holmes Publishing Group, 1998.
  • Sowing Seeds Workbook: A Humane Education Primer, Center for Compassionate Living, 1999.
  • Stepaniak, Joanne, The Uncheese Cookbook, Book Publishing Company, 1994.
  • Stepaniak, Joanne, The Vegan Sourcebook, Lowell House Extension Press, 1998.
  • Stepaniak, Joanne, Vegan Vittles, Book Publishing Company, 1996. Nutrition section by Suzanne Havala, M.S., R.D.
  • Strategies for Activists from the Campaign Files of Henry Spira, Animal Rights International, 1996. A compilation of deeds and works of Henry Spira.
  • Vaclavik, Charles P., The Vegetarianism of Jesus Christ, Kaweah, 1986.
  • Von Kreisler, Kristin, The Compassion of Animals: True Stories of Animal Courage and Kindness, Prima, 1997.
  • Wade, Nicholas (editor), The Science Times Book of Fish, The Lyons Press, 1997.
  • Wasserman, Debra, The Lowfat Jewish Vegetarian Cookbook, The Vegetarian Resource Group, 1994.
  • Wasserman, Debra, Ph.D.,Simply Vegan, The Vegetarian Resource Group, 1999. Nutrition section by Reed Mangels, Ph.D., R.D.
  • Wasserman, Debra, Ph.D. (with Reed Mangels, R.D.),Vegan Handbook, The Vegetarian Resource Group, 1996.
  • Weitzel, Annemarie (editor), Vegetarian Visitor: Where to Stay and Eat in Britain, Jon Carpenter, both 1998 and 2003 editions.
  • Wolfe, David, The Sunfood Diet Success System, Maul Brothers Publishing, 1999.
  • Wolfson, David J., Beyond the Law: Agribusiness and the Systemic Abuse of Animals Raised for Food or Food Production, Farm Sanctuary Inc., 1999.
  • Wolfson, David J., McLibel, Animal Law, 1999.
  • Yntema, Sharon, Vegetarian Baby, McBooks Press, 1991.
  • Yntema, Sharon, Vegetarian Children, The Little Bookroom, 1995.
  • Zepezaeur, Mark (with Arthur Naiman), Take the Rich Off Welfare, Odonian Press, 1996.


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