Vegan Cookbooks How It All Vegan by Tanya Barnard and Sarah Kramer A fun book that delightfully demonstrates how vegan food can be fabulous, flavorful, and nutritious. Yummy and innovative recipes include blue banana muffins, tofu jerky, mushroom barley stew, and chocolate "cheese" cake. But more than just a cookbook, this is a guide to living without using animals or animal byproducts. 230 pages. Uncheese Cookbook by Joanne Stepaniak Author Joanne Stepaniak does a wonderful job creating soy based dairy-like foods. Includes recipes for every kind of soy cheese including colby, swiss and feta as well as delicious recipes for whipped cream, cottage cheese, cream cheese and pineapple cream cheese pie. Great for transitioning from a dairy-based diet to a vegan one. Recipes are soy based, low fat and free of cholesterol and lactose. 192 pages. The Peaceful Palate by Jennifer Raymond This excellent book covers much about vegan nutrition and supplies well over 100 fabulous recipes that are absolutely delicious! A classic vegan cookbook. 159 pages. The Candle Café Cookbook by Joy Pierson Rich and varied, casual and creative--the recipes in this book, from one of New York's most popular restaurants, will leave you utterly satisfied, yet wanting for more. Tempeh-Portobello Burgers, Stuffed Red Peppers with Roasted Potatoes, Chocolate Praline Pie, and more--from aromatic Asian and spicy Mexican to subtle French. Wow friends and family (and yourself) with your new-found culinary mastery. 240 pages. Compassionate Cook by PETA and Ingrid Newkirk Tempt your taste buds with these tantalizing vegan recipes--the original cookbook composed of recipes from PETA staff and members. You'll find everything from scrambled tofu to decadent desserts, from everyday burgers to spectacular holiday feasts. 244 pages. Vegetarian Health Books Food for Life by Neal Barnard, M.D. Citing overwhelming medical evidence previously downplayed by powerful lobby groups, Dr. Barnard reveals why a diet based on the new four food groups (grains, legumes, vegetables, and fruits) will sharply decrease the risk of cancer and heart disease and dramatically increase life expectancy. He also unveils a 21-day program for a smooth transition to the new way of eating healthfully. 368 pages. Becoming Vegan by Brenda Davis, R.D. & Vesanto Melina, M.S., R.D. Authors Brenda Davis and Vesanto Melina are registered dietitians who have played prominent roles in the American Dietetic Association's committees and publications on vegetarianism. Becoming Vegan provides a wealth of information on practical ways to convert, looking at nutritional needs and sources and creating vegan diets that cover individual needs i.e. infancy, childhood, pregnancy, nursing, and aging. Special attention is also given to weight issues (both overweight and underweight) and improving athletic performance. 281 pages. Vegan: The New Ethics of Eating by Erik Marcus Author Erik Marcus integrates current research and testimony from some of the most prominent leaders in the vegetarian and environmental movements. Marcus provides the reader with an examination of the health, ethical and environmental issues surrounding food choice. This is a book to recommend to anyone interested in how to heal our planet and ourselves. Animal Rights Books Animals Like Us by Mark Rowlands Rowlands argues that as conscious, sentient beings, animals have interests of their own that simply cannot be disregarded. Using simple principles, he shows that animals have moral rights and examines the consequences of our mistreatment of animals through the meat industry, animal experimentation, zoos, hunting, and more. He writes from the animals' point of view followed by clear, philosophical prose that will have you anxious to discuss the issues he raises with the next person you see! 222 pages The Pig Who Sang to the Moon by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson You know those people who say they love animals as they're eating bacon and eggs for breakfast and a hamburger for lunch? Well, they need to read this book! Perhaps you can share it with them over a nice vegan dinner, as The Pig Who Sang to the Moon will touch their hearts and open their eyes to the reality of meat-eating. 320 pages. Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson is the best-selling author of When Elephants Weep. Animal Liberation by Peter Singer Referred to as the animal rights "bible," this book includes in-depth examinations of factory farming, animal experimentation, vegetarianism, and animal rights philosophy. If you read only one animal rights book, it has to be this one. 204 pages. Slaughterhouse by Gail Eisnitz The reality that is America's slaughterhouses is hard to face, but Gail Eisnitz has been inside and, in this book, she tells what she found: intolerable conditions, lax standards, and the deliberate beating, strangling, and boiling of live animals in violation of federal law, and the blind eye turned to it all by the USDA. This is the first book of its kind. 309 pages. Eternal Treblinka by Charles Patterson In Eternal Treblinka, we are shown the common roots of Nazi genocide and modern society's enslavement and slaughter of nonhuman animals in unprecedented detail. But as disturbing as these revelations can be, the book's message is truly one of hope. Part of the book takes pains to tell the stories of individuals whose links to the Holocaust, both as victims and as perpetrators, helped steer them into animal liberation advocacy. 269 pages. Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs: An Inside Look at the Modern Poultry Industry by Karen Davis, PhD This book is a fully-documented source of information about chickens, including everything from how a chick develops inside an egg to the causes of salmonella, and much more. Provides a chilling account of the poultry & egg industry. 175 pages. Vegetarian Magazines VegNews Since beginning publication in 2000, VegNews has become the most talked about vegetarian magazine. The premier magazine to focus on a vegetarian lifestyle, VegNews offers its over 100,000 readers up-to-date information on living a compassionate and healthy lifestyle.