By Ellen K. Silbergeld

Chickenizing Farms & Food: How Industrial Meat Production Endangers Workers, Animals, and Consumer

A well-researched, sobering look at “big agriculture” in America.

The Men in My Life: A Memoir of Love and Art in 1950s Manhattan

A one-time Broadway starlet finds her voice through writing.

Reality Is Not What It Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity

Making science understandable to the rest of us.

More Songwriters on Songwriting

Masters of music offer insight into their craft.

War Against War: The American Fight for Peace 1914-1918

An astute account of the United States’ futile struggle to stay out of WWI.

Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine

A playful, erudite guide to our culinary evolution.

His Father’s Son: The Life of General Ted Roosevelt Jr.

This biography of the younger TR inexplicably ignores several key components of the man's life.