Title: Vegetable Love
Author: Barbara Kafka
Extent: 720 pp
Publisher: Artisan (a division of Workman Publishing)
Publication Date: 4 October 2005

The Gist: Subtitled “Vegetables delicious alone, or with pasta, seafood, poultry, meat, and more,” Barbara Kafka’s Vegetable Love encyclopedia is an authoritative exploration of vegetables by region, replete with recipes of all persuasions — not just ...
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Title: The World Without Us
Author: Alan Weisman
Extent: 320 pp
Publisher: Harper Collins Canada
Publication Date: 5 July 2007

The Gist: What would happen if human life disappeared from the planet tomorrow? How would nature subsume the complex infrastructure of our cities? How long would it take for human “debris” — our plastics and synthetics, our ...
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Title: No One Belongs Here More Than You
Author: Miranda July
Extent: 224 pp
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: 15 May 2007

The Gist: A woman who gives swimming lessons on the floor of her kitchen. A writer in love with a mysterious “dark shape.” A couple unexpectedly transformed after a stint as film extras dining ...
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