"A deliciously funny, delectably shocking banquet of wild-but-true tales of life in the culinary trade from Chef Anthony Bourdain, laying out his more than a quarter-century of drugs, sex, and haute cuisine." (Review courtesy of Amazon)

Rajneeshpuram explores how an extraordinary spiritual community in rural Oregon collapsed under the weight of audacious criminal conspiracies. (Review adapted from Amazon)

a jarringly candid narrative of the fast-moving disaster. This is the story of the permanent transformation of our food supply chain, and the young maverick lawyer, Bill Marler, who staked his career on bringing the victims justice without compromise.  (Review adapted from Amazon)

"With charming narrative and a lighthearted approach to kitchen science, Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat bridges the gap between home and professional kitchens and explains the use of the four elements: Salt, which enhances flavor; Fat, which delivers flavor and generates texture; Acid, which balances flavor; and Heat, which ultimately determines the texture of food." (Review adapted from Amazon)

"From Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times best-selling author Deborah Blum, the dramatic true story of how food was made safe in the United States and the heroes, led by the inimitable Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley, who fought for change." (Review courtesy of Amazon)

"The flush of a toilet is routine. It is safe, efficient, necessary, nonpolitical, and utterly unremarkable. Yet the uncontroversial reputation of flushing is deceptive. This book investigates and clarifies the murky evolution of waste treatment." (Review courtesy of Amazon)

In October 2010, nine months after the massive earthquake that devastated Haiti, a second disaster began to unfold—soon to become the world's largest cholera epidemic in modern times.  This book offers insights on how  international organizations deal with catastrophic infectious disease epidemics among the world's most vulnerable people. (Review adapted from Amazon)

“Canadian environmentalists Smith and Lourie weave scientific data and recent political history into an amusing but unnerving narrative" - Publishers Weekly (Review courtesy of Amazon)

An evolutionary biologist tells the story of nature’s toxins and why we are attracted—and addicted—to them, in this “magisterial, fascinating, and gripping tour de force” -Neil Shubin. (Review courtesy of Amazon)

Over the course of history, yellow fever has paralyzed governments, halted commerce, quarantined cities, moved the U.S. capital, and altered the outcome of wars. This is a story as much about the nature of human beings as it is about the nature of disease. (Review courtesy of Amazon)