GOOD Books: Read Up on Animal Rights

When Ohio resident Terry Thompson released the 56 exotic animals living on his property before

Righteous Porkchop: Finding a Life and Good Food Beyond Factory Farms

By Nicolette Hahn Niman

$14.99. 336 pages. Harper Paperbacks.

After lawyer Nicolette Hahn Niman began investigating pork production in America for Robe

Eating Animals
By Jonathan Safran Foer
$14.99. 368 pages. Back Bay Books.

Part memoir, part research project, this book from the author of Everything is Illuminated weaves facts about the food we eat (and how it

Zoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captives
By Thomas French
$24.99. 304 pages. Hyperion.

Everyone loves a day at the zoo, but no one considers how the animals got there in the first place, or how they are treated after visit

The Bond: Our Kinship with Animals, Our Call to Defend Them
By Wayne Pacelle
$26.99. 448 pages. William Morrow.

This book gives readers a peek into the belief system of Wayne Pacelle, president of the Humane Society of the

Dreaded Comparisons: Human and Animal Slavery
By Marjorie Spiegel
$16.95. 128 pages. Mirror Books/I.D.E.A.

Spiegel, the executive director of the Institute for the Development of Earth Awareness, shows how the human in