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Our books of 2023

As we approach the end of the year, we take some time to celebrate the stories we got to share in our books of 2023. The works we published were both, real and fictional. We shared narratives for readers of all ages, because there is never a wrong time to learn more about compassion.

Come celebrate with us our books of 2023 and get the copies of your favorites today!

Black book cover with the title "An Introduction to Veganism and Agricultural Globalism"

An Introduction to Veganism and Agricultural Globalism

Organizer and activist Omowale Adewale delves deep beyond vegan cooking to uncover the dirt about the United States Western imperialism supranational neo-colonist global plan to work with Monsanto to sell GMO crops to Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Australia, and the entire world—thus weaponizing food.

Finding god Within (Revised Edition)

For over a decade, Ray Leonardini has been visiting the incarcerated in Folsom State Prison and other correctional facilities, where he has been teaching and facilitating contemplative prayer–the contemporary manifestation of the ancient Christian meditative tradition.

Book cover of Finding God Within. The title is in white, aligned to the right margin of the book. The background shows a prison cell.
Book cover with the picture of a chimpanzee inside the indoor part of a sanctuary

We Animals (Third Edition)

Celebrating ten years since its publication, We Animals illustrates and investigates animals in the human environment: whether they’re being used for food, fashion, and entertainment, or research, or are being rescued to spend their remaining years in sanctuaries.

The Veganic Grower’s Handbook

The Veganic Grower’s Handbook seeks to give the new, amateur, and professional gardening enthusiast all the tools and techniques to be successful in vegan-organic methods. Mirroring the gardening year, this manual delineates garden planning to seed-starting in the early season, to garden preparation and transplanting when the weather warms. 

Book cover for The Veganic Grower's Handbook. The title is in white on the top. There are four images in rectangles underneath. They show, clockwise, seeds, hands on dirt, a green crop, and a table full of vegetables
Book cover with a white wall, floor, and door. The door is open and there is a colorful pattern inside. The title is on top: Recovery Writing

Recovery Writing

James Ryan is an addict in recovery. He is now over twenty years sane and sober, married and a father of two, and a PhD graduate who researches the power of writing to heal. In Recovery Writing, Ryan tells his own story and the stories of the addicts he interviewed in the course of his research. 

Hope, the hopeful piglet

The first children’s book in our books of 2023 list is Hope, the hopeful piglet. Hope is a baby piglet, and she was born in a factory farm. When she was young, her mother was taken away somewhere. One day, Hope is being taken to a new place too. She hopes she will see her mom again.

Cover image of a children's book showing the illustration of a piglet with a butterfly on their nose, in the middle of a forest
SALT book cover with a dar blue background and a green alien hugging a monkey

SALT

Painted with color and bold inkwork, SALT is a graphic novel about two men, Silas and Boyd, who liberate a monkey from a vivisection lab. Oslo, the monkey rescued, is based upon a real experiment conducted in 1970 where scientist Robert J. White switched the head of one rhesus macaque onto the body of another. 

The Humane Hoax

As consumers become increasingly aware of the animal agriculture industry’s cruelty and environmental devastation, clever industry marketers are adapting with alternative “humane” and “sustainable” labeling and marketing campaigns. In the absence of accurate information, it has never been more important to educate people on the realities behind the industry lies, and people are hungry for the truth.

Book cover for the Humane Hoax shows a divided background, white on top, red on the bottom. The title is centered. There is the picture of a chicken on top and her shadow on the bottom.
Book cover of Claude and Medea. The background shows a city. Two kids, a boy and a girl, are running together with two dogs

Claude & Medea (Second Edition)

Claude and Medea aren’t expecting an odd substitute teacher to change their lives. Nor are they anticipating the dangerous adventure in store for them. They seem like normal kids. How is it that they are thrown together, trying to outsmart Manhattan criminals? Find out what makes this unlikely pair begin to view the world differently, and to risk everything.

Judaism and Global Survival (20th Anniversary Edition)

Judaism and Global Survival discusses the challenges facing humanity and the Jewish teachings related to these challenges, in order to galvanize Jews to help repair the world (tikkun olam), as required by Jewish law. 

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The Be Kind Alphabet

From the smallest dragonfly to the largest walrus, all animals deserve to live out their lives naturally. They need help from us, and this book offers gentle, do-able ways to inspire a child to feel empowered, through whimsical verses. 

How to End Injustice Everywhere

In this eye-opening and compelling work, psychologist Melanie Joy reveals the common denominator driving all forms of injustice. The mentality that drives us to oppress and abuse humans is the same mentality that drives us to oppress and abuse nonhumans and the environment, as well as those in our own groups working for justice.

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Climate Grief

Climate change and climate grief are inseparable, and coping with the emotional fallout of the climate crisis is our first step toward dealing with the crisis itself and to building resilience. Shawna Weaver invites the reader to look inward at their own grief, and emerge with the motivation needed to make lifestyle changes and inspire others.

Pickle: Can One Little Pig Weather the Storm?

A riveting, fun and engaging book about a pig born into a factory farm where he is raised to become bacon served on a plate. Pickle, like all of his companions, are raised in crowded and dirty warehouses where everyone is treated without compassion for their feelings or personal comfort. But a hurricane changes his chances for a better life.

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Book cover for Cultivated Meat to Secure Our Future. The background is white. The title is in orange on the top half of the cover. The bottom half is filled by the illustration of salmon meat on a plate

Cultivated Meat to Secure Our Future

This provocative book informs, inspires, and opens debates about cultivated meat through an amazing collection of visionary and respected contributors. Each essay in this collection powerfully presents the latest research and opinions regarding its potential for solving our current planetary crises.

Brooklyn Goes Home

We once met a dog that changed the world. His name was Brooklyn. It’s hard to imagine that a spotted dog would become the inspiration for a worldwide fight; that the campaign would be successful, and that after a decade of suffering, he would come home to us. And yet it happened.

Book cover for Brooklyn Goes Home. The title is in white on the top. The center has an illustration of Brooklyn, the greyhound.
The Farm Animal Movement book cover. The background is white and there is the outline of a cow with a red-meat like texture

The Farm Animal Movement

Wrapping up our list of books of 2023 is The Farm Animal Movement. America is undergoing an ethical revolution involving the industrial treatment of farm animals. This book tells its stories from midwestern slaughterhouses to the halls of Capitol Hill to Ivy League universities and Silicon Valley laboratories. This is a roadmap for people who want to work to end factory farming.