WHAT CAN BE DONE: THE RESOURCES BELOW PROVIDE A MORE HOPEFUL, POSITIVE ANGLE ON THE VEGAN LIFESTYLE, AND HOW YOU CAN EASILY CONVERT YOUR EATING HABITS TO A MORE EARTH-FRIENDLY, ANIMAL-FRIENDLY, AND HEALTHY DIET.

Neal Barnard, M.D. has published a long list of vegan nutrition and diet books. A Google search on his name alone will yield quite a list.

I got this great listing of vegan books from the website: http://www.soystache.com/veganbooks.htm
The following list, on that website, is hyperlinked, so you can click on each entry that interests you and learn more, or purchase the books.

The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World - by John Robbins

Diet for a New America: How Your Food Choices Affect Your Health, Happiness and the Future of Life on Earth - by John Robbins (Paperback)

Becoming Vegan: The Complete Guide to Adopting a Healthy Plant-Based Diet - by Vesanto Melina, Brenda Davis

The Garden of Vegan: How It All Vegan Again - by Tanya Barnard, Sarah Kramer

Food for Life: How the New Four Food Groups Can Save Your Life - by Neal D. Barnard (Paperback - June 1994)

Vegan Planet: 400 Irresistible Recipes With Fantastic Flavors from Home and Around the World - by Robin Robertson, Neal D. Barnard

Veggie Works Vegan Cookbook - by Mark W. Rasmussen

Vibrant Living - by James Levin, Natalie Cederquist

The Mediterranean Vegan Kitchen: Meat-Free, Egg-Free, Dairy-Free Dishes from the Healthiest Place Under the Sun - by Donna Klein

Sproutman's Kitchen Garden Cookbook: 250 flourless, Dairyless, Low Temperature, Low Fat, Low Salt, Living Food Vegetarian Recipes - by Steve Meyerowitz, et al

The Voluptuous Vegan: More Than 200 Sinfully Delicious Recipes for Meatless, Eggless, and Dairy-Free Meals - by Myra Kornfeld, et al

The Candle Cafe Cookbook : Over 150 Enlightened Recipes from New York's Renowned Vegan Restaurant - by Joy Pierson, et al;

The Raw Secrets: The Raw Vegan Diet in the Real World - by Frederic Patenaude(Paperback)

The Vegan Sourcebook - by Joanne Stepaniak, et al

Ethical Vegetarianism: From Pythagoras to Peter Singer - by Kerry Walters (Editor), Lisa Portmess (Editor)

The Uncheese Cookbook: Creating Amazing Dairy-Free Cheese Substitutes and Classic "Uncheese" Dishes - by Joanne Stepaniak

Vegan Cooking For One - by Leah Leneman

How It All Vegan!: Irresistible Recipes for an Animal-Free Diet - by Sarah Kramer, Tanya Barnard

Lorna Sass' Complete Vegetarian Kitchen: Where Good Flavors and Good Health Meet - by Lorna J. Sass

Nonna's Italian Kitchen: Delicious Homestyle Vegan Cuisine - by Bryanna Clark Grogan

The Complete Vegan Cookbook: Over 200 Tantalizing Recipes, Plus Plenty of Kitchen Wisdom for Beginners and Experienced Cooks - by Susann Geiskopf-Hadler, Mindy Toomay

Vegan Vittles: Recipes Inspired by the Critters of Farm Sanctuary - by Joanne Stepaniak, Suzanne Havala

The New Vegan Cookbook: Innovative Vegetarian Recipes Free of Dairy, Eggs, and Cholesterol - by Lorna J. Sass, Jonelle Weaver

Veggie Lovers Cook Book - by Morty, Chef Star

The Vegan Gourmet, Expanded 2nd Edition : Full Flavor & Variety With over 120 Delicious Recipes - by Susann Geiskopf-Hadler, Mindy Toomay

Vegan: The New Ethics of Eating, Revised Edition - by Erik Marcus

The Garden of Vegan: How It All Vegan Again - by Tanya Barnard, Sarah Kramer

A Vegan Taste of Mexico (Vegan Cookbooks) by Linda Majzlik

Vegan Deli - by Joanne Stepaniak

Simple Treats: Wheat-Free Vegan Desserts - by Ellen Abraham

Japanese Cooking - Contemporary & Traditional - by Miyoko Nishimoto Schinner, et al

The Peta Celebrity Vegan Cookbook - by Ingrid Newkirk

Great Good Desserts Naturally! - by Fran Costigan

A Vegan Taste of India - by Linda Majzlik

The Cookbook for People Who Love Animals - by Michael A. Klaper, Md.

Kitchen in the Clouds: The Essential Vegan Guidebook - by Karen Alexander, Suzanne Wood

A Vegan Taste of the Caribbean - by Linda Majzlik

Being Vegan - by Joanne Stepaniak, Stanley M. Sapon

150 Vegan Favorites: Fresh, Easy, and Incredibly Delicious Recipes You Can Enjoy Every Day - by Jay Solomon

Angelica Home Kitchen: Recipes and Rabble Rousings - by Leslie McEachern

Cooking With Gluten and Seitan - by Dorothy R. Bates, Colby Wingate

Easy Vegan Cooking: Over 350 Delicious Recipes for Every Occasion - by Leah Leneman

Delicious Food for a Healthy Heart: Over 120 Cholesterol-Free, Low-Fat, Quick & Easy Recipes - by Joanne Stepaniak

Very Vegetarian - by Jannequin Bennett, Carl Lewis

Vegan Meals for One or Two: Your Own Personal Recipes - by Nancy Berkoff

Vegan Nutrition: Pure & Simple - by Michael Klaper

Cooking With Peta: Great Vegan Recipes for a Compassionate Kitchen - by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

The Accidental Vegan - by Devra Gartenstein

The Single Vegan: Simple, Convenient and Appetizing Meals for One - by Leah Leneman

Everyday Vegan: 300 Recipes for Healthful Eating - by Jeani-Rose Atchison, Audrey Colman

Vegan Cooking for Everyone: Over 300 Easy Vegan Recipes That Everyone Can Enjoy - by Leah Leneman

The New Now and Zen Epicure: Gourmet Vegan Recipes for the Enlightened Palate - by Miyoko Nishimoto Schinner

150 Vegan Favorites: Fresh, Easy, and Incredibly Delicious Recipes You Can Enjoy Every Day - by Jay Solomon

Simple Treats: Wheat-Free Vegan Desserts - by Ellen Abraham

The Nutritional Yeast Cookbook: Recipes Using Red Star Vegetarian Support Formula - by Joanne Stepaniak

The Vegetarian Traveler: Where to Stay If You're Vegetarian, Vegan, Environmentally Sensitive - by Jed Civic and Susan Civic

The Vegan Epicure: 135 Delicious Recipes for Healthy Eating - by Hermine Freed

Vegan Diet As Chronic Disease Prevention: Evidence Supporting the New Four Food Groups - by Kerrie K. Saunders

Asian Vegan Cooking: A High-Energy Approach to Healthy Living - by Kim, Ph.D. Le (Paperback - May 2003)

Conveniently Vegan: Turn Packaged Foods into Delicious Vegetarian Dishes - by Debra Wasserman, et al(Paperback - August 1997)

The Artful Vegan - by Eric Tucker, Bruce Enloe(Paperback - October 2003)

Pregnancy Children and the Vegan Diet - by Michael Klaper, Cynthia Klaper (Editor)

Incredibly Delicious: The Vegan Paradigm Cookbook - by Gentle World, et al

Raising Vegan Children in a Non-Vegan World: A Complete Guide for Parents - by Erin Pavlina (Paperback)

The Nutritional Yeast Cookbook: Recipes Using Red Star Vegetarian Support Formula - by Joanne Stepaniak(Paperback - June 1997)

Vegan & Vegetarian Faq: Answers to Your Frequently Asked Questions - by Davida Gypsy Breier (Editor), et al (Paperback - September 2001)

Vegan Handbook: Over 200 Delicious Recipes, Meal Plans, and Vegetarian Resources for All Ages (Vegetarian Journal Reports Series, 2nd Bk.) - by Debra Wasserman (Editor), et al (Paperback - September 1996)

Ecological Cooking: Recipes to Save the Planet - by Joanne Stepaniak, Kathy Hecker (Paperback - April 1992)

Foods That Don't Bite Back: Vegan Foods Made Simple - by Sue Donaldson (Paperback - September 2003)

Mother Nature's Garden: Healthy Vegan Cooking - by Florence Bienenfeld, Mickey Bienenfeld

The Everyday Vegan - by Dreena Burton (Paperback)

Fresh and Fast Vegan Pleasures: More than 140 Delicious, Creative Recipes to Nourish Aspiring and Devoted Vegans - by Amanda Grant (Paperback)

The Vegetarian Soul Food Cookbook : A Wonderful Medley of Vegetarian, Vegan and Raw Recipes Inspired by the Southern Tradition - by Imar Hutchins, Dawn Marie Daniels (Paperback - July 2001)

Sinfully Vegan - by Lois Dieterly (Paperback - November 2003)

Recipes for Life: From God's Garden - by Rhonda J. Malkmus, et al(Spiral-bound - June 1998)





Visit Amazon.com: Books: Vegan Diet
for a long, long list of resources (books and articles)

The Vegan Diet As Chronic Disease Prevention ...Supporting the New Four Food Groups by Kerrie K. Saunders.

Becoming Vegan: The Complete Guide to Adopting a Healthy
Plant-Based Diet by Vesanto Melina,Vesanto, RD Melina,Brenda Davis.

Vegan & Vegetarian Recipes, Articles, Health Resource
... a whole food, vegan diet is key. Is Soy Safe? Brenda Davis RD sets the record straight.