Thursday, September 2, 2010

New Books from August 2010--with reviews!

The August 2010 New Book List is up!  Here are a few that I (and hopefully you) find particularly interesting.  Any reviews posted below are available through University Libraries, and may prompt you to log in with your VT PID and password.

Global agro-food trade and standards : challenges for Africa / edited by Peter Gibbon, Stefano Ponte, and Evelyne Lazaro.

Summary, Notes, and Table of Contents available here




Sugar : a bittersweet history / Elizabeth Abbott.

Summary, Notes, and Table of Contents available here

Library Journal review available via Academic Search Complete



Twain's feast : searching for America's lost foods in the footsteps of Samuel Clemens / Andrew Beahrs.

Summary, Notes, and Table of Contents available here

Booklist review available via Academic Search Complete


Hyperspectral imaging for food quality analysis and control / edited by Da-Wen Sun.

Table of Contents available here




Are you waiting for a particular book to appear on the New Books list?  Recommend it to us!  Simply fill out the form here:  https://aqua.lib.vt.edu/Bookorder.php

2 comments:

  1. wow, i'm particularly excited about sugar and twain's feast. thanks for keeping this blog. it will be very useful to me!

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  2. Great!! Thanks for the feedback :) I'm always excited to hear that we're selecting books that you're interested in. Let us know if you have any suggestions!

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