Here are some Chef recommended readings:

Omnivores Dilemma
by Michael Pollan

Mind expanding about our world of food and the cause and effect it has on a global and local scale.

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Bones of the Dead
by Elle Newmark

A mystery, suspense and culinary all wrapped into one, set in medieval Venice

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Primal Leadership – Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence
by Daniel Goleman

Business leaders who maintain that emotions are best kept out of the work environment do so at their organization's peril. Bestselling author Daniel Goleman's theories on emotional intelligence (EI) have radically altered common understanding of what "being smart" entails, and in Primal Leadership, he and his coauthors present the case for cultivating emotionally intelligent leaders.

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Folly
by Bill Noel

An extended vacation is a dream for many; buying a vacation home at the beach is beyond a dream for most; and early retirement, ecstasy! Chris Landrum is about to have it all. There’s only one glitch….murder.

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Ghosts of Old Louisville
by David Domine

The book starts when he buys an old Victorian home in old Louisville. He starts to research his home, and other homes in the neighborhood. The history he learns is fascinating. It's a short read, only 192 pages, but I really enjoyed the stories of what use to inhabit the area we all know as old Louisville.

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The Forever War
by Joe Haldeman

In this classic science-fiction title, published in 1975, physics student William Mandella is drafted for an interstellar war and faces a doubly unpleasant dilemma in the "subjective aging" that comes with faster-than-light space travel. He must choose to return to an Earth where friends and family have died or grown old or to re-enlist continually as the war rages over centuries and star systems. The Forever War won the Nebula Award in 1975 and the Hugo Award in 1976 -- just after the Vietnam War -- and the novel is apropos again today. Alumni can check out a copy at the Sullivan University Library.

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