{"product_id":"oink-a-food-for-thought-mystery-paperback","title":"Oink: A Food for Thought Mystery - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. L. Newton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePigs, poisoned cornbread, a feminist network, and a university tainted by corporate values. First in the Emily Addams Food for Thought Series.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eOne of the 18 funniest books to come out this spring. MediaBookBub.Com\u003cbr\u003e One of the five foodie novels to read this summer. Epicurious\u003cbr\u003e One of 18 breakthrough novels this season. MediaBookBub.Com\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Emily Addams, foodie professor of women's studies at Arbor State--a land grant university in Northern California--finds herself an unlikely suspect in the poisoning of a man she barely knows: Professor Peter Elliott of Plant Biology, the hotshot developer of a new genetically modified corn.  \u003cp\u003eHow did \u003ci\u003eher\u003c\/i\u003e cornbread end up in his hand as he lay in the smelly muck of a pig's pen? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs Emily and her colleagues try to identify who and what has poisoned Peter, they also struggle to keep a new and corporate-minded administration from defunding the women's and ethnic studies programs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the process of solving the mystery, Emily and her network deepen their ties to each other--and uncover some of the dark secrets of a university whose traditionally communal values are being polluted by a wave of profit-fueled ideals. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOink\u003c\/i\u003e comes with recipes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\"It has been said that the comic campus novel is no more (things in higher education are verging on the tragic), but Oink proves otherwise.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber, authors of \u003ci\u003eThe Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.5 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 18, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770466566432,"sku":"9781631522123","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/946ce01becb11fde2d2b3c64f02783a8.webp?v=1780372335","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/oink-a-food-for-thought-mystery-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}