The protection of animal rights is more than a modern, western phenomenon. In fact, there is a long history of concern for animals around the world, and it is this concern that underlies today's animal rights movement. The No-Nonsense...
Pets and animals
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Author:Grant, CatharineSummary: - Author:Conaboy, KellySummary:
Kelly Conaboy presents a funny exploration of the joy found in loving a dog so much it makes you feel like you're going to combust. Follow Peter and his owner to Woofstock and canine dance lessons. From learning about Peter's...
- Author:Grandmaison, MikeSummary:
The Polar Bear: Lord of the Great North, the newest effort from award-winning photographer and author Mike Grandmaison, takes its readers on a thrilling expedition in the low Arctic to locate and admire the great white bear in all its...
- Author:Charleson, SusannahSummary:
This uniquely personal, moving, and inspiring journey delves into the rapidly emerging world of psychiatric service dogs, as Susannah Charleson works as an evaluator in shelters, plucking unwanted dogs, training them for service, and...
- Author:Charleson, SusannahSummary:
"Reading The Possibility Dogs is like taking an amazing literary journey with a dear friend by your side. The characters you meet will enchant you, but the storyteller will capture your heart. If you love dogs, this is a can't...
- Author:McIntyre, RickSummary:
The breathtaking firsthand account of two Yellowstone wolves and their remarkable bond. Wolf 21 and Wolf 42 were attracted to each other the moment they met in Yellowstone Park'but Wolf 42's jealous sister hindered their...
- Author:Letts, ElizabethSummary:
The incredible true story of a woman who rode her horse across America in the 1950s, fulfilling her dying wish to see the Pacific Ocean, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Horse and The Eighty-Dollar Champion....
- Author:McIntyre, RickSummary:
The astonishing true story of one of the first wolves to roam Yellowstone in more than 60 years. Book One in The Alpha Wolves of Yellowstone: A TrilogyYellowstone National Park was once home to an abundance of wild wolves--but park...
- Author:Wohlleben, PeterSummary:
The final book in the Mysteries of Nature trilogy by the New York Times bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben Nature is full of surprises-deciduous trees affect the rotation of the Earth, cranes sabotage the...
- Author:Bragg, RickSummary:
-- All Over but the Shoutin' Speck is not a good boy. He is a terrible boy, a defiant, self-destructive, often malodorous boy, a grave robber and screen door moocher who spends his days playing chicken with the Fed Ex man, picking...
- Author:Johnson, MichaelSummary:
First there was Healing Shine: A Spiritual Assignment. Then, The Trials of Joe Ben Black. And now the life of the grandson of the great Otoe.... The Story of Blue: A Rope Horse. From the pen of Texas writer Michael Johnson, comes the...
- Author:McMillan, BrandonSummary:
Brandon McMillan gives pet parents tools to bond with their dog in remarkable ways. The key is figuring out what your dog wants by recognizing biological instincts, and then finding a healthy outlet for them.
- Author:Van Hemert, CarolineSummary:
Biologist Caroline Van Hemert tells the story of her journey from Washington state to high above the Arctic Circle--traveling across remote and rugged terrain solely by human power--to rediscover birds, the natural world, and her own...
- Author:Thornhill, JanSummary:
For hundreds of thousands of years Great Auks thrived in the icy seas of the North Atlantic, bobbing on the waves, diving for fish and struggling up onto rocky shores to mate and hatch their fluffy chicks. But by 1844, not a single one...
- Author:Johnson, MichaelSummary:
A sequel to the highly popular Healing Shine: A Spiritual Assignment, The Trials of Joe Ben Black: Confessions of a Rope Horse was intended to be a collection of best practices to start a young roping horse. However, the subject matter...
- Author:Louch, JanSummary:
The memoir of small-town librarian Jan Louch, whose pair of Scottish Fold cats became the mascots of the company Baker & Taylor--and beloved by librarians and readers nationwide. It all started when Jan Louch, assistant librarian at...
- Author:Cooke, LucySummary:
Mary Roach meets Sam Kean and Bill Bryson in this uproarious tour of the basest instincts and biggest mysteries of the animal worldHumans have gone to the Moon and discovered the Higgs boson, but when it comes to understanding animals,...
- Author:Gagne, TammySummary:
Dogs can bring companionship, fun, and unconditional love to their owners. To reciprocate for all of the joy that a dog adds to life, dog owners need to be educated about and fully prepared for responsible ownership and care. There's a...
- Author:Greene, Melissa FaySummary:
Felled by a neuromuscular disease, Karen Shirk was encouraged to raise her own service dog. A thousand dogs later, her service dog academy is restoring broken children to life. Melissa Fay Greene weaves the latest discoveries about our...
- Author:Ocker, J. W.Summary:
From the infamous Jersey Devil to the obscure Snallygaster, J. W. Ocker not only uncovers the bizarre stories of these creatures but investigates the ways in which communities have embraced their local cryptids.
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