This story of Alex, a famous African Grey parrot, documents his thirty-year relationship with his trainer and the ways in which his life has changed scientific understanding about language and thought.
Human-animal relationships
- Author:Pepperberg, Irene M.Summary:
- Author:Sutherland, Tui T.Summary:
The sun is shining in the Hundred Isles, and yet the path forward seems crowded with shadows. Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan have traveled across the world, seeking a set of powerful talismans in order to keep them from enemy hands....
- Author:Myles, EileenSummary:
In 1990, Myles chose Rosie from a litter on the street, and their connection instantly became central to the writer's life and art. During the course of their sixteen years together, Myles was madly devoted to the dog's well-being,...
- Author:Polders, Claire, Presley, DanielSummary:
Ever since the Germans became the unwelcome “guests” of Paris in the early days of World War II, Papa and Chantal have gone out in the evenings to fish in the Seine. Tonight Chantal is hoping for a salmon, but instead she spies...
- Author:Armstrong, JohnSummary:
Some human lives can be measured in dogs. Writer/musician John Armstrong is such a person, and in A Series of Dogs, he takes the measure of his own, now at nine dogs' lives and counting. A hilarious, perceptive and moving memoir that is...
- Author:Pyron, BobbieSummary:
Fans of classic animal stories like Pax and A Dog's Way Home will howl over the heartwarming adventures of a coyote pup lost in New York City. Brimming with curiosity, Trouble can't wait to explore the world beyond Singing Creek. So one...
- Author:Katz, Jon.Summary:
From the very beginning, Orson was a misfit. Like all border collies, he needed to work. But since there weren't any sheep available for herding in the New Jersey suburbs, Orson instead tried to corral school buses, garbage trucks, and...
- Author:Drury, BobSummary:
A decade ago, former military counterintelligence officer Terry Henry and his daughter started Paws4people. In A Dog's Gift, Bob Drury captures the story of a year in the life of Paws4people and the broken bodies and souls the...
- Author:Cameron, W. BruceSummary:
Lucas Ray is shocked when an adorable puppy jumps out of an abandoned building and into his arms. Though the apartment he shares with his mother, a disabled veteran, doesn't allow dogs, Lucas can't resist taking Bella home. Bella is...
- Author:Drury, BobSummary:
A decade ago, former military counterintelligence officer Terry Henry and his daughter started Paws4people. Drury captures the story of a year in the life of Paws4people and the broken bodies and souls the organization mends.
- Author:Forth, GregorySummary:
The Nage people of the eastern Indonesian island of Flores refer to someone who begins something but is regularly distracted by other matters as "a dog pissing at the edge of a path." In this first comprehensive study of...
- Author:Kincaid, Gregory D.Summary:
Summary: Discovering that a local shelter is looking for temporary homes for their dogs over the Christmas holidays, Todd, a developmentally challenged young man, persuades his reluctant family to take in a special canine named...
- Author:Kincaid, Gregory D.Summary:
For George and Mary Ann McCray, watching their disabled son Todd move out is unbearable--even though he's in his twenties. But Todd has a dog named Christmas and an entire community ready to help him find his way.
- Author:Gethers, PeterSummary:
Peter was a confirmed loner and cat hater, until he was given a small, grey (and impeccably handsome) kitten with folded ears by his then girlfriend. The girlfriend went but Norton stayed - in fact, he and Peter became inseparable. But...
- Author:Arnold, Elana K.Summary:
For Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat), life tends to be full of surprises—some of them good, some not so good. Today, though, is a good-surprise day. Bat’s mom, a veterinarian, has brought home a baby skunk, which she needs to take...
- Author:McAdam, ColinSummary:
Told from the perspectives of both humans and chimpanzees, A Beautiful Truth is about Looee, a chimp raised by a compassionate human couple in Vermont who cannot conceive a baby of their own. When Looee’s two natures collide, this...