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E.B. White on Dogs
by White, Martha       
(Hardcover - English - 9780884483410)
In E. B. White on Dogs, his granddaughter and manager of his literary estate, Martha White, has compiled the best and funniest of his essays, poems, letters, and sketches depicting over a dozen of White's various canine companions. Featured here are favorite essays such as 'Two Letters, Both Open, ' where White takes on the Internal Revenue Service, and also 'Bedfellows, ' with its 'fraudulent reports'; from White's ignoble old dachshund, Fred. ('I just saw an eagle go by. It was carrying a baby.') From The New Yorker's 'The Talk of the Town' are some little-known Notes and Comment pieces covering dog shows, sled dog races, and the trials and tribulations of cit ..
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Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home: And Other Unexplained Powers of Animals
by Sheldrake, Rupert       
(Paperback - English - 9780307885968)
With a scientist's mind and an animal lover's compassion, world-renowned biologist Rupert Sheldrake presents a groundbreaking exploration of animal behavior that will profoundly change the way we think about animals--and ourselves. How do cats know when it's time to go to the vet, even before the cat carrier comes out? How do dogs know when their owners are returning home at unexpected times? How can horses find their way back to the stable over completely unfamiliar terrain? After five years of extensive research involving thousands of people who have pets and work with animals, Dr. Sheldrake proves conclusively what many pet owners already know: there is a ..
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Scent of the Missing: Love and Partnership with a Search-And-Rescue Dog
by Charleson, Susannah       
(Paperback - English - 9780547422572)
strong NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. A "haunting meditation on trust, hope, and love" by a woman who adopts and trains a Golden Retriever puppy to become a search-and-rescue dog (People ). strong br br In the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing, Susannah Charleson clipped a photo from the newspaper of an exhausted canine handler, face buried in the fur of his search-and-rescue dog. A dog lover and pilot with search experience herself, Susannah was so moved by the image that she decided to volunteer with a local canine team and soon discovered firsthand the long hours, nonexistent pay, and often heart-wrenching results they face. br br Once she qualified to ..
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I Can Explain Everything: Confessions of a Pet Capybara
by Winnick, Stacy    Reasor, Sonya   
(Paperback - English - 9780999397602)
Is there a 100-pound semi-aquatic South American rodent in your kitchen?am Dobby the Capybara,live in the suburbs, and this is my story. Royalty is automatic among the world's largest rodents, butam The Prince. Read the highly opinionated record of my downfall from pampered pet to grubby, corn-obsessed middle age. This isn't "How to Capybara" anything, and the facts are a little bit mixed up. If you are interested in wild capybaras, don't look here can tell you what's in my refrigerator, though, and where the off-limits birdseed is.also discuss visitor expectations, explain discreet coprophagy techniques, and offer advice on forays into forbidden parts of the ho ..
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Mornings with Uncle Frank
by Rose, Don       
(Paperback - English - 9781637552278)
Mornings with Uncle Frank is a wonderful reflection on my relationship with Uncle Frank and the mornings we've spent together. There is a time in everyone's life when relationships are intertwined with another. That time is now for Uncle Frank andto be in each other's lives. This time will come to an end, butwant the world to know: there was a time, there was a man named Don, and there was an Uncle Frank. After we are gone, the seasons will continue to change, the sun will rise and set, and life will continue. Uncle Frank andwill miss these times, but we had our time, we had our experiences, and we had love for each other. And our world will be complete bec ..
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Golden Retriever Complete Guide
by Troy, Cesar       
(Paperback - English - 9783951979458)
strong The Golden Retriever Complete Guide is a book dedicated to dog lovers who share a passion for the popular golden retriever breed. This book also aims to provide you with enough information regarding training and bringing up your golden retriever to be a healthy and obedient dog. strong Most people love golden retrievers because they are so friendly and mild tempered. This is why so many dog owners try their best to get these beautiful animals. However, most trainers neglect training their golden retrievers and just leave them outside the house. Training is essential for all dogs and all owners should make time every day to lay out some basic training a ..
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Jack McAfghan: Reflections on Life with my Master
by McGahan, Kate       
(Paperback - English - 9780996260602)
Heal your heart by the final page! br This powerful story of love, loss and the afterlife is a dog's memoir. It is an easy read with short chapters carefully crafted by the author who has over 30 years of clinical hospice experience. This first book in the "Jack McAfghan Pet Loss Trilogy" is designed to walk you through the grief of pet loss one step at a time. Its goal is to heal your grief by the final page.The power in this book is in Jack's sharing the story of his life which begins in a puppy mill. Destiny propels him into a love story much like your own. You will find that through the pages, Jack's voice is the voice of your best friend who even now is ..
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Homer's Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale, or How I Learned about Love and Life with a Blind Wonder Cat
by Cooper, Gwen       
(Paperback - English - 9780385343985)
ONCE IN NINE LIVES, SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY HAPPENS. The last thing Gwen Cooper wanted was another cat. She already had two, not to mention a phenomenally underpaying job and a recently broken heart. Then Gwen's veterinarian called with a story about a three-week-old eyeless kitten who'd been abandoned. It was love at first sight. Everyone warned that Homer would always be an "underachiever." But the kitten nobody believed in quickly grew into a three-pound dynamo with a giant heart who eagerly made friends with every human who crossed his path. Homer scaled seven-foot bookcases with ease, survived being trapped alone for days after 9 11 in an apartment near t ..
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Lessons Learned from My Cat
by Newmark, Amy       
(Paperback - English - 9781611590999)
Some of the simplest, yet most powerful lessons we learn are often taught by the least likely of our family members - our cats! We can learn something from them every day if we just open our minds and our hearts to the valuable lessons they are trying to teach. What can we learn from our cats? Just about everything. From laughter and love, to compassion and kindness, to heartbreak and heroism, our cats have something to teach us, every day. Treat yourself to these 101 heartwarming, amusing and inspirational stories about our companions, our best friends, and our teachers. You'll laugh a lot, tear up at times, and nod your head in recognition as you read these ..
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: I Can't Believe My Cat Did That!: 101 Stories about the Crazy Antics of Our Feline Friends
by Canfield, Jack    Hansen, Mark Victor    Quasha, Jennifer
(Paperback - English - 9781935096924)
This collection contains one incredible cat story after another-- you won't be able to stop reading! Read all 101 Stories about the crazy antics of our feline friends. What a great gift for cat lovers. What has that cat done now? You'll see your own cat in this entertaining collection of stories about the incredible things that cats do. From cats that save lives to cats with nine lives--from cats that diagnose cancer to cats that care for the sick--from escape artists to cats that find their way home from miles away--you won't believe what you're reading. You'll see your own cat with new eyes after reading these true stories about: br ul li cats with an ..
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Hope . . . from the Heart of Horses: How Horses Teach Us about Presence, Strength, and Awareness
by Pike, Kathy    Kohanov, Linda   
(Paperback - English - 9781629145334)
"I'm thrilled to recommend this book as one of the finest narratives on what horses have to teach people about life, love, power, and connection." --Linda Kohanov, author, The Tao of Equus , from her Foreword Hope . . . From the Heart of Horses explores and celebrates the relationship and bond possible between horses and humans. Each chapter offers a life lesson about trusting one's instincts, honestly addressing emotions, achieving clarity in communications, and releasing negative thoughts. Because survival depends on being highly tuned to the thoughts and feelings of others, horses sense human intentions rather than what a person offers in facial express ..
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Dewey's Nine Lives: The Legacy of the Small-Town Library Cat Who Inspired Millions
by Myron, Vicki    Witter, Bret   
(Paperback - English - 9780451234667)
Vicki Myron follows up her #1 New York Times bestseller Dewey with stories of cats who inspire their owners and includes two brand-new Dewey stories Dewey's Nine Lives offers nine funny, inspiring, and heartwarming stories about cats-- all told from the perspective of Dewey's Mom, librarian Vicki Myron. Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World was a blockbuster bestseller and a publishing phenomenon. It has sold nearly a million copies, spawned three children's books, and will be the basis for an upcoming movie. No doubt about it, Dewey has created a community. Dewey touched readers everywhere, who realized that no matter how difficult thei ..
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Poppy in the Wild: A Lost Dog, Fifteen Hundred Acres of Wilderness, and the Dogged Determination That Brought Her Home
by Rhyne, Teresa J.       
(Paperback - English - 9781639362059)
From the #1 New York TImes bestselling author of The Dog Lived (And So WIll I) comes a tale of love and devotion defying all the odds After losing her beloved beagle Daphne to lymphoma, author Teresa Rhyne launches herself into fostering other dogs in need, including Poppy, a small, frightened beagle rescued from the China dog meat trade. The elation of rescue quickly turns to hysteria when Poppy breaks free from a potential adopter during a torrential thunderstorm and disappears into a rugged, mountainous, 1,500 acre wilderness park, bordered by a busy road. In the quest to find Poppy, Teresa will work with rescue specialists, volunteers, psychics, a Nat ..
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Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog
by Grogan, John       
(Hardcover - English - 9780060817084)
strong The heartwarming and unforgettable story of a family and the wondrously neurotic dog who taught them what really matters in life. Now with photos and new material. strong Is it possible for humans to discover the key to happiness through a bigger-than-life, bad-boy dog? Just ask the Grogans. John and Jenny were just beginning their life together. They were young and in love, with not a care in the world. Then they brought home Marley, a wiggly yellow furball of a puppy. Life would never be the same. Marley grew into a barreling, ninety-seven-pound streamroller of a Labrador retriever. He crashed through screen doors, gouged through drywall, and stole w ..
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Oogy: The Dog Only a Family Could Love
by Levin, Larry       
(Paperback - English - 9780446546300)
strong In the bestselling tradition of Rescuing Sprite comes the story of a puppy brought back from the brink of death, and the family he adopted. strong In 2002, Larry Levin and his twin sons, Dan and Noah, took their terminally ill cat to the Ardmore Animal Hospital outside Philadelphia to have the beloved pet put to sleep. What would begin as a terrible day suddenly got brighter as the ugliest dog they had ever seen--one who was missing an ear and had half his face covered in scar tissue--ran up to them and captured their hearts. The dog had been used as bait for fighting dogs when he was just a few months old. He had been thrown in a cage and left to die ..
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Trident K9 Warriors
by Ritland, Mike    Brozek, Gary   
(Paperback - English - 9781250041814)
The New York Times bestseller featured on 60 Minutes , this is the first book to take readers inside the world of elite Navy SEAL dogs. As Seen on 60 Minutes! As a Navy SEAL during a combat deployment in Iraq, Mike Ritland saw a military working dog in action and instantly knew he'd found his true calling. Ritland started his own company training and supplying dogs for the SEAL teams, U.S. Government, and Department of Defense. He knew that fewer than 1 percent of all working dogs had what it takes to contribute to the success of our nation's elite combat units, and began searching the globe for animals who fit this specific profile. These specialized canin ..
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The Book of Joe: About a Dog and His Man
by Price, Victoria    Price, Vincent    Hershfield, Leo
(Paperback - English - 9781504030403)
In the tradition of Anna Quindlen's Good Dog. Stay. , the iconic star of the Dr. Phibes films shares the heartwarming tale of his mischievous mutt. Actor Vincent Price won acclaim for his performances as a menacing villain in dozens of macabre horror films, such as House of Wax . Less well known, though, is Price's lifelong love of animals, especially his fourteen-year-old mutt, Joe. From his wife's passion for poodles to film set encounters with all types of creatures, including goats, apes, and camels, Price's life was full of furry, four-legged friends. But it was Joe who truly captured his heart. Intelligent, courageous, and devoted to his owner, Joe was ..
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Very Good, Very Bad Cat: 101 Heartwarming Stories about Our Happy, Heroic & Hilarious Pets
by Newmark, Amy    Ganzert, Robin   
(Paperback - English - 9781611599558)
What has the cat done now? You'll recognize your own cat in this collection of stories about how very good and very bad our cats can be. From cats with nine lives to cats that save lives-- from cats that wreck houses to cats that repair families--from cats that crack us up to cats that act like therapists--you'll see your own cat with new appreciation for its unique skills and intuition. With a special emphasis on the benefits and joys of adopting abandoned cats, these stories will make you laugh out loud, nod your head in recognition, and maybe even shed a tear or two. And your purchase will help support the great work of the American Humane Association! ..
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Jack McAfghan's Return from Rainbow Bridge
by McAfghan, Jack    McGahan, Kate   
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How can a dog "die" and then come back? Because the end of this life is not the end of life at all. Jack proves that every ending is a new beginning! Life never ends. Love never dies. br br In this third book in the Jack McAfghan Pet Loss Trilogy, canine Jack takes a voyage across the Rainbow Bridge and back again. This unique love story blends Science and Spirit as it guides the reader on a journey through the synchronicity of a life which has brought two soulmates together...in this case a woman and her dog. This story, told from the dogs point of view, shows how we are drawn to each other to fulfill our purpose on earth. Love always returns to the one ..
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The Art of Listening to the Heart
by Kenyon, James       
(Paperback - English - 9780578188164)
In this memoir collection, retired veterinarian James Kenyon recalls a number of experiences from his days in veterinary practice. From heartwarming to heartbreaking and everything in between, Kenyon writes of his care for beloved family pets, livestock, and their human caretakers. His memories illustrate a true devotion and love for veterinary work, as well as a passion for people and local history. Each chapter relates a specific memory of working with a quirky, loyal, and lovable animal, as well as the quirky, loyal, and lovable humans who owned them. The work offers not just insight to the work of a veterinarian, but to human nature and the manner in which p ..
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