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In the Kitchen
by Sharon PorterfieldIn the kitchen, the animals work together to make chocolate cake.
Runaway Rudy: A Dog's Story
by Sharon RobinsonThe light-hearted Runaway Rudy is a children's chapter book about a happy dog that loves his life but feels that running away from home is the only way to help other animals.
Paws & Effect: The Healing Power Of Dogs
by Sharon SaksonSeamlessly weaving scientific research with compelling narrative, "Paws & Effect" tells incredibly moving stories of beloved pets who have supported their people through periods of ill health and other crises--with miraculous results.
1001 Secrets Every Birder Should Know: Tips and Trivia for the Backyard and Beyond
by Sharon StitelerA delightful and irreverent guide for bird watching, this guide is chock-full of color photographs, tips, and fun facts.
North American Bird Watching for Beginners: Field Notes on 150 Species to Start Your Birding Adventures
by Sharon StitelerLearn how to identify 150 North American birds—your new summer hobbyFrom the tiny ruby-throated hummingbird to the powerful bald eagle, there's a fascinating variety of unique and beautiful birds that call North America home. This compact field guide is the perfect introduction to birding. You'll find essential information about 150 North American species and expert advice on how to get started on your bird-watching journey.Dive into the perfect summer activity with:The basics of bird watching—Learn important birding terminology, what equipment to have on hand, and how to log and submit your bird sightings.Complete bird profiles—Discover full-color photos and need-to-know details about each species' appearance, behavior, and population range.Easy-to-find information—This book's simple organization makes it the ideal companion for your bird watching adventures, with clearly marked sections for common backyard birds, songbirds, shorebirds and waterbirds, and raptors.Get to know your feathered neighbors this summer with this field guide to the birds of North America.
Hedgehogs (Complete Pet Owner's Manuals)
by Sharon Vanderlip D.V.M.African Pygmy Hedgehogs raised domestically make interesting and fun pets. In Hedgehogs, you'll find everything you need to know on housing, feeding, health care, enrichment, and maintaining the proper environment for this small spiny mammal. Also included is information on reproduction and understanding of their unique traits.Hedgehogs, part of the Complete Pet Owner's Manuals series, was written by expert trainers, breeders, veterinarians, and other pet specialists and will quickly become your trusted, go-to guide to the pleasures and duties of hedgehog care.With full-color pages and written in an easy-to-read format, this book is perfect for adults and older children who are embarking on their first hedgehog caretaking experience.
The Guinea Pig Handbook (B.E.S. Pet Handbooks)
by Sharon Vanderlip D.V.M.The must-have pet guide for guinea pig loversAre you considering owning a guinea pig? Do you already have one but want to make sure you're caring for it properly? Look no further! Written by a pet expert, The Guinea Pig Handbook has everything you need to own a happy, healthy guinea pig. Full of high quality, full-color photos and instructive line drawings, this comprehensive guide also covers:Information on guinea pig's traits and originsDetails on guinea pig's anatomy and life cycleAdvice on caging, feeding, and health careNew, prospective, and experienced owners of guinea pigs will find this pet book a helpful, accessible resource. Full of detailed advice on selecting a healthy pet, coping with the guinea pig's breed-specific concerns, specialized grooming, nutrition, anatomy, health care, and first aid instruction in case of accidents, this is the go-to guinea pig guide.
The Shih Tzu Handbook (B.E.S. Pet Handbooks)
by Sharon Vanderlip D.V.M.Dedicated pet owners will rejoice at this comprehensive dog guidebook! The Shih Tzu Handbook provides advice for both new and experienced dog owners on purchasing, housing, training, and caring for your pet Shih Tzu.Affectionate and confident, Shih Tzus make wonderful canine companions. As part of the B.E.S. Pet Handbook series, The Shih Tzu Handbook provides detailed information on the behavior and care of Shih Tzus of all ages, including:Finding a reliable breeder or sellerAnimal origins and traitsDietary needsHousingHealth careTraining and exerciseGroomingEvery aspect related to maintaining a healthy and thriving petWritten by experienced breeders, trainers, and veterinarians, the B.E.S. Pet Handbook series covers everything animal owners need to know about their pets and creating a forever home!Ready for even more animals and various breeds?All of the books in the B.E.S. Pet Handbook series cover a wide range of cute pets with high quality, full-color photos and instructive line drawings.
My Rescue Dog Rescued Me: Amazing True Stories of Adopted Canine Heroes
by Sharon Ward Keeble“An absolute must-read for anyone who’s known the incomparable love of a rescue dog, or would like to” (Yours). Meet the inspirational dogs who went from being rescued to becoming rescuers in these incredible true stories: Toby, the golden retriever who performed the Heimlich maneuver to save his owner’s lifeLiam, the Lhasa Apso-Poodle mix who helped his owner battle an eating disorderHercules, the St. Bernard who saved his owners from burglars on the first day he moved in.Alfie, the terrier who gave a bullied girl a new lease of life As well as many other canine heroes who came to their owner’s aid—whether it was saving them from physical threats, or helping them to recover from mental illness, PTSD, and bereavement. Let these uplifting stories warm your heart, and show you that adopted dogs truly are man’s best friend.
My Rescue Dog Rescued Me: Amazing True Stories of Adopted Canine Heroes
by Sharon Ward KeebleMeet the inspirational dogs who went from being rescued to becoming rescuer, in these incredible true stories. You’ll read all about the canine heroes who came to their owner’s aid – whether it was saving them from physical threats, or helping them to recover from mental illness, PTSD and bereavement.
My Rescue Pet Rescued Me: Amazing True Stories of Adopted Animal Heroes
by Sharon Ward KeebleMeet the inspirational animals who went from rescued to rescuer in these incredible true stories. You’ll read all about the animal heroes who came to their owner’s aid – whether it was helping them to recover from mental illness, relationship breakdown or bereavement. Let these stories warm your heart and reveal how animals can help us heal.
My Rescue Pet Rescued Me: Amazing True Stories of Adopted Animal Heroes
by Sharon Ward KeebleMeet the inspirational animals who went from rescued to rescuer in these incredible true stories. You’ll read all about the animal heroes who came to their owner’s aid – whether it was helping them to recover from mental illness, relationship breakdown or bereavement. Let these stories warm your heart and reveal how animals can help us heal.
Essential Horse Speak
by Sharon WilsieThe most complete guide available to understanding the horse's language, knowing how to &“talk&” back, and to using Horse Speak® principles in any training system. In 2016 Sharon Wilsie's Horse Speak: The Equine—Human Translation Guide broke new ground for anyone who works with horses, providing a practical system to &“listening&” and &“talking&” to horses in their language instead of expecting them to understand ours. Now Wilsie has provided the most complete guide to Horse Speak ever. Those familiar with Wilsie's work will find novel ideas that have developed since the first book was released, and those new to Horse Speak will be supported with fundamental lessons that will allow them to start having authentic &“conversations&” with their horses during their very next trip to the barn. With a focus on how horse training methods in general can be improved with certain small changes in movement and mindset, Wilsie has once again created a resource of immense value across the equestrian spectrum. Solidify basic language skills—General Horse Speak fundamentals, plus new discoveries. Observe the horse's environment and movement signals—The &“Chessboard of Life&” and how horses negotiate it. Know the Buttons and what they do—The 15 communication centers on the horse's body, plus new connections and Conversations. Understand herd dynamics and your horse's type—Personality and energy types to assist you in understanding the role your horse is playing in his daily interactions. Explore the circular nature of horse Conversations—How the Four Gs and IINN help you remember where you are in a Conversation with your horse. Start the Conversation outside the box—Safe and effective ways to initiate connection and source breakthroughs from a distance and in environments other than arenas. Invite the horse to come with you—Best practices for haltering, leading, and backing up in hand so it is less challenging and a more rewarding experience for both you and your horse. Advance your body language at liberty and on the longe line—Keys to developing the rapport we desire with a horse by understanding his balances and imbalances on the ground. Ride with a new perspective—Take all that you have learned about communicating with the horse on the ground and bring it to your shared experience in the saddle. PLUS, use the one-of-a-kind Dictionary of Horse Speak to find out how to know what your horse is telling you, how to say things in reply to him, and how Horse Speak can help you fix common training and behavior problems. With illuminating sections on basic handling, groundwork, and ridden work, Wilsie gives readers everything they need to improve the training techniques they already use by enhancing both horse and human understanding of the process and the goals. The result is improved behavior, enhanced performance, and a happier, healthier equine partner in whatever you choose to pursue together.
Horses in Translation
by Sharon WilsieWith her landmark first bookHorse Speak: The Equine-Human Translation Guide, trainer Sharon Wilsie upended conventional methods of human-equine communication (using words and ropes, for example) with her clear classification of the language horses use with each other (body, breath, and intent), as well as an unparalleled explanation of how we as humans can effectively mirror it. Learning to &“listen&” and &“talk&” to horses in their language, instead of expecting them to comprehend ours, is a milestone in the progressive philosophy of horsemanship, helping find positive solutions to behavior and training problems and ultimately leading to fewer misunderstandings between horses and humans.In her much anticipated follow-up, Wilsie uses true stories to relate examples of &“problems&” and how they were solved using Horse Speak. Her engaging narrative introduces readers to dozens of real life scenarios from different barns, various disciplines, and riders and handlers with contrasting experiences and backgrounds. Wilsie highlights her Horse Speak process, the clues that point to the best course of action, and the steps she takes to connect with horses that have shut down, grown confused, or become sulky or aggressive for any number of reasons. The result is a book full of incredible insight and exciting possibilities.
Keepers of the Reef
by Sharon WismerTakes children to the underwater world of Australia's Great Barrier Reef for a prime example of how a complex ecosystem depends on its keystone species. Sharon Wismer—reef ecologist and mom—is the best tour guide a kid could have for a visit to the underwater world of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Alice Wong’s richly detailed, accurate watercolors take a boy and girl snorkeling to see the fishes that maintain the ecological balance between the corals and their main competitor, algae. Without the fish species that brush, crop, scrape, excavate, and browse the algae, coral reefs would die. A coral reef is a brilliant and colorful example of how a complex ecosystem functions and why its keystone species are critical to its health. The Great Barrier Reef is one of Earth’s most celebrated natural treasures. Here children discover why the reef is threatened and what we can all do to help protect it. Endorsements are coming from Charlie Veron (“the godfather of coral,” featured in the 2017 film Chasing Coral) and David Bellwood, a world-renowned reef fish ecologist whose lab is the source of much of the information in this book. Keepers of Reef is the rare children’s book combining cutting-edge science with narrative and pictorial magic. Thorough backmatter sources and resources are included.
Invisible Beasts
by Sharona Muir"An amazing feat of imagination." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)"Invisible Beasts is a strange and beautiful meditation on love and seeing, a hybrid of fantasy and field guide, novel and essay, treatise and fable. With one hand it offers a sad commentary on environmental degradation, while with the other it presents a bright, whimsical, and funny exploration of what it means to be human. It's wonderfully written, crazily imagined, and absolutely original." -ANTHONY DOERR, author of All the Light We Cannot See and The Shell CollectorSophie is an amateur naturalist with a rare genetic gift: the ability to see a marvelous kingdom of invisible, sentient creatures that share a vital relationship with humankind. To record her observations, Sophie creates a personal bestiary and, as she relates the strange abilities of these endangered beings, her tales become extraordinary meditations on love, sex, evolution, extinction, truth, and self-knowledge.In the tradition of E.O. Wilson's Anthill, Invisible Beasts is inspiring, philosophical, and richly detailed fiction grounded by scientific fact and a profound insight into nature. The fantastic creations within its pages-an ancient animal that uses natural cold fusion for energy, a species of vampire bat that can hear when their human host is lying, a continent-sized sponge living under the ice of Antarctica-illuminate the role that all living creatures play in the environment and remind us of what we stand to lose if we fail to recognize our entwined destinies.Sharona Muir is the author of The Book of Telling: Tracing the Secrets of My Father's Lives. The recipient of a Hodder Fellowship and National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, her writing has appeared in Granta, Orion magazine, Virginia Quarterly Review, The Paris Review, and elsewhere. She is a Professor of Creative Writing and English at Bowling Green State University. Invisible Beasts is her first novel.
Weekends with Daisy
by Sharron Kahn LuttrellCurrently in development with CBS Films, this is the emotional and uplifting memoir of a woman who became a volunteer trainer for Daisy, a sweet yellow Lab puppy, and her unique relationship with the inmate who is Daisy's partner in the Prison PUP program.When Sharron Luttrell, a journalist still deeply mourning the loss of her family dog, found out about a weekend puppy raiser program for a service dog organization, she knew it was just she needed to help her move on. It seemed ideal; pick up a puppy on Friday, return it on Sunday night, get a new puppy each year. No strings attached. Well, it turns out that there were strings - and they tugged at her every Sunday evening when she had to return "her dog" to prison. This memoir chronicles Sharron's year co-parenting Daisy, a sweet lab puppy, with Keith, a convicted felon serving a decades-long sentence. As Sharron and Keith develop a rapport based on their brief weekend handovers (an exchange she describes as "divorced parents handing over the kids"), she begins to speculate about what the quiet, gentle Keith could have done to wind up in medium-security prison. When, through an accident of fate, Sharron finally discovers the crime Keith actually committed, she is shaken to her foundation. How can she continue to work with him, knowing what she does? But can she dismiss her personal experience with him, which has been nothing but kind? Ultimately, she looks to Daisy to pull her through--she must "think like a dog" and react in the present, not the past. Mindful of how much Daisy has taught her in a short time, Sharron can also see how much this special dog has helped Keith learn empathy, remorse, and to face the consequences of his actions. As the two of them work tirelessly to ensure that Daisy passes her final test and fulfills her destiny by becoming a service dog, Sharron tests the limits of her own strength, compassion, and capacity for love.
A Little Snail Book: Time to Go Home
by Shasha LvWelcome to the whimsical world of Little Snail and friends!Time to Go Home celebrates the different routes and routines each friend undertakes on their way home from school—with a playful twist at the end.Animals of all shapes and sizes abound in this sweet, feel-good board book infused with friendship and fun.• Themes of school and travel help the youngest of readers better understand the world around them.• Features bright, unique illustrations and bold, beautiful colors• Teeming with cute animal characters to make your little one giggleLittle Snail serves up a delightful surprise, proving that the smallest of creatures can be special indeed.This charming book delivers delight with wit, humor, and ample sweet and silly moments.• Ideal for children ages 0 to 3 years old• A great pick for preschool and kindergarten teachers looking for a crowd-pleasing picture book for little students• Perfect for parents, grandparents, and caregivers• You'll love this book if you love books like Franklin Goes to School by Paulette Bourgeois; Preschool, Here I Come! by David J Steinberg; and Daniel Goes to School by Becky Friedman.
Incredible--and True!--Fishing Stories: Hilarious Feats of Bravery, Tales of Disaster and Revenge, Shocking Acts of Fish Aggression, Stories of Impossible Victories and Crushing Defeats
by Shaun MoreyWhat’s almost as good as going fishing? Hearing, telling, and swapping great fish stories. Shaun Morey is a fisherman, a connoisseur of fish stories, and a journalist with a novelist’s eye (and vice versa) in this collection of over 100 incredible (and true!) fishing stories. Here are Remarkable Catches—like the time Billy Sandifer caught a 1,000-pound tiger shark in the surf (he released it after nabbing a souvenir tooth). Grueling Battles—like Bob Ploeger’s record-breaking 37-hour fight with a Pacific salmon. Hilarious Feats of Bravery, like the exploits of Matt Watson, who leapt out of a helicopter to land on the back of a marlin. And, in what can only be considered poetic justice, Shocking Acts of Fish Aggression, like Mitchell Lee Franklin’s visit to the emergency room with a 5-pound catfish attached to his chest via an impaled dorsal fin. Includes illustrations, photos, and links to videos on the author’s website.
Cicada
by Shaun TanA stunning picture book for anyone who has ever felt unappreciated, from Shaun Tan, Academy Award winner and winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal 2020. Cicada work in tall building.Data entry clerk. Seventeen year.No sick day. No mistake.Tok Tok Tok!Cicada works in an office, dutifully working day after day for unappreciative bosses and being bullied by his co-workers. But one day, something truly extraordinary happens . . . A story for anyone who has ever felt unappreciated, overlooked or overworked but dreams of magic, from Australia's most acclaimed picture book creator, and first BAME winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal. This is Shaun Tan's first author-illustrator book in five years, and his most important and moving fable since The Arrival.
Tales From The Inner City
by Shaun TanThe visionary Shaun Tan returns to show us the soul-opening work he’s been doing for the past five years. Tales from the Inner City is a collection of incredibly original stories, rich with feeling, strangely moving, almost numinous. And when the reader comes to the artwork, it’s like walking into an amazing room, and then throwing open a curtain to see a brilliant scene that makes you understand and appreciate everything you’ve encountered in a deeper way.
Tales from the Inner City
by Shaun TanA unique and beautiful book for kids and adults that combines short stories and poetry with surrealist art -- a return to the form that made Shaun Tan a visionary in the world of graphic novels.A young girl's cat brightens the lives of everyone in the neighborhood. A woman and her dog are separated by time and space, awaiting the day they will be reunited. A race of fish build a society parallel to our own. And a bunch of office managers suddenly turn into frogs, but find that their new lives aren't so bad.The ambitious, unique and provocative Tales From the Inner City draws on the success of Shaun Tan's The Arrival and Tales From Outer Suburbia and updates its sensibilities for a new generation. Combining his poignant and sensitive short stories with surreal, luminous paintings, Tan turns his astute lens on the environment, cities, family and the relationships between human and animals. This work opens a portal to the imagination and captures the beauty, joy and tragedy in the everyday lives of kids, teens and adults.
Cartas memorables: Gatos
by Shaun UsherCartas memorables es una celebración del poder de la correspondencia tradicional que capta, con un humor e ingenio, las grandezas y las miserias de nuestras vidas. Desplazada por alternativas virtuales que irrumpen fugazmente en nuestra conciencia y se volatilizan casi sin dejar rastro, la carta ha sido siempre esa cápsula de tiempo y espacio que mantiene vivas las constantes vitales del ser humano y se manifiesta como parte inherente de nosotros mismos. En este libro tan delicioso, sorprendente y adictivo como una caja de bombones, Shaun Usher ha agrupado una selección de misivas fascinantes y entrañables que desmenuzan y celebran el carácter tan singular de nuestros amigos felinos. Con cartas de Raymond Chandler, John Cheever, Charles Dickens, T. S. Eliot, Ana Frank, Jack Lemmon, Katherine Mansfield, Florence Nightingale, Elizabeth Taylor y María Zambrano, entre otros.
Letters of Note: Cats (Letters of Note #1)
by Shaun UsherAn irresistible new volume of affectionate missives about our feline companions from Charles Dickens, Anne Frank, Raymond Chandler, Elizabeth Taylor, and more, from the author of the bestselling Letters of Note collectionsFlorence Nightingale sends care instructions to the woman who has just adopted her angora tomcat Mr. White. T. S. Eliot issues a rhyming birthday party invitation to all Jellicle cats for his four-year-old godson. Jack Kerouac's mother grieves at the death of the family cat. Jack Lemmon winkingly suggests to Walter Matthau that they go in on a cat ranch in Mexico. This utterly charming collection offers a warm and friendly look at the place that cats occupy in our hearts and lives. These thirty letters capture the profound delight of having or observing a cat, and they reveal a keen insight into feline nature as well as our own.
Letters of Note: Cats (Letters of Note)
by Shaun UsherAn irresistible feline-themed selection of letters from the curator of the globally popular Letters of Note website.The first volume in the bestselling Letters of Note series was a collection of hundreds of the world's most entertaining, inspiring, and unusual letters, based on the seismically popular website of the same name--an online museum of correspondence visited by over 70 million people. From Virginia Woolf's heartbreaking suicide letter, to Queen Elizabeth II's recipe for drop scones sent to President Eisenhower; from the first recorded use of the expression 'OMG' in a letter to Winston Churchill, to Gandhi's appeal for calm to Hitler; and from Iggy Pop's beautiful letter of advice to a troubled young fan, to Leonardo da Vinci's remarkable job application letter. Now, the curator of Letters of Note, Shaun Usher, gives us wonderful new volumes featuring letters organized around a universal theme.In this volume, Shaun Usher turns to the cat--a subject of fascination, amusement, reverence, and joy. Even before they reigned supreme on the internet, their idiosyncratic ways and hold on our affections had long been written about in many forms. Letters of Note: collects together the most engaging missives that celebrate eulogize, rail against and analyze the ways of our feline companions. Includes letters by Nikola Tesla, Rachel Carson, Anne Frank, John Cheever, and many more.