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Training Your Own Service Dog: The Complete Guide: Everything you need to know about your owner-trained service dog

Megan Brooks · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Complete guide to training your own service dog
 
 
The Cheese Trap: How Breaking a Surprising Addiction Will Help You Lose Weight, Gain Energy, and Get Healthy

Neal D Barnard · Grand Central Pub
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

New York Times bestselling author Dr. Neal Barnard reveals the shocking truth about cheese-the dangerous addiction that is harming your health-and presents a radical program to lose weight and feel great. We've been told that dairy does a body good, but the truth is that cheese can be dangerous....
 
 
The Illustrated Practical Guide to Small Pets & Pet Care: Hamsters, Gerbils, Guinea Pigs, Rabbits, Birds, Reptiles, Fish

David Alderton · Hermes House
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Expert practical advice on choosing, housing, feeding and handling small pets, shown in 800 photographs.
 
 
The Inner Life of Cats: The Science and Secrets of Our Mysterious Feline Companions

Thomas McNamee · Hachette Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Our feline companions are much-loved but often mysterious. In The Inner Life of Cats, Thomas McNamee blends scientific reportage with engaging, illustrative anecdotes about his own beloved cat, Augusta, to explore and illuminate the secrets and enigmas of her kind. As it begins, The Inner...
 
 
Talking to Animals: How You Can Understand Animals and They Can Understand You

Jon Katz · Atria Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

There are so many benefits to learning how to communicate with animals. Love, trust, a spiritual connection that goes to the heart of the human-animal bond. Every time I listen to them, I learn about myself.We seem to need animals in our disconnected lives more and more, yet we understand...
 
 
The Real Cost of Fracking: How America's Shale Gas Boom Is Threatening Our Families, Pets, and Food

Michelle Bamberger · Beacon Press
Pages: 230
Format: Hardcover

A pharmacologist and a veterinarian pull back the curtain on the human and animal health effects of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking" Across the country, fracking - the extraction of natural gas by hydraulic fracturing - is being touted as the nation's answer to energy independence...
 
 
The Wasp That Brainwashed the Caterpillar: Evolution's Most Unbelievable Solutions to Life's Biggest Problems

Matt Simon · Penguin Books
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

"A bizarre collection of evolution tales . . . the weirder, the better." - Entertainment WeeklyA fascinating exploration of the awe-inspiring, weird, and unsettling ingenuity of evolutionOn a barren seafloor, the pearlfish swims into the safety of a sea cucumber's anus. To find...
 
 
Love Me, Feed Me: Sharing with Your Dog the Everyday Good Food You Cook and Enjoy

Judith Jones · Knopf
Format: Hardcover

From the esteemed food editor and author Judith Jones a charming practical guide to sharing the pleasures of home cooking with your dog Doesnrsquot manrsquos best friend deserve a little more than cardboard-dry kibble day in and day out Judith Jones thinks so and in this delightful new cookbook...
 
 
Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness

QING LI · Viking
Pages: 300
Format: Hardcover

The definitive guide to the therapeutic Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku, or the art and science of how trees can promote health and happinessNotice how a tree sways in the wind. Run your hands over its bark. Take in its citrusy scent. As a society we suffer from nature deficit disorder,...
 
 
Dinosaurus: The Complete Guide to Dinosaurs

Steve Parker · Firefly Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

"Magnificent in its breadth and illustration." -- Booklist Dinosaurus was published in 2003 and went on to sell 15,000 in hardcover and more in paperback. Now 13 years have passed during which there have been dozens of discoveries. At the same price and fully revised, this...
 
 
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries From a Secret World

Peter Wohlleben · David Suzuki Institute
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

A forester's fascinating stories, supported by the latest scientific research, reveal the extraordinary world of forests and illustrate how trees communicate and care for each other. In "The Hidden Life of Trees, " Peter Wohlleben shares his deep love of woods and forests and explains...
 
 
Dr. Pitcairn's Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs & Cats (4th Edition)

Richard H Pitcairn · Rodale
Pages: 512
Format: Paperback

For more than 30 years, Dr. Pitcairn's Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs & Cats has been the go-to resource for health-conscious animal lovers. This fourth edition is updated with the latest information in natural pet health, including groundbreaking research on the benefits...
 
 
Setting Up a Tropical Aquarium: Week By Week

Stuart Thraves · Firefly Books
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

This authoritative encyclopedia--revised and updated to reflect the latest developments in current fishkeeping technology and technique-- takes a fresh look at the popular topic of setting up and maintaining a tropical freshwater aquarium. It begins with guiding hobbyists, especially...
 
 
Bespotted: My Family's Love Affair with Thirty-Eight Dalmatians

Linda Gray Sexton · Counterpoint
Format: Hardcover

The Sexton family's long love affair with the Dalmatian began in Linda's childhood. There, on a snowy morning in the family home just outside Boston, LInda heard a whimpering coming from the basement. She discovered their first family dog giving birth to a litter. Witnessing the intimate...
 
 
BirdNote: Chirps, Quirks, and Stories of 100 Birds from the Popular Public Radio Show

Ellen Blackstone · Sasquatch Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

One hundred entertaining and informative essays from the popular public radio feature program, BirdNote, accompanied by original illustrations throughout--an illuminating volume for bird and nature lovers across North America.Here are the best stories about our avian friends from the public...