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Citizen Canine: Our Evolving Relationship with Cats and Dogs
David Grimm · Perseus Books Group Pages: 337 Format: Hardcover |
Dogs are getting lawyers. Cats are getting kidney transplants. Could they one day be fellow citizens?Cats and dogs were once wild animals. Today, they are family members and surrogate children. A little over a century ago, pets didn't warrant the meager legal status of property. Now, they... |
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The Imperfect Environmentalist: A Practical Guide to Clearing Your Body, Detoxing Your Home, and Saving the Earth
Sara Gilbert · Ballantine Books |
Actress, producer, mother, and imperfect environmentalist, Sara Gilbert understands how helping the environment can seem overwhelming. Between keeping up with work, friends, and kids, who has the time or money to maintain a compost pile, become an activist, or knit a sweater out of recycled... |
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The Periodic Table: A Visual Guide to the Elements
Paul Parsons · Quercus Pages: 240 Format: Paperback |
As one of the most recognizable images in science, the periodic table is ingrained in our culture. First drawn up in 1869 by Dmitri Mendeleev, its 118 elements make up not only everything on our planet but also everything in the entire universe.The Periodic Table looks at the fascinating... |
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Penguins: The Ultimate Guide
Julie Cornthwaite · Princeton University Press Format: Hardcover |
Penguins are perhaps the most beloved birds. On land, their behavior appears so humorous and expressive that we can be excused for attributing to them moods and foibles similar to our own. Few realize how complex and mysterious their private lives truly are, as most of their existence takes... |
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Chaser: Unlocking the Genius of the Dog Who Knows a Thousand Words
Dr. John W. Pilley Jr. Ph.D , · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Format: Hardcover |
A New York Times Bestseller The amazing story of a very smart Border collie who is redefining animal intelligence. Chaser has a way with words. She knows over a thousand of them - more than any other animal of any species except humans. In addition to common nouns like house, ball, and tree,... |
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Shepherd: A Memoir
Richard Gilbert · Michigan State University Press; 1 edition |
Upon moving to Appalachian Ohio with their two small children, Richard Gilbert and his wife are thrilled to learn there still are places in America that haven’t been homogenized. But their excitement over the region’s beauty and quirky character turns to culture shock as they... |
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