Category: Animal Tales

Kinship With the Animals

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Beyond Words Pub Co : November 1998

Seller ID: 101667

ISBN-13: 9781885223883

A collection of 33 essays exploring various relationships humans have had with animals in past and present times. Contributors include researchers in animal behavior, animal rights activists, telepathic animal communication specialists, and environmentalists. They propose companionship and affiliati
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Woof!: Writers on Dogs

Price: $8.50

Publisher: Viking Adult : October 2008

Seller ID: 101339

ISBN-13: 9780670020294

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

some small stains on fore edge, black marker dot on lower edge
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Another Good Dog: One Family and Fifty Foster Dogs

By: Achterberg, Cara Sue

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Pegasus Books : August 2018

Seller ID: 92566

ISBN-13: 9781681777931

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

A warm and entertaining memoir about what happens when you foster fifty dogs in less than two years--and how the dogs save you as much as you save them. When Cara felt her teenaged children slipping away and saw an empty nest on the horizon, she decided the best way to fill that void was with dogs--lots of them--and so her foster journey began. In 2015, her Pennsylvania farm became a haven for Operation Paws for Homes. There were the nine puppies at once, which arrived with less than a day's notice; a heart- worm positive dog; a deeply traumatized stray pup from Iraq; and countless others who ...
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Locally Laid: How We Built a Plucky, Industry-changing Egg Farm - from Scratch

By: Amundsen, Lucie B.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Avery : March 2016

Seller ID: 101578

ISBN-13: 9781594634222

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

How a Midwestern family with no agriculture experience went from a few backyard chickens to a full-fledged farm--and discovered why local chicks are better. When Lucie Amundsen had a rare night out with her husband, she never imagined what he'd tell her over dinner--that his dream was to quit his office job (with benefits ) and start a commercial-scale pasture-raised egg farm. His entire agricultural experience consisted of raising five backyard hens, none of whom had yet laid a single egg. To create this pastured poultry ranch, the couple scrambles to acquire nearly two thousand chickens--al...
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Between Pets and People: The Importance of Animal Companionship (New Directions in the Human-Animal Bond)

By: Beck, Alan,Katcher, Aaron

Price: $6.50

Publisher: Purdue University Press : September 1996

Seller ID: 101588

ISBN-13: 9781557530776

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

very light foxing on edges, some slight wear on cover and edge
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What Pets Do While You're at Work

By: Bergund, Jason,West, Bev

Price: $2.50

Publisher: Scribner : October 2007

Seller ID: 149557

ISBN-13: 9781416547563

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

In the tradition of Bad Cat and Bad Dog comes a hilarious, photo-packed compilation of what pets are really up to while their owners are out earning money to buy their kibble. The work exposes pets for the fun-loving purveyors of mischief that they really are.Scribner
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Dreaming in Libro: How A Good Dog Tamed A Bad Woman

By: Bernikow, Louise

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Da Capo Press : June 2007

Seller ID: 101585

ISBN-13: 9780738210964

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

age discoloration along edges in text block, some light wear on jacket
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Penguin Bloom: The Odd Little Bird Who Saved a Family

By: Bloom, Cameron,Greive, Bradley Trevor

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Canongate Books : October 2016

Seller ID: 101606

ISBN-13: 9781782119791

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

some light wear along top edge of jacket
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Saving Gracie: How One Dog Escaped the Shadowy World of American Puppy Mills

By: Bradley, Carol

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Howell Book House : March 2010

Seller ID: 101605

ISBN-13: 9780470447581

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

black marker stripes through barcode on back of jacket
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Letters from the Hive: An Intimate History of Bees, Honey, and Humankind

By: Buchmann, Stephen,Repplier, Banning

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Bantam : April 2005

Seller ID: 101600

ISBN-13: 9780553803754

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

former library book, library stamp along top edge, very light foxing on edges, end pages and inside jacket, wear on edges of cover
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The Incredible Journey

By: Burnford, Sheila

Price: $2.50

Publisher: Starfire : June 1984

Seller ID: 101598

ISBN-13: 9780553274424

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

heavy age discoloration in text block and along spine
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The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild

By: Childs, Craig

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Back Bay Books : March 2009

Seller ID: 101611

ISBN-13: 9780316066471

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

some age discoloration along edges of text block, general light wear on cover and edges, inscription in ink inside front cover
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Strays: The True Story of a Lost Cat, a Homeless Man, and Their Journey Across America

By: Collins, Britt

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Atria Books : June 2018

Seller ID: 101610

ISBN-13: 9781501125621

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

For fans of A Street Cat Named Bob and Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World, "this lovely, luminous story will warm your heart and make you laugh and want to share your life with a rescue cat" (Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, author of The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats). Alcoholic and depressed, Michael King lives on the streets of Portland, Oregon, and sleeps in a UPS loading bay. One raining night, he stumbles upon a hurt, starving, scruffy cat cowering beneath a caf table and takes her in. He names her Tabor, nurses her back to health, and she becomes something of a celebrity ...
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