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Have Dog, Will Travel: A Poet’s Journey with an Exceptional Labrador

10 best books like Have Dog, Will Travel: A Poet’s Journey with an Exceptional Labrador (Stephen Kuusisto): Lessons From Lucy: The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog, The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees, Together: A Memoir of a Marriage and a Medical Mishap, Reading Behind Bars: A True Story of Literature, Law, and Life as a Prison Librarian, Love Thy Neighbor: A Muslim Doctor's Struggle for Home in Rural America, Dog Man: An Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain, My Patients and Other Animals: A Veterinarian's Stories of Love, Loss, and Hope, Another Good Dog: One Family and Fifty Foster Dogs, A Carnival of Losses: Notes Nearing Ninety, Undo It!: How Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Reverse Most Chronic Diseases

Lessons From Lucy: The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog
AuthorDave Barry
ISBN1501161172
In this “little gem” ( Washington Independent Review of Books), Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist and New York Times bestselling author Dave Barry learns how to age happily from his old but joyful dog, Lucy.

As Dave Barry turns seventy—not happily—he realizes that his dog,...
The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees
AuthorMeredith May
ISBN0778307786
An extraordinary story of a girl, her grandfather and one of nature's most mysterious and beguiling creatures: the honeybee.

Meredith May recalls the first time a honeybee crawled on her arm. She was five years old, her parents had recently split and suddenly she found herself in the care of...
Together: A Memoir of a Marriage and a Medical Mishap
AuthorJudy Goldman
ISBN0385543948
A routine procedure left novelist, memoirist, and poet Judy Goldman's husband paralyzed. Together is her unforgettable account of the struggle to regain their "normal" life and a nuanced portrait of a marriage tested.

When Judy Goldman's husband of almost four decades reads a newspaper...
Reading Behind Bars: A True Story of Literature, Law, and Life as a Prison Librarian
AuthorJill Grunenwald
ISBN1510737065
“A fascinating look into a world many of us never see, and a powerful story about one woman’s journey to find her own strength, with a clear message of the importance of books and information for all.” —Booklist (American Library Association), starred review

In December 2008, twentysomething...
Love Thy Neighbor: A Muslim Doctor's Struggle for Home in Rural America
AuthorAyaz Virji
ISBN0525577203
A powerful true story about a Muslim doctor's service to small-town America and the hope of overcoming our country's climate of hostility and fear.

In 2013, Ayaz Virji left a comfortable job at an East Coast hospital and moved to a town of 1,400 in Minnesota, feeling called to address the shortage...
Dog Man: An Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain
AuthorMartha Sherrill
ISBN1594201242
How one man's consuming passion for dogs saved a legendary breed from extinction and led him to a difficult, more soulful way of life in the wilds of Japan's remote snow country

As Dog Man opens, Martha Sherrill brings us to a world that Americans know very little about-the snow country of Japan...
My Patients and Other Animals: A Veterinarian's Stories of Love, Loss, and Hope
AuthorSuzy Fincham-Gray
ISBN0812998189
A moving memoir of a life spent in the company of animals--a veterinarian sheds light on the universal experience of loving, healing, and losing our beloved pets, and the many ways they change our lives.

Suzy Fincham-Gray dreamed of becoming a vet since she was a young girl. In 2000 she graduated,...
Another Good Dog: One Family and Fifty Foster Dogs
AuthorCara Sue Achterberg
ISBN1681777932
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...
A Carnival of Losses: Notes Nearing Ninety
AuthorDonald Hall
ISBN1328826341
“Hall lived long enough to leave behind two final books, memento mori titled ‘Essays After Eighty’ (2014) and now ‘A Carnival of Losses: Notes Nearing Ninety.’ They’re up there with the best things he did.” —Dwight Garner,  New York Times

From the former poet laureate...
Undo It!: How Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Reverse Most Chronic Diseases
AuthorDean Ornish
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Fight cancer, diabetes, heart disease, weight gain, and even the aging process itself with one simple, scientifically proven plan to reverse disease--as well as prevent and reduce symptoms--from the world-renowned pioneer of lifestyle medicine.

Dean Ornish, M.D.,...
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