Rescue Road: One Man, Thirty Thousand Dogs, and a Million Miles on the Last Hope Highway
10 best books like Rescue Road: One Man, Thirty Thousand Dogs, and a Million Miles on the Last Hope Highway (Peter Zheutlin): The Possibility Dogs: What a Handful of "Unadoptables" Taught Me About Service, Hope, and Healing, Pit Bull: The Battle over an American Icon, Lost and Found: Dogs, Cats, and Everyday Heroes at a Country Animal Shelter, Best Friends: The True Story of the World's Most Beloved Animal Sanctuary, The Dogs of Avalon: The Race to Save Animals in Peril, What the Dog Knows: The Science and Wonder of Working Dogs, The Dog Merchants: Inside the Big Business of Breeders, Pet Stores, and Rescuers, Off the Leash: A Year at the Dog Park, Out of Harm's Way, Pawprints of Katrina: Pets Saved and Lessons Learned
An inspiring story that shows how dogs can be rescued, and can rescue in return.
With her critically acclaimed, bestselling first book, Scent of the Missing, Susannah Charleson was widely praised for her unique insight into the kinship between humans and dogs, as revealed through her work...
Pit Bull: The Battle over an American Icon
| Author | Bronwen Dickey |
| ISBN | 0307961761 |
The hugely illuminating story of how a popular breed of dog became the most demonized and supposedly the most dangerous of dogs—and what role humans have played in the transformation.
When Bronwen Dickey brought her new dog home, she saw no traces of the infamous viciousness in her affectionate,...
Elizabeth Hess, a journalist and former art critic, walked into the Columbia Greene Animal Shelter in upstate New York looking for a new dog. Touched by the animals' plight and the dedication of the workers, she began to volunteer at the shelter on a regular basis. In Lost and Found, Hess brings you behind...
| Author | Samantha Glen |
| ISBN | 1575667355 |
"Sinjin the badly burned black cat. . .who survived to welcome others home Victor the abandoned Australian Shepherd mix. . . the capo among dogs Tyson and Tommy, two tiny black kittens. . .who had something to teach us all
Discover Best Friends A Place Where Every Animal Is Safe. . .Loved. . .And...
| Author | Laura Schenone |
| ISBN | 0393073580 |
Greyhounds, bred to be the fastest racing dogs on earth, are streaks of lightning. Beautiful, astonishing creatures, tens of thousands of them have been abandoned and destroyed every year once they can no longer compete and win.
The Dogs of Avalon introduces us to the strong-willed Marion...
| Author | Cat Warren |
| ISBN | 1451667310 |
A firsthand exploration of the fascinating world of “working dogs”—who seek out missing persons, sniff for explosives in war zones, and locate long-dead remains—through the experiences of a journalist and her canine companion, an incorrigible pup named Solo.
Cat Warren is a university...
| Author | Kim Kavin |
| ISBN | 1681771403 |
In what promises to become an Omnivore's Dilemma for dog lovers—breed devotees and adoption advocates alike—The Dog Merchants is the first book to explain the complex and often surprisingly similar business practices that extend from the American Kennel Club to local shelters, from Westminster...
| Author | Matthew Gilbert |
| ISBN | 1250014220 |
“Dog enthusiasts will flock to this entertaining account of an unlikely canine lover’s ascent into full-fledged member of the neighborhood dog park…"–Publishers Weekly
Off the Leash is a group portrait of dog people, specifically the strange, wonderful, neurotic, and eccentric...
| Author | Terri Crisp |
| ISBN | 0671522787 |
This is the one book that got me involved in animal rescue back in 1998 when I first read it. Written after the devastation of Hurricane Andrew in south Florida, it highlights the hard work and total frustration that animal rescue workers endure to try to save even one terrified animal left behind in the...
| Author | Cathy Scott |
| ISBN | 0470228512 |
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, many animals had to fend for themselves because their owners lost them or were unable to care for them. In Pawprints of Katrina: Pets Saved and Lessons Learned, Cathy Scott documents her experience working with the Best Friends Animal Society triage center to...
This is a great book for anyone entertaining the idea of showing their dog and has very, very deep pockets. Having grown up spending just about every bloody weekend at a dog show from infancy to about age 12 - (my father bred herding/working dogs)...well let's just say this book offers the insight, costs,...
| Author | Stanley Coren |
| ISBN | 1439189218 |
"For Christmas the woman who would become my wife bought me a dog—a little terrier. The next year her Christmas gift to me was a shotgun. Most of the people in my family believe that those two gifts were not unrelated." So begins Born to Bark, the charming new memoir by psychologist and beloved dog...
| Author | John W. Pilley |
| ISBN | 0544102576 |
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,...
| Author | Sharon Sakson |
| ISBN | 1593500386 |
Being a dog lover, I'm already very familiar with the emotional upside of being around dogs, but this book took it a step further by suggesting that the ancient relationship between man and dog is evolving beyond companionship and emotional well-being.
As a former puppy-raiser for guide dogs,...
| Author | Sharron Kahn Luttrell |
| ISBN | 1451686234 |
“A heartwarming and utterly charming story about empathy, hope, and letting go. Weekends with Daisy shows us how loving a dog can make us all a little more human.” —Lisa Genova, NYT bestselling author of Still Alice and Love, Anthony
“Moving… with candor that will win over readers.”...
| Author | Suzy Fincham-Gray |
| ISBN | 0812998189 |
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,...
| Author | Stephen Kuusisto |
| ISBN | 1451689799 |
In a lyrical love letter to guide dogs everywhere, a blind poet shares his delightful story of how a guide dog changed his life and helped him discover a newfound appreciation for travel and independence.
At the age of thirty-eight, Stephen Kuusisto—who has managed his whole life without...
| Author | Amy Sutherland |
| ISBN | 0062377264 |
What shelter dogs need is obvious—a home. But how do we find all those homes? That question sends bestselling writer and lifelong dog lover Amy Sutherland on a quest to find the answers in her own volunteer work and beyond. The result is an unforgettable and inspiring trip through the world of homeless...
| Author | Stefany Shaheen |
| ISBN | 0316258768 |
The endearing true story of a Type-A mom struggling to care for a daughter who has Type 1 diabetes--and the incredible service dog who changes their lives for the better.
Stefany Shaheen takes readers on an emotional journey as she tries everything to manage her daughter Elle's deadly and unpredictable...
| Author | David Rosenfelt |
| ISBN | 1250014697 |
When mystery writer David Rosenfelt and his family moved from California to Maine, he thought he had prepared for everything. They had mapped the route, brought three GPSs for backup, refrigerators full of food, and volunteers for help. But traveling in three RVs with twenty-five dogs turned out to...
| Author | Jessica Vogelsang |
| ISBN | 1455554936 |
ALL DOGS GO TO KEVIN is a humorous and touching memoir that will appeal to anyone who has ever loved an animal or lost hours in James Herriot's classic veterinary stories.
You can't always count on people, but you can always count on your dog. No one knows that better than veterinarian Jessica...
The Dog Who Could Fly: The Incredible True Story of a WWII Airman and the Four-Legged Hero Who Flew At His Side
| Author | Damien Lewis |
| ISBN | 1476739145 |
An instant hit in the UK, this is the true account of a German shepherd who was adopted by the Royal Air Force during World War II, joined in flight missions, and survived everything from crash-landings to parachute bailouts; ultimately saving the life of his owner and dearest friend.
In the...
| Author | Martin Kihn |
| ISBN | 0307379159 |
(A true story.)
Meet Hola. She’s a nightmare, but it’s not her fault if she tackles strangers and chews on furniture, or if she runs after buses and fried chicken containers and drug dealers. No one ever told her not to. Worse yet, she scares her family. Hola may be the most beautiful Bernese...
