Soul of a Lion: One Woman's Quest to Rescue Africa's Wildlife Refugees
10 best books like Soul of a Lion: One Woman's Quest to Rescue Africa's Wildlife Refugees (Barbara Bennett): Ring of Bright Water, The Dog Who Rescues Cats: True Story of Ginny, The Lightning Thief: The Graphic Novel, Kisses from Katie: A Story of Relentless Love and Redemption, The Wilderness Family: At Home with Africa's Wildlife, Zoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captives, The Bond: Our Kinship with Animals, Our Call to Defend Them, Tarra & Bella: The Elephant and Dog Who Became Best Friends, Elephant Memories: Thirteen Years in the Life of an Elephant Family, No Dogs in Heaven?: Scenes from the Life of a Country Veterinarian
| Author | Gavin Maxwell |
| ISBN | 0140249729 |
I wanted to read this after having a go at Miriam Darlington’s Otter Country, which in many ways revolved around this book and the landscape described by Gavin Maxwell. He got much closer to the animals than Darlington, so perhaps it’s not surprising that his account is more interesting and vital....
The Dog Who Rescues Cats: True Story of Ginny
| Author | Philip González |
| ISBN | 0060927801 |
Philip Gonzalez had lost all interest in living after an industrial accident left him disabled. A friend suggested he adopt a dog.Reluctantly he went to the shelter, where Ginny, a badly abused one-year-old pup,quickly won him over. Philip realized immediately that Ginny was no ordinary dog--she...
| Author | Rick Riordan |
| ISBN | 1423116968 |
You've read the book. You've seen the movie. Now submerge yourself in the thrilling, stunning, and action-packed graphic novel.
Mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking out of the pages of twelve-year-old Percy Jackson's textbooks and into his life. And worse, he's...
Kisses from Katie: A Story of Relentless Love and Redemption
| Author | Katie Davis |
| ISBN | 1451612060 |
What would cause an eighteen-year-old old senior class president and homecoming queen from Nashville, Tennessee, to disobey and disappoint her parents by forgoing college, break her little brother’s heart, lose all but a handful of her friends (because the rest of them think she has gone off the...
The Wilderness Family: At Home with Africa's Wildlife
| Author | Kobie Krüger |
| ISBN | 0345444264 |
Everyone warned Kobie Krüger that being the wife of a game warden at a remote ranger station in South Africa's largest national park would be an arduous move. The heat was unbearable, malaria would be a constant danger, her husband would have to be away for long stretches, there were no schools or nearby...
Zoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captives
| Author | Thomas French |
| ISBN | 1401323464 |
Welcome to the savage and surprising world of Zoo Story, an unprecedented account of the secret life of a zoo and its inhabitants, both animal and human. Based on six years of research, the book follows a handful of unforgettable characters at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo: an alpha chimp with a weakness for...
| Author | Wayne Pacelle |
| ISBN | 0061969788 |
The president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, the world’s largest animal protection organization, Wayne Pacelle brings us The Bond, a heartfelt, eye-opening exploration of the special bond between animals and humans. With the poignant insight of Animals Make Us Human and the...
Tarra & Bella: The Elephant and Dog Who Became Best Friends
| Author | Carol Buckley |
| ISBN | 0399254439 |
Best friends come in all shapes and sizes! After retiring from the circus, Tarra became the first resident of the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee. When other elephants moved in and developed close friendships, only Tarra remained independent? until the day she met a stray mixed-breed dog named Bella.
It...
Elephant Memories: Thirteen Years in the Life of an Elephant Family
| Author | Cynthia Moss |
| ISBN | 0226542378 |
Cynthia Moss has studied the elephants in Kenya's Amboseli National Park for over twenty-seven years. Her long-term research has revealed much of what we now know about these complex and intelligent animals. Here she chronicles the lives of the members of the T families led by matriarchs Teresia,...
| Author | Robert T. Sharp |
| ISBN | 0786715243 |
For the millions of animal enthusiasts in America, here's a heartwarming collection of tales by veterinarian Robert Sharp that relate the joys and misadventures of being an animal doctor in small-town U.S.A. With humor and compassion, No Dogs in Heaven? portrays the great and not-so-great characteristics...
| Author | Kristin von Kreisler |
| ISBN | 0761518088 |
Do Animals Have Feelings?
According to Kristin von Kreisler, the answer is an undeniable yes. Here, she shares dozens of absorbing, true stories of animals who've risked their lives to keep the human they love out of danger. You'll read of incredibly heroic acts—from the dog who swallows a firecracker...
| Author | Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson |
| ISBN | 0345448839 |
Drawing from literature, history, animal behavioral research, and the wonderful true stories of cat experts and cat lovers around the world, Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson vividly explores the delights and mysteries of the feline heart. But at the core of this remarkable book are Masson’s candid,...
| Author | Gene Weingarten |
| ISBN | 1416534997 |
Calling all fleabags! As a big fan of geriatric canines, I howled for this book from the moment I heard about it. And, I realized quickly I was barking up the right tree here with purchase of an expensive hardback book in which the authors were clearly not dogging it. I am growling, however, because this...
| Author | Jay Kopelman |
| ISBN | 1400138752 |
The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.
-E.B. White
This was an inspiring follow up to (From Baghdad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava), tracing Jay Kopelman and his transplanted dog Lava’s transition back to civilian life in the US. Unlike the first...
ZooBorns!: Zoo Babies from Around the World
| Author | Andrew Bleiman |
| ISBN | 1442412720 |
When I found this book on the new books shelf, I had to catch myself before uttering a loud squeal that would have certainly garnered me a few "shusshes!" But, come on, how cute is that bengal tiger cub on the cover!? ;-) And if even the sternest of librarians looked at the fifteen little pictures on the back...
| 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 | Seth Casteel |
| ISBN | 0316254894 |
New York Times bestselling author and photographer Seth Casteel's follow-up to the phenomenal Underwater Dogs -- now with puppies.
The world fell in love with swimming canines in Seth Casteel's first book, Underwater Dogs. Now, in more than 80 previously unpublished portraits of underwater...
| Author | Lawrence Anthony |
| ISBN | 0312358326 |
When the Iraq war began, conservationist Lawrence Anthony could think of only one thing: the fate of the Baghdad Zoo, located in the city center and caught in the war's crossfire. Once Anthony entered Baghdad he discovered that full-scale combat and uncontrolled looting had killed nearly all the animals...
| Author | Reyna Grande |
| ISBN | 1439109060 |
Dancing with Butterflies uses the alternating voices of four very different women whose lives interconnect through a common passion for their Mexican heritage and a dance company called Alegría. Yesenia, who founded Alegría with her husband, Eduardo, sabotages her own efforts to remain a vital,...
