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The Dog Lover Unit: Lessons in Courage from the World's K9 Cops

10 best books like The Dog Lover Unit: Lessons in Courage from the World's K9 Cops (Rachel Rose): Rad Families: A Celebration, American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts, A Feathered River Across the Sky: The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction, The Dogs of Avalon: The Race to Save Animals in Peril, The Secret Language of Dogs: Unlocking the Canine Mind for a Happier Pet, Saying Goodbye to Lulu, A Matter of Breeding: A Biting History of Pedigree Dogs and How the Quest for Status Has Harmed Man's Best Friend, Going Home: Finding Peace When Pets Die, Wild Babies: Photographs of Animals in Their First Weeks of Life, Unlikely Friendships: Dogs: 37 Stories of Canine Compassion and Courage

Rad Families: A Celebration
AuthorTomas Moniz
ISBN1629632309
Rad Families: A Celebration honors the messy, the painful, the playful, the beautiful, the myriad ways we create families. This is not an anthology of experts, or how-to articles on perfect parenting; it often doesn’t even try to provide answers. Instead, the writers strive to be honest and vulnerable...
American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts
AuthorChris McGreal
ISBN1541773772
The opioid epidemic has been described as "one of the greatest mistakes of modern medicine." But calling it a mistake is a generous rewriting of the history of greed, corruption, and indifference that pushed the US into consuming more than 80 percent of the world's opioid painkillers.

Journeying...
A Feathered River Across the Sky: The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction
AuthorJoel Greenberg
ISBN1620405342
In the early nineteenth century 25 to 40 percent of North America's birds were passenger pigeons, traveling in flocks so massive as to block out the sun for hours or even days. The down beats of their wings would chill the air beneath and create a thundering roar that would drown out all other sound. Feeding...
The Dogs of Avalon: The Race to Save Animals in Peril
AuthorLaura Schenone
ISBN0393073580
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...
The Secret Language of Dogs: Unlocking the Canine Mind for a Happier Pet
AuthorVictoria Stilwell
ISBN1607749521
I don't know if any of you ever watched Victoria Stilwell on Animal Planet's "It's Me Or The Dog" but I did and I loved it.



This book is not about training but about a how a dog works. There are different chapters with sections in them. I have to say my favorite one was the Zoomies! =) This happens...
Saying Goodbye to Lulu
AuthorCorinne Demas
ISBN0316702781
A young girl and her lovable dog, Lulu, are the best of friends and do everything together. As Lulu ages and starts to slow down the girl shows her compassion by making Lulu comfortable in her bed and helping to feed her. When Lulu dies the caring, young girl must comes to terms with her loss and find a way to...
A Matter of Breeding: A Biting History of Pedigree Dogs and How the Quest for Status Has Harmed Man's Best Friend
AuthorMichael Brandow
A provocative look at the “cult of pedigree” and an entertaining social history of purebred dogs

So-called “purebreds” are the mainstay of the dog industry, and expert Michael Brandow argues that these aren’t markers of time-honored traditions but rather commercial inventions...
Going Home: Finding Peace When Pets Die
AuthorJon Katz
ISBN0345502698
In Soul of a Dog, Izzy & Lenore,  A Good Dog, and other acclaimed works, New York Times bestselling author Jon Katz has written meaningfully about the cherished bond between humans and animals—especially our intense connection to our pets. Now, in this moving and thoughtful book, Katz addresses...
Wild Babies: Photographs of Animals in Their First Weeks of Life
AuthorTraer Scott
ISBN1452134863
Bestselling author and photographer Traer Scott captures the magic and wonder of a young animal's first weeks of life in this heartwarming collection of photographs. Featuring portraits of more than 30 baby animals, Wild Babies provides a glimpse into the rarely seen world of newborn creatures....
Unlikely Friendships: Dogs: 37 Stories of Canine Compassion and Courage
AuthorJennifer S. Holland
ISBN0761187286
A new book from the New York Times bestselling series.

Enhanced with beautiful full-color photographs, these true stories of camaraderie, affection, and remarkable bravery are from the author of the New York Times bestsellers Unlikely Friendships, Unlikely Loves, and Unlikely Heroes,...
Animals (An Animal Planet Book): A Visual Encyclopedia
AuthorAnimal Planet
ISBN1618931539
Introducing the first encyclopedia book from Animal Planet--the leading brand for animal lovers--that tells the story of our planet's animal life and celebrates our vital and humanizing connection with the animal world.

Animals are...surprisingly human. Finding the ways in which people...
Birds of a Feather: A True Story of Hope and the Healing Power of Animals
AuthorLorin Lindner
ISBN1250132630
The inspiring story of how one woman's vision helped create a unique healing community

Lee Woodruff: "This true story will twist your heart like a sponge and renew your faith in the world."

Vicki Myron: "A heartwarming book."

Animal lover though she was, Lorin Lindner was...
One Goal: A Coach, a Team, and the Game that Brought a Divided Town Together
AuthorAmy Bass
ISBN0316396540
In the tradition of Friday Night Lights and Outcasts United, ONE GOAL tells the inspiring story of the soccer team in a town bristling with racial tension that united Somali refugees and multi-generation Mainers in their quest for state--and ultimately national--glory.

When thousands...
Rescue Your Dog from Fear: Tried-and-True Techniques to Help Your Dog Feel Secure
AuthorPeggy O. Swager
ISBN1493004778
I had high hopes for this book since the author espouses positive training techniques and a patient, repetitive approach that I can get behind. However, I felt like the bulk of the book was aimed at rehabilitating submissive fearful dogs. The majority of the dogs described in case studies furthermore...
642 Lists to Write: (Creative Writing Prompts for Adults, Guided Journal Gift for Writers)
AuthorSan Francisco Writers' Grotto
ISBN1452156409
What a fascinating book! I want to give it more than five stars. It is a book with sufficient room to answer questions formatted like a notebook, but the questions are what make it so special. They are creative, probing and force you the writer to challenge how you think, to remember from your past and to...
Y'all Need This Book: The Definitive Guide to Being a Texan
AuthorJay B. Sauceda
ISBN1423640624
Do you ever ask yourself, "how can I be even more Texan?" Whether you're a freshly minted Texan or one who has been around for a long time, this book'll help you learn to walk, talk, and act a heck of a lot more Texan. Written by the owner of Texas Humor, Jay B. Sauceda, this book helps old timers and newcomers...
Putin's World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest
AuthorAngela Stent
ISBN1455533025
We all now live in a paranoid and polarized world of Putin’s making, and the Russian leader, through guile and disruption, has resurrected Russia’s status as a force to be reckoned with. From renowned foreign policy expert Angela Stent comes a must-read dissection of present-day Russian motives...
Baby Animals Playing
AuthorSuzi Eszterhas
ISBN1771472979
Around the world, baby animals use play to learn and practice important skills. Whether it's baby lemurs climbing trees, giraffe calves galloping in the grass, or cheetah brothers wrestling, baby animals at play are not only adorable -- they can teach us about animal behavior, too.
The first in...
The Quotable Darwin
AuthorJanet Browne
ISBN0691169357
A treasure trove of illuminating and entertaining quotations from the legendary naturalist

Here is Charles Darwin in his own words--the naturalist, traveler, scientific thinker, and controversial author of On the Origin of Species, the book that shook the Victorian world. Featuring...
Yours Always: Letters of Longing
AuthorEleanor Bass
ISBN1785781685
"I’ll just go on loving you in my deepest heart as I have done this very long time already." —Loretta Young

Love is the most celebrated of human experiences — yet it can also be the most devastating. This is a collection of passionate, deeply personal letters revealing the painful underside...
Camper Rehab: A Guide to Buying, Repairing, and Upgrading Your Travel Trailer
AuthorChris Peterson
ISBN0760353522
Old campers have an appeal that reaches back in time and can send your imagination soaring. Let's face it: they are cool. Who hasn't seen one parked on a boulevard with a "for sale" sign and pictured it bouncing along behind the family car, ready for adventure and fun? 

Unfortunately, campers...
Dogs Rule Nonchalantly
AuthorMark Ulriksen
ISBN1939621100
There is nothing happier than a happy dog” reads one of the observations in this humorous and heartwarming look at the everyday interactions between man and man’s best friend. Renown illustrator Mark Ulriksen combines his handwritten observations with his intricate paintings of dogs from over...
Alternative Facts: 200 Incredible, Absolutely True(-Ish) Stories
AuthorAlex Palmer
ISBN1435166280
Did you hear that Pope Francis endorsed Trump? Or that you have to pay to perform "Happy Birthday to You" in public? How about that the Soviet Union once banned microwaves out of fear that they were spreading diseases? These are all totally true things!* Everyone is saying so.

There's a lot of...
"Guns Don't Kill People, People Kill People": And Other Myths About Guns and Gun Control
AuthorDennis A. Henigan
ISBN0807088846
Debunking the lethal logic behind the pervasive myths that have framed the gun control debate

The gun lobby's remarkable success in using engaging slogans to frame the gun control debate has allowed it to block lifesaving gun legislation for decades. But is there any truth to this bumper-sticker...
No One Man Should Have All That Power: How Rasputins Manipulate the World
AuthorAmos Barshad
ISBN1419734555
An exploration of infamous, controversial figures and how they exert control.

Amos Barshad has long been fascinated by the powerful. But not by elected officials or natural leaders—he’s interested in their scheming advisors, the dark figures who wield power in the shadows. And, as...
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