The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats: A Journey into the Feline Heart
10 best books like The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats: A Journey into the Feline Heart (Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson): Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide, The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick, The Dog Who Rescues Cats: True Story of Ginny, Cry of the Kalahari, Soul of a Lion: One Woman's Quest to Rescue Africa's Wildlife Refugees, 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, Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman, No Dogs in Heaven?: Scenes from the Life of a Country Veterinarian
| Author | Peter Allison |
| ISBN | 0762745657 |
A hilarious, highly original collection of essays based on the Botswana truism: “only food runs!”
In the tradition of Bill Bryson, a new writer brings us the lively adventures and biting wit of an African safari guide. Peter Allison gives us the guide’s-eye view of living in the bush,...
The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick
The Lady from the Black Lagoon
uncovers the life and work of Milicent Patrick—one of Disney’s first female animators and the only woman in history to create one of Hollywood’s classic movie monsters.
As a teenager, Mallory O’Meara was thrilled to discover that one of her favorite...
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 | Mark Owens |
| ISBN | 0618711880 |
Oh, to be Mark and Delia and lie under the clear sky with only lions for company. That is the stuff of dreams for an animal lover. I feel privileged to have been taken by the authors to Botswana Kalahari and given a glimpse of the rare world out there, so inaccessible to most of us. So for that, thank you, Mark...
| Author | Barbara Bennett |
| ISBN | 1426206542 |
For animal lovers, nature enthusiasts, and the vast readership for gripping true-life stories, this African saga is a must-read adventure. It chronicles the unique Harnas Wildlife Foundation in Namibia, where Marieta van der Merwe and her family, former wealthy cattle farmers, have sold land...
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...
| Author | Sam Wasson |
| ISBN | 0061774157 |
Audrey Hepburn is an icon like no other, yet the image many of us have of Audrey—dainty, immaculate—is anything but true to life. Here, for the first time, Sam Wasson presents the woman behind the little black dress that rocked the nation in 1961. The first complete account of the making of Breakfast...
| 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 | Nancy Arrowsmith |
| ISBN | 0671790366 |
In high summer meadows, nestled in the moors, near old castles, or behind the kitchen stove--these are the places where the Little People may be found. Make the acquaintance of White Ladies and Red Caps, Church Grims and Hobgoblins, English Fairies, Leprechauns, Sirens, Hey-Hey Men, and all of their...
| Author | Ajit Mookerjee |
| ISBN | 0892812125 |
If you know absolutely nothing about female deities in Hinduism, this might be useful to read. But the focus remains much more on the images than the actual text and there is much less emphasis on Kali herself than the title would suggest. For both of these reasons, I will be seeking out another book on the...
| Author | Yogi Swatmarama |
| ISBN | 8185787387 |
This affordable, definitive edition of the Hatha Yoga Pradipika contains the original Sanskrit, a new English translation, and full-page photographs of all the asanas. The chakras, kundalini, mudras, shakti, nadis, bandhas, and many other topics are explained. This is the first edition of the...
| 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...
Librarian's Note: The ISBN 9789383260195 for this book was also used by "This Girl" by Colleen Hoover .
Between the divine and the diabolical, there is... Devi
India's first super heroine.
A native of mythical Indian city of Sitapur, Tara Mehta has no idea that she is about...
| 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 | Dan O'Neill |
| ISBN | 0465003486 |
In 1958, Edward Teller, father of the H-bomb, unveiled his plan to detonate six nuclear bombs off the Alaskan coast to create a new harbor. However, the plan was blocked by a handful of Eskimos and biologists who succeeded in preventing massive nuclear devastation potentially far greater than that...
Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha
| Author | Satyananda Saraswati |
| ISBN | 8186336141 |
Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha is recognised internationally as one of the most systematic yoga manuals today. Since it's first publication by the Bihar School of yoga in 1969 it has been reprinted thirteen times and translated into many languages. It is the main reference text used by Yoga teachers...
The Gratitude Diaries: How a Year Looking on the Bright Side Can Transform Your Life
| Author | Janice Kaplan |
| ISBN | 0525955062 |
In this New York Times bestseller, Janice Kaplan spends a year living gratefully and transforms her marriage, family life, work and health. Her pioneering reseach was praised in People and Vanity Fair and hailed on TV shows including Today, The O’Reilly Factor, and CBS’s The Talk.
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