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Animal Happiness: Moving Exploration of Animals and Their Emotions - From Cats and Dogs to Orangutans and Tortoises
A New York Times Notable Book of 1994! Highly respected author, philosopher, and animal trainer Vicki Hearne offers a treasure trove of animal anecdotes, all written in her unique and poetic style. Through entertaining stories about cats, horses, an ornamental carp, a scorpion, and tortoises, Hearn... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1994 -
The Hounds of Heaven: Living and Hunting with an Ancient Breed
Tracing the History of the Oldest Breed of DogIn 1992, two Russian movie makers left a cryptic note for New Mexican writer Stephen Bodio at his local bar. It led him to Brighton Beach in Brooklyn, where he saw a film about the ancient breed of Central Asian sighthounds known as tazis. He would end u... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2016 -
Bandit: The Heart-Warming True Story of One Dog's Rescue from Death Row
Employing a unique combination of psychology, philosophy, sociology, and dog training theory, Vicki Hearne recounts her experiences with Bandit, a dog deemed so dangerous that the state of Connecticut condemned him to death. Hearne rescued Bandit and was soon entrenched in a legal battle that extend... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2007 -
Where the Blind Horse Sings: Love and Healing at an Animal Sanctuary
More than anything else, this is a book about love. In this deeply moving account, you will hear about Rambo, a sheep who informs the staff when another animal is in trouble; and Paulie, a former cockfighting rooster who eats lunch with humans; Dino, an old toothless pony who survived a fire; and ma... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2009 -
Woof!
As the popularity of Marley & Me attests, people love their dogs?and everyone else?s too. For all the time spent on grooming, petting, and other care?it?s as if owning a dog is a religion unto itself. Woof! brings together original essays from acclaimed writers ruminating on the sometimes tumultuous... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2008 -
My Dog Tulip
The distinguished British man of letters J. R. Ackerley hardly thought of himself as a dog lover when, well into middle age, he came into possession of a German shepherd. To his surprise, she turned out to be the love of his life, the "ideal friend" he had been searching for in vain for years. My Do... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1965 -
Among the Bone Eaters: Encounters with Hyenas in Harar (Animalibus: Of Animals and Cultures #8)
Biologists studying large carnivores in wild places usually do so from a distance, using telemetry and noninvasive methods of data collection. So what happens when an anthropologist studies a clan of spotted hyenas, Africa’s second-largest carnivores, up close—and in a city of a hundred thousand inh... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2015 -
Tamed and Untamed: Close Encounters of the Animal Kind
Extraordinary new insights into the minds and lives of our fellow creatures from two of the world’s top animal authors, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas and Sy Montgomery. "In their writing and in their lives and in their remarkable friendship, Liz and Sy break down false barriers and carry us closer to o... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2017 -
Arrowpoints, Spearheads, and Knives of Prehistoric Times
A thorough history of the weapons and tools our prehistoric ancestors used to survive, this book reveals a world that will fascinate anyone interested in outdoor skills, ancient weapons, or anthropology. Thomas Wilson explains the many types of arrowheads, spears, and knives used by the peoples of t... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2007 -
Keywords for Children's Literature, Second Edition (Keywords #9)
by Michael Joseph • Beverly Lyon Clark • Michelle Martin • Peter Hunt • Karen Sánchez-Eppler • Colleen Glenney Boggs • Elizabeth Marshall • Clémentine Beauvais • Lynne Vallone • Philip Nel • Lissa Paul • Robin Bernstein • Evelyn Arizpe • Katharine Capshaw • Vanessa Joosen • Patricia Crain • Kerry Mallan • Kenneth Kidd • Kimberley Reynolds • Mavis Reimer • Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair • Clare Bradford • JonArno Lawson • Nicole Markotić • Ute Dettmar • Karen Coats • Louise Joy • Naomi Hamer • Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer • Jacqueline Reid-Walsh • Joseph T. Thomas • Hugh Crago • Debra Dudek • Claudia Nelson • Derritt Mason • Zoe Jaques • Charles Hatfield • Anna Stemmann • Sandra L. Beckett • Kelly Hager • Mike Cadden • Boel Westin • Lydia Kokkola • Marah Gubar • Victoria Ford Smith • Nina Christensen • Sarah Park Dahlen • Eric L. Tribunella • Richard Flynn • B. j. McDaniel • Ebony Elizabeth Marshall • Elisabeth Lies Wesseling • Deirdre Baker • Karin E. Westman • Peter Hollindale • Michael Heyman • Kevin Shortsleeve • William Moebius • Stine Liv Johansen • Cathryn M. Mercier • Åse Marie Ommundsen • Emer O’SullivanIntroduces key terms, global concepts, debates, and histories for Children's Literature in an updated editionOver the past decade, there has been a proliferation of exciting new work across many areas of children’s literature and culture. Mapping this vibrant scholarship, the Second Edition of Keywo... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2021 -
Worldwise Learning: A Teacher′s Guide to Shaping a Just, Sustainable Future (Corwin Teaching Essentials)
Create inclusive, democratic classrooms that prepare knowledgeable, compassionate, and engaged global citizens. Today’s global challenges—climate change, food and water insecurity, social and economic inequality, and a global pandemic—demand that educators prepare students to become compassionate, ... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2022 -
Worldwise Learning: A Teacher′s Guide to Shaping a Just, Sustainable Future (Corwin Teaching Essentials)
Create inclusive, democratic classrooms that prepare knowledgeable, compassionate, and engaged global citizens. Today’s global challenges—climate change, food and water insecurity, social and economic inequality, and a global pandemic—demand that educators prepare students to become compassionate, ... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2022 -
Good Things, Emotional Healing Journal: Effective Strategies to Manage Unwanted Habits and Compulsive Behaviors: Addiction
Physical and emotional stress can make millions of people vulnerable to use mood altering substances and unhealthy habits as an attempt to cope. Good Things Emotional Healing Journal-Addiction is a valuable resource that offers effective strategies and insights to manage unwanted habits and compulsi... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2011 -
The Practice of the Meal: Food, Families and the Market Place (Routledge Interpretive Marketing Research)
Reflecting a growing interest in consumption practices, and particularly relating to food, this cross disciplinary volume brings together diverse perspectives on our (often taken for granted) domestic mealtimes. By unpacking the meal as a set of practices - acquisition, appropriation, appreciation... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2016 -
Knowledge Translation in Context
The main goal of knowledge translation (KT) is to ensure that diverse communities benefit from academic research results through improved social and health outcomes. But despite growing interest in researcher-user collaborations, little is known about what makes or breaks these types of relationship... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2011 -
Sexual Disorientations: Queer Temporalities, Affects, Theologies (Transdisciplinary Theological Colloquia)
by Eric Thomas • Mark D. Jordan • Ann Pellegrini • Elizabeth Freeman • Mary-Jane Rubenstein • Catherine Keller • Kent L. Brintnall • Stephen D. Moore • Joseph A. Marchal • James Hoke • Jacqueline Hidalgo • Brock Perry • Brandy Daniels • Karen Bray • Linn Tonstad • Laurel Schneider • Karmen MacKendrickSexual Disorientations brings some of the most recent and significant works of queer theory into conversation with the overlapping fields of biblical, theological and religious studies to explore the deep theological resonances of questions about the social and cultural construction of time, memory,... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2018 -
Love, Partnership, or Singleton on the Autism Spectrum
by David Walsh • David Smith • Alexandra Brown • Christopher Wilson • Dean Worton • Luke Beardon • Philip Bricher • A. Nonny Mouse • Alex Wilkinson • Alyssa Aleksanian • Anthony Sclafani • Atul Movelis • C. A. Smart • Chris Stobart • Elizabeth Wady • Freddie • Gwen Greenwood • Joanna Treasure • Joseph Edmonds • Jules • Lacey Kerr • Lynette Marshall • Norman Bridge • P. J. Hughes • Paul Wady • Planet Autism • Sandra Beale-Ellis • Tracy Turner • Wenn LawsonIn an immensely varied and thoughtful collection of true life reflections on love, marriage and the single life, 26 authors with autism share their experiences and knowledge about successful (and unsuccessful) relationships. Digging deep into the many and varying ways in which autism affects feeling... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2017 -
Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles for Agri-Food Systems Transformation (Sustainable Development Goals Series)
by Steven James • Christopher B. Barrett • Stephen Wood • Jessica Fanzo • Tim Benton • Roy Steiner • Shenggen Fan • Mario Herrero • Rebecca J. Nelson • Elizabeth Bageant • Edward Buckler • Karen Cooper • Isabella Culotta • Rikin Gandhi • Mark Kahn • Laté Lawson-Lartego • Jiali Liu • Quinn Marshall • Daniel Mason-D'Croz • Alexander Mathys • Cynthia Mathys • Veronica Mazariegos-Anastassiou • Alesha Miller • Kamakhya Misra • Andrew Mude • Jianbo Shen • Lindiwe Majele Sibanda • Claire Song • Philip ThorntonThis open access book is the result of an expert panel convened by the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and Nature Sustainability. The panel tackled the seventeen UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030 head-on, with respect to the global systems that produce and distribute food. ... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2022 -
Successful Marriages And Families
by James M. Harper • Elaine Walton • Richard B. Miller • Craig H. Hart • Scott Gardner • Leslie Feinauer • Christian Greiner • Elizabeth Vandenberghe • Alan Hawkins • Tamara A. Fackrell • Jonathan G. Sandberg • James Strait • Carly Larsen • Lloyd D. Newell • Julie H. Haupt • David A. Nelson • Jenet J. Erickson • Sean Brotherson • E. Jeffrey Hill • Sarah June Carroll • Kaylene Fellows • Kenneth W. Matheson • Kyle L. Pehrson • Ron Cook • Nancy L. Madsen • Jeremy B. Yorgason • Loren D. Marks • David C. Dollahite • Joanna Jacob • Nathan M. Lambert • Jason S. Carroll • Hillary M. Hendricks • Kathleen Slaugh Bahr • Kristine Manwaring • Cheri Loveless • Erika Bailey • Mark A. Widmar • Stacy T. Taniguchi • W. David Robinson • Elaine Sorensen Marshall • Kay Bradford • Thomas B. Holman • Jason B. Whiting • Lynn D. Wardle • Cynthia L. Hallen • Michael M. Seipel • Thomas W. Draper • Dallin D. Oaks • Evelyn S. Stanley • Daniel K. Judd • Frank Poulsen • Stephen F. Duncan • Valarie M. Hudson • Sara S. Mccarty ZasukhaSuccessful Marriages and Families explores in-depth the principles and practices in "The Family: A Proclamation to the World. " Understanding and implementing these principles and practices will help build and strengthen families and help to prevent problems common to families all over the world. ... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2012 -
Knowing Him by Heart: African Americans on Abraham Lincoln
by Frederick Douglass • James Smith • Julius Lester • Barack Obama • Clarence Thomas • Langston Hughes • Benjamin Quarles • John Hope Franklin • Daisy Bates • Elizabeth Keckley • Mary Frances Berry • Richard Carwardine • James Weldon Johnson • Paul Laurence Dunbar • T. Thomas Fortune • James Oakes • Douglas L. Wilson • Charles Chesnutt • Gwendolyn Brooks • W. E. Du Bois • George Washington • Vincent Harding • Jackie Robinson • Sojourner Truth • Henry Johnson • St. Clair Drake • Thomas Hamilton • Michael Burlingame • Matthew Pinsker • Kelly Miller • Elizabeth Thomas • Rodney O. Davis • Hannah Johnson • Walter White • John Proctor • Claude McKay • Booker T Washington • Martin Delany • Robert Hamilton • Henry Louis Gates • Henry Highland Garnet • Edna Greene Medford • Alice Dunbar-Nelson • Thurgood Marshall • Gerald J Prokopowicz • John R Sellers • Jennifer L Weber • H. Ford Douglas • Jabez P Campbell • Henry McNeal Turner • Daniel Alexander Payne • Philip A Bell • Edward M Thomas • Alfred P Smith • Frances Ellen Harper • George B Vashon • Thomas Strother • Ezra R Johnson • Alexander T Cps • Alexander T Augusta • Jeremiah B Sanderson • Osborne P Anderson • Thomas Morris Chester • James H Hudson • Robert Purvis • Leonard A Grimes • Jeremiah Asher • John Willis Menard • Henry African Civilization Society • William Florville • Thomas R Street • John H Morgan • Mattild Burr • Amos G Beman • Richard H Cain • Jean Baptiste Roudanez • Arnold Bertonneau • George E North Carolina Freedmen • Don Carlos Rutter • George E Stephens • James W.C Pennington • S. W. Africano" • Annie Davis • S. W. Chase • Isaac J Hill • Alexander H Newton • Jacob Thomas • Angeline R Demby • Henry O Wagoner • George W Le Vere • Paul Trevigne • Thomas N.C Liverpool • H Cordelia • Emmanuel K Love • William S Scarborough • John Mercer Langston • Peter H Clark • Ews Hammond • Charles W Anderson • Harriet Tubman • Julius F Taylor • Ida B Wells-Barnett • Archibald H Grimke • Elizabeth Keckly • William A Sinclair • Jesse Max Barber • Mary Church Terrell • Reverdy C Ransom • William Monroe Trotter • Maude K Griffin • Hightower T Kealing • Silas X Floyd • George L Knox • Thomas S Inborden • George W Henderson • William Pickens • Etta M. Cottin • John M Gandy • Fred R Moore • Sylvanie F Williams • Harry C Smith • James H Magee • James L Curtis • John W. Bowen • Cora J Ball • Thomas Nelson Baker • Josephine Silone Yates • William H Lewis • John H Murphy • Robert R Wright • Theophile T Allain • Oliva Ward Bush-Banks • Richard W Gadsden • Edward A Johnson • Hubert H Harrison • Carter G Woodson • Robert R Moton • Georgia Douglas Johnson • Lamar Perkins • Samuel A Haynes • William E Lilly • Robert L Vann • William Lloyd Imes • Eugene Gordon • Arthur W Mitchell • Grace Evans • Aaron H Payne • Roscoe Conkling Simmons • Joel A Rogers • Mary McLeod Bethune • Ella Baker • Luther Porter Jackson • Willard Townsend • Ralph J Bunche • Roy Wilkins • Mordecai W Johnson • Carl J Murphy • Martin Luther King • Edith Sampson • Charles H Wesley • Julius Malcolm X • Lerone Bennett • Henry Lee Moon • John H Sengstacke • Norman E. Hodges • Arvarh E. Strickland • Barbara Jeanne FieldsThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the ... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2023