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The Birdcage Book: Antique Birdcages for Contemporary Collector

By: Leslie Garisto

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Simon & Schuster: April 1992

Seller ID: 194963

ISBN: 0671744453

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - VeryGood

The Dictionary of Aviculture

By: N/A

Price: $12.95

Publisher: Batsford: February 1983

Seller ID: 194965

ISBN: 0713441569

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Pages unmarked, no DJ.
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The Emotional Lives of Animals & Children: Insights from a Farm Sanctuary

By: William Crain

Price: $15.95

Publisher: Turning Stone Press: October 2014

Seller ID: 218493

ISBN: 1618520822

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

In 2008, Bill Crain, a professor of psychology at The City College of New York, and his wife Ellen, a pediatrician, opened Safe Haven Farm Sanctuary in Poughquag, New York. The sanctuary provides a permanent home to over 70 animals rescued from slaughter and abusive situations, including goats, sheep, chickens, turkeys, ducks, partridges, and a minihorse. It also has afforded Bill a tremendous opportunity to observe animals in all manner of emotional states and how their behavior casts light on the emotions of human children.

In The Emotional Lives of Animals and Children, Crai...
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The Genius of Birds

By: Jennifer Ackerman

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Penguin Books: April 2017

Seller ID: 149159

ISBN: 0399563121

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

An award-winning science writer tours the globe to reveal what makes birds capable of such extraordinary feats of mental prowess

Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. According to revolutionary new research, some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence. In The Genius of Birds, acclaimed author Jennifer Ackerman explores their newly discovered brilliance and how it came about.

As she travels around the world to the most cutting-edge frontiers of research, Ackerman not only tells the story of the recently uncovered genius of b...
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The Last Elephant An African Quest

By: Gavron, Jeremy

Price: $6.98

Publisher: Flamingo: January 1994

Seller ID: 274315

ISBN: 000637719X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The Lucky Ones: My Passionate Fight for Farm Animals

By: Brown, Jenny

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Avery Trade: July 2013

Seller ID: 245126

ISBN: 1583335242

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Jonathan Safran Foer meets Jeffrey Moussaieff Mason in a poignant, provocative memoir of survival, compassion, and awakening to the reality of our food system.

Jenny Brown was ten years old when she lost a leg to bone cancer. Throughout the ordeal, her constant companion was a cat named Boogie. Years later, she would make the connection between her feline friend and the farm animals she ate, acknowledging that most of America's domesticated animals live on industrialized farms, and are viewed as mere production units. Raised in a conservative Southern Baptist family in Kentucky, Bro...
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The New Age Dog

By: Liz Palika

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Renaissance Books: August 2001

Seller ID: 184646

ISBN: 1580632017

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

There's nothing like the bond you have with your dog. He's your buddy on the hiking trail, your blanket on a cold night -- he's your best friend. Your relationship with your dog is anything but ordinary. Wouldn't it be great if you could break out of the confines of ordinary dog care?

In The New Age Dog, author/trainer Liz Palika explores the many ways you can provide your dog with natural health-care, from how to prepare a homemade diet and how to massage your dog, to the use of acupuncture and acupressure for treating physical ailments. You'll learn new ways to enhance your communication w...
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The Oxford Companion to Animal Behaviour (Oxford Quick Reference)

By: N/A

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press: July 1987

Seller ID: 280763

ISBN: 0192819909

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

From the time of the cave dwellers, people have been fascinated by animal behavior. Until recently, though, philosophers, biologists and psychologists could only observe animals' physical traits and make assumptions about their behavior based on what was known about human behavior. Then, in 1973, a new science came of age: ethology, the science of animal behavior. This Companion, written by an international group of specialists, contains 200 entries covering a wide range of topics within this emerging science, including the diverse ways animals select their partners, bring up their young, orga...
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The Quotable Birder

By: N/A

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Lyons Press: October 2000

Seller ID: 294698

ISBN: 1585740039

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

All the most evocative words ever spoken -- and recorded -- about our feathered friends.
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The Stray Cat Handbook (Howell Reference Books)

By: Tamara Kreuz

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Howell Book House: December 1999

Seller ID: 256924

ISBN: 0876051468

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Finally, a book that deals with stray cats; a how-to guide to trapping and dealing with a stray cat. As a pet owner, animal lover and director of a humane organization that deals with stray cats every day, this book gives us one more tool to offer to people who want to help the thousands of strays that wander our streets. Bravo Joseph J. Sprague, Jr., Executive Director, Tree House Animal Foundation

""Tamara Kreuz cares about the plight of stray and feral cats and gives practical ways to help them. Individuals and shelters can benefit from this book. If those who find stray animals can th...
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Therapy Pets: The Animal-Human Healing Partnership

By: Jacqueline J. Crawford, Karen A. Pomerinke, Donald W. Smith

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Prometheus Books: May 2003

Seller ID: 167137

ISBN: 1591020719

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

In this uplifting book we learn firsthand how the field of Animal Assisted Therapy is having remarkable success training animals to help and enhance the lives of children and adults with serious medical problems. Hospital rehabilitation programs, physical and occupational therapy sessions, nursing homes, mental healthcare facilities, and hospice programs are just some of the settings where dogs, cats, horses, and other animals have helped patients cope with often daunting medical challenges.

With more than fifty photographs showing the visible improvements that trained therapy pets are mak...
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Unlikely Friendships: 50 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom

By: Holland, Jennifer

Price: $9.99

Publisher: Workman Publishing Company: June 2011

Seller ID: 227662

ISBN: 0761159134

Binding: New Trade

Condition: Used - Very Good

It is exactly like Isaiah 11:6: "The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid . . . " Written by National Geographic magazine writer Jennifer Holland, Unlikely Friendships documents one heartwarming tale after another of animals who, with nothing else in common, bond in the most unexpected ways. A cat and a bird. A mare and a fawn. An elephant and a sheep. A snake and a hamster. The well-documented stories of Koko the gorilla and All Ball the kitten; and the hippo Owen and the tortoise Mzee. And almost inexplicable stories of predato...
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Unlikely Friendships: 50 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom

By: Holland, Jennifer

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Workman Publishing Company: June 2011

Seller ID: 240510

ISBN: 0761159134

Condition: Used - Good

Unlikely Friendships: 50 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom

By: Holland, Jennifer

Price: $9.98

Publisher: Workman Publishing Company: June 2011

Seller ID: 270138

ISBN: 0761159134

Binding: New Trade

Condition: New

Unlikely Heroes: 37 Inspiring Stories of Courage and Heart from the Animal Kingdom (Unlikely Friendships)

By: Jennifer S. Holland

Price: $9.99

Publisher: Workman Publishing Company: October 2014

Seller ID: 227664

ISBN: 0761174419

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

In her heartwarming New York Times bestsellers Unlikely Friendships and last year's Unlikely Loves, Jennifer Holland revealed the surprising emotional bonds that exist between animals of different species. Her books spent dozens of weeks on bestseller lists and caught the attention of major media from CBS This Morning to USA Today. Why? Because she opened our eyes to the rich inner lives of animals, showing us that the power of love and friendship is not for humans only.

In Unlikely Heroes, Ms. Holland uncovers and celebrates yet another...
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When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals

By: Masson, Jeffrey Moussaieff, McCarthy, Susan

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Delta: May 1996

Seller ID: 235689

ISBN: 0385314280

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

This national bestseller exploring the complex emotional lives of animals was hailed as "a masterpiece" by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas and as "marvelous" by Jane Goodall.

The popularity of When Elephants Weep has swept the nation, as author Jeffrey Masson appeared on Dateline NBC, Good Morning America, and was profiled in People for his ground-breaking and fascinating study. Not since Darwin's The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals has a book so thoroughly and effectively explored the full range of emotions that exist throughout the animal kingdom.

Fr...
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Where the Blind Horse Sings: Love and Healing at an Animal Sanctuary

By: Kathy Stevens

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing: May 2007

Seller ID: 220534

ISBN: 160239055X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Pages unmarked, no DJ.
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Wild Love

By: NAN RICHARDSON

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist: April 2006

Seller ID: 167138

ISBN: 1884167500

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - VeryGood

"Wild Love" takes you on a journey through thirty-six mating rituals, from the cumbersome wooing of giant tortoises to the passionate flight of courting egrets to the cruel dance of the praying mantis. Full of stunning photography by such renowned nature photographers as Art Wolfe, Jim Brandenburg, Jeff Foott, and Frans Lanting, and complete with entertaining and informative text on each species, "Wild Love" is sure to sure to surprise and seduce.
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