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Forbidden Creatures: Inside the World of Animal Smuggling and Exotic Pets
By Pet Expert on July 17th, 2010

Forbidden Creatures: Inside the World of Animal Smuggling and Exotic Pets

What is being smuggled, from where and how and why do so many people keep illicit, dangerous pets? *** On the heels of his acclaimed The Dangerous World of Butterflies, investigative journalist Peter Laufer is back to chronicle his worldwide quest to penetrate the underworld of international animal smuggling. In Forbidden Creatures, Laufer exposes the network [...]

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Saved: Rescued Animals and the Lives They Transform
By Pet Expert on June 11th, 2010

Saved: Rescued Animals and the Lives They Transform

Lauded as “an extraordinarily poignant book” by Jim Harrison and called “an homage to the profound power of mutual healing” and a “definitive and compassionate book” by Susan Richards (author of Chosen by a Horse), Saved is a beautifully illustrated tribute to rescued animals who have deeply affected the people who saved them. From Phil, [...]

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Unexpected Miracles: Hope and Holistic Healing for Pets
By Pet Expert on June 02nd, 2010

Unexpected Miracles: Hope and Holistic Healing for Pets

Those soulful eyes that look up at you at the end of a rough day. The soft paws that knead into your lap and tell you with that you are “theirs.” Much more than a companion, more beloved than our nearest and dearest human family. Our pets. Sixty-three percent of all US households have them. Owners spend untold [...]

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Not Fit for a Dog!: The Truth About Manufactured Dog and Cat Food
By Pet Expert on April 13th, 2010

Not Fit for a Dog!: The Truth About Manufactured Dog and Cat Food

Not Fit for a Dog highlights the dangers of modern pet food how it is unbalanced, creates addiction, and often contains ingredients that can literally poison your pet. It destroys the myths propounded by pet food companies that human food is bad for pets, and that natural food diets are unsafe. In this revolutionary book, [...]

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The Complete Herbal Handbook for the Dog and Catcine
By Pet Expert on April 12th, 2010

The Complete Herbal Handbook for the Dog and Catcine

Dog and cat owners are becoming increasingly concerned about the safety of processed pet food and the possible side-effects of over-use of antibiotics and hormone treatments. This new edition, thoroughly revised and updated, covers Natural Rearing, herbal medicine and disease prevention. The Complete Herbal Handbook for the Dog and Cat

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Beyond Words: Talking with Animals and Nature
By Pet Expert on April 07th, 2010

Beyond Words: Talking with Animals and Nature

Animals and nature can act as teachers and guides, send warnings of impending danger, or simply make life more joyous. More profoundly, intuitive bonds with the natural world can foster life-altering changes and spiritual redirection. Beyond Words describes what people experience when they connect intuitively with animals and nature. In her first book, Learning Their [...]

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Ask the Animals: A Vet’s-Eye View of Pets and the People They Love
By Pet Expert on April 05th, 2010

Ask the Animals: A Vet’s-Eye View of Pets and the People They Love

Reminiscent of James Herriot’s wonderful books, Coston’s memoir offers zany, sad, and touching stories about a medical practice where the patients cannot speak, yet communicate deeply Bruce R. Coston’s first book is a warm, funny, and amazingly fulfilling celebration of the wonderful world of animals as seen through the eyes of a small-town veterinarian. The patients are an eclectic and surprising [...]

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The Lord God Made Them All
By Pet Expert on March 28th, 2010

The Lord God Made Them All

With each book more embraceable than the last, James Herriot once again brings us the magical beauty of Yorkshire through his heartwarming experiences as a country veterinarian. These new stories provide a grand finale to the wonderful books that began with all Creatures Great and Small. It is just after World War II, and James [...]

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Dog Days: Dispatches from Bedlam Farm
By Pet Expert on March 25th, 2010

Dog Days: Dispatches from Bedlam Farm

In Dog Days, Jon Katz, the squire of Bedlam Farm, allows us to live our dreams of leaving the city for the country, and shares the unpredictable adventure of farm life. The border collies, the sheep, the chickens, the cat, the ram, and one surprisingly sociable steer named Elvis all contribute to the hum (and [...]

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James Herriot’s Cat Stories
By Pet Expert on March 25th, 2010

James Herriot’s Cat Stories

Between these covers, teller and tales finally meet in a warm and joyful new collection that will bring delight to the hearts of readers the world over: James Herriot’s Cat Stories. Here are Buster, the kitten who arrived on Christmas; Alfred, the cat at the sweet shop; little Emily, who lived with the gentleman tramp; [...]

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Wish You Were Here
By Pet Expert on March 25th, 2010

Wish You Were Here

Curiosity just might be the death of Mrs. Murphy–and her human companion, Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen. Small towns are like families: Everyone lives very close together. . .and everyone keeps secrets. Crozet, Virginia, is a typical small town-until its secrets explode into murder. Crozet’s thirty-something post-mistress, Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen, has a tiger cat (Mrs. [...]

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Living with Chickens: Everything You Need to Know to Raise Your Own Backyard Flock
By Pet Expert on March 13th, 2010

Living with Chickens: Everything You Need to Know to Raise Your Own Backyard Flock

Chickens-why not? Tens of thousands of people in all areas of the country enjoy raising these birds, whether for food or companionship. You can, too, with this indispensable guide. Then again, you may want to read Living With Chickens just for the sheer joy of it. Straightforward prose and dozens of clear, detailed illustrations gives [...]

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Redemption: The Myth of Pet Overpopulation and the No Kill Revolution in America
By Pet Expert on March 12th, 2010

Redemption: The Myth of Pet Overpopulation and the No Kill Revolution in America

Redemption is the story of animal sheltering in the United States, a movement that was born of compassion and then lost its way. It is the story of the ‘No Kill’ movement, which says we can and must stop the killing. But most of all, it is a story about believing in the community and [...]

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Tracking & the Art of Seeing: How to Read Animal Tracks & Sign
By Pet Expert on March 11th, 2010

Tracking & the Art of Seeing: How to Read Animal Tracks & Sign

This book will help anyone who is interested to re-enter the ancient dialogue between animals and humans, a dialogue which is at the core of a nondestructive way of being in nature. A good observer of nature, walking, say, in an oak forest, may discern that some of the acorns on which he or she [...]

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My Family and Other Animals
By Pet Expert on March 11th, 2010

My Family and Other Animals

Soaked in the sunshine of Corfu, where Gerald Durrell lived as a boy with his “family and other animals,” this book evocatively chronicles his five-year sojourn on the Greek island. With hilarious yet endearing portraits of his eccentric family and their many unusual hangers-on, My Family and Other Animals also captures the beginnings of Durrell’s [...]

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