Category: Human-Animal Relationship Books
How to Teach Physics to Your Dog
When physics professor Chad Orzel went to the pound to adopt a dog, he never imagined Emmy. She wasn’t just a friendly mutt who needed a home; she was a talking dog with an active interest in what her new owner did for a living and how it could work for her. Soon Emmy was [...]
Izzy & Lenore: Two Dogs, an Unexpected Journey, and Me
In this wonderful book, Jon Katz, the owner of Bedlam Farm, learns once again about the unexpected places animals can take us. As trained hospice volunteers visiting homes and nursing facilities in upstate New York, Katz and his affectionate and intuitive border collie Izzy bring comfort and canine companionship to people who most need it. [...]
Blind Hope: An Unwanted Dog and the Woman She Rescued
An unwanted dog. An emotional rescue. Two lives forever changed. Laurie’s dreams had been shattered before she came to work at Crystal Peaks Youth Ranch—the ranch of rescued dreams—where broken horses and broken children encounter healing every day. In an attempt to soothe her aching soul, Laurie reached out to save a dog in need. And she soon began [...]
Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover’s Soul: Stories of Canine Companionship, Comedy and Courage
For thousands of years, dogs have been cherished as devoted companions and exuberant playmates—their unconditional love, limitless affection and unwavering loyalty never fail to melt our hearts. The stories in Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover’s Soul truly capture the special joy these four-legged creatures bring to our lives and hearts. The family that learns [...]
Lessons From a Sheepdog
Woven just under the surface of this simple parable, Philip Keller presents profound spiritual truth. It is the story of Lass, a worthless animal thought to be untrainable, who becomes a magnificent and valuable sheepdog—not terribly unlike how God’s love can transform our worst characteristics into blessings that serve to further His Kingdom. Lessons From [...]
Marcus of Umbria: What an Italian Dog Taught an American Girl about Love
Tired of laboring in city cubicles, Justine van der Leun sublets her studio apartment, leaves her magazine job, and moves to Collelungo, Italy, population: 200. There, in the ancient city center of a historic Umbrian village, she sets up house with the handsome local gardener she met on vacation only weeks earlier. This impulsive decision [...]
My Dog Skip
This classic story of a boy and a dog growing up in small-town America by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Willie Morris is “written with the gentle wisdom of an E.B. White and the eternal youth of a Huck Finn” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution). Author reading tour. My Dog Skip
Bliss to You: Trixie’s Guide to a Happy Life
My goal is to someday be the person my dog thinks I am. –Anonymous Bestselling author Dean Koontz says that his dog, Trixie, changed his life and made him a better, happier person. A 68-pound dog who lived close to the ground, Trixie certainly did cast a long shadow. She first became known outside of [...]
The Divine Life of Animals: One Man’s Quest to Discover Whether the Souls of Animals Live On
A journey through 20,000 years of history and myth in search of the answer to a single question: Do animals have souls? Anyone who has ever mourned the loss of a cherished pet has wondered about the animal soul. Do animals survive the death of the body, or are they doomed to disappear completely when [...]
Scent of the Missing: Love and Partnership with a Search-and-Rescue Dog
In the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing, Susannah Charleson clipped a photo from the newspaper: an exhausted canine handler, face buried in the fur of his search-and-rescue dog. A dog lover and pilot with search experience herself, Susannah was so moved by the image that she decided to volunteer with a local canine team [...]
The Dog Chapel: Welcome All Creeds, All Breeds. No Dogmas Allowed
I wanted to build a chapel, a place that celebrated the spiritual bond we have with our dogs, a place that would be open to all dogs and to people of any faith or belief system.-Stephen Huneck With The Dog Chapel, Stephen Huneck, author and artist of Abrams’ beloved children’s books about Sally, the black [...]
Angel Animals: Divine Messengers of Miracles
Over the years since Allen and Linda Anderson founded the Angel Animals Network in 1996, thousands have shared with the couple true stories of the devotion, love, and miracles that animals bring into people’s lives. The Andersons’ classic first book, Angel Animals, includes amazing stories and has now been reissued as a gift book with [...]
A Man for All Species: The Remarkable Adventures of an Animal Lover and Expert Pet Keeper
Before Martha Stewart named him her “pet keeper,” and before millions of people turned to him for advice, Marc Morrone had a simple dream: to learn everything he possibly could about every kind of animal and share that knowledge with others. In this lively, colorful memoir, Morrone offers a heartfelt and candid look inside a [...]
Will I See My Dog In Heaven
A Universal Question, thoughtfully answered! What do you think: Will we see our dogs and cats in the hereafter? Does God’s plan for eternity include the created nonhuman world? Franciscan friar and popular writer Father Jack Wintz brings a love for all creation and infectious enthusiasm to the serious task of exploring answers to these [...]
Woman’s Best Friend: Women Writers on the Dogs in Their Lives
They may be known as man’s best friend, but as the writers in this poignant, funny, and dramatic collection know, there’s no gender divide when it comes to canines. Whether walking down the street, gathering at the dog park, hitting the open road, or spending one too many nights together on the couch in front [...]
