Romancing the Dog
Romancing the Dog

Author: Marion Zola

Publisher: Planet Publishing

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780615584867

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ROMANCING THE DOG, a humorous memoir, reminds the reader just how much one dog can transform human lives. It will take you on a romp of unique adventures laced with poignant moments. When Chips, a rescue dog, enters the neat routines of a middle aged couple and messes them up in the most delectable ways, the new guardians are led from one challenge to another. A Tibetan Terrier, who always seems to have the upper paw, he sends Marion's and Sam's stress levels off the charts. Readers will smile, laugh and cry as they follow this trio through their journey ofangst and joy

The Privileged Pooch
The Privileged Pooch

Author: Maggie Espinosa

Publisher: I Heart Travel Pub.

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 9780615350356

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"Detailed reviews, websites, Fido-friendliness ratings, costs and maps make this guide a must have for pet-toting travelers who want everyone in the family to have a blissful luxury vacation!''-Back cover.

My Dog!
My Dog!

Author: Michael J. Rosen

Publisher: Workman Publishing

Published: 2011-01-01

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 0761158413

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Explains the ins and outs of dog ownership, dog training, and popular dog breeds.

Senior Dogs For Dummies?
Senior Dogs For Dummies?

Author: Susan McCullough

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-04-20

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 1118069870

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Covers wellness, nutrition, and socialization Keep your dog happy and healthy through the golden years Senior dogs are special creatures with special needs. This friendly guide provides reassuring, positive advice on handling the physical and emotional issues involved in caring for your beloved companion. You'll see how aging affects your dog, how to cope with common ailments, and what you can do to help your senior live a joyful, high-quality life. Praise for Senior Dogs For Dummies "The book is a resource that will enhance life both for senior dogs and for the humans who love them." - Teri Goodman, Coordinator, The Senior Dogs Project, www.srdogs.com "A dog who has lived his lifetime with you is a precious jewel to be loved and treasured. Susan has captured that spirit." - Liz Palika, author of Purebred Rescue Dog Adoption Discover how to: * Meet your senior's dietary needs * Safely exercise your senior * Manage health costs * Teach an older dog new tricks * Gain inspiration from stories about super senior dogs

Life's a Pooch
Life's a Pooch

Author: Boze Hadleigh

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2017-11-21

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 1510724710

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Life’s a Pooch is, pardon the expression, catnip for dog lovers. Its five riveting chapters comprise hundreds of celebrity quotes and anecdotes about everyone’s best friend. By turns funny, touching, surprising, and informative, it embraces every aspect of the human-dog bond and explores our furry companions’ sometimes baffling world and celebrates their impact on ours. Those quoted range from animal superheroes Betty White and Doris Day to Leonardos da Vinci and DiCaprio to dog trainers, Lassie costars, singers and actors, presidents, Walt Disney, and Martha Stewart--to name a few! Did you know that . . . Comparing canines with people, Marilyn Monroe once said, “A dog will never tell you to shut up”? Aldous Huxley explained the pooch’s popularity: “To his dog, every man is Napoleon,” while President Harry Truman advised, “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog”? For Renee Zellweger, “Finding exactly the right dog is a lot like falling in love”? Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz felt, “Happiness is a warm puppy”? And singer Adele is happy to be “my dog’s best friend”? Poignant, silly, and heart-warming, Life's a Pooch is a must-have for every dog lover!

The Puppy Diaries
The Puppy Diaries

Author: Jill Abramson

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2011-10-13

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 1444720643

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One sparkling summer day, Jill Abramson brought home a nine-week-old golden retriever named Scout. Over the following year, as she and her husband raised their adorable new puppy, Abramson wrote a hugely popular column for The New York Times's website about the joys and challenges of training this rambunctious addition to their family. Dog-lovers from across the country inundated her with emails and letters, and the photos they sent in of their own dogs became the most visited photo album on the Times's site in 2009. Now, Abramson has gone far beyond the material in her column and written a detailed and deeply personal account of Scout's first year. Part memoir, part manual, part investigative report, The Puppy Diaries continues Abramson's intrepid reporting on all things canine. Along the way, she weighs in on such issues as breeders or shelters, adoption or rescue, raw diet or vegan, pack-leader gurus like Cesar Millan or positive-reinforcement advocates like Karen Pryor. What should you expect when a new puppy enters your life? With utterly winning stories and a wealth of practical information, The Puppy Diaries provides an essential road map for navigating the first year of your dog's life.

Pitch
Pitch

Author: Matthew Krause

Publisher: Balboa Press

Published: 2012-09

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 1452556954

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In the late 1980s, Travis Lembeau, a freshman catcher trying to make his college baseball team, meets Nicholas "Pooch" Shepherd, a brilliant, ambidextrous pitching prodigy. The two become fast friends and decide to work out together to earn a spot on the rotation. But Pooch has a love of the drink and a talent for sabotage, and one cool February night in 1989, he embarks on a night of drunken violence that leaves Travis in the hospital. Almost a decade has passed, and the two have gotten on with their lives. Travis has married his college sweetheart and works for a small-town newspaper, and Nick Shepherd, no longer calling himself Pooch, is a recovering alcoholic, ten years sober, who cares for his ailing mother and teaches baseball to the local kids. It would seem that the terrible days of Pooch are long gone but sometimes the past is never where you think you left it. Through a quantum anomaly, the demon that Nick used to be--the vicious Pooch circa 1989--claws its way across the portals of time to stalk Travis and harass his family. After Travis suffers another beating at Pooch's hands, he fears the worst--that Nick has fallen off the wagon and returned to his violent ways. But Nick is still very much sober and has an even greater reason for concern. For if this thing really is Pooch, if Pooch has somehow come out of the past to torment the present, then every atrocity committed by Pooch will leave a trail leading back to Nick. Working together and apart, and enlisting the aid of a mysterious time-traveling transient, Travis and Nick set out to stop Pooch and send him back to where he came from before Pooch's madness destroys everything they love.

Carmen Dog
Carmen Dog

Author: Carol Emshwiller

Publisher: Small Beer Press

Published: 2004-11-01

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 1618730037

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“Combines the cruel humor of Candide with the allegorical panache of Animal Farm.”—Entertainment Weekly "Carol is the most unappreciated great writer we've got. Carmen Dog ought to be a classic in the colleges by now . . . It's so funny, and it's so keen." —Ursula K. Le Guin “A rollicking outre satire.... full of comic leaps and absurdist genius.”—Bitch “A wise and funny book.”—The New York Times "This trenchant feminist fantasy-satire mixes elements of Animal Farm, Rhinoceros and The Handmaid's Tale.... Imagination and absurdist humor mark [Carmen Dog] throughout, and Emshwiller is engaging even when most savage about male-female relationships."—Booklist "Her fantastic premise allows Emshwiller canny and frequently hilarious insights into the damaging sex-role stereotypes both men and women perpetuate." —Publishers Weekly The debut title in our Peapod Classics line, Carol Emshwiller’s genre-jumping debut novel is a dangerous, sharp-eyed look at men, women, and the world we live in. Everything is changing: women are turning into animals, and animals are turning into women. Pooch, a golden setter, is turning into a beautiful woman—although she still has some of her canine traits: she just can't shuck that loyalty thing—and her former owner has turned into a snapping turtle. When the turtle tries to take a bite of her own baby, Pooch snatches the baby and runs. Meanwhile, there's a dangerous wolverine on the loose, men are desperately trying to figure out what's going on, and Pooch discovers what she really wants: to sing Carmen. Carmen Dog is the funny feminist classic that inspired writers Pat Murphy and Karen Joy Fowler to create the James Tiptree Jr. Memorial Award.

Paris Hilton
Paris Hilton

Author: Sandra Gurvis

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2011-01-04

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13:

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This revealing portrait of the real Paris Hilton gets underneath the hype and hate, the glamour and greed. Unlike other biographies that range from the exposé to the gushing, Paris Hilton: A Biography is both detailed and objective. It covers Paris's checkered family history, her privileged yet surprisingly unassuming upbringing, and her explosion with sister Nicky as "It Girls" on the international social scene. Readers will learn how her family influenced her, why she made the decision to step into the limelight, and why she continues today, despite her many critics and setbacks. Each chapter of the biography provides an in-depth view of a specific aspect of Paris's life: her relationship with men and the media, how she turned herself around emotionally and projected a new image, and what makes her such a smart businesswoman. The book also looks at darker moments, including the sex tape, her jail time, and her publicity faux pas. In the end, readers will understand what makes this complex young woman tick—and have a better sense of what it is like to walk a mile in her Manolo Blahniks.

The Dog Lover's Guide to Travel
The Dog Lover's Guide to Travel

Author: Kelly E. Carter

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2014-04-01

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 1426212771

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National Geographic’s ultimate resource for traveling with your furry friend features hundreds of dog-friendly places to pamper your pooch, from doggie daycare to canine couture. Special features include walks you can take with your dog, insider tips from local pet parents on how to best enjoy their area with a pup, and sidebars detailing unique opportunities for coddled canines, such as winery hikes in California wine country. New York Times bestselling author and pet parent Kelly E. Carter, and her beloved longhaired Chihuahua, Lucy, give you the inside scoop on pet-friendly hotels and restaurants, beaches, parks, and dog runs, plus the lowdown on events for four-legged visitors and dog-friendly attractions. A detailed introduction discussed everything you need to know when taking your pooch on vacation, including the lay of the land for road tripping and flying cross-country. From Sanibel Island, FL, to Whistler, BC, from Montreal QC, and Nantucket, MA to San Francisco, CA, The Dog Lover’s Guide to Travel showcases 75 of the best pet-friendly vacation destinations across the U.S. and Canada.