Dorothea Duck and Her Little Companion
Dorothea Duck and Her Little Companion

Author: Jennifer Lafferty

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2014-03-21

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 9781497415690

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Mama Duck Dorothea and her duckling Jenny have a special bond. They are as close as a mother and child can be. But Jenny is growing up and it's time she learned to be more independent. As Jenny explores the duck pond on her own and learns to make new friends, things don't always go smoothly but her efforts are ultimately rewarded.

The Dorothy Dunnett Companion
The Dorothy Dunnett Companion

Author: Elspeth Morrison

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2001-07-10

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 0375725873

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Here is a lovingly assembled, essential A-Z companion to Dorothy Dunnett’s brilliant Lymond Chronicles and the first five novels in the House of Niccolò series. Elspeth Morrison has re-created the author’s exhaustive original research, documenting her myriad sources and literary references. Foreign phrases are translated; poems and quotations presented in full; historical figures and events fleshed out; subtle allusions–and there are many–noted. From the origins of the Arabic drink qahveh to a recipe for quince paste, from the medical uses of ants and alum, to Zacco, Zenobia, and Zoroaster, this easy-to-use A-to-Z reference richly illuminates the intricacies of the complex and far-flung Renaissance world Dorothy Dunnett’s creations so colorfully inhabit.

The White Alley
The White Alley

Author: Carolyn Wells

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2017-07-14

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 138710179X

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Guests gather at White Birches, the upper New York mansion of millionaire scion Justin Arnold. The weekend's festivities are cut short when the host inexplicably goes missing, presumed to be hiding or unwell somewhere within the grounds of the heavily protected, fortress-like estate. With the amateur sleuths unable to solve the mystery, they call in Detective Fleming Stone. What starts as a missing person thriller becomes a murder mystery in this clever locked-room puzzler from Carolyn Wells, author of The Clue.

Pet Nation
Pet Nation

Author: Mark Cushing

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2021-09-21

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0593420640

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Now in paperback and with an update about pets during COVID. In the last 20 years pets have gone from the backyard to sleeping on our beds, then showing up in every corner of America. Pet Nation tells the story of this seismic shift and the economic, media, legal, political, and social dramas springing from this cultural transformation. Since 1998 the pet population in the U.S. has almost doubled -- about two-thirds of the country now owns a pet. No longer left to wander the neighborhood, dogs and cats eat special food, get individualized medical attention, and even fly in the cabin. As founder of the Animal Policy Group, Mark Cushing provides an inside look at the rise of Pet Nation, tracking the myriad ways pets are acquired (a "Canine Freedom Train" runs south to north), reporting on pet rights legislation (and the unseen problems that come with elevating their status), pet healthcare (revealing the truth and myths about large scale breeders), and discovering that despite what many organizations would have us believe, there is a shortage of dogs. Insightful, surprising, and full of great stories, Pet Nation opens our eyes to the big changes happening in front of us right now. It shows us not only what our love of animals says about pets, it shows us what it says about ourselves.