Product Description: Legends of the Plastic Chairs is a journey into the heart's core. The book begins with an epiphany Curtis experiences on a Hawaiian beach. She masterfully tells the story of her life - without judgment or self-pity - and creates the perfect metaphor for overcoming any kind of dysfunction...read more

Product Description: Dani, a twelve-year-old girl, is angry and heartbroken at being sent to relatives she hardly knows in Canada while her parents go through a bitter divorce. Dani clashes with her cousin, Mitch, the same age, who frightens her with stories about the monster of Lake Okanagan...read more

Product Description: This is an update of the classic work, The Urban Dog, fully revised to take into account new concerns and research that have come to light since the book was first published by Bantam in the mid-1980s. The book provides expert tips on selecting a dog appropriate for your lifestyle, as well as caring for its maximum health and well being...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

A guide to the care of cats includes advice on diet, hygiene, grooming, safety, illnesses, neutering, behavior problems, and other aspects of owning a cat (view table of contents)

Presents twelve animals that are rare, threatened, or endangered, including the jabiru, caracal, and babirusa

Explores six representative aquatic habitats and their inhabitants and explains how aquariums and zoos recreate such environments for animals in captivity. By the author of Animals and the New Zoos.

Describes the animals of the world's basic habitats (grasslands, deserts, woodlands, rain forests, cold regions) and how 'better' zoos in this country are trying to exhibit the animals in environments like their natural ones

Written for the people who love and train animals, this text describes the use of animals to help the sick and the handicapped

Portrays the world of search-and-rescue dogs--whose jobs range from finding missing people, to blocking the flow of drugs, to sniffing out arson--and describes their skills

Explains the reasons fewer well-educated women are choosing to marry, discusses public attitudes toward women and marriage, and shares the comments of single career women

Explains how to select a suitable dog, describes canine behavior, and gives advice on training, feeding, grooming, and health care

Describes the work of the wildlife rehabilitation center in Stony Point, New York, how it came to be established and how it handles the many wild animals that are brought to it for treatment. Includes a list of similar rehabilitation centers throughout the country arranged by region.A well-known animal-rights advocate and a wildlife photographer focus on the people, animals, and activities at a wildlife rescue and rehabilitation center in New York State

Discusses the history and function of S.P.C.A. and other humane shelters which provide temporary care for stray, unwanted, lost, and abused animals in need of protection from the ignorance, indifference, neglect, and cruelty of human beings.

Traces the life of a Labrador retriever from birth through training at the Guide Dog Foundation, where he is introduced to the blind owner for whom he will be responsible.

A guide to the care of cats includes advice on diet, hygiene, grooming, safety, illnesses, neutering, behavior problems, and other aspects of owning a cat

Follows Cindy's training, transforming her from an abandoned stray to a trusted helpmate for a deaf teenager, and includes general information on hearing ear dogs and training agencies

Focuses on seven individuals who are working to defend and extend the rights of animals including pets, wild animals, zoo animals, laboratory animals, and others.