Product Description: Human and animal sacrifices, vanishings, the preserved corpse of a teenage cult princess, angelic encounters, a woman cooked in an oven, a mother chained to her bed for two months, resurrection experiments, refrigeration warehouses for the dead, abductions, nocturnal rituals, orgies, a breathing universe, an esoteric tome known as The Great Sixth Seal, and a post-apocalyptic world ruled by eleven queens from a hill in Hollywood… The United States witnessed an explosion of cult activity in the 1920s that today is almost inconceivable...read more

Military working dogs gained widespread attention after Cairo participated in the SEAL Team 6 mission that led to Osama bin Laden's death. Before that, few civilians realized that dogs served in combat, let alone that they could parachute from thirty thousand feet. The Dogs of War reveals the amazing range of jobs that our four-legged soldiers now perform, examines the dogs' training and equipment, and explores the deep bond that the dogs and their handlers share.

Product Description: My Reading Buddy Is a Dog! provides the know-how for setting up and implementing canine reading buddy programs. It is written for teachers, school principals, librarians, and those in charge of after-school programs who are interested in using reading buddy dogs...read more

Product Description: Amazing dogs help police officers, rescue workers, and those with disabilities. People care for dogs, too. HELPERS! Dogs and People examines all the ways humans and their canine friends depend on each other. The Spectrum® Readers are the perfect Common Core aligned tool to support the development of nonfiction reading skills...read more

Product Description: Humans and dogs have shared a close relationship for thousands of years. Today, there are around 600 million domestic dogs living throughout the world. Many of them are trained to perform important tasks. These working dogs pull sleds, assist the disabled, protect us from harm, and search for lost people...read more

Product Description: Military working dogs gained widespread attention after Cairo participated in the SEAL Team 6 mission that led to Osama bin Laden's death. Before that, few civilians realized that dogs served in combat, let alone that they could parachute from thirty thousand feet up...read more

Product Description: Cry Havoc is a fascinating insight into the history of dogs in the military and the current day employment of them. From Babylonian mastiff-type war dogs with spiked collars to modern, kitted-out military dogs highly trained to detect explosives, dogs have long been a soldier's best friend...read more

Product Description: The purpose of the Our Best Friends series is to provide a helpful and comprehensive introduction to pet ownership. Each book contains the basic information a prospective pet owner needs in order to choose the right pet for his or her situation and to care for that pet throughout the pet's lifetime...read more

BETTY WHITE on EVERY DOG HAS A GIFT: "This book gives us some specific examples of the unique therapy that dogs provide when it is needed most. Enjoy a good read, after which I’m sure you will appreciate your own dog even more.”Inspiring stories of dogs who do good. Anyone who has ever had a relationship with a dog will tell you: They want nothing more than to give love and be loved in return. In Every Dog Has a Gift, Rachel McPherson draws on her experience as the founder and executive director of The Good Dog Foundation, the largest animal-assisted therapy organization on the East Coast, to share the amazing stories of dogs that bring hope and healing into our lives.Much has been said about the heroic roles dogs played following September 11th and Hurricane Katrina in providing support and comfort for the families and victims of these terrible tragedies, but the truth is that millions of dogs around the world are heroes every day. These therapy and service dogs (and often quite ordinary, "uncertified" dogs just like your own!) can:*serve as the perfect audience for kids who need help with practicing and improving their reading skills;*hold troubled families together;*provide a calm and centering presence for autistic children, and*help individuals who have lost the ability to walk to more easily navigate the world.Every Dog Has a Gift is a celebration of the gift that each and every dog possesses: the ability to bring the healing power of unconditional love into our lives.

Presents a variety of stories about working and rescue dogs who help humans in many ways, such as those involved in the work at the World Trade Center site after the disaster of September 11, 2001.

Product Description: Working Terriers offers a commonsense approach to modern terrier work based on the experience of longtime terrier trainers. An ideal introduction for anyone wishing to work their terrier, this book covers getting started, choosing a puppy, necessary equipment, and maintaining working qualities in a dog...read more

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Product Description: From guardians to shepherds to boon companions, pedigreed purebreds or loveable mutt, they are the farm dogs at work and at play and at home.

Describes how some of Hollywood's famous dogs got their leading roles, including Lassie, Benji, and Rin-Tin-Tin.

Describes how some dogs are used to help people with disabilities and in police work, and discusses the amazing abilities of dogs.

Provides information on guide, service, customs, herding, search-and-rescue, and other types of working dogs.