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That Quail, Robert

The perennially bestselling and acclaimed vintage of the little chicken who hottest human companionship to different quail.

Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog

The heartwarming and unforgettable tale of a kin and the wondrously neurotic puppy who taught them what particularly concerns in lifestyles. Now with images and new fabric

Modoc: The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived

Spanning seven a long time and 3 continents, Modoc is without doubt one of the such a lot remarkable real animal tales ever advised. Raised jointly in a small German circus city, a boy and an elephant shaped a bond that might final their whole lives, and will be established many times; via a near-fatal shipwreck within the Indian Ocean, an apprenticeship with the mythical Mahout elephant running shoes within the Indian teak forests, and their eventual upward push to circus stardom in Nineteen Forties long island urban.

Secrets of the Cat: Its Lore, Legend, and Lives

What's quite occurring in the back of these luminous tom cat eyes?

Affectionate but aloof, clever and inquisitive but dangerously careless, the more-or-less domesticated apartment cat intrigues us as no different animal can. Now Barbara Holland bargains cat enthusiasts a desirable, humorous, and refreshingly candid examine their tom cat partners: their historical past, lore, and secrets and techniques, and their complex relatives with humans and with every one other.

secrets and techniques of the Cat is a full of life appreciation of cats as we all know and love them, with witty research and clean observations approximately tom cats either low and high. listed below are Winston Churchill’s ginger tom, who attended cupboard conferences; Teddy Roosevelt’s cat, Slippers, who got here to dinner; or even the author’s personal George II, who was once bitten by way of a mouse and followed through a blue jay. Barbara Holland’s hot, vibrant speculations on cats’ lives and times—on their social, psychic, and mythological legacy, and their impenetrable mysteries—will provide readers a pleasant cat’s-eye view of the world.