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1) Shiloh
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs.
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English
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Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accustomed to humans watching him through the glass walls of his domain. He rarely misses his life in the jungle. In fact, he hardly ever thinks about it at all. Instead, Ivan thinks about TV shows he's seen and about his friends Stella, an elderly elephant, and Bob, a stray dog. But mostly Ivan thinks about art and how to capture the taste of a mango or...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"The true story of Ivan, known as the Shopping Mall Gorilla, who lived alone in a small cage for almost 30 years before being relocated to the gorilla habitat at ZooAtlanta."--
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Language
English
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A woman with amnesia heads for the mountains to escape the man she believes has kidnapped her. Months later, she walks down from the mountains and into the life of fourteen-year-old Mary Dark Hope. Bound by their lack of family, their murky pasts and their affinity for animals, they set out to find the man who abducted her.
6) The humane economy: how innovators and enlightened consumers are transforming the lives of animals
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
352 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
From the leader of the nation's most powerful animal-protection organization comes a frontline account of how conscience and creativity are driving a revolution in American business that is changing forever how we treat animals and create wealth. Wayne Pacelle of the Humane Society of the United States reveals how entrepreneurs, Fortune 500 CEOs, world-class scientists, philanthropists, and a new class of political leaders are driving the burgeoning,...
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Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
©2015.
Physical Desc
18 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
This is a children's book against animal cruelty. It is a true story about a small dog that was beaten and left for dead, but was rescued and brought back to good health in a loving environment along with 2 other dogs.
8) The dig
Author
Publisher
Coffee House Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
169 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Jones's sense of place is acute, and his passion for the landscape-for its colors, its creatures, its textures, its scents-is absolutely magnetic."-Sarah Waters "A dark, tense, and vital short novel. Profound, powerful, and utterly absorbing."-The Guardian" It is a book about the essentials: life and death, cruelty and compassion. It is a book that will get in your bones, and haunt you."-Daily Telegraph" Cynan Jones's fourth novel, The Dig, is an...
Author
Series
Mike Bowditch mystery series) volume 4
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
On an unseasonably hot October morning, Bowditch is called to the scene of a bizarre crime. The corpses of five moose have been found senselessly butchered on the estate of Elizabeth Morse, a wealthy animal rights activist who is buying up huge parcels of timberland to create a new national park.
12) The darling
Author
Language
English
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Set in Liberia and the United States from 1975 through 1991, The Darling is the story of Hannah Musgrave, a political radical and member of the Weather Underground. Hannah flees America for West Africa, where she and her Liberian husband become friends of the notorious warlord and ex-president, Charles Taylor. Hannah's encounter with Taylor ultimately triggers a series of events whose momentum catches Hannah's family in its grip and forces her to...
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Series
Very short introductions volume 57
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
131 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Do animals have moral rights? If so, what does this mean? What sorts of mental lives do animals have, and how should we understand welfare? By presenting models for understanding animals' moral status and rights, and examining their mental lives and welfare, David DeGrazia explores the implications for how we should treat animals in connection with our diet, zoos, and research. Animal Rights distinguishes itself by combining intellectual rigor with...
14) Tuff's luck
Author
Series
Puppy patrol volume 8
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
103 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Something mysterious is going on deep in the woods. Traps have been found and animals' lives are at risk. Searching for answers, Neil, Emily and Tuff, their Jack Russell terrier, find themselves in danger. Can they figure out what's going on -- before someone gets hurt?
15) Puppy love
Author
Series
Puppy patrol volume 16
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
113 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
16) Abandoned!
Author
Series
Puppy patrol volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
107 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
17) Star paws
Author
Series
Puppy patrol volume 5
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c1997
Physical Desc
107 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
North Atlantic Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Introducing three-to-five-year-olds to the "ABCs" of a vegan lifestyle, V Is for Vegan is a must-have for vegan and vegetarian parents! Acclaimed author and artist Ruby Roth (That's Why We Don't Eat Animals, Vegan Is Love) brings her characteristic insight, compassion, and good humor to a younger audience, presenting the often-controversial and challenging subjects of animal rights and the vegan diet in an easy-to-understand and teachable format....
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2012, c2011
Physical Desc
63 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the welfare of dogs around the world, highlighting both regions where dogs are abused, neglected, and exploited, and the people and organizations seeking to improve such situations and rescue dogs from poor living conditions.
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