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Between Two Dogs
by Shaina FishmanWith a camera and a bucket of treats, Shaina Fishman set herself up in a photo studio and watched puppies and their parents at play. The result is a wealth of delightful, irresistibly cute images: dogs laughing, playing, sneezing, yawning, and finally cuddling and going to bed. The lush, vivid photographs inside this book show a side of puppies that we’re usually not privy too--what they do when it’s just themselves and their parents. The images include dogs from a wealth of breeds, including golden retrievers, pugs, French bulldogs, dalmatians, and more! The dogs are big and small, young and old--some traditionally cute and a handful with a face that "only a mother could love” (and as you’ll see, she does!). And, as a bonus for readers, Fishman has included a model roster in the back of the book that reveals the names and ages of the puppies and their parents, and some of their favorite treats and activities, so readers can get to know them. There’s also a foreword from Shaina revealing her photography process and insider information on getting a finicky pet to smile. All photos inside are clear, crisp, and inviting--and without exception smile inducing. This is the perfect pick-me-up book: a treat for oneself as well as a gift destined to be cherished and returned to for a good laugh again and again
Beverly Hills Brontosaurus (Dinoverse #5)
by Scott CiencinBertram Phillips's M.I.N.D. Machine throws him back to southern California's Jurassic period, and this time it also throws real dinosaurs forward into the halls of Wetherford Junior High!
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 Junior Novel
by Disney PressThe adorable chihuahuas , Chloe and Papi, are back and excited to begin their new life together! With their family of five pups, they are enjoying living in Aunt Vivian's mansion while she and her niece, Rachel, are on vacation. Rachel's friend Sam Cortez is looking after the mansion when he finds out that his own house is going to be taken away from his family. Chloe and Papi know they have to take action. With the help of their puppies and their German Shepard friend, will they be able to save the day?
Beware!
by Bob RaczkaA cautionary tale using words made up of only the five letters in the title (B, E, W, A, and R). Can a bear and a bee become friends?Abe and Bree aren't supposed to get along. When they meet, they panic. Abe swats! Bree stings! Now they're both hurt. Together they figure out how to find friendship despite differences and preconceived notions. This rare-bear, wee-bee tale helps to create a web of understanding with unique language and a clever structure.
Beware and Stogie (Beware the Mare #4)
by Jessie HaasAn untamed horse has run away—can Lily and Beware find him and bring him home? After a storm scatters all the livestock on her grandparents&’ farm, Lily discovers that Gramp&’s wild black Morgan is missing. Stogie&’s a horse with a mind of his own, and when he runs, no one can ever catch him. Stogie may be boss of the other animals on the farm, but he&’s afraid of people. And a frightened horse is a dangerous one. Lily&’s determined to find the black Morgan and bring him home before he ends up getting hurt—or shot. Since no one can catch Stogie, no one can lead him. But Lily brings a rope anyway. As she and Beware set off on their search, she tries to put herself in Stogie&’s shoes to figure out where he would go. Then she gets an idea . . . Can she and Beware find and catch Stogie before it&’s too late?
Beware of Dog (McGrowl #1)
by Bob BalabanMcGrowl, Thomas's pet, is a bionic superdog with amazing powers of sight, smell, and strength. His powers sometimes get him into some sticky situations! Can Thomas & his courageous canine thwart veterinary Dr. Minderbinder's evil plans?
Beware of Dug! (Disney/Pixar Up)
by Annie AuerbachThe sky’s no longer the limit with Disney•Pixar’s next hit, Up!After attaching helium balloons to his house, Carl floats away! And when the house lands in South America, Carl discovers a young stowaway. The two embark on an unforgettable adventure, which includes a mad villain and a sixteen-foot-tall bird. Children will love the humor and adventure in this Pictureback, which retells scenes from the upcoming Disney•Pixar feature film, Up.
Beware of Dug! (Disney/Pixar Up)
by Annie AuerbachThe sky’s no longer the limit with Disney•Pixar’s next hit, Up!After attaching helium balloons to his house, Carl floats away! And when the house lands in South America, Carl discovers a young stowaway. The two embark on an unforgettable adventure, which includes a mad villain and a sixteen-foot-tall bird. Children will love the humor and adventure in this Pictureback, which retells scenes from the upcoming Disney•Pixar feature film, Up.
Beware the Butcher Bird (Lucy Wayles Mystery #2)
by Lydia Adamson[From the back cover] "A FOWL DEED, INDEED At sixty-something, Lucy Wayles, feisty leader of the birding group called the Olmsted's Irregulars, can distinguish a hairy woodpecker from a yellow-bellied sapsucker. A rara avis herself, she can also tell a song and dance from the truth ... and recognize murder when she sees it. And Lucy doesn't need binoculars to spot this homicide. When she and the quirky members of the Irregulars arrive at an award dinner for the great illustrator of field guides, John Wesley Carbondale, they are just in time to see Carbondale plummet from the hotel's upper floors onto a hot dog vendor's umbrella. The police call the swan dive a suicide. Lucy Wayles, remembering the butcher bird, which impales its prey on thorns, calls it fowl play. The fact that no one believes her only eggs her on. Now she's hatching a scheme to catch Carbondale's killer, but if her plan goes south, she runs the risk of ending up sadder, wiser.. .and deader than a dodo." There's never a dull moment with this little club of quirky bird-watcher's who's suspects and witnesses are even quirkier residents of the great, diverse population of New York City. Cozily amusing, they follow their outspoken, dramatic, whimsical leader, a shameless manipulator, into mystery solving expeditions most bird-watchers wouldn't dream of going. One of her Birders is Hapless, retired Dr. Markus who is so in love with Lucy that he eagerly follows her orders, usually against his better judgment. Check out the other books in this three book series in the Bookshare collection: #1 Beware the Tufted Duck, and #3 Beware the Laughing Gull.
Beware the Mare (Beware the Mare #1)
by Jessie HaasNamed to the Sequoyah Award Master List: Experienced rider Lily is ready for a real horse—will Beware the mare bring her good or bad luck? The bright-eyed bay mare in the truck looks very small. Lily&’s grandfather brought her home to their Vermont farm as a present for Lily. She&’s shaggy, her mane is tangled, and she looks as if she hasn&’t been brushed in a long time. To Lily, she&’s beautiful. But Lily has to solve the mystery of her name. Why is she called Beware? And why did Gramp get her so cheap? Is something wrong with her? Lily can&’t imagine what—she&’s already crazy about the little bay. The test will be when Lily takes her out for her first ride. What will happen then? This charming story of a girl and her pony will capture the hearts of horse-crazy young readers everywhere.
Bewusstsein: Warum es weit verbreitet ist, aber nicht digitalisiert werden kann
by Christof KochBewusstsein – das weiter verbreitet ist als bisher angenommen – ist das Gefühl, lebendig zu sein, es ist kein Rechenvorgang und auch kein cleverer Trick. In diesem Buch liefert Christof Koch eine schnörkellose Definition des Bewusstseins als bewusstes Erleben, vom alltäglichsten bis zum außergewöhnlichsten – eben das Gefühl zu leben.Die Psychologie erforscht, welche kognitiven Vorgänge einer bewussten Wahrnehmung jeweils zugrunde liegen. Die Neurowissenschaft spürt den neuronalen Korrelaten des Bewusstseins im Gehirn nach, dem Organ des Geistes. Aber warum das Gehirn und nicht etwa die Leber oder ein anderes Organ? Wie kann das Gehirn, drei Pfund höchst erregbares Gewebe, ein Gegenstand im Universum, der denselben physikalischen Gesetzen gehorcht wie jeder andere Gegenstand, subjektives Erleben hervorbringen? Will man eine Antwort auf diese Frage finden, braucht man, so Koch, eine quantitative Theorie, die beim Erleben ansetzt und zum Gehirn fortschreitet. Im vorliegenden Buch umreißt der Autor eine solche Theorie, basierend auf der integrierten Informationstheorie. Koch beschreibt, wie die Theorie viele Fakten zur Neurologie des Bewusstseins erklärt und wie man mit ihrer Hilfe sogar ein in der Klinik einsetzbares Bewusstseins-Messgerät konstruiert hat. Die Theorie sagt voraus, dass viele, ja vielleicht alle Tiere das Leben in vielen Facetten erleben; Bewusstsein ist viel weiter verbreitet als allgemein angenommen. Entgegen der landläufigen Ansicht aber argumentiert Koch, dass programmierbare Computer kein Bewusstsein haben werden. Selbst ein perfektes Softwaremodell des Gehirns ist nicht bewusst – es simuliert lediglich Bewusstsein. Bewusstsein ist keine bestimmte Art von Rechenvorgang, es ist kein cleverer Trick. Bewusstsein ist Sein.reich mit dem Sachbuchprogramm waren.
Bewusstsein und optimierter Wille
by Helmut PfütznerDas Fehlen freien Willens - so die Sorge der Dualisten - entwürdigt den Menschen. Der Text belegt das Gegenteil: das Fehlen macht den Menschen robust und verlässlich. Dazu entwirft das Buch ein auf schrittweise optimierenden Vorgängen basierendes biophysikalisches Iterations-Modell, das die elementaren Funktionen des Gehirns in konsequenter Weise interpretiert. Aus nüchterner Sicht der Biophysik ist es hohe Konzentration von spezifischen Neuronen, die das höchst physische Phänomen des Bewusstseins entstehen lässt. Voraussetzung dafür ist, dass "Vehemenz" des Denkens aufkommt. Bewusstsein ist kein Produkt der Evolution, sondern ein den Naturgesetzen a priori zugegebener Faktor. Der ist zwar beschreibbar, doch nicht erklärbar - ebenso wenig wie Magnetismus oder Gravitation. An die Stelle von ,,freiem" Willen rückt ,,optimierter" Wille: Das von Ererbtem und Erworbenem geprägte Ich bestimmt das Handeln und Denken in optimierter Weise, gemeinsam mit Einflüssen der Umwelt. p>
Beyond IPM: Introduction to the Theory of Holistic Pest Management (Sustainability in Plant and Crop Protection #15)
by Juan F. BarreraAbout 15 years ago, we asked ourselves why the methods developed by the research institutions for the management of pests were almost not used by small landholder farmers. It seemed obvious to us that conventional pest control –called “Integrated Pest Management”– was based on a reductionist approach. In reviewing the literature on the subject, we found that our concern was not new or unique. The agreement of some authors with our ideas reinforced our efforts to find a holistic approach to pest management. We took two central ideas to develop the holistic approach: First, pest management actions must put the farmer at the center of the system. Second, pest management must consider not only both pests but the other important components of the system in question. This approach based on the farmers and the systems in which they are immersed, is called “Holistic Pest Management” or HPM. In this book, I present the philosophy and practice of HPM, a new paradigm of pest management.
Beyond Obedience: Training with Awareness for You and Your Dog
by April Frost Rondi LightmarkBeyond Obedienceis a revolutionary new training program for you and your dog from one of our country's foremost animal advocates and holistic practitioners. The idea that your canine companion is a fully emotional being and acutely sensitive to your changing feelings and moods is the foundation of April Frost's original and highly effective training program. One of the most difficult aspects of training your dog is communicating your intentions clearly. Beyond Obedienceis the first book that works on the way you communicate with your dog, providing you with the necessary tools to truly understand how your dog's mind works and, therefore, how you can create an effective and mutually satisfying relationship. Drawing on her extensive experiences as an animal behaviorist, Frost teaches you that training your dog should not be a tedious chore limited to exerting physical and psychological control over an animal's drives, but instead an enriching and spiritually fulfilling experience--gratifying for both human and animal. Frost discusses such essential concepts as mutual respect, unconditional love, mental and emotional discipline, and your expectations and priorities. She shows you how the insights gained from working with your dog can have positive, far-ranging effects on many areas of your life. Beyond Obediencerevolutionizes dog training by addressing the spiritual, physical, and psychological needs of dogs and people, teaching them to communicate effectively through powerful techniques, including visualization and energy work, and offering them valuable insight into the emotional bonds that enrich the lives of animals and their companions. Guidelines Dogs are born knowing how to bark, bite, dig, chew, chase, jump up on one another, eliminate when they need to, and snarl when they feel threatened. It is a challenge to get a dog to suppress or modify his instincts in order to make human existence more pleasant. If the dog reverts, you need to remember that these acts are not malicious; the dog is simply doing the best he can with information he has been given about living with and behaving in a socially acceptable way toward a totally different species. Dogs can learn whatever you can find a way to teach them, so long as it is within their physical capability to perform. Dogs, like humans, take the path of least resistance; they do only what works well and easily to satisfy their needs and desires. If it is a self-rewarding move, they will repeat and escalate the behavior, whether that behavior is in harmony or conflict with your wishes. Every dog has its own point of motivation, a trigger that will evoke a response and awaken its desire to respond to its human.
Beyond One Health: From Recognition to Results
by John A. Herrmann Yvette J. Johnson-WalkerTackling One Health from a multi-disciplinary perspective, this book offers in-depth insight into how our health and the health of every living creature and our ecosystem are all inextricably connected. Presents critical population health topics, written by an international group of experts Addresses the technical aspects of the subject Offers potential policy solutions to help mitigate current threats and prevent additional threats from occurring
Beyond Prejudice: The Moral Significance of Human and Nonhuman Animals
by Evelyn B. PluharIn Beyond Prejudice, Evelyn B. Pluhar defends the view that any sentient conative being--one capable of caring about what happens to him or herself--is morally significant, a view that supports the moral status and rights of many nonhuman animals. Confronting traditional and contemporary philosophical arguments, she offers in clear and accessible fashion a thorough examination of theories of moral significance while decisively demonstrating the flaws in the arguments of those who would avoid attributing moral rights to nonhumans.Exposing the traditional view--which restricts the moral realm to autonomous, fully fledged "persons"--as having horrific implications for the treatment of many humans, Pluhar goes on to argue positively that sentient individuals of any species are no less morally significant than the most automomous human. Her position provides the ultimate justification that is missing from previous defenses of the moral status of nonhuman animals. In the process of advancing her position, Pluhar discusses the implications of determining moral significance for children and "abnormal" humans as well as its relevance to population policies, the raising of animals for food or product testing, decisions on hunting and euthanasia, and the treatment of companion animals. In addition, the author scrutinizes recent assertions by environmental ethicists that all living things or that natural objects and ecosystems be considered highly morally significant. This powerful book of moral theory challenges all defenders of the moral status quo--which decrees that animals decidedly do not count--to reevaluate their convictions.
Beyond Rope and Fence (Famous Horse Stories)
by David GrewA black-maned buckskin like her mother, Queen was born on the open prairie, and early learned to fear the very sight and smell of men. As she grew to maturity, Queen became a wise and crafty leader of the wild band, leading it north whenever she saw men on the horizon. Caught at last, and apparently tamed, Queen waited only the chance to rejoin her mate and the herd on the free, open ranges she loved.
Beyond Supervet: The New Number 1 Sunday Times Bestseller
by Professor Noel FitzpatrickIn this inspiring, uplifting and heart-warming memoir, world-renowned veterinary surgeon Professor Noel Fitzpatrick shares some of the most personal and powerful tales ever from his life as The Supervet. Picking up from where the Sunday Times bestselling How Animals Saved My Life left off, Noel shares the moving, heart-warming and often surprising stories of the animals that he has treated in his remarkable career. As he explores how our relationships with animals can bring out the best in each of us, we meet some of the wonderful animals he has tried to help, the families who love them and the deeply personal challenges Noel has faced along the way. It is animals like these who have taught Noel the valuable lessons of Love, Hope and Faith - lessons that have sustained him in his life beyond being the Supervet. This is the remarkable story of one man and the animals he has saved, animals who have - in turn - saved him.
Beyond the Cyborg: Adventures with Donna Haraway
by Margret Grebowicz Helen MerrickFeminist theorist and philosopher Donna Haraway has substantially impacted thought on science, cyberculture, the environment, animals, and social relations. This long-overdue volume explores her influence on feminist theory and philosophy, paying particular attention to her more recent work on companion species, rather than her "Manifesto for Cyborgs."Margret Grebowicz and Helen Merrick argue that the ongoing fascination with, and re-production of, the cyborg has overshadowed Haraway's extensive body of work in ways that run counter to her own transdisciplinary practices. Sparked by their own personal "adventures" with Haraway's work, the authors offer readings of her texts framed by a series of theoretical and political perspectives: feminist materialism, standpoint epistemology, radical democratic theory, queer theory, and even science fiction. They situate Haraway's critical storytelling and "risky reading" practices as forms of feminist methodology and recognize her passionate engagement with "naturecultures" as the theoretical core driving her work. Chapters situate Haraway as critic, theorist, biologist, feminist, historian, and humorist, exploring the full range of her identities and reflecting her commitment to embodying all of these modes simultaneously.
Beyond the Dinosaurs: Monsters of the Air and Sea (I Can Read Level 2)
by Charlotte Lewis BrownAmazing creatures flew through the air and swam in the seas during the Age of the Dinosaurs! Strange and wonderful creatures shared the Earth with the dinosaurs. Kronosaurus ruled the seas with teeth as big as bananas and jaws more powerful than a Tyrannosaurs-rex’s. Flying Pterodaustros spit water through hundreds of long, thin teeth. Deinosuchus, the giant crocodile, preyed on unlucky dinosaurs. These and other amazing animals are introduced to young readers in an easy-to-read text and dynamic illustrations.Beyond the Dinosaurs is a Level Two I Can Read, geared for kids who read on their own but still need a little help. Whether shared at home or in a classroom, the engaging stories, longer sentences, and language play of Level Two books are proven to help kids take their next steps toward reading success.
Beyond the Homestretch: What Saving Racehorses Taught Me About Starting Over, Facing Fear, and Finding My Inner Cowgirl
by Lynn ReardonIn Beyond the Homestretch, Lynn Reardon shares an unlikely story. In 2002, she quit her Washington, DC–area office job and moved to rural Texas to open the racehorse adoption ranch LOPE. Since then, LOPE has helped transition more than 750 thoroughbreds into new homes. Though now the director of this high-profile organization, Reardon didn’t learn to ride until she was an adult. Here she presents a vivid inside look into the world of horse racing, complete with colorful horses, jockeys, trainers, and gallop girls, beautifully depicting the insights horses can offer when we reevaluate our relationship with them.
Beyond the Horizon (Heartland Special Edition #2)
by Lauren BrookeBeing away from Heartland has been anything but easy for Amy Fleming. The work at the horse sanctuary was her life for years. Now she is in a pre-vet program, and she has new challenges and new friends. Amy refuses to believe anything has changed. But as soon as she's come home for spring break and been reunited with her boyfriend, Ty, she gets a call from another vet student. Will Savage is on a ranch in Colorado where there's a horse that needs Amy's help. Torn between her old life and her new one, Amy has to decide. But, in the end, she learns that she isn't the only one who is moving on.
Beyond the Laughing Sky
by Julie Morstad Michelle CuevasIn the tradition of E. B. White and Kate DiCamillo comes the magical and moving story of a bird-like boy who longs to flyTen-year-old Nashville doesn't feel like he belongs with his family, in his town, or even in this world. He was hatched from an egg his father found on the sidewalk and has grown into something not quite boy and not quite bird. Despite the support of his loving parents and his adoring sister, Junebug, Nashville wishes more than anything that he could join his fellow birds up in the sky. After all, what's the point of being part bird if you can't even touch the clouds?With an ear for language and a gift for storytelling, Michelle Cuevas will remind fans of Stuart Little and Where the Mountain Meets the Moon that anything is possible. Even flying.
Beyond the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation: From Lethal to Compassionate Conservation (The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series)
by Anja HeisterThe North American Wildlife Conservation Model (NAM) is the driver of a strong anthropocentric stance, which has legalized an ongoing, annual exploitation of hundreds of millions of wild animals, who are killed in the United States through trapping, hunting and other lethal practices. Increasingly, the American public opposes the killing of wild animals for recreation, trophies and profit but has little—if any—knowledge of the Model. The purpose of this book is to empower the public with knowledge about the NAM’s insufficiencies and to help expedite the shift from lethal to compassionate conservation, an endeavour urgently needed particularly under the threats of climate change, human population growth and accelerating plant and animal species extinctions.With a focus on trapping, this book exposes the NAM's belief in human supremacy and its consequences for wild animals and their ecosystems, the same value that is driving the ongoing global destruction of nature and accelerating species extinction. Motivated by a deep concern for wild animals who suffer and whose lives are extinguished each year by 'sportsmen and women', this book exposes the violent treatment of wild animals inherent in governmental-promoted hunting and trapping programs, while emphasizing the importance of empathy and compassion for other animals in conservation and in our lives.
Beyond the Sunrise (The Dolphin Diaries #10)
by Ben M. BaglioJody and her family are in Bangladesh where there are tigers, and wild boars. However, the wildlife Jody wants to see the most, though, is the rare and unusual Irrawaddy dolphins her family has come to observe. Her wish comes true when at last she spots one, whom she names Sandhi. Jody's world is turned upside down when she learns there are poachers around, and Sandhi is missing. Does Sandhi have a secret hiding place, or has she been caught?