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Author: Colleen AF Venable
Publisher: Graphic Universe
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13: 0761356304
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Guinea pig Sasspants knows something is wrong with ninth-grader Viola, the new pet shop assistant, and when Mr. Venezi goes missing, Sasspants and Hamisher put their private investigation skills to the test. Simultaneous.
Author: Victoria Braithwaite
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2010-03-25
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 0191613967
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →While there has been increasing interest in recent years in the welfare of farm animals, fish are frequently thought to be different. In many people's perception, fish, with their lack of facial expressions or recognisable communication, are not seen to count when it comes to welfare. Angling is a major sport, and fishing a big industry. Millions of fish are caught on barbed hooks, or left to die by suffocation on the decks of fishing boats. Here, biologist Victoria Braithwaite explores the question of fish pain and fish suffering, explaining what we now understand about fish behaviour, and examining the related ethical questions about how we should treat these animals. She asks why the question of pain in fish has not been raised earlier, indicating our prejudices and assumptions; and argues that the latest and growing scientific evidence would suggest that we should widen to fish the protection currently given to birds and mammals.
Author: Sara O'Leary
Publisher: Exile Editions, Ltd.
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 76
ISBN-13: 9781550960419
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Rita Mae Brown
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 1991-10-01
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 0553287532
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Curiosity just might be the death of Mrs. Murphy--and her human companion, Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen. Small towns are like families: Everyone lives very close together. . .and everyone keeps secrets. Crozet, Virginia, is a typical small town-until its secrets explode into murder. Crozet's thirty-something post-mistress, Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen, has a tiger cat (Mrs. Murphy) and a Welsh Corgi (Tucker), a pending divorce, and a bad habit of reading postcards not addressed to her. When Crozet's citizens start turning up murdered, Harry remembers that each received a card with a tombstone on the front and the message "Wish you were here" on the back. Intent on protecting their human friend, Mrs. Murphy and Tucker begin to scent out clues. Meanwhile, Harry is conducting her own investigation, unaware her pets are one step ahead of her. If only Mrs. Murphy could alert her somehow, Harry could uncover the culprit before the murder occurs--and before Harry finds herself on the killer's mailing list.
Author: Colin McNaughton
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 2002-06
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780763617202
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An illustrated collection of poems about traveling and vacations, including "I'm Off to Treasure Island," "If You're Traveling in Transylvania," and "Are We Nearly There Yet?"
Author: Lulu Miller
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2021-04-06
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 1501160346
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Nineteenth-century scientist David Starr Jordan built one of the most important fish specimen collections ever seen, until the 1906 San Francisco earthquake shattered his life's work.
Author: Nick Webb
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Published: 2005-12-01
Total Pages: 381
ISBN-13: 0345476514
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Written by Adams's editor and close-friend, an authorized biography of the late author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and its sequels offers a larger-than-life portrait of the inimitable Douglas Adams, based on material from the author's family. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.
Author: Paul Greenberg
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2010-07-15
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 1101442298
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →“A necessary book for anyone truly interested in what we take from the sea to eat, and how, and why.” —Sam Sifton, The New York Times Book Review Acclaimed author of American Catch and The Omega Princple and life-long fisherman, Paul Greenberg takes us on a journey, examining the four fish that dominate our menus: salmon, sea bass, cod, and tuna. Investigating the forces that get fish to our dinner tables, Greenberg reveals our damaged relationship with the ocean and its inhabitants. Just three decades ago, nearly everything we ate from the sea was wild. Today, rampant overfishing and an unprecedented biotech revolution have brought us to a point where wild and farmed fish occupy equal parts of a complex marketplace. Four Fish offers a way for us to move toward a future in which healthy and sustainable seafood is the rule rather than the exception.
Author: Phillipa Ashley
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published: 2011-06-01
Total Pages: 295
ISBN-13: 1402266502
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Beth Allen has moved on... It's been eight years since she and Jack Thornfield met on an exotic holiday and sparked up a seriously promising romance. But then he disappeared without a trace, and Beth's life got dreadfully busy, demanding, and altogether complicated. Then Jack and Beth run into each other again...while she's applying for an exciting new job in London—at his company. For necessity's sake, but against her better judgment, she takes the job, and from that moment on, complicated doesn't even begin to describe it... WHAT READERS SAY: "A holiday fling that will last longer than your tan!" "A wonderful funny, sexy, romantic read." "This book is gorgeous, simply gorgeous...jump-off-the-page characters, masses of humour, sexual tension you could cut with a penknife, heart-wringing romance—you literally won't be able to put it down." "I would highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys enveloping themselves in a great big squashy marshmallow duvet with a whopping box of chocolates—this is the literary equivalent." "Another lovely romantic tale from Phillipa Ashley that will leave you feeling all warm and cosy."
Author: Stewart O'Nan
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Published: 2007-12-01
Total Pages: 727
ISBN-13: 1555847919
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A family gathers at their vacation cottage for the last time: “Riveting...the perfect summer-by-the-lake read.”—Chicago Tribune A New York Times Notable Book A Chicago Tribune Favorite Book of the Year A year after the death of her husband, Emily Maxwell gathers her family by Lake Chautauqua in western New York for what will be a last vacation at their summer cottage. Joining is her sister-in-law, who silently mourns the sale of the lake house, and a long-lost love. Emily's firebrand daughter, a recovering alcoholic recently separated from her husband, brings her children from Detroit. Emily's son, who has quit his job and mortgaged his future to pursue his art, comes accompanied by his children and his wife, who is secretly heartened to be visiting the house for the last time. Memories of past summers resurface, old rivalries flare up, and love is rekindled and born anew, resulting in a timeless novel drawn, as the best writing often is, from the ebbs and flow of daily life. “A sprawling, generously written saga that imparts exceptional insights into the human heart.”—Charlotte Observer “Brilliantly mesmerizing.”—Los Angeles Times “Succeeds beautifully...showcases some of the finest character studies a contemporary reader could ask for.”—The Boston Globe
