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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 23 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book Seven Cats I Have Loved by Anat Levit, translated by Yardeene Greenspan
    Seven Cats I Have Loved - by Anat Levit, translated by Yardeene Greenspan

    £8.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781800812703 | ISBN 10: 1800812701

    Anat Levit never considered herself a cat lover, but when her life was thrown into upheaval, she found herself adopting one cat at the suggestion of her daughters, and then six more in quick succession. She recounts how each cat came into her life, ... more

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  • Cover image of book Bricks, Stones and Straw: Working Horses in Liverpool by Peter Sleeman
    Bricks, Stones and Straw: Working Horses in Liverpool - by Peter Sleeman

    £15.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781398111660 | ISBN 10: 139811166x

    The relationship between humans and horses has played a vital role in shaping our towns and cities. This book offers a fascinating insight into the history of working horses in Liverpool.   Working horses have been part of the story of Liv ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Scurry of Squirrels: Nurturing The Wild by Polly Pullar
    A Scurry of Squirrels: Nurturing The Wild - by Polly Pullar

    £14.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781780277042 | ISBN 10: 1780277040

    Polly Pullar has had a passion for red squirrels since childhood. As a wildlife rehabilitator, she knows the squirrel on a profoundly personal level and has hand-reared numerous litters of orphan kits, eventually returning them to the wild. In this b ... more

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  • Cover image of book Never Leave the Dog Behind: Our Love of Dogs and Mountains by Helen Mort
    Never Leave the Dog Behind: Our Love of Dogs and Mountains - by Helen Mort

    £8.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781839810381 | ISBN 10: 1839810386

    'We live in a world populated by dog lovers, where many of us regard them as members of the family. We are fascinated by them: either anthropomorphising our pets or obsessing about the ways they differ from us. And mountains – theatres of risk, dra ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Last Sanctuary in Aleppo by Alaa Aljaleel by Diana Darke
    The Last Sanctuary in Aleppo - by Alaa Aljaleel by Diana Darke

    £10.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781472260581 | ISBN 10: 1472260589

    From Diana Darke, the acclaimed author of My House in Damascus and The Merchant of Syria, comes the extraordinary true story of a heroic ambulance driver who created a cat sanctuary in the midst of war-torn Aleppo.   “I’ll stay with them n ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Wisdom of Wolves: Understand How Wolves Can Teach Us To Be More Human by Elli Radinger
    The Wisdom of Wolves: Understand How Wolves Can Teach Us To Be More Human - by Elli Radinger

    £14.99   hardback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9780241346716 | ISBN 10: 0241346711

    They care for their elderly, play with their kids, and always put family first. Can we all learn something from the wisdom of wolves?  In this unforgettable book, wolf expert and naturalist Elli Radinger draws on her 25 years of first-hand ex ... more

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    Paul O'Grady's Country Life - by Paul O'Grady

    £10.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9780552169653 | ISBN 10: 055216965x

    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER  A fascinating and hilarious glimpse into Paul's life at home in the country with his animals.  Paul O'Grady's Country Life for the first time gives a glimpse into the home life of one of Britain’s best lov ... more

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  • Cover image of book Reindeer: An Arctic Life by Tilly Smith
    Reindeer: An Arctic Life - by Tilly Smith

    £12.99   hardback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9780750987974 | ISBN 10: 0750987979

    In this enchanting book, Tilly Smith leads the reader through the cold and extraordinary natural history of the reindeer. A creature that is often used to adorn the winter season, the reindeer has been domesticated in Eurasia for longer than the hors ... more

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  • Cover image of book Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal
    Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? - by Frans de Waal

    £10.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781783783069 | ISBN 10: 1783783060

    What separates your mind from the mind of an animal? Maybe you think it's your ability to design tools, your sense of self, or your grasp of past and future - all traits that have helped us define ourselves as the pre-eminent species on Earth. But in ... more

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  • Cover image of book Cat Walk by Jackie Morris
    Cat Walk - by Jackie Morris

    £9.99   hardback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781909823273 | ISBN 10: 1909823279

    Author, illustrator and photographer Jackie Morris explores her native Pembrokeshire in the company of her feline friends. Or rather, they explore the countryside while she tags along taking pictures.   Over 100 images with accompanying text tell ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Hunt for the Golden Mole: All Creatures Great and Small, and Why They Matter by Richard Girling
    The Hunt for the Golden Mole: All Creatures Great and Small, and Why They Matter - by Richard Girling

    £9.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780099571933 | ISBN 10: 0099571935

    This story is a quest for an animal so rare that a sighting has never been recorded.   The Somali golden mole was first described in 1964, but the sole evidence for its existence is a tiny fragment of jawbone found in an owl pellet. Intrigued ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Street Cat Named Bob: How One Man and His Cat Found Hope on the Streets by James Bowen
    A Street Cat Named Bob: How One Man and His Cat Found Hope on the Streets - by James Bowen

    £8.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781444737110 | ISBN 10: 1444737112

    When James Bowen found an injured, ginger street cat curled up in the hallway of his sheltered accommodation, he had no idea just how much his life was about to change. James was living hand to mouth on the streets of London and the last thing he nee ... more

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  • Cover image of book Beyond Animal Rights: Food, Pets and Ethics by Tony Milligan
    Beyond Animal Rights: Food, Pets and Ethics - by Tony Milligan

    £16.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781441157539 | ISBN 10: 1441157530

    Issues to do with animal ethics remain at the heart of public debate. In Beyond Animal Rights, Tony Milligan goes beyond standard discussions of animal ethics to explore the ways in which we personally relate to other creatures through our diet, as p ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Urban Hen: A Practical Guide to Keeping Poultry in a Town or City by Paul Peacock
    The Urban Hen: A Practical Guide to Keeping Poultry in a Town or City - by Paul Peacock

    £9.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781905862276 | ISBN 10: 190586227x

    Thousands of backyard poultry keepers are signing up all over the country, experiencing afresh the joys of their first hen, their first egg, their happy chuckle in the morning garden. Keeping poultry in the city brings with it not only joys but respo ... more

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  • Cover image of book On Cats by Doris Lessing
    On Cats - by Doris Lessing

    £6.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780007285518 | ISBN 10: 0007285515

    The cats that have shared Doris Lessing's life have characters as vivid as any person: ragbag, Rufus, beautiful Charles, the unequaled El Magnifico. First intrigued by the wild creatures on the African farm where she grew up, Lessing's fascination wi ... more

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  • Cover image of book Horses Like Lightning: A Story of Passage Through the Himalayas by Sienna Craig
    Horses Like Lightning: A Story of Passage Through the Himalayas - by Sienna Craig

    £9.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780861715176 | ISBN 10: 0861715179

    At just 19, Sienna Craig made her first venture deep into Mustang, an ethnically Tibetan area of Nepal, in the rainshadow of the Himalayas.  As an equestrian and a buddhing anthropologist, she sought not only to understand what it was like to rely on ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Emotional Lives of Animals by Marc Bekoff
    The Emotional Lives of Animals - by Marc Bekoff

    £12.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781577316299 | ISBN 10: 1577316290

    Biologist Marc Bekoff is one of the world's foremost experts on animal emotions. After years of fieldwork studying the communication patterns of coyotes and domestic dogs, Bekoff began challenging the scientific status quo that argued that no scienti ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Friend Like Henry: The Remarkable True Story of an Autistic Boy & the Dog that Unlocked His World by Nuala Gardner
    A Friend Like Henry: The Remarkable True Story of an Autistic Boy & the Dog that Unlocked His World - by Nuala Gardner

    £10.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780340934029 | ISBN 10: 0340934026

    From the publishers of the bestselling Born On a Blue Day and Marley and Me: the moving and inspiring story of how a devoted family dog helped free a little boy from the prison of his autism. When Jamie and Nuala Gardner chose a puppy for their son D ... more

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  • Cover image of book Woof! A Gay Man
    Woof! A Gay Man's Guide to Gogs - by Andrew Deprisco

    £15.99   hardback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781931993869 | ISBN 10: 1931993866

    Gay dog lovers will howl with delight to discover the juicy and frightening facts contained herein: from selecting and purchasing the gay-perfect pup to raising and training your family dog to become and out and proud member of the community.  U ... more

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  • Cover image of book When a Family Pet Dies: A Guide to Dealing with Children
    When a Family Pet Dies: A Guide to Dealing with Children's Loss - by JoAnn Tuzeo-Jarolmen

    £12.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9781843108368 | ISBN 10: 1843108364

    Pets are often felt to be “one of the family” and a companion for children when they are growing up – an individual who is loved in life and greatly missed in death. When a pet dies, it can have a huge impact on children, and it is important that par ... more

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  • Cover image of book Animals in Translation by Temple Grandin
    Animals in Translation - by Temple Grandin

    £9.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780747566694 | ISBN 10: 0747566690

    Animals in Translation is the culmination of Temple Grandin's extraordinary life's work, drawing upon the latest research, her distinguished career as an animal scientist, and her own experience of being autistic.  With co-author Catherine Johnson, G ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Pig Who Sang to the Moon: The Emotional World of Farm Animals by Jeffrey Masson
    The Pig Who Sang to the Moon: The Emotional World of Farm Animals - by Jeffrey Masson

    £9.99   paperback   (2005) - ISBN 13: 9780099285748 | ISBN 10: 0099285746

    This is a book about farm animals - chickens, cows, sheep and goats - and what they think and feel.  As with his previous bestsellers on animal emotions, Jeffrey Masson reveals that these creatures, so often despised or abused, feel complex emotions ... more

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  • Cover image of book Dogs Never Lie About Love: Reflections on the Emotional World of Dogs by Jeffrey Masson
    Dogs Never Lie About Love: Reflections on the Emotional World of Dogs - by Jeffrey Masson

    £8.99   paperback   (1998) - ISBN 13: 9780099740612 | ISBN 10: 0099740613

    "Masson dares to write about dogs' emotions, dreams, sadness, fears and loves, and attempts to interpret their feelings without sounding even slightly sloppy... His ideas are comples and convincing... This is a fascinating and very moving book."(Mich ... more

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