Author: Detroit (Mich.). Office of the Controller
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
The Dogs of March
Author: Ernest Hebert
Publisher: University Press of New England
ISBN: 1611687098
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
"His life had come to this: save a few deer from the jaws of dogs. He was a small man sent to perform a small task." Howard Elman is a man whose internal landscape is as disordered as his front yard, where native New Hampshire birches and maples mingle with a bullet-riddled washer, abandoned bathroom fixtures, and several junk cars. Howard, anti-hero of this first novel in Ernest Hebert's highly acclaimed Darby Chronicles, is a man who is tough and tender. Howard's battle against encroaching change symbolizes the class conflict between indigenous Granite Staters scratching out a living and citified immigrants with "college degrees and big bank accounts." Like the winter-weakened deer threatened by the dogs of March--the normally docile house pets whose instincts arouse them to chase and kill for sport--Howard, too, is sorely beset. The seven novels of Hebert's Darby Chronicles cover 35 years in the life of a small New England town as seen through the eyes of three families--the Elmans, the Salmons, and the Jordans--each representing a distinct social class. It all starts with The Dogs of March, cited for excellence in 1980 by the Hemingway Foundation (now the Pen Faulkner Award for Fiction).
Publisher: University Press of New England
ISBN: 1611687098
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
"His life had come to this: save a few deer from the jaws of dogs. He was a small man sent to perform a small task." Howard Elman is a man whose internal landscape is as disordered as his front yard, where native New Hampshire birches and maples mingle with a bullet-riddled washer, abandoned bathroom fixtures, and several junk cars. Howard, anti-hero of this first novel in Ernest Hebert's highly acclaimed Darby Chronicles, is a man who is tough and tender. Howard's battle against encroaching change symbolizes the class conflict between indigenous Granite Staters scratching out a living and citified immigrants with "college degrees and big bank accounts." Like the winter-weakened deer threatened by the dogs of March--the normally docile house pets whose instincts arouse them to chase and kill for sport--Howard, too, is sorely beset. The seven novels of Hebert's Darby Chronicles cover 35 years in the life of a small New England town as seen through the eyes of three families--the Elmans, the Salmons, and the Jordans--each representing a distinct social class. It all starts with The Dogs of March, cited for excellence in 1980 by the Hemingway Foundation (now the Pen Faulkner Award for Fiction).
The Ralph Steadman Book of Dogs
Author: Ralph Steadman
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547534256
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 99
Book Description
Features whimsical depictions of dogs in various themed settings, including "Saloon Bar Dog," "Buddhist Dogs Searching for Happiness," and "Dog Baby Substitute."
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547534256
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 99
Book Description
Features whimsical depictions of dogs in various themed settings, including "Saloon Bar Dog," "Buddhist Dogs Searching for Happiness," and "Dog Baby Substitute."
Dogs in Space
Author: Nancy Coffelt
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152010041
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Dogs in space visit each of the planets in the solar system, finding no one at home anywhere, and return to Earth.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152010041
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Dogs in space visit each of the planets in the solar system, finding no one at home anywhere, and return to Earth.
A Day with Dogs
Author: Dorothée de Monfreid
Publisher: Gecko Press USA
ISBN: 9781776570980
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Shares how a group of dogs spend their day.
Publisher: Gecko Press USA
ISBN: 9781776570980
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Shares how a group of dogs spend their day.
The Dogs of Central Park
Author: Fran Reisner
Publisher: Universe Publishing(NY)
ISBN: 0789322129
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Collects photographs of dogs throughout New York City's Central Park.
Publisher: Universe Publishing(NY)
ISBN: 0789322129
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Collects photographs of dogs throughout New York City's Central Park.
Annual Report
Author: Detroit (Mich.). Office of the Controller
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Annual Report
Author: South Australia. Department of Lands and Surveys
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public lands
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public lands
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Mad Dogs and Other New Yorkers
Author: Jessica Wang
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 1421409712
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
How rabid dogs, the struggles to contain them, and their power over the public imagination intersected with New York City's rise to urban preeminence. Rabies enjoys a fearsome and lurid reputation. Throughout the decades of spiraling growth that defined New York City from the 1840s to the 1910s, the bone-chilling cry of "Mad dog!" possessed the power to upend the ordinary routines and rhythms of urban life. In Mad Dogs and Other New Yorkers, Jessica Wang examines the history of this rare but dreaded affliction during a time of rapid urbanization. Focusing on a transformative era in medicine, politics, and urban society, Wang uses rabies to survey urban social geography, the place of domesticated animals in the nineteenth-century city, and the world of American medicine. Rabies, she demonstrates, provides an ideal vehicle for exploring physicians' ideas about therapeutics, disease pathology, and the body as well as the global flows of knowledge and therapeutics. Beyond the medical realm, the disease also illuminates the cultural fears and political contestations that evolved in lockstep with New York City's burgeoning cityscape. Mad Dogs and Other New Yorkers offers lay readers and specialists alike the opportunity to contemplate a tumultuous domain of people, animals, and disease against a backdrop of urban growth, medical advancement, and social upheaval. The result is a probing history of medicine that details the social world of New York physicians, their ideas about a rare and perplexing disorder, and the struggles of an ever-changing, ever-challenging urban society.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 1421409712
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
How rabid dogs, the struggles to contain them, and their power over the public imagination intersected with New York City's rise to urban preeminence. Rabies enjoys a fearsome and lurid reputation. Throughout the decades of spiraling growth that defined New York City from the 1840s to the 1910s, the bone-chilling cry of "Mad dog!" possessed the power to upend the ordinary routines and rhythms of urban life. In Mad Dogs and Other New Yorkers, Jessica Wang examines the history of this rare but dreaded affliction during a time of rapid urbanization. Focusing on a transformative era in medicine, politics, and urban society, Wang uses rabies to survey urban social geography, the place of domesticated animals in the nineteenth-century city, and the world of American medicine. Rabies, she demonstrates, provides an ideal vehicle for exploring physicians' ideas about therapeutics, disease pathology, and the body as well as the global flows of knowledge and therapeutics. Beyond the medical realm, the disease also illuminates the cultural fears and political contestations that evolved in lockstep with New York City's burgeoning cityscape. Mad Dogs and Other New Yorkers offers lay readers and specialists alike the opportunity to contemplate a tumultuous domain of people, animals, and disease against a backdrop of urban growth, medical advancement, and social upheaval. The result is a probing history of medicine that details the social world of New York physicians, their ideas about a rare and perplexing disorder, and the struggles of an ever-changing, ever-challenging urban society.
Regulate the Transportation, Sale, and Handling of Dogs and Cats Used for Research and Experimentation
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Livestock and Grains
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animal welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animal welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
The Dog Merchants
Author: Kim Kavin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1681771705
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
In what promises to become an "Omnivore's Dilemma" for dog lovers—breed devotees and adoption advocates alike—The Dog Merchants is the first book to explain the complex and often surprisingly similar business practices that extend from the American Kennel Club to local shelters, from Westminster champions to dog auctions.Without judging dog lovers of any stripe, The Dog Merchants makes it clear that money spent among these dog merchants has real-world effects on people and canines. Kavin reveals how dog merchants create markets for dogs, often in defiance of the usual rules of supply and demand. She takes an investigative approach and meets breeders and rescuers at all levels, shedding much-needed light on an industry that most people don't even realize is an industry.Kavin’s goal is to advance the conversation about how all dogs are treated, from puppy mills to high-kill shelters. She shows that a great deal can be improved by understanding the business practices behind selling dogs of all kinds. Instead of pitting rescue and purebred people against each other, The Dog Merchants shows how all dog lovers can come together, with one voice as consumers, on behalf of all our beloved companions.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1681771705
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
In what promises to become an "Omnivore's Dilemma" for dog lovers—breed devotees and adoption advocates alike—The Dog Merchants is the first book to explain the complex and often surprisingly similar business practices that extend from the American Kennel Club to local shelters, from Westminster champions to dog auctions.Without judging dog lovers of any stripe, The Dog Merchants makes it clear that money spent among these dog merchants has real-world effects on people and canines. Kavin reveals how dog merchants create markets for dogs, often in defiance of the usual rules of supply and demand. She takes an investigative approach and meets breeders and rescuers at all levels, shedding much-needed light on an industry that most people don't even realize is an industry.Kavin’s goal is to advance the conversation about how all dogs are treated, from puppy mills to high-kill shelters. She shows that a great deal can be improved by understanding the business practices behind selling dogs of all kinds. Instead of pitting rescue and purebred people against each other, The Dog Merchants shows how all dog lovers can come together, with one voice as consumers, on behalf of all our beloved companions.