Introduction Hungry Monkey is the story of one man’s coming to realize that kids don’t need puree in a jar or special menus at restaurants and that raising an adventurous eater is about exposure, invention, and patience. A restaurant critic and food writer, now a stay-at-home dad, Amster-Burton writes of the highs and lows of [...]
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Scent of the Missing by Susannah Charleson
Introduction In the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing, Susannah Charleson clipped a photo from the newspaper: an exhausted canine handler, face buried in the fur of his search-and-rescue dog. A dog lover and pilot with search experience herself, Susannah was so moved by the image that she decided to volunteer with a local canine [...]
The Suicide Index by Joan Wickersham
Introduction Sixteen years ago, Joan Wickersham’s father shot himself in the head. The father she loved would never have killed himself—and yet, he had. His death made a mystery of his entire life. Using an index—the most formal and orderly of structures—Wickersham explores this chaotic and incomprehensible reality. Every bit of family history—marriage, parents, [...]
Chosen Forever by Susan Richards
Introduction This sequel to the best-selling Chosen by a Horse follows author Susan Richards’s journey of self-discovery as she embarks on a book tour, and by pure chance meets the man who will become her husband. Along the way she revisits her time with Lay Me Down and her other beloved animals, as well [...]
Merle's Door by Ted Kerasote
Merle’s Door Ted Kerasote ISBN:9780156034500 About the book: Now including a wonderful new photo insert chronicling Merle’s life, this national bestseller explores the relationship between humans and dogs. How would dogs live if they were free? Would they stay with their human friends? Merle and Ted found each other in the Utah desert— Merle was [...]
A Three Dog Life by Abigail Thomas
A Three Dog Life Abigail Thomas ISBN:9780156033060 About the book: When Abigail Thomas’s husband, Rich, was hit by a car, his brain shattered. Subject to rages, terrors, and hallucinations, he must live the rest of his life in an institution. He has no memory of what he did the hour, the day, the year before. [...]
A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz
A Tale of Love and Darkness Amos Oz ISBN:9780156032520 About the book: Tragic, comic, and utterly honest, this bestselling and critically acclaimed new work by "one of Israel’s most gifted and prolific authors" (Helen Epstein, The Forward) is at once a family saga and a magical self-portrait of a writer who witnessed the birth of [...]
The Places in Between by Rory Stewart
The Places in Between Rory Stewart ISBN:9780156031561 About the book: In January 2002 Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan-surviving by his wits, his knowledge of Persian dialects and Muslim customs, and the kindness of strangers. By day he passed through mountains covered in nine feet of snow, hamlets burned and emptied by the Taliban, and communities [...]
Chosen by a Horse by Susan Richards
Chosen by a Horse Susan Richards ISBN:9780156031172 About the book: The horse Susan Richards chose for rescue wouldn’t be corralled into her waiting trailer. Instead Lay Me Down, a former racehorse with a foal close on her heels, walked right up that ramp and into Susan’s life. This gentle creature—malnourished, plagued by pneumonia and an [...]
Tattoo for a Slave by Hortense Calisher
Tattoo for a Slave Hortense Calisher ISBN:9780156032032 About the book: Although Hortense Calisher’s family eventually migrated north to New York City, the echoes of their days as a slave-owning family in the South still resonate with this prolific and widely acclaimed author, who in Tattoo for a Slave uncovers a part of history never before [...]
