Engineering for Cats by Mac Delaney Workman Publishing , copyright 2018 This is such a fun how-to book if you like cats, or you like to build things, and especially if you like both. There are ten projects designed to improve the quality of life for your cat or cats, and thus your own, if […]
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Dogs Rough & Smooth by Lucy Dawson, foreword by Susan Orlean Harper Design, 2016 This is a facsimile edition of celebrated British illustrator Lucy Dawson’s 1937 classic collection of highly detailed and loveable drawings of dogs, complete with a cloth spine and ribbon marker. Lucy Dawson was a preeminent British illustrator in the 1930s and […]
Who has not lived in fear of how they will be able to waste time when their internet is down? Sure, you probably have a deck of cards in your emergency supplies (or junk drawer) so that you will be able to play solitaire, but man does not live by solitaire alone. What about your […]
It is very common to have a problem with a dog that jumps up on you. It is the natural greeting behavior of dogs to lick one another in the face. [ See “Super Puppy” by Peter Vollmer] How could your dog lick your face without jumping up toward it? Despite the fact that this […]
I received a review copy of Sleeping With the Beast, by Dale Ryan. It’s not your everyday dog-book. To quote the dust jacket notes, “In Sleeping With the Beast, Dale Ryan invites us into her home for a close-up view of what it’s like to live with dogs – from cooking to decorating to gardening […]
A couple of months ago, I received an email asking if I would like to review this book. I looked at some of the pictures they sent (which you'll see here) and immediately said yes. Unfortunately, it took me some time to get around to reading the whole book. Yes, it's a picture book, but […]