Author: Kirk MannPublisher:
ISBN: 9781892517005
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
If Dogs Could Talk and Other Animal Poems
Author: Kirk MannPublisher:
ISBN: 9781892517005
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
If Dogs Could Talk
Author: Vilmos CsányiPublisher: North Point Press
ISBN: 1429930942
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Every dog owner knows intuitively that there's something special about the high degree of mutual understanding and empathy that exists between humans and their proverbial best friends. Now, an internationally renowned Hungarian ethologist (a specialist in the scientific study of animal behavior) traces the roots of this unique relationship back to the unusual circumstances in which the two species co-evolved over many millennia. Drawing in part on close observations of his own two pet dogs, Flip and Jerry, the author argues that the longstanding alliance of dogs and humans arose from behavioral traits present in the original wolves from which all modern dogs are descended. Wolves, like humans, are highly intelligent social predators, with well-developed cooperative problem-solving and communications skills, giving them distinct advantages in their developing relations with humans. These basic intellectual skills were refined and enhanced over tens of thousands of years, resulting in the enormously varied "artificial animals" we see today. Although the book's specific focus is on dogs, it ranges far afield to discuss in an easy-going, accessible style recent experimental and theoretical work on the behavior of other animals, and especially on their interactions with humans. A highly personal work, If Dogs Could Talk makes the case that the social and emotional bonds between dogs and humans are indeed special, and that they ought to form the basis for our treatment of dogs. Moreover, the author concludes, by closely observing the cognitive behavior of dogs, we can also learn a good deal about how the human mind works.
I Could Chew on This
Author: Francesco MarciulianoPublisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452131805
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
A New York Times bestseller? Oh, you know the dogs weren't going to let the cats get away with that! This canine companion to I Could Pee on This, the beloved volume of poems by cats, I Could Chew on This will have dog lovers laughing out loud. Doggie laureates not only chew on quite a lot of things, they also reveal their creativity, their hidden motives, and their eternal (and sometimes misguided) effervescence through such musings as "I Dropped a Ball," "I Lose My Mind When You Leave the House," and "Can You Smell That?" Accompanied throughout by portraits of the canine poets in all their magnificence, I Could Chew on This is a work of unbridled enthusiasm, insatiable appetite, and, yes, creative genius. Plus, this is a fixed-format version of the book, which looks nearly identical to the print version.
Throw the Damn Ball
Author: R. D. RosenPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698141229
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
A hilarious collection of poetry by dogs—the perfect gift for lovers of literature and pups alike. “Dogs seldom make passes At dogs passing gasses.” Are these the words of Dorothy Parker? Ogden Nash? Nope, the author is Sparky from Milton, Pennsylvania. Sparky, Snowy, Tucker, Louie, these canine laureates have written a volume of poetry displaying the brilliance and wit we've always suspected our dogs were hiding from us. They also, it turns out, revere the human geniuses who came before them, as you’ll see with “There Is No Frigate Like A Pavement”—an homage to Emily Dickinson—and “Do Not Go Gentle.” Yes, Dylan Thomas would love it.
Reading Cats and Dogs
Author: Françoise BessonPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1793611076
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Throughout the world, people spend much of their time with animal companions of various kinds, frequently with cats and dogs. What meanings do we make of these relationships? In the ecocritical collection Reading cats and Dogs, a diverse array of scholars considers the philosophy, literature, and film devoted to human relationships with companion species. In addition to illuminating famous animal stories by Beatrix Potter, Jack London, Italo Svevo, and Michael Ondaatje, readers are introduced to the dog poems of Shuntarō Tanikawa, a Turkish documentary on stray cats as neighborhood companions, and the representation of diverse animal companions in Cameroonian novels. Focusing on “Stray and Feral Companions,” “The Usefulness of Companion Animals,” and “Problematizing Companion Animals,” Reading Cats and Dogs aims both to confirm and topple readers’ assumptions about the fellow travelers with whom we share our lives, our streets and fields, and our planet. Fifteen contributors from various countries reveal the aesthetic, ethical, and psychological complexities of our multispecies relationships, demonstrating the richness of ecocritical animal studies.
If Dogs Could Talk, What Would They Say?
Author: Tammy AllenPublisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1685267939
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
If Dogs Could Talk, What Would They Say? takes a comical look at what dogs might say or even ask if they were able. The rhyming words will have children of all ages engaged, and the word usage will get them to think about the different ways you can say “talk.” If you have dogs, this book might answer your questions of what they might be thinking. If dogs could talk, what questions would they ask? Would they question their food and the taste it lacks?
If Animals Could Talk: Dogs
Author: Ann TatlockPublisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 1637414536
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
An excellent book for young learners! If Animals Could Talk: Dogs is narrated by "Charlie" the dog. He teaches readers the communication devices dogs use to let humans know how they are feeling such as the types of bark they do, their body language and ear position. It also includes Pet Facts like "A dog who is about to bite, may wag its tail, but it's body will be rigid and its tail pointing up." Filled with full-color photos of real dog breeds, it also includes instructions about how to care for dogs and suggested readings for more information about dogs.
May Day
Author: Gretchen MarquettePublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1555977391
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
You arrive at my altar with no idea what it means to worship--to adore. You haven't even learned it: ecstasy and suffering make the same face. --from "The Offering" May Day is both a distress call and a celebration of the arrival of spring. In this rich and unusually assured first collection, the poet Gretchen Marquette writes of the losses of a brother gone off to war in Afghanistan and Iraq, and a great love--losses that have left the world charged with absence and grief. But there is also the wonder of the natural world: the deer at the edge of the forest, the dog reliably coaxing the poet beyond herself and into the city park where by tradition every May Day is pageantry, a festival of surviving the long winter. "What does it mean to be in love?" one poem asks. "As it turns out, / the second best thing that can happen to you / is a broken heart." May Day introduces readers to a new poet of depth and power.
I Can Talk to the Animals
Author: Connie GilchristPublisher:
ISBN: 9780646539393
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Author: