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Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Motivated by a desire to eat more healthfully or live more ethically, many people choose veganism as a logical and sensible response to their concerns about animals, the environment, and their health. Yet, despite their positive intentions, they?re often met with resistance from friends, family members, and society at large. These external factors can make veganism socially difficult-and emotionally exhausting-to sustain. This leads to an unfortunate...
Author
Publisher
JR
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Rock singer, songwriter, composer, entrepreneur, record producer, film producer and animal rights activist, Paul McCartney is one of the most famous men in the world. And in this revealing book, Carlin explores his life, impact on music and culture, personal triumphs and defeats, and much more.
3) Altered egos
Author
Publisher
Robert Hale
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
When his mind is clouded by drugs, he becomes unstable. When he loses everything he loves, he becomes a lethal killing machine. DI Mike Nash investigates a suspicious house fire, the bizarre murder of a young drug addict and the disappearance of a scientist's daughter. When animal right activists lay siege to a laboratory that is later destroyed, Nash and his colleagues are almost overwhelmed by the upsurge in violence. Their enquiries point to a...
4) Loco momo
Author
Publisher
BLAM!
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
The animals of the forest have found a camera. To decide who will keep it they are having a photo competition, best photo wins. You have to round up animals and get them to line up from left to right to make the most appealing photo. Same animals in one row, different animals in another and the right colours in the background. But the animals you send out to round up their friends will all move in different directions and decide how to pick their...
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Series
Publisher
Orchard
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Kirsty and Rachel love animals, especially cute baby ones! But when strange things start happening at the Wetherbury Petting Zoo, it's clear some magical mischief is afoot. Can the girls help their new friends The Baby Farm Animal Fairies put things right?
Author
Series
Publisher
Orchard
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Kirsty and Rachel are going to the Fluttering Fairyland Farm to meet the Baby Farm Animal Fairies. But when nasty Jack Frost casts a spell on the fairies' special pets, farm animals everywhere start behaving very strangely! Can the girls help Debbie the Duckling Fairy put things right?
Author
Language
English
Description
Viv doesn't like animals. And the feeling is mutual: animals seem to dislike her too. So when she applies for a job at Wildflower Cottage, a tumbledown animal sanctuary which caters for a variety of unloved animals, she's not sure she will fit in. But then she catches sight of Heath, the owner, and things start looking up. Geraldine runs the sanctuary. She's a woman who has a secret in her past and who was drawn to the sanctuary just as Viv was. But...
Author
Publisher
Interpet Publishing
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Impartial advice about nearly 200 varieties of reptile and amphibian, including salamanders and newts, frogs and toads, tortoises and turtles, lizards, and snakes. It describes the care needs of each animal, what it eats, and more.
10) The paw house
Author
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Hamish's summer isn't going as planned. First, his parents left him to go on a business trip to Japan, and now he's found himself stuck in the Scottish highlands with an aunt he's never met, a grumpy girl called Izzy, and a lot of animals. He's never even stroked a dog - what on earth is he supposed to do here? Before long Hamish finds himself taking the dogs for walks, adopting a piglet, even rescuing a tiny puppy in the dead of night. But something's...
11) Rabbits
Author
Series
Publisher
QED
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
From choosing the right animal to handling and training, this series is a comprehensive guide to caring for a variety of popular family pets.
12) The right to sex
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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How should we talk about sex? It is a thing we have and also a thing we do; a supposedly private act laden with public meaning; a personal preference shaped by outside forces; a place where pleasure and ethics can pull wildly apart. Since #MeToo many have fixed on consent as the key framework for achieving sexual justice. Yet consent is a blunt tool. To grasp sex in all its complexity - its deep ambivalences, its relationship to gender, class, race...
13) Pablo the artist
Author
Publisher
Andersen
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
As Pablo the artist sleeps, his painting half finished, the local animals congregate and add their own ideas to the wet art. When Pablo wakes up, he knows just what to do to make his painting just right!
Author
Series
Roman Brit volume 2
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
The Legion want to build a road to transport their giant catapult. But the road will go right through Brit's barn, which is full of food for his flocks! Then the soldiers start firing at the sheep. Can Brit save his beloved animals - and their food for the winter?
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Rex Rhino roars along in his digger, Charlie Cheetah zooms by in his super-fast motor, and Holly Hornet whizzes right up to the sky in her jet, as the animals compete to find out whose vehicle is best. But it is little Jack the Gerbil who really wows the crowd with his gravity-defying scooter tricks.
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Rumble is an all-new animated feature film from Paramount Animation featuring the voices of Will Arnett and Terry Crews about monsters and professional monster wrestling, coming to theaters on February 18, 2022! Don?t miss this delightful retelling of the movie story. Imagine a world where monsters are real and monster wrestling is a popular sport! Can sixteen-year-old Winne Coyle coach an inexperienced, out-of-shape monster, and turn him into a champion?...
17) The best home
Author
Publisher
Tamarind
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Adam and Joe take Bear to play hide-and-seek in the woods. When their game is over, the boys go home, leaving poor, old Bear behind. The woodland animals - a mouse, a toad, a squirrel, a blackbird and a fox - all invite Bear to their homes. He tries them all, but none of them is right for him - small, wet, high, scratchy and scary.
18) Saving maya
Author
Publisher
Matador
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
It tells the story of two dogs who are destined to become sisters. An uplifting tale, based on a true-life story, not only introduces young readers to pet rescue and adoption, but also educates children about the cruel reality of today?s puppy trade, where dogs are confined in farms to produce puppies. Readers first meet Willow, a much-loved family pet living a happy normal life with Patsy. One day, Patsy decides to get Willow a sister but, she soon...
19) Darkmouth
Author
Series
Darkmouth volume 1
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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Description
Legends (also known as terrifying, human-eating monsters) have invaded the town of Darkmouth and aim to conquer the world.But don?t panic! The last remaining Legend Hunter - Finn - will protect us. Finn: twelve-years-old, loves animals, not a natural fighter, but tries really, really hard, and we all know good intentions are the best weapons against a hungry Minotaur, right? On second thoughts, panic. PANIC NOW! A monstrously funny debut from the...
Author
Publisher
Ebury Digital
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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Description
'I am 94. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary. As a young man, I felt I was out there in the wild, experiencing the untouched natural world - but it was an illusion. The tragedy of our time has been happening all around us, barely noticeable from day to day - the loss of our planet's wild places, its biodiversity. I have been witness to this decline. A Life on Our Planet is my witness statement, and my...
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