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What goes on behind the scenes at a well-funded city shelter? Cindy Marabito tells the story from the trenches. Big money organizations shade the truth while millions of dogs are being destroyed because they look like a pit bull. Take this journey and peek inside the clanging metal doors where animals who have no voice are given a face and a story. Cindy Marabito makes it personal.Pit Bull Nation is the story of a woman who found a pit bull and how that one dog changed the course of her life. The chain of events which follow would discourage most people, but Cindy finds a connection with these dogs that gives her the strength to overcome adversity and confront her own fears. She finds a comrade and soul mate in these unwanted dogs whose very name and image inspire media frenzy.This book is a journey over the hills and valleys of rescue work and a tell all look from behind the scenes in the killing fields where most of these dogs are being slaughtered simply because they look like pit bulls. Cindy Marabito believes there is a solution for America's first native dog breed, the American Pit Bull Terrier. This book is Cindy's story about these extraordinary dogs and the people who believe in them.This book tells the story of Reunion Rescue saving thousands of pit bulls and other dogs placed into loving forever homes. Reunion Rescue is the home of the world's friendliest pit bulls with never so much as a nail scratch. Pit Bull Nation is their story, the rescue bible...all about saving, training, treating, feeding pit bulls and other animals. Part page-turner, part manual, 100% love. Hands down, the best pit bull book on the market.

Join naturalist Craig Newberger on a series of multisensory summer field excursions. Learn about firefly communication, flowers that bloom in the night, plants that grow without chlorophyll, mammals with venomous saliva, birds that sound like flutes, and frogs that sing in trees. Each of the book's twenty chapters is focused on a plant or animal illustrative of the summer season. Watercolor illustrations by Sherrie York. Color photographs by Steve Morello. Appendix introducing a summer community science project by Ron Smith.

In every wild and open space, the natural world inspires hearts and challenges minds. Secrets wait to be unveiled. Mysteries beg to be solved. Discoveries ignite curiosity. "Spring Processional" invites you to join naturalist Craig Newberger in rambling through forests, fields, and wetlands as they awaken in spring, a season teeming with hope. Illustrations by Sherrie York. Photographs by Steve Morello and Craig Newberger. Appendix by Ron Smith. Twenty-four color images.

The Anti-Cooking Bible: 50 Ways To Get Out Of Cooking shares a creative menu of appetizers, house specials, and à la carte items sure to entice those who strive to avoid cooking at all costs. With entrées like The Caveman, Meat Aisle Mystery, The Obituary, Champion Cruiser, and Do Not Resuscitate, Maureen Ann Clarke helps us navigate one of life's most frustrating questions: "What's for dinner?" Ready to learn how to not cook? Come share a cup of laughter as Maureen stirs things up!Great gift idea!

Sandra Cramer's debut children's story, Peacock in the Pine Tree, encourages us to celebrate all the wonders waiting for us in our own backyards. Illustrated by Jocelyn Cramer.A Grackle Book: hardcover, 20-page story with color illustrations.Enjoy!

Adam eventually finds love, but in a twist of fate, he must find a way to win her back. Sometimes you just have to wait for the thing you want most. "The world is full of unmet friends," Adam writes in his new journal soon after he turns sixteen. Adam has spent most of the last four years running and reading. Running made him stronger and more confident; reading taught him all he knows about the opposite sex: women are fascinating and often unobtainable.Topics of friends, fate, affection, trust, self-confidence, competition, bananas, defeat, patience, and finally capturing a life's dream are all themes.