Search Results: ANIMALS & PETS from Bookhome Sydney

Sydney, Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin, 2015. Paperback octavo, very good condition, colour photos, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear. 247 pp. This book is the inspiring story of the author's work with animals. HUHA (Helping You Help Animals) is a thriving network that rehabilitates and rehomes domestic and farm animals and wildlife all over the country. It is New Zealand's leading no-kill shelter.

New York: Free Press, 2010. 1st ed.. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white text-photos & drawings (including title page), minor edgewear jacket, remainder mark bottom edge. 303 pp. Stanley Coren, the Canadian psychology professor and expert on dog behaviour, writes about his most memorable dog, a Cairn terrier named Flint with whom he formed a firm bond. He has had a few dogs since but the adventures of Flint are uppermost in his mind, and in this very special book he remembers his time with him.

Sydney: Hachette Australia, 2021. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minimal edgewear. 308 pp. Anthony Sharwood presents the sstory of Australia's wild horses - brumbies - and the intense culture war that has erupted around their future. He started to investigate the issue and spent time with people on both sides of the debate. He realised that for all of them there is more at stake than the horses. This book is an account of this national issue and very human passions that it inspires.

Sydney, North Sydney: Ebury Press, 2016. Omnibus ed.. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, colour photos, laminate coating top edge rear cover lifting slightly, minor edgewear. 179 pp. The Wilson sisters became aware of the plight of the wild Kaimanawa horses as they were rounded up and sent to the slaughterhouse. They became involved in their welfare. The girls set out to train the horses many believed to to be untrainable. This is a heartfelt story with humble beginnings in rural New Zealand. (Omnibus edition, two books in one: For the Love of Horses [and] Stallion Challenges.).

London: Quercus Editions, 2018. 1st English ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), colour photos, spine ends little rubbed. 199 pp. This is the heart-warming story of how a tiny hedgehog helped one man find hope. About a baby hedgehog named Ninna and a vet who found her and cared for her, and went on to establish a hedgehog sanctuary for the injured, orphaned, and starving hedgehogs he found. (Translated from Italian language).

Sydney, Crow’s Nest: Murdoch Books Australia, 2021. 1st ed.. Paperback small trade (with french flaps), very good condition, minor edgewear. 295 pp. This very special book is told through a series of true stories. Candida Baker draws on her lifelong love of horses as a conduit for bridging the gap between our thinking and our intuition. The author left her city lifestyle and high-profile job to live in the hills behind Byron Bay, which led her on the start of a journey of self-discovery. A beautiful book for anyone interested in animals and the art of communication that they do so well without the need for words.

Melbourne: Michael Joseph / Penguin Group (Australia), 2014. 1st ed.. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, colour photos, minor edgewear. 244 pp. A beautiful story by Joanne Schoenwald about Australians who have been helped by the horses they rescued. These very special horses have been rescued from bad backgrounds and form a bond with the people who care for them. The humans share what they have learned from their amazing equine companions, including helping with recovery from breast cancer, and rehabilitation of a prisoner. Another human starred with her rescue horse at the Olympic Games. The author is the founder and president of 'Charlie's Angels Horse Rescue Inc'. First edition.

London: Dorling Kindersley, 2007. Revised ed.. Paperback large wide octavo, very good condition, colour text-photos, minor edgewear corners front cover, faint impressions front cover 160 pp. This very special book by Bruce Fogle will help any cat person to develop a better relationship with their cat, learn how the cat communicates using its behaviour, body language, and voice, and discover the real relationship between cats and people. Includes a chapter on getting older and illness. The many photos will keep any cat person happy for ages. (Originally published in 1992 as 'Know Your Cat’, here revised.).

Sydney, Annandale: Envirobook, 2002. Paperback wide trade, very good condition, few black & white photos, top corner tip rear cover & last three pages little creased, inside covers lightly toned, minor edgewear. 110 pp. Adam O'Neill outlines his controversial hypothesis on the importance of dingos in maintaining the ecological balance. He suggests that by having the dingo as the top order predator, stock losses will be reduced. A challenge to current scientific opinion on dingo behaviour.

Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2014. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor creases covers, minor edgewear, edges & pages lightly toned. 298 pp. The author is a veterinary cancer surgeon. In this moving memoir she tells how working with animals helped her to trust her instincts, and have a lump in her neck investigated, and her recovery from cancer. Weaving funny and poignant stories of dogs she has treated along the way makes this a very readable memoir.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2011. 1st ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, few black & white photos, light creases covers & spine, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear. 357 pp. The author is a writer and house husband. There are four challenging children, one freaked-out feline, a wolf-like dog and a wild bunch of ex-battery chickens. Then his wife Emma brings minipigs Butch and Roxi into the family. This book is touching and very funny - about the trials and errors of living with a menagerie.

London: Ebury Press, 2018. New ed.. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, colour photos centre spread, bottom corner tip rear cover creased, bottom corners last few pages little creased, minor edgewear. 185 pp. The Wilson sisters travel to New South Wales for their latest wild horse adventure. They learn about the desperate plight of the brumbies (Australian wild horses, said to cause environmental problems) and decide to help.