Sandy and Joe's Favorite Books and Links
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The Winning Edge: Show Ring Secrets
- From Library Journal: An experienced professional dog handler, Alston offers tips on showing in
either conformation or obedience rings. His advice on canine health, training,
etiquette, and ring preparation is sound, helpful, and very concise. While
much of this information is covered in other books, Alston's handbook
provides quick reference and some new ideas; his frank discussions of
campaigning and the psychology of showing also help make this a unique and
contemporary addition to collections needing a book on handling. Beginners
looking for basic ``secrets'' on training, grooming, breeds, or special handling
situations won't find them here. Instead they should turn to Mario Migliorini's
more basic Secrets of Dog Show Handling (Prentice-Hall Pr., 1982. 2d ed.),
which this complements. The Winning Edge has value as a specialized guide
to showing and should be considered for patron audiences that include large
numbers of dog show exhibitors.-- Carolyn Alexander, Technical
Information Ctr., Ft. Hunter Liggett, Cal.
- From The Reader's Catalog:
How to make your dog stand out from the crowd at any show. The bedtime reading of champions, copiously illustrated.
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The Barker Street Regulars
- Holly Winter and her two malamutes make friends with fascinating Althea Battlefield, a 90-year-old Sherlock Holmes fan. When one of Althea's relatives is murdered, and another is scammed by an animal psychic, Holly's canine sleuths fetch clues to both crimes.
- PI Holly Winter of Cambridge, Massachusetts, investigates the murder of a psychic who specialized in swindling dog owners. When their dogs died he offered to put them in touch with the dog's spirit. By the author of Stud Rites.
Synopsis copyright Fiction Digest
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The Blooding
Here is Wambaugh's most mesmerizing book to date: the haunting and shocking account of two near-perfect crimes in a quiet English village, unravelled by the headline-making discovery that is revolutionizing crime detection--"genetic finger-printing."
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The Complete Siberian Husky
Here is The Complete Siberian Husky that serves as a useful, general reference on the breed.
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Huskies in Action
Repleat with action photos.
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Murder on the Iditarod Trail
"An enthralling debut" (Publishers Weekly) of a compelling new series. Determined to track down the vicious killer of Iditarod dog-sled race contestants, a state trooper finds himself in the heart of the Alaskan wilderness--where merciless nature can kill as fast as any bullet . . . and only the Arctic night can hear one's final screams.
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Running North
Running North tells the true story of Ann Cook, her husband, George, and their young daughter, and how their Siberian huskies became the first team from the lower 48 states to finish the Yukon Quest dogsled race.
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Why Cats Paint
Should the marks a cat makes be treated as art, or are they simply forms of territorial behavior? This photographic record of cat creativity will intrigue catlovers and art-lovers alike, as it deciphers many heretofore unexplained aspects of cat behavior which can be found in the familiar context of art.
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