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Author
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Like many physicians, Fincham-Gray tends to see her patients at often life-or-death moments. While dramatic, these stories expand into deeper explorations of our complex, profound relationships with the animals in our lives. She describes the satisfaction of diagnosing and treating difficult diseases and the universal experience of loving a pet, and?inevitably?raises questions about their end-of-life care. We meet Grayling, an Irish wolfhound in...
2) All creatures great and small: the warm and joyful memoirs of the world's most beloved animal doctor
Author
Series
All creatures great and small volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"For fifty years, generations of readers have flocked to Herriot's marvelous tales, deep love of life, and extraordinary storytelling abilities. For decades, Herriot roamed the remote, beautiful Yorkshire Dales, treating every patient that came his way from smallest to largest, and observing animals and humans alike with his keen, loving eye."--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Imaginary veterinary volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Spending the summer in his grandfather's rundown town, ten-year-old Ben meets an adventurous local girl and together they learn that the town's veterinarian runs a secret hospital for imaginary creatures.
Author
Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In her enchanting memoir, Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Uganda's first wildlife veterinarian, tells the remarkable story from her animal-loving childhood to her career protecting endangered mountain gorillas and other wild animals. She is also the defender of people as a groundbreaking promoter of human public health and an advocate for revolutionary integrated approaches to saving our planet. In an increasingly interconnected world, animal and human...
Author
Language
English
Description
From a Yorkshire veterinarian and a “wise and wonderful writer”: The New York Times bestseller and basis for the beloved BBC series of the same name (The Boston Globe).
In the rolling dales of Yorkshire, a simple, rural region of northern England, a young veterinarian from Sunderland joins a new practice. A stranger in a strange land, he must quickly learn the odd dialect and humorous ways of the locals,...
In the rolling dales of Yorkshire, a simple, rural region of northern England, a young veterinarian from Sunderland joins a new practice. A stranger in a strange land, he must quickly learn the odd dialect and humorous ways of the locals,...
Author
Series
Ick and Crud volume 3
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"Bob is loading the car for a trip. Yippee! Ick and Crud love to take trips. But suddenly this trip doesn't seem like it will be fun."--
Author
Language
English
Description
"Best in Show meets The Hating Game in this sweet, funny rom-com that takes the uber-competitiveness of dog show pageant moms to a whole new level. Ruby Taylor thought her days of high-stakes competition were over, until she joins the dog show circuit toget lazy golden retriever Wheezy into shape...and falls head over heels for a handsome veterinarian who won't stop getting under her skin"--
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"All Creatures Great and Small meets Being Mortal in this compelling memoir of one woman's dream to become a veterinarian in a field historically dominated by men, and how, through her work both with her patients and their people, she comes to better understand humanity, mortality, and the unique role animals play in our lives. Karen Fine always knew that she wanted to be a vet and wasn't going to let anything stop her: not her allergy to cats, and...
Author
Series
All creatures great and small volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
The sequel to All Creatures Great and Small continues the adventures of veterinarian James Herriot in a small town in Yorkshire, England After his first day on the job, James Herriot's mentor warns him that the life of a country veterinarian is full of small triumphs and big disasters, but that he'd never be bored. From night visits to drafty barns during freezing northern England winters, to the beautiful vitality of rural life in the summertime,...
Author
Series
Imaginary veterinary volume 5
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Ten-year-olds Pearl and Ben, continuing their apprenticeships at Dr. Woo's Worm Hospital, discover that Dr. Woo and the sasquatch are both sick with Troll Tonsillitis, and they must travel to the Imaginary World to find the only cure: a griffin's feather"--
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Presents the experiences of a veterinarian who has practiced in South Africa for a period of twenty-five years, describing his treatments of such wild animals as a lion, bull elephant, king cobra, rhinoceros, and crocodile, and the dangers he has encountered in his practice.
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
The true story of the last viable Asian elephant population and the man dedicated to saving them Early on a January morning in 2015, a young bull elephant touched on a sagging electric line in the Paneri Tea Plantation in the Udalgari District of Assam, India. The elephant's soft-padded feet conducted the current and the animal fell, kicking in the mud. The local veterinarian called to the scene thought the tusker was going to die. The forest...
14) Bark, George
Author
Series
George (Jules Feiffer) volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Author
Series
Imaginary veterinary volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Ten-year-olds Pearl and Ben find excitement in the small town of Buttonville as they encounter otherworldly animals, including a lake monster, during their first official day as apprentices to Dr. Woo, a veterinarian for Imaginary Creatures"
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When Charlie loses his appetite and is not even tempted by bacon, a worried Mama takes the faithful basset hound to the veterinarian, where his nerves are soothed by a friendly puppy.
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