The PDSA Dickin Medal (regarded as the animals' Victoria Cross) has been awarded to just 64 animals from the Blitz to present day for their courage in times of crisis. Among these incredible true-life stories you will meet. G.I. Joe the plucky pigeon who rescued over 100 lives by flying twenty miles in twenty minutes to deliver a message in World War II. Theo the steadfast springer spaniel who served as a bomb-detection dog in Afghanistan. Rip the trusty mongrel who saved many victims of the Blitz air-raids. Olga the courageous police horse who bolted from the path of a flying bomb in World War II only to return to the scene & remain on duty. These heart-warming tales of gallantry & devotion will stay with you long after you turn the pages. ...

In a large format with flaps as well as textured patches this book introduces the characters from Apple Tree Farm to young children. The use of textures adds a different dimension to sharing books with babies & toddlers. As each page is turned a different texture is waiting to be discovered. ...

A 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The best thing to come out of the DC relaunch. Absolutely knocked it out of the park.... Gold stars for the creative team." -"io 9" As a part of the acclaimed DC Comics--The New 52 event of September 2011 Animal Man Buddy Baker has gone from "super" man to family man-but is he strong enough to hold his family together when Maxine his young daughter starts to manifest her own dangerous powers? As these new abilities continue to terrify Buddy & his wife Ellen things take a turn for the worse as Buddy begins a startling transformation of his own that will lead him on a journey into the heart of The Red. Collected here are the first 6 issues of this dramatic new series from writer Jeff Lemire ("" Sweet Tooth"") & artist Travel Foreman (" The Immortal Iron Fist")! This volume collect issues 1-6 of " Animal Man " part of the DC Comics--The New 52 event." ...

Animal Puzzles for the Scroll Saw Second Edition" is a newly expanded version of the wildly popular pattern book that scroll saw artists have come to love! With over 50 patterns for upright standing & interlocking puzzles woodworkers will have plenty of charming puzzles to sell at craft shows or to give to loved ones as special gifts. With a handy getting started section that

Includes:: information to ensure success new scrollers will learn how to choose wood blades to transfer patterns & more. Experienced scrollers will find useful information to customize patterns & to create their own patterns from personal photographs. New realistic patterns include a playful scene of 4 cats a smart beagle an alligator an adorable panda bear Frisian pony caribou sly red fox & others
- each with full color photographs of the finished puzzles."


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Do animals have moral rights? If so what does this mean? What sorts of mental lives do animals have & how should we understand welfare? By presenting models for understanding animals moral status & rights & examining their mental lives & welfare David De Grazia explores the implications for how we should treat animals in connection with our diet zoos & research. Animal Rights" distinguishes itself by combining intellectual rigour with accessibility offering a distinct moral voice with a non-polemical tone." ...

Understand the significance of more than 200 animals that may come to you in physical or symbolic form. With this book you'll find meanings of the visitation practical ways that they can help you as spirit guides & how they reflect your own characteristics. Also included is a guide that explains which animal spirit guide to call on for any specific purpose. ...

The global financial crisis has made it painfully clear that powerful psychological forces are imperiling the wealth of nations today. From blind faith in ever-rising housing prices to plummeting confidence in capital markets animal spirits are driving financial events worldwide. In this book acclaimed economists George Akerlof & Robert Shiller challenge the economic wisdom that got us into this mess & put forward a bold new vision that will transform economics & restore prosperity. Akerlof & Shiller reassert the necessity of an active government role in economic policymaking by recovering the idea of animal spirits a term John Maynard Keynes used to describe the gloom & despondence that led to the Great Depression & the changing psychology that accompanied recovery. Like Keynes Akerlof & Shiller know that managing these animal spirits requires the steady hand of government
- simply allowing markets to work wont do it. In rebuilding the case for a more robust behaviorally informed Keynesianism they detail the most pervasive effects of animal spirits in contemporary economic life
- such as confidence fear bad faith corruption a concern for fairness & the stories we tell ourselves about our economic fortunes
- & show how Reaganomics Thatcherism & the rational expectations revolution failed to account for them. Animal Spirits" offers a road map for reversing the financial misfortunes besetting us today. Read it & learn how leaders can channel animal spirits
- the powerful forces of human psychology that are afoot in the world economy today. In a new preface they describe why our economic troubles may linger for some time
- unless we are prepared to take further decisive action."




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A fabulous collection of stories for children aged 5 & over about animals that encountered Jesus during his lifetime & how they were there when key incidents in his life took place. Imagine you could have been there when Jesus was alive on earth. The animals in this book saw just what happened. The fox was out on a cold starry night when he suddenly heard the sound of Angels singing. The cat was looking forward to a wedding party that nearly went wrong. The magpie had a birds-eye view of Zaccheus climbing into his tree. & the mouse got caught on a boat in a storm & saw an amazing miracle ...

All Because of Jackson
- Jackson is a very unusual rabbit
- one who dreams of going to sea. So one day he stows away on the

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Animal Tracks & Signs was first published in English in the 1970s & immediately established itself as an all-time classic. Totally unique in its accessible down-to-earth approach & detailed coverage of more than 200 creatures it is the only book in print that enables readers to determine which animals have passed through the countryside by examining the traces they have left behind opening up a captivating new world that might otherwise remain unseen. Whether following footprints in mud sand or snow; feeding marks on cones nuts trees & animal remains; homes & hiding places above & below ground; or feathers pellets & droppings readers are taught how to identify the bird or mammal that has been before them aided by hundreds of beautiful informative colour photographs line drawings & diagrams & clear descriptions of the anatomy behaviour movement patterns & habitat of different species. Quick-reference plate sections compare actual-size prints pellets & droppings for fast identification on the move covering such diverse wildlife as the shrew hedgehog fox elk & bear; the sparrow kestrel & eagle owl. This new reissued edition

Includes:: a new Foreword by Ray Mears who has found this book to be an invaluable point of reference throughout his career & recommends it to students on his Bushcraft & Survival courses.

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