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  Decoding Dog - A Practical...

  John Byrne

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  Unlock the Language of Dogs—Transform Your Relationship with Man's Best Friend 
  Whether you're a first-time pet owner or a seasoned dog trainer, Decoding Dog is your ultimate guide to understanding what makes dogs tick. 
  Whether you're a first-time pet owner or an experienced dog trainer, Decoding Dog: A Practical Handbook for Pet Owners and Trainers to Master Dog Behavior offers a clear, comprehensive path to understanding and shaping canine behavior. This practical guide empowers you to interpret your dog's body language, decode behavioral patterns, and respond with confidence and compassion. 
  Blending the latest in behavioral science with real-world experience, this book takes you inside your dog's mind, helping you make sense of everything from barking and leash pulling to anxiety and aggression. With an emphasis on positive reinforcement and communication, Decoding Dog shows you how to build a foundation of trust, structure, and respect, turning training into a shared growth journey. 
  More than just a training manual, this is a roadmap to becoming a confident, intuitive leader your dog can rely on. Decoding Dog is your key to unlocking behavioral success and building the lifelong partnership every dog lover dreams of.

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  Lady Barker in New Zealand

  Mary-Anne Barker, Amberley Ember

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  ***NEW ZEALAND’S LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE*** 
  Two New Zealand Classics—now available with an introduction by Amberley Ember. 
  The year is 1865. 34-year-old Annie, freshly married, sets sail for New Zealand where she will serve as a helpmeet for her second husband, Fred. They live in Christchurch until they can build their house in the sheep-farming Canterbury High Country. Soon, Lady Annie Barker is tending to dogs and chickens, learning how to boil potatoes and galloping side-saddle on her horse through the fresh, miasma-free air. Just when the newlyweds begin to feel settled, they are caught in a great snowstorm, and swindled in a land deal. 
  This is two books in one: Station Life in New Zealand (1870) and Station Amusements (1873).

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  Entomology - The World of Insects

  Mike Crawford

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  Insects are among the most diverse and ecologically significant organisms on Earth, playing essential roles in maintaining the balance of ecosystems. As the largest group of living creatures, with millions of species identified and many more yet to be discovered, insects contribute to biodiversity, food webs, and ecosystem stability in ways that are often overlooked. Their presence and activities influence plant life, soil health, and the survival of countless other species, making them indispensable to natural processes. 
  One of the most crucial roles insects play is pollination. Many flowering plants, including a significant portion of the world’s crops, depend on insects such as bees, butterflies, and beetles to transfer pollen between flowers, enabling reproduction. Without insect pollinators, ecosystems would struggle to sustain plant diversity, and agricultural yields would decline drastically, threatening food supplies for both humans and wildlife. The economic and ecological value of insect pollination is immeasurable, reinforcing the importance of conserving pollinator populations. 
  In addition to pollination, insects are fundamental to decomposition and nutrient cycling. Species such as dung beetles, termites, and various flies break down organic matter, returning nutrients to the soil and promoting healthy plant growth. This process not only recycles essential elements but also prevents the accumulation of decaying material, contributing to ecosystem cleanliness and balance. By decomposing dead plants and animals, insects help maintain the natural cycle of life, supporting plant regeneration and sustaining the broader environment.

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  Uses for Obsession - A Chef's...

  Ben Shewry

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  An intimate, searing and hopeful memoir meets manifesto that reframes the way we think about restaurants, cooking, hospitality, leadership and humanity from one of the most respected chefs in the world. 
   
  Chef and restaurateur Ben Shewry knows obsession well. Whether it's crispy-edged lasagne, saltwater crocodile ribs or the perfect potato, obsession is what motivates him and what makes him tick. It's also what has propelled his Melbourne restaurant Attica into the league of the most innovative, acclaimed dining experiences in the world, and one of the most vital in Australian history. 
   
  In this absorbing and wide-ranging memoir meets manifesto, Shewry applies his sometimes searing, sometimes comic eye to creative freedom in the kitchen, food journalism, sexism in hospitality, the fraud of the farm-to-table sustainability ethos, the cult of the chef, cooking as muse and the legendary Family Bolognese. 
   
  Raised on a farm in a close-knit rural New Zealand family, he shares how a childhood surrounded by nature and a reverence for First People's cultures has influenced his work, the values he lives by, and the meticulous, inventive multi-course menu that is synonymous with Attica. Uses for Obsession also tells the intimate, desperate story of how Attica survived 262 days with an empty dining room. How, during a time of epic hospitality transformation, it morphed into a takeaway food business, a merch shop and a summer camp. He was told it couldn't be done and that doubt both tortured and drove him. 
   
  At its heart, this is a positive story, an antidote to the macho chef culture that thrives on old ideas about leadership and success. Shewry prosecutes the compelling case for a new way forward. A bold blueprint for the restaurant - and workplace - of the future. One built on kindness, community, truth and a commitment to never giving up.

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  Losing a Pet - Navigating the...

  Clara de Beyer

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  Your beloved pet lived a wonderful, happy life, but nothing could have prepared you to say goodbye. 
  Grieving the loss of a pet is one of the most painful experiences in life and navigating their passing is incredibly difficult. 
  If you are looking for thoughtful advice and practical help for working through your loss, Losing A Pet was written specifically for you. 
  You loved your furry friend and gave them a fantastic life.  
  Whether they've passed or are suffering from illness, you're left with the hardest part: accepting it, honoring their life, and getting yourself through this. 
  With Losing A Pet, you will find helpful guidance for dealing with your pet's passing or illness, managing your heavy emotions throughout the bereavement process, and getting your family through this tough time. 
  The bond you and your family have with your best friend is unbreakable, and your love for them could never disappear. 
  You can make it through this emotional rollercoaster. 
  In this book you will find tips and advice to remember the most important part even amidst the pain: You loved your pet, whether they were a dog, cat, bird, horse, rabbit, or anything else, and they knew it very much!  
  It's possible to navigate your pet's passing in a healthy way—even if it seems impossible right now. You and your family will get through this time. 
  Honor your furry best friend and discover the guidance in Losing A Pet to help mend your pain!

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  Mythic Plants - Potions and...

  Ellen Zachos

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  In this beautifully illustrated book that's Song of Achilles meets Secret Life of Trees, readers will discover the plants cultivated by the Greek Gods–many of which can still be experimented with today–for a myriad of uses.  In Greek mythology, plants were used for tools, intoxication, warfare, food, medicine, magic, and rituals. When Prometheus stole fire from the Olympian gods and gave it to mankind, he hid it in a stalk of giant fennel. Ancient Greeks waiting to question the oracles were given cannabis as part of their cleansing rituals. A quince fruit started the Trojan war. The goddess Demeter was so distraught when Hades kidnapped her daughter that she caused winter to blanket the earth, killing all plants. Mythic Plants focuses on how the ancient Greeks used plants in their lives and loves and conquests—some of which we can still use. Includes tips throughout for bringing these ancient plants into your garden.  

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