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The Art of Racing in the Rain
by Garth Stein
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by Ted Kerasote
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The Other End of the Leash: Why We Do What We Do Around Dogs
by Patricia B. McConnell Ph.D
Staff Pick
Overturn some of your most cherished ideas concerning your best friend. Not a how-to or training manual, but a key to revolutionize the way you and your dog comport yourselves at either end of the leash.... (read more)

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A Three Dog Life
by Abigail Thomas
Staff Pick
This is not a dog story (although Abby does have three dogs who are important to her). Instead, it is the honest depiction of how a woman named Abigail Thomas survived the shattering loss of her happy marriage when her husband is hit by a car and... (read more)

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Lost: Lost and Found Pet Posters from Around the World
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One Nation under Dog: Adventures in the New World of Prozac-Popping Puppies, Dog-Park Politics, and Organic Pet Food
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Staff Pick
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I Am Maru
by Mugumogu
Staff Pick
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The Truth about Dogs: An Inquiry Into the Ancestory, Social Conventions, Mental Habits, and Moral Fiber of Canis Familiaris
by Stephen Budiansky
Staff Pick
"Dogs belong to an elite group of con artists at the peak of their profession, the ones who pick our pockets clean and leave us smiling about it," begins Budiansky's litany of introductory complaints in The Truth About Dogs. (Picture a schnauzer and a... (read more)

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