32 Pets PETS


My wife likes to fraternise with our dog. He even sleeps with us. The other night I got bit and up to now I’m not sure which one did it!


- Tommy Cooper


74176 CESAR’S RULES by Cesar Millan and Melisa Jo Peltier


‘When a pack of dogs leads one another to better their environment, they find a common


ground…together, all the experts in this book are going to lead by example, and that’s going to create an amazing ripple effect in the world.’ For all fans of the TV dog behaviourist and trainer Cesar Millan, here is his very own book


by the dog whisperer himself about your way to train a well behaved dog. He shows how to communicate well with your dog, and the most effective and humane methods for teaching your dog to become a happy and well behaved member of your household. He includes positive reinforcement and using a clicker, basic obedience commands such as sit, stay and come, the importance of balance, small successes and building to big rewards, bonding, captured tricks versus forced tricks, the ying and yang of the sit, controlled tug-of- war, the stay, the stand and why not to mess with a poodle’s instincts! Fully referenced and with eight pages of colour photos and other mono images. 306pp in paperback.


£12.99 NOW £4 74109 SECRET LIFE OF


YOUR CAT by Vicky Halls Cats have been part of our lives in one significant way or another for many thousands of years, and for most of the time we have struggled to truly understand them. Their behaviour can appear focussed, manipulative and ruthless outdoors, yet loving and gentle with their owners at home. They can be contrary, fun-loving, dismissive and


frolicsome in equal measure. So which cat is the real one? It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma! The book starts a journey of discovery by exploring the domestic cat’s unique physiology to see how its structure contributes to its success as a species. We then delve into the secretive world of its behaviour and meet its feral cousins to see how they spend their days. Toilet troubles, turf wars, travel issues or despotic behaviour, Vicky suggests solutions to all these problems. With useful fact boxes, gorgeous full page colour illustrations of kittens and grown cats in a very glamorous large 208 page hardback. £14.99 NOW £5


74347 SMOKEY THE VERY


LOUD PURRING CAT by Smokey and Ruth Adams A heart warming journey from unwanted pussycat to celebrity cat, this is a life-affirming tale of one very special cat’s quest to become a record breaker. Now the Guinness World Records record holder, Smokey is the loudest purring domestic cat in the world. Smokey produced a purr that


peaked at 67.7dB which measured a distance of one metre in March 2011. With photos including one of Smokey supervising work on her book with her owner Ruth. 128pp in illustrated paperback to suit ages eight to adult.


£6.99 NOW £3 74092 DOG DIRECTORY:


Facts, Figures and Profiles by Chas Newkey-Burden Over 100 breeds are illustrated in full colour grouped by gun dogs, hounds, pastoral dogs, terriers, toy dogs, utility dogs and working dogs. See the soft, flocked white coat of the docile and devoted Bolognese of page 127, the


independent and playful West Highland white terrier, the confident and tenacious Airedale, the alert and bold Welsh corgi and the more exotic almost Rastafarian look of the lively and responsive Hungarian Puli. ‘Fond of people and other dogs alike, Whippets are high-spirited pets.’ Definitely right about our Lottie! Important characteristics, key facts and unusual features, size, weight, exercise needs, rating as a family pet and maintenance are all given paw ratings. 208pp in softback with gorgeous colour illus. £6.99 NOW £3.50


74111 TEST YOUR DOG’S IQ by David Taylor


Do you have a doggie dunce or Caninestein? Would you enjoy an indoor treasure hunt, word linkage, words and scents, mental linkage tests, recognising your smiley face, introducing new words, trying an outdoor treasure hunt, and a series of analytical powers tests? Try his


lateral thinking by beginning with simple find the food and tracking fix, and a few problem solving tests. Illustrated in full colour with a variety of smart hounds, we invite you to a canine crammer college and a simple training and test schedule to improve his intelligence and your enjoyment for your dog. 50 entertaining ways to understand the inner workings of your dog’s mind. 192pp in softback. £6.99 NOW £3.50


74359 CATS AND


DAUGHTERS by Helen Brown By the author of the bestselling ‘Cleo’. ‘Jonah, still carrying the harness, stands up and pads toward me. He balances on his back feet and stretches his impossibly long body against mine. Patting my abdomen with his front paw, he flattens his ears and puts his head to one side...irresistible.’ After Cleo died, Helen Brown swore she would


never get another kitten. But while she was recovering from surgery, an unscheduled visit to a pet shop resulted in the explosive arrival of a Siamese kitten named Jonah. While dealing with her own mortality and completing her bestselling first book, Helen was struggling with her eldest daughter Lydia’s determination to embark on a spiritual life. She craved to become a Buddhist nun in war-torn Sri Lanka. This was matched by Jonah’s yearning to be an outdoor cat in a decidedly indoor cat neighbourhood. Cats and daughters - they don’t always come when called! A compassionate story of family life. 324pp in paperback. £13.99 NOW £4.50


71741 THE HORSE: A Miscellany of Equine Knowledge


by Julie Whitaker with Ian Whitelaw Organised in sections starting with The Horse in History, the book goes on to cover physiology and behaviour before describing horse-centred sports such as dressage, show-jumping, eventing and racing, with a section on the American West including the rodeo and bull riding. Non-mainstream sports include polo, hunting, tent- pegging, driving and side-saddle. The final section of the book deals with You and Your Horse, including equipment, routine care and illness. Diagrams and line illus, colour photos. 320pp. $19.95 NOW £4


72050 THE KITTEN PACK: Two Books and DVD by Claire Arrowsmith


Book one allows you to document vital kitten details, follow and record important events charting the milestones in your kitten’s life and keep records of vet visits and medical information, learn about safety, urine spraying, travel tips, neutering and speying advice, dealing with injury and illness, maintaining kitten’s weight, play biting and scratching and more. Book two looks at equipment, daily life, diet and nutrition, health, grooming, cat behaviour, litter box training, charts and checklists, plus expert hints and tips. Bonus DVD. Colour photos.


$19.95 NOW £2.50


72068 THE SOUND HORSE BIBLE edited by Sarah Widdicombe


The “soundness” of a horse usually refers to the animal’s teeth, back, legs and feet, and this robustly bound book is a user-friendly guide for horse owners. Functions and Physiology, shows how horses are constructed and how the various parts of his body function. Preventative Care provides details of the many precautions you can take on a daily basis to ensure he lives a long, happy and healthy life. Divided into sections on teeth, back and legs and feet, each begins with advice on when to spot that your horse is having difficulties, diagnosis and recommended treatment. Colour photos and diagrams. 185pp. £19.99 NOW £4


70704 HORSES


by Moira Harris and Nicola Jane Swinney A majestic celebration of the horse with a comprehensive compendium of 100 breeds from around the world presented on large glossy pages and with gorgeous colour photographs, table of facts, regional maps, breeds sections, ancestry chart, size comparisons, confirmation photo, thematic section placing the animal in human history and in the role in our lives today. Plus, lavish photographs taken by some of the world’s leading equine photographers. Maps show the exact geographical provenance of each breed and identifies important places in the breed’s history. With full study of the body language, domestication and training, the book covers the origins and characteristics of 100 breeds from around the world like the Icelandic, the Marwari, Shetland, Dale, Axteca, Morgan, Hanovarian, Knabstrup, Lusitano with its Arab blood which makes it more ‘pure’ than the Andalusian, the striking Haflinger with its white mane and many more, all beautifully photographed. 240pp, 13" x 11". £30 NOW £12


72450 EXTRAORDINARY PIGS


by Stephen Green-Armytage Perhaps the oldest true British breed of pig is the Tamworth, descended from the Old English Forest Pig. Meet here too the Spotted Swine, Vietnamese Pot Bellied, the Wild Boar, the Red Wattle Hog, the Poland China, Middle White, Mulefoot Hog, Oxford Sandy and Black, Pennywell Miniature, British Saddleback, British Lop, Old Gloucester Spot and the American Berkshire, all photographed in colour by a renowned US photographer. And their piglets are adorable - spotted, striped, baggy faced, pot bellied. 38 varieties from around the globe. 112 large pages, colour. £16.99 NOW £3.50


73229 I AM YOUR PET HAMSTER by Matthew Rayner


Hamsters are ready to leave their family when they are six weeks old. ‘Once I am used to you feeding and stroking me, you can try to pick me up. Scoop me up gently and cup me in both hands. Don’t squeeze me too hard or lift me up high. I can be a bit wriggly, so be careful not to drop me.’ On preparing a safe house, explaining eating and sleeping habits, how to look after the cage and nest box properly, choosing the right hamster, behaviour and body language. Colour. 32pp, softback. £4.99 NOW £1


73641 DARWIN’S DOGS by Emma Townshend Subtitled ‘How Darwin’s Pets Helped Form A World- Changing Theory of Evolution.’ Charles Darwin use his much-loved dogs as evidence in his continuing argument that all animals including human beings descended from one common ancestor. From his fondly written letters


home enquiring after the health of family pets, to his profound scientific considerations of the ancestry of the domesticated dog, Emma Townshend looks at Darwin’s life and work from a uniquely canine perspective. 144pp in paperback, woodcut illus. £8.99 NOW £3


74064 THE VET: My Wild and Wonderful Friends by Luke Gamble


The modern day Dr Dolittle joined a mixed practice in the West Country and was thrust into the real world of veterinary medicine - truculent farmers, endless out of hours work, nasty biting squirrels, frogs’ eyeballs and the horror of Foot and Mouth outbreak. Luke Gamble always wanted to be a vet, but now he finds out just what it means. Here is the heart-warming story of his tumultuous first year which opens with the line ‘My cat has acute glaucoma!’ 340pp in paperback. £7.99 NOW £3.50


74128 IT’S ALL ABOUT TREO by Dave Heyhoe


When soldier Dave Heyhoe was sent to Afghanistan to help locate roadside bombs, he knew he would need a special dog by his side. Treo was a staggeringly brave ball of energy and mischief and he did not let his companion down. The two developed a miraculous friendship that helped them save countless lives, so much so that Treo became a Taliban target. But as the reality of the war hit home in a rollercoaster of emotion, Dave realised he needed the dog more than he could ever have imagined. Laugh-out-loud funny, tear- jerkingly sad in the next moment, this is a story to melt the hearts of every animal lover. ‘He gazes up at me with two shining eyes. He’s perked up at the sound of those words: So, are you boys done with all your bang- bang yet? Are you, Dad?’ With colour photos including the pair retired out of the Army together, (so they were never parted). They won a gallantry medal and this is the marvellous story of the black dog who defeated the bombers. 316pp in paperback. £7.99 NOW £3


RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY


It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.


- James Thurber


74203 ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH: An Illustrated


History by Edward Norman The Catholic Church is remarkable for its degree of continuity. This beautifully illustrated survey does not attempt an inclusive account of the past, nor is it ‘ecclesiastical history’ as conventionally understood. It is, rather, an


analysis of the Church in the world, of how it related to the moral and political practices of each place in which Christians tried to live their faith, and of ways in which the Church and society, through dialectical exchange, encountered and tried to deal with the aspirations of successive generations. It is an account of much conflict. People who value their ideals are militant about them and the Church has never been static. The book is also partly a story of remarkable people, from the greatest theologian of the early Church, St Augustine, to one of the greatest world figures of the modern age, Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Its broad focus is an historical account of epic proportions, how Rome’s Empire came to an end but Rome itself became the heart of the Roman religion, what occurred during the schism with Byzantine Orthodoxy, and the transformation of the whole of Western Europe into Christendom. Today, it concludes, the Catholic Church, once the defining institution in Europe, reflects the vision of the Second Vatican Council in 1962, and embodies Christ’s injunction to ‘Teach all Nations’. 192 pages 26cm x 21cm with 152 illustrations, 58 in colour.


£22.50 NOW £8.50 74177 CHRISTIAN WORLD:


A Social and Cultural History of Christianity


by Geoffrey Barraclough For anyone who is seeking to understand the forces that have made our world what it is today, this superbly written and illustrated volume will be of vital interest. In an accessible survey of


Christianity’s role in the history of


European civilisation. How has Christian doctrine evolved and what meaning can it have in the modern world? To most Westerners, ‘Christianity’ and ‘religion’ have become so synonymous that we tend to forget how extraordinary Christianity is. Since it is founded on a miracle - the incarnation of God in Christ - it asks more of its believers, imaginatively, than any other world faith. It makes the supernatural not merely an ideal but an historical fact and it postulates a cosmic framework of original sin, divine sacrifice and eternal salvation for which the evidence is, to say the least, tenuous. Socially, it seems to be both egalitarian, although rarely to the point of disturbing the ruling class, and hierarchical. Politically, it has justified both revolution and repression. Intellectually, it has accommodated almost every philosophical theory and scientific discovery. Ethically, its emphasis on personal responsibility allows an almost infinite range of behaviour. Psychologically, it places supreme value on the uniqueness of each individual while offering an interpretation of the human condition that is universally applicable. The history of Christianity is rife with quarrels, persecution and war, yet it holds our highest ideals of universal love and self-sacrifice. 328 thought-provoking pages 30cm x 22cm with map and copious illustrations in colour and b/w. £19.95 NOW £8


74220 WHAT


PHILOSOPHERS THINK edited by Julian Baggini and Jeremy Stangroom In their own published works, philosophers do not tend to tell you exactly what they think about a range of issues. Rather they only tell you they have original and compelling arguments, so we need to be clear about how philosophy


works. Philosophy is sometimes thought to be about ideas or theories and what regulates the flow of ideas in philosophy is rational argument. What does evolution mean today? Do we have free will? How is technology changing the way we understand life? Where is God? Does art have a value? Is science the new philosophy? What are the ethics of making war? How does language hold meaning? Is freedom possible? These are only some of the questions addressed in this collection of interviews with the world’s leading philosophers and intellectuals covering the themes of religion, politics, sex, language, feminism, evil and art. 245pp in paperback. £13.99 NOW £4


73781 HOW CHRISTIANITY CAME TO


BRITAIN AND IRELAND by Michelle Brown The ritual landscape of the Neolithic world provided people with gateways into the Other through sites such as the circular standing stone of Men-an-Tol in Cornwall. Roman religion was not hostile to native deities, and when the empire was Christianised the existing ritual sites were often adapted to the new religion, for instance the Celtic shrine at Chedworth Roman Villa may have been turned into a Christian baptistery. Ship burials such as Sutton Hoo derive from Viking culture, and the illuminated books are often a blend of different traditions. One of the most beautiful treasures of the period is the 7th century illuminated Book of Durrow, an artefact from the Cult of Columba, combining Celtic decoration with Germanic interlace. A key feature of early Christianity is the sea travel that allowed the cult to radiate out from Iona and enabled early Christians such as St. Canice (Kenneth) to travel between Wales, Ireland and Scotland. Although the mingling of cultures defines Dark Age Christianity, at the same time the level of hostility between British and English religious authorities. Beautiful colour reproductions, some in fold-out features, maps, glossary. 208pp. £16.99 NOW £5.50


73798 TEMPLAR REVELATION by Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince The ‘Da Vinci Code’ has inspired this book and Picknett and Prince’s now-famous discoveries of hidden symbolism in Leonardo da Vinci’s works, especially The Last Supper and The Virgin of the Rocks is revealed, here with some new startling additions in this 10th anniversary edition, fully revised and updated. It is a cracking piece of art-detection history which follows hot on the trail of the secrets of the Knights Templar, the Cathars, Masonic and esoteric groups, the mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau and a little-known but highly significant Iraqi sect. They take the story into previously unchartered territory daring to ask was Jesus really the true Messiah, or was John the Baptist intended to be the chosen Christ? For all with an open mind. 621pp in paperback, photos. £8.99 NOW £4


71161 SAINTS: A Visual Guide by Edward and Lorna Mornin St Benedict, St David of Wales, St Wendelin, St Korbinian, St Olaf, St Zita, St Roch, St Joan of Arc, St John of the Cross, St Joseph of Copertino - here are more than 130 of the most popular saints from the Archangels to St Bernadette and Padre Pio. Each saint is pictured in colour or beautiful wood engraving and an invaluable key enables the reader to identify saints by their attributes. 296pp in 2006 first edition, paperback. £12.99 NOW £3.50


73327 SWORD AND THE GRAIL by Andrew Sinclair


The discovery of a tombstone built by his ancestors set the author to discover major reassessments of the discovery of America and the origins of the Freemasons. This book details the part played by the Order of the Knight of the Temple, here proved to be the true antecedents of the Freemasons, in the discovery of America. As they fled the authorities who wished to destroy them, some of the outlawed Templars carried their treasure to a St. Clair Castle where the Knights’ relics are still buried. The tomb of their Grand Master, with the Grail carved on his stone, lies in Rosslyn, the core chapel of the Masonic Movement. With the help of the sea, skills and wealth of the Templars, a St. Clair prince tried to found a new Jerusalem in the New World landing with 300 colonists in what is now Nova Scotia and then in New England, 100 years before Columbus. 280pp, paperback with photos and illus. £6.99 NOW £3.50


SCIENCE


If the idea is not at first absurd, then there is no hope for it.


- Albert Einstein


74358 A BRIEF HISTORY OF POISONS: From Hemlock to Botox and the Killer Bean


Calabar by Peter Macinnis A lively reading of all things lethal. Poisons are in the environment, the workplace and home, they are in our food, our favourite whiskey, medicine and well water. They have been used to cure disease as well as incapacitate and kill. They smooth wrinkles, block pain,


stimulate and enhance athletic ability. Our fact filled book recounts the stories of celebrated poisoners in


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