Tami Parr’s newly published “Goats in America; A Cultural History” presents the long and multi-faceted relationship of these remarkable animals in America from the beginning of the colonial period right up to the present day.
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Beastly Britain
In her recently published book “Beastly Britain; An Animal History,” Prof. Karen R. Jones delights her readers with recountings of the natural as well as social, folkloric, literary, and even linguistic histories of ten iconic British animal species.
Dogpedia
Since being introduced to the world in 2019, the Princeton University Press Pedia series of books has brought readers pocket-sized, delight- and information-filled compendia of interesting facts about a number of subjects, including fungi, flowers, trees, dinosaurs, and most recently dogs.
Who’s A Good Dog?
Bioethicist Jessica Pierce’s new book Who’s a Good Dog?; And How to Be a Better Human, publishing this month from University of Chicago Press, is “an invitation to nurture more thoughtful and balanced relationships with our canine companions,’ presenting her readers with both the biology as well as the psychology of dogs, and guiding them toward a better informed understanding of what dogs need in their relationships with us.