How much of an impact can an animal have? How many lives can one cat touch? How is it possible for an abandoned kitten to transform a small library, save a classic American town, and eventually become famous around the world? You can''t even begin to answer those questions until you hear the charming story of Dewey Readmore Books, the beloved library cat of Spencer , Iowa . Dewey''s story starts in the worst possible way. Only a few weeks old, on the coldest night of the year, he was stuffed into the returned book slot at the Spencer Public Library. He was found the next morning by library director, Vicki Myron, a single mother who had survived the loss of her family farm, a breast cancer scare, and an alcoholic husband. Dewey won her heart, and the hearts of the staff, by pulling himself up and hobbling on frostbitten feet to nudge each of them in a gesture of thanks and love. For the next nineteen years, he never stopped charming the people of Spencer with his enthusiasm, warmth, humility, (for a cat) and, above all, his sixth sense about who needed him most. As his fame grew from town to town, then state to state, and finally, amazingly, worldwide, Dewey became more than just a friend; he became a source of pride for an extraordinary Heartland farming town pulling its way slowly back from the greatest crisis in its long history.

"[Greene develops one fresh new insight after another...In the great tradition of physicists writing for the masses, The Elegant Universe sets a standard that will be hard to beat." --George Johnson, The New York Times Book Review

In a rare blend of scientific insight and writing as elegant as the theories it explains, Brian Greene, one of the world's leading string theorists, peels away the layers of mystery surrounding string theory to reveal a universe that consists of 11 dimensions where the fabric of space tears and repairs itself, and all matter-from the smallest quarks to the most gargantuan supernovas-is generated by the vibrations of microscopically tiny loops of energy.

Green uses everything from an amusement park ride to ants on a garden hose to illustrate the beautiful yet bizarre realities that modern physics is unveiling.    Dazzling in its brilliance, unprecedented in its ability to both illuminate and entertain, The Elegant Universe is a tour de force of science writing-a delightful, lucid voyage through modern physics that brings us closer than ever to understanding how the universe works.

A highly-illustrated guide to more than 750 of the world's most interesting mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish and invertebrates including domestic cats and dogs, marsupials, elephants, snakes, rodents, crocodiles, birds of paradise, deep-sea fish, spiders, worms, butterflies, bugs and many more.
Featuring animals from around the world, such as Giraffe, African Elephant, Killer Whale, Bald Eagle, Barn Owl, Green Iguana, European Green Toad, Black Mamba, Great White Shark, Leafcutter Ant, and Black Widow Spider.
Hundreds of artworks show each animal in full colour.
Each animal is accompanied by a detailed caption and specification box listing key facts about each creature.

23 cm x 29 cm 448 page softcover.

The essential dog compendium; a complete and comprehensive overview of everything dog.

- The definitive dog encyclopedia: a comprehensive visual guide to more than 170 breeds from all over the world - from the lovable and familiar Labrador Retriever and Cocker Spaniel to the more unusual Keeshond, Saluki, Portuguese Water Dog and Brittany.
- Fascinating descriptions of each breed, including essential information on grooming, feeding and exercise as well as insights into each dog's character and temperament.
- Expert and comprehensive advice on how to care for your dog, with step-by-step photographic guidance.
- Guidelines for choosing the right dog for you and your family, general care, grooming, feeding, training, breeding and whelping along with essential health and first aid.
- Includes over 800 expert photographs.
24 cm x 30 cm 256 page hardcover.

Find out how to look after your horse with a guide to basic horse care and riding techniques; learn essential tips for cleaning, mucking out, shoeing, common behavioural problems and ailments that might affect your horse.
Divided into six chapters covering; horse care, riding, problem solving, disciplines, ailments and breeds.
Packed with colour photographs and black-and-white illustrations.

30 cm x 22 cm 192 page hardcover.

The Andromeda Strain meets The Stand in this startling and stunning thriller that brings to life a unique vision of the apocalypse and plays brilliantly with vampire mythology, revealing what becomes of human society when a top-secret government experiment spins wildly out of control.

At an army research station in Colorado, an experiment is being conducted by the U.S. Government: twelve men are exposed to a virus meant to weaponize the human form by super-charging the immune system. But when the experiment goes terribly wrong, terror is unleashed. Amy, a young girl abandoned by her mother and set to be the thirteenth test subject, is rescued by Brad Wolgast, the FBI agent who has been tasked with handing her over, and together they escape to the mountains of Oregon. As civilization crumbles around them, Brad and Amy struggle to keep each other alive, clinging to hope and unable to comprehend the nightmare that approaches with great speed and no mercy. . .

Sam Harris's first book, The End of Faith, ignited a worldwide debate about the validity of religion. In the aftermath, Harris discovered that most people-from religious fundamentalists to nonbelieving scientists-agree on o

- The definitive cat encyclopedia - a comprehensive visual guide to all the main recognized cat breeds of the world: from the exotic longhaired Persian to the novel hairless Sphynx; the ever-popular Shorthair to the tailless Manx; and the truly rare breeds such as the Singapura, Ocicat, Bengal, and Tiffanie.
- Expert and comprehensive advice on how to care for your cat, with step-by-step photographic demonstartions.
- Guidelines on where to acquire and how to choose the right cat for your home environment, routine care, feeding and nutritions, grooming, breeding and showing, as well as health care and essential first aid.
- Feautres the very latest expert reserach and advice, and the most up-to-date coverage of contemporary cat breeds.
- 700 beautiful photographs.

24 cm x 30 cm 256 page hardcover.

An Inconvenient Truth--Gore's groundbreaking, battle cry of a follow-up to the bestselling Earth in the Balance--is being published to tie in with a documentary film of the same name. Both the book and film were inspired by a series of multimedia presentations on global warming that Gore created and delivers to groups around the world. With this book, Gore, who is one of our environmental heroes--and a leading expert--brings together leading-edge research from top scientists around the world; photographs, charts, and other illustrations; and personal anecdotes and observations to document the fast pace and wide scope of global warming. He presents, with alarming clarity and conclusiveness--and with humor, too--that the fact of global warming is not in question and that its consequences for the world we live in will be disastrous if left unchecked. This riveting new book--written in an accessible, entertaining style--will open the eyes of even the most skeptical.

For hundreds of thousands of years, we have sought order in the apparent chaos of the universe. Mathematics has been our most valuable tool in that search, uncovering the patterns and rules that govern our world and beyond. The Story of Mathematics traces humankind's greatest
achievements, plotting a journey from innumerate cave-dwellers, through the towering mathematical intellects of the last 4,000 years, to where we stand today.
Topics Include:
-Counting and measuring from the earliest times
-the Ancient Egyptians and geometry
-working out the movement of the planets
-algebra, solid geometry and the trigonometric tables
-the first computers
-how statistics came to rule our finances
-impossible shapes and extra dimensions
-measuring and mapping the world
-chaos theory and fuzzy logic
-set theory and the death of numbers.
The fascinating personalities behind world-changing discoveries in mathematics are profiled,including Euclid, Apollonius, Pythagoras, Brahmagupta, Aryabhata, Liu Hui, Omar Khayyam, al-Khwarizmi, Napier, Galileo, Pascal, Newton, Leibniz, Gauss, Riemann, Russell and many more.
16 cm x 23 cm 208 page paperback.