Crown imprint: 1774 books
Animal Wise
How We Know Animals Think and Feel
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
The New York Times Bestseller that explores animal intelligence and will alter the way we as humans view other species.
Have you ever wondered what it is like to be a fish? Or a parrot, dolphin, or an elephant? Do they experience thoughts that are similar to ours, or have feelings of grief...
by Nancy Ellis-Bell
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2008
The last thing Nancy Ellis-Bell expected to descend on her life was a neglected, too-tall, smart-mouthed, one-legged, blue-and-gold rescue macaw named Peg Leg. And yet, it made perfect sense. A lifelong animal lover, Nancy could never turn away a stray cat, dog, squirrel, or raccoon from her California...
Beyond Obedience
Training with Awareness for You & Your Dog
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2010
Beyond Obedience is a revolutionary new training program for you and your dog from one of our country's foremost animal advocates and holistic practitioners. The idea that your canine companion is a fully emotional being and acutely sensitive to your changing feelings and moods is the foundation of...
Push Has Come to Shove
Getting Our Kids the Education They Deserve--Even If It Means Picking a Fight
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
“Have you been to a school lately? Have you sat through the six hours and forty-five minutes of excruciating tedium we send our kids to every day? When we ask our kids, “What’d you do in school today?” and they mumble, “Nothin’,” they’re telling the truth.”
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Steve Perry is...
The Profit Zone
How Strategic Business Design Will Lead You to Tomorrow's Profits
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
The book that answers the most fundamental question in business: Where Will I Make a Profit Tomorrow?
Why do some companies create sustained, superior profits year after year? Why are they always far ahead of their competitors in discovering the ever-changing profit zones of their industry?...
The Deeper Meaning of Liff
A Dictionary of Things There Aren't Any Words for Yet--But There Ought to Be
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2005
A rollicking, thought-provoking dictionary for the modern age, featuring definitions for those things we don't have words for, from the New York Times bestselling author behind The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams, and TV producer John Lloyd.
Does the sensation of Tingrith(1)...
Owls Aren't Wise & Bats Aren't Blind
A Naturalist Debunks Our Favorite Fallacies About Wildlife
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
In this fascinating book, wildlife expert and enthusiast Warner Shedd refutes popular animal myths like squirrels remembering where they bury nuts, wolves howling at the moon, and oppossums "playing dead."
Have you ever seen a flying squirrel flapping through the air, watched a beaver...
Cesar's Rules
Your Way to Train a Well-Behaved Dog
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
The dog training book you’ve been waiting for from the bestselling author and star of National Geographic Channel’s Dog Whisperer.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Cesar Millan shows you how to communicate well with your dog and shares the most effective and humane methods for teaching...
Teacher Effectiveness Training
The Program Proven to Help Teachers Bring Out the Best in Students of All Ages
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2010
For nearly thirty years, Teacher Effectiveness Training, or the T.E.T. book, based on Dr. Thomas Gordon’s groundbreaking program, has taught hundreds of thousands of teachers around the world the skills they need to deal with the inevitable student discipline problems effectively and humanely.
Now...
A Hummingbird in My House
The Story of Squeak
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2010
Anyone who has fallen under the spell of the hummingbird will treasure this lovable true story of a young ruby-throated hummingbird who becomes part of someone's household and life. 57 full-color photographs; 10 black-and-white drawings.
The Veterinarians' Guide to Natural Remedies for Dogs
Safe and Effective Alternative Treatments and Healing Techniques from the Nations Top Holistic Veterinarians
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
The world of veterinary medicine is changing. People are realizing that if alternative medicine is better for them, it's better for their pets, too. Dogs are visiting acupuncturists, chiropractic doctors, and homeopaths. Still, many dog owners are unaware that such simple measures as changing their...
Scorecasting
The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2011
In Scorecasting, University of Chicago behavioral economist Tobias Moskowitz teams up with veteran Sports Illustrated writer L. Jon Wertheim to overturn some of the most cherished truisms of sports, and reveal the hidden forces that shape how basketball, baseball, football, and hockey games are played,...
Life on the Edge
The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
New York Times bestseller • Life on the Edge alters our understanding of our world's fundamental dynamics through the use of quantum mechanics.
Life is the most extraordinary phenomenon in the known universe; but how did it come to be? Even in an age of cloning and artificial biology, the...
Lights Out
A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
In this New York Times bestselling investigation, Ted Koppel reveals that a major cyberattack on America’s power grid is not only possible but likely, that it would be devastating, and that the United States is shockingly unprepared.
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Imagine a blackout lasting not days, but weeks or months....