Thomas Dunne Books imprint: 1256 books
The Age of Autism
Mercury, Medicine, and a Man-Made Epidemic
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
A groundbreaking book, THE AGE OF AUTISM explores how mankind has unwittingly poisoned itself for half a millennium
For centuries, medicine has made reckless use of one of earth's most toxic substances: mercury—and the consequences, often invisible or ignored, continue to be tragic. Today,...
The Old Man and the Cat
A Love Story
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
The Old Man and The Cat is a story of how Nils Uddenberg, retired Professor of Psychology became a beloved cat-owner even though he had never wanted a pet of any kind.
One winter morning the author discovered a cat—whom he would later find was homeless—sitting outside his bedroom window,...
The Little Book of Bob
Life Lessons from a Streetwise Cat
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2019
"An international phenomenon" –Library Journal
From the New York Times bestselling author of A Street Cat Named Bob comes an uplifting book of wisdom and advice from the most street-savvy cat of them all.
In spring of 2007, street busker James Bowen found an injured orange...
Through Cougar's Eyes
Life Lessons From One Man's Best Friend
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
David Raber first saw Cougar when the mountain lion was an eight-week-old kitten on display, locked up in a toaster-size cage and poked and prodded by a crowd. Raber took him out, held him, and just couldn't put him back. He made four promises that day: one, no more petting, out of respect for Cougar;...
A Dog for All Seasons
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2010
A love letter to the working dog, this heartwarming memoir about life on a sheep farm captures the joys and heartbreak of loving a pet
Patti Sherlock's working relationship with her Border Collie, Duncan, got her through the ups and downs of sixteen years on a sheep farm in Idaho. During that...
by Elizabeth M. Hodgkins, D.V.M., Esq.
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2008
In this controversial new book, dedicated veterinarian Elizabeth M. Hodgkins, D.V.M., Esq. raises the alarm regarding the dry food we feed our cats and the nutritional diseases that result. Your Cat: Simple New Secrets to a Longer, Stronger Life turns today's conventional wisdom of cat care on its...
Cats Behaving Badly
Why Cats Do the Naughty Things They Do
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Cats that bite, cats that won't eat, cats that won't stop eating. Cat expert Celia Haddon has seen it all, and, in Cats Behaving Badly, an essential guide to cat behavior, she teaches readers how to turn even the grumpiest cat into a perfectly lovable animal.
One of today's foremost feline...
Arousal
The Secret Logic of Sexual Fantasies
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2003
Sexual fantasies. Everyone has them, but no one knows what they mean. People are curious about and often confused by the things that arouse them, yet they are often too ashamed to reveal their most private fantasies to their partners or even their therapists. In this fascinating and provocative book,...
The Evolutionary World
How Adaptation Explains Everything from Seashells to Civilization
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2010
"One of the master naturalists of our time" (American Scientist) reveals how evolutionary theory explains and affects not just the natural world but our society---and its future.
Evolution has outgrown its original home in biology and geology. The Evolutionary World shows how evolution---descent...
Which Way to the Vomitorium?
Vernacular Latin for All Occasions
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
Tired of feeling like "The Ugly American" every time you visit the Vatican? Fed up with having to consult a dictionary when all you want to say is, "I've just been run over by a chariot!"? Well, now you can prepare yourself for almost every papal problem and haphazard happenstance...
The True Tails of Baker and Taylor
The Library Cats Who Left Their Pawprints on a Small Town . . . and the World
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
"Not since George Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life has someone so lifted the spirits of an entire community. That the 'someone' in this case is, in fact, two library cats makes this true tale of the love of literature combined with a fondness for nose licking all the more magical. This book, like...
The End
Natural Disasters, Manmade Catastrophes, and the Future of Human Survival
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2010
What is the fate of the world as we know it?
Tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, pandemics, cosmic radiation, gamma bursts from space, colliding comets, and asteroids—these things used to worry us from time to time, but now they have become the background noise of our culture. Are...
Your Atomic Self
The Invisible Elements That Connect You to Everything Else in the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
What do atoms have to do with your life? In Your Atomic Self, scientist Curt Stager reveals how they connect you to some of the most amazing things in the universe.
You will follow your oxygen atoms through fire and water and from forests to your fingernails. Hydrogen atoms will wriggle into...
Electrified Sheep
Glass-eating Scientists, Nuking the Moon, and More Bizarre Experiments
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
"Perfect summertime reading—preferably with a friend nearby who can be constantly interrupted with unsettling facts." —Daily Mail (UK )
Benjamin Franklin was a pioneering scientist, leader of the Enlightenment, and a founding father of the United States. But perhaps less well...