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- Dogs and monsters : stories / by Haddon, Mark,1962-author.;
"Greek myths have fascinated people for millennia, seeing in them lessons about fate and hubris and the contingency of existence. Mark Haddon digs into the heart of these ancient fables and sees them anew. The dawn goddess Eos asked asks Zeus to give her lover Tithonus eternal life, but forgets to ask for eternal youth. In "The Quiet Limit of the World" Haddon imagines Tithonus' life as he slowly ages over thousands of years, turning the cautionary tale of tempting the gods into a spellbinding meditation on witnessing death from the outside, and ultimately, how carnal love evolves into something richer and more poignant with time. In "The Mother's Story," Haddon takes the myth of the minotaur in his labyrinth, in which the beast is the spawn of the monstrous lust of the king's wife Pasiphae, and turns it into a wrenching parable of maternal love for a damaged child, and the more real monstrosities of patriarchy. In "D.O.G.Z." the story of Actaeon, who was turned into a stag after glimpsing the naked goddess Diana and torn to pieces by his hunting dogs, becomes a visceral metaphor about the continuum of human and animal behavior. Other stories play with contemporary mythic tropes - genetic engineering, trying to escape the future, the viciousness of adolescent ostracism - to showcase how modern humans are subject to the same capriciousness that obsessed the Greeks. Haddon's tales cover a vast range, from the mythic to the domestic, from ancient Greece to the present day, from stories about love to stories about cruelty, from battlefields to bed and breakfasts, from dogs in space to doors between worlds, all of them bound together by a profound sympathy and an understanding of how human beings act and think and feel when pushed to the very edge. Throughout Haddon's supple prose showcases his astonishing powers of observation, of both the physical world and the workings of the psyche. His vision is clear-eyed, but always resolutely empathetic"--- Subjects: Short stories.;
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- Complete guide to dog breeds : everything you need to know to choose the right dog for you / by Morgan, Diane,1947-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-249), Internet addresses and index.LSC- Subjects: Dogs.; Dogs; Dog breeds.;
- © c2014., TFH Publications,
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- Dogs at the perimeter : [Book Club Set] / by Thien, Madeleine,1974-;
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- © 2011., McClelland & Stewart,
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- Sheep dog and sheep sheep / by Barclay, Eric.;
Ages 4-8.LSC- Subjects: Sheep; Sheep dogs; Dogs; Farm life;
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- Courage the cowardly dog. [videorecording] / by Cartoon Network (Television network),production company.; Warner Home Video (Firm),distributor.;
Voices: Marty Grabstein, Thea White, Simon Prebble, Lionel G. Wilson, Billie Lou Watt.Animator John R. Dilworth parlayed the success of his Academy Award-nominated 1995 short "The Chicken from Outer Space" into this hilarious and satiric 1999-2002 animated series that chronicles the exploits of a pup ironically named Courage. This charming scaredy-pup musters up considerable bravery in the middle of Nowhere, Kansas, to protect his loved ones against all sorts of creepy, crawly critters.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, Dolby Digital stereo, full screen.- Subjects: Children's television programs.; Animated television programs.; Dogs; Courage;
- For private home use only.
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- Cujo : a novel / by King, Stephen,1947-;
LSC- Subjects: Horror fiction.; Dogs; Rabies;
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- Wag / by McDonnell, Patrick,1956-;
Mooch the cat tries to explain what makes Earl's tail wag.- Subjects: Cats; Dogs;
- © 2009., Little, Brown Books for Young Readers,
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- Carl and the kitten / by Day, Alexandra.;
Reading level : 1- Subjects: Dogs; Cats;
- © c2011., Macmillan,
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- Clifford and the big parade / by Bridwell, Norman.;
Clifford is an enormous help at the big parade.Reading level : Pre-K-1- Subjects: Dogs;
- © 2011, c1998., Scholastic,
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- I can trick a tiger / by Rider, Cynthia.; Brychta, Alex.;
Reading level : 2- Subjects: Dogs; Dreams;
- © c2005., Oxford University Press,
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