The morning her career disappeared, S. T. Griffon sat in stunned silence, staring at the life she had spent decades building and suddenly no longer recognized.The titles were gone. The structure was gone. The armor was gone. What remained was a question she had outrun for years: Who am I if I'm not achieving?Born into instability on the South Side of Chicago, Griffon was taught to expect little from life and even less from herself. She refused. She became a...

A French sculptor transfigures her family’s long-protected secret into artIn 1816, the French naval ship Medusa ran aground off the coast of Senegal. Some of the officers and crew escaped on lifeboats, but nearly 150 of its passengers were forced to board an improvised raft. The raft remained adrift for thirteen terrifying days of delirium, chaos, murder, and cannibalism. Only fifteen men survived.Clarisse Griffon du Bellay’s ancestor was ...

Complications in Small Animal Surgery provides a complete reference to diagnosing, managing, and treating surgical complications, with information following a standardized format for ease of use.• Presents comprehensive information on diagnosing, managing, and preventing surgical complications using an accessible format• Offers a well-defined, thoroughly illustrated format to maximize practical value, with algorithms, tables, practical tips, and many images througho...

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Set in Glasgow in the 1930s, Young James Herriot is the fascinating story of Herriot’s formative years at veterinary college, recounting the tales behind his calling to work with animals and his early friendships. With no modern drugs, and a lot of trial-and-error, James sets about learning how to treat the local farm animals and the pets of city folk.Accompanied by a cast of eccentric professors and an ensemble of aspiring veterinarians, this book reveals a world now lost...

In the 15 years since the first edition of Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy published, the field has changed considerably. The fourth edition of the Handbook highlights advances in the field, with 11 new chapters and over 40% new material. In reading this book, therapists will discover the benefits of incorporating animal-assisted therapy (AAT) into their practices, best practices in animal-assisted intervention, how to design and implement animal-assisted interventions, and the efficac...

The Color Atlas of Veterinary Anatomy volume 1 presents a unique photographic record of dissections showing the topographical anatomy of the ruminant. With this book you will be able to see the position and relationships of the bones, muscles, nerves, blood vessels and viscera that go to make up each region of the body and each organ system. Each book in this three volume series is packed with full-color photographs and drawings of dissections prepared specifically for these texts. - Acces...

Wolves are charismatic emblems of wilderness. Dogs, which descended from wolves, are models of urbanity. Do free-ranging dogs revert to pack living or are their societies only reminiscent of a wolfish heritage? Focusing on behavioral ecology, this is the first book to assess societies of both gray wolves and domestic dogs living as urban strays and in the feral state. It provides a comprehensive review of wolf genetics, particularly of New World wolves and their mixture of wolf, coyote and...

Nutritional Management of Hospitalized Small Animals offers veterinarians, veterinary students and technicians a comprehensive reference to the latest information relating to the principles and practice of nutritional support in small animals that require hospitalization.Represents the definitive resource for small animal veterinarians in providing optimal nutritional support for their patients during hospitalizationDiscusses and demonstrates the most up-to...

A current and cutting-edge reference, Current Therapy in Avian Medicine and Surgery takes the popular Current Therapy approach in providing succinct and clear information pertinent to the medical care of avian species. Most chapters include an up-to-date delivery of the current state of knowledge on their subject material, and provide practical approaches and thought processes applicable to diagnosis and therapy where appropriate. Information is always easy to find, with topics including t...

One of the responsibilities of every dog or cat owner is that of coat care. There are many and varied coat types and there is a vast difference between the time it takes to groom a Doberman and an Old English Sheepdog, a Siamese and a Persian cat. This book provides much needed guidance for groomers, breeders and owners. It will be invaluable for those taking the City and Guilds 775 Grooming exam and animal care students of all levels. Step by step grooming/clipping techniques are describe...

This book, Essential Drug Data for Rational Veterinary Practice offers quick and easy reference to chemical and pharmacological classifications, sources, pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic and pharmaceutical data of drugs used in veterinary practice. To keep pace with the rate at which new drugs are released into the market, the veterinary practitioner required in one volume, adequate drug information which he needs for effective animal care/ Evidence-based drug therapy requires knowledge of...