No comments about Keeping Your Indoor Cat Happy and Healthy (Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin, a-271).

2 comments about ROUGH & SMOOTH COLLIES (Book of the Breed).

1. This is a good reference, with lots of photos (unfortunately all black & white) as well as info about coat colors and conformation. It focuses a lot on bloodlines and champions, which is of more interest to the breed/show crowd than it is to me as a pet owner.



2. The Rough and the Smooth Collie are given equal status in this superbly illustrated book. Both are covered from puppy selection to training, grooming, showing, breeding, health care, and working abilities. photos / 1993 / UK

No comments about Schooling Problems Solved with Nlp.

3 comments about The Miniature Pinscher: Reigning King of Toys.

1. I have read this book twice, and refer to it as needed. It certainly outlined the characteristics of the breed and all have proven to be true. If there is a downside to this book it is all the information about showing, since my Min Pin is a pet. But then even that provided some good information.

   I liked the book and would buy it again.




2. I recommend anyone thinking of buying a min pin, read this book first. They are not just your average house dog, and this book tells you several things you should take into consideration. Although I purchased it after buying a min pin, it really helped me learn about their history, nature, showing qualifications, as well as other things.



3. This is definitely not a cut and paste dog book. Most everything you could wish to know is included in this book...the history of the dog, it's personality traits, gait diagrams, obstacle track training (!), and famous past show dogs. Plenty of references for further reading, pictures, and some weblinks. The most impressive thing for me was the pain the author goes through to make sure you know what you're getting into purchasing a Min Pin. The breed is high maintenance and very high strung. A cherished pet, but comparable to a toddler who never grows up. It is an important fact. My Min Pin is a rescue from a family that merely felt the breed was 'cute.' This is an excellent book for those who already own, but should be required for those considering a first-time Min Pin.

No comments about In Praise of Labs: Celebrating the World's Greatest Dog.

5 comments about The Guide to Owning a Rat.

1. This book is full of information but unfortunately gives some very poor advice for any rat owner. Pine and cedar will both cause respiratory problems in rats, which can lead to ill health and secondary infections. Also, many of the pictures in this book are of mice.
   
   If you buy this book, please keep in mind - no pine or cedar bedding for rats! Much better is The Rat (An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet) by Ginger Cardinal (Howell Book House) or Rats! (A Fun & Care Book) by Debbie Ducommun (Bowtie Press) .



2. The author knows what she is talking about. You can tell that she has had a lot of experience with her own rats, has done the necessary research, has talked with other experts in the care and breeding of rats, and presents the information so that everyone can understand it. For the reviewer who commented on the "suggestion" that pine shavings be used, it should be understood that there is a lot of controversy about the use of cedar/pine shavings and when the book was published in 1996, the "experts" were still having their discussions about the subject. As far as the few photos of mice, it is unfortunate that the publishers did include them but that does not lessen the impact of the valuable information in the book. I learned a lot about rats from this book, which has more information in it than many other books on the subject. It's a great book, and people just starting out with pet rats will find it to be a great reference, one they will refer to many times.



3. This book is full of bad advice. She recommends using Pine which is almost as bad for rats as Cedar is! And some of the pictures in the book are of mice, not rats. ...



4. I found this great for me when I got my rats since i knew little or nothing about them. Now that i have had them a few years and have gone online for info. I can tell you, it's a great guide for NEWBIES but I also found there to be as much info online.
   If i read it now, i would say tell me something I dont know. But, if you have never owned one of the cutties..this is the bible of rats



5. If you know nothing about owning a rattie then this is the book for you. I knew essentially nothing so this was a great book. I must say, If you already have read up on owning a rat on the internet then you already know everything in this book.
   I feel the internet had as much if not more info.
   But the price was right and incase my computer goes down, it's helpful

1 comments about Roman Life, Successor to Private Life of the Romans.

1. THIS IS THE ROMAN LIFE, NEVER END SHOWING UP.
   
   CONTENTS
   
   GIFTS OF ARCHAEOLOGY
   * Purpose of Archaeology * Remains Everywhere * Modern Methods * Different Excavations * Sources of Information
   
   DAYS IN ANCIENT ROME
   * City Streets * Hours of the Day * Costume * Shops * Aqueducts * Government * Early Rising * Business * Entertainments * Relaxation * Poor Romans
   
   THE ROMAN WAY OF LIFE
   * The Early Romans * Class Divisions in Roman Society * Occupations and Careers of Nobles * Noblemen in Agriculture * Politics As a Career * Profits from Politics * Law As a Career * The Army As a Career * The Army As a Gold Mine * Knights and Their Careers * Commerce and Industry * The Common People * Common Men in the Army * Freedmen * Small Tradesmen * Roman Guilds * Social Life in Guilds * Government Office Workers * Professions and Trades * Physicians and Surgeons * Life of Free Workmen
   
   LIFE IN ROMAN TOWNS
   * Roman Towns * Town Officials * Town Councils * Knights * Augustales * Plebs and Poor Freedmen * Public Buildings and Private Benefactors * Schools * Town Life Versus City Life * Great Men of the Towns
   
   LIFE IN THE COUNTRY
   * Agriculture * Geographic and Climatic Conditions * An Ideal Farm * Small Farms * Fewer Small Farms * The Farm Manager * Duties of the Owner * Farmer's Almanac * Drainage and Fencing * Plowing and Manuring * Farmers As Husbandmen * Parts of a Farm * Raising Wheat * Vine-Growing and Vineyards * Wine Grapes Grew Everywhere * Wine-Making * Olive Groves * Olive Oil * Fruit Orchards * Farm Gardens * Useful Trees * Stock, Poultry, and Game * Farm Buildings * Other Rural Industries * Landed Proprietors and Their Estates * Pleasure Gardens * Daily Life in the Country
   
   ROMAN HOUSES
   * Early Houses * Larger Houses * Later Houses * Development of the Atrium * Change in the Atrium * Alae * Tablinum * Rooms Used for Business * Vestibulum * Doorways * Peristyle * Kitchens * Dining Rooms * Sleeping Rooms * Libraries * Other Rooms * House of Pansa * House of the Surgeon * Newport Villa * Heating * Water Supply * Roofs of Houses * House Doors * Windows * Apartments * City Streets
   
   INTERIOR DECORATION
   * Wall Decoration * Decorated Ceilings * Carved Doors and Mosaic Floors * Roman Furniture * Couch-both Bed and Sofa * Stools, Benches, and Chairs * A Variety of Tables * Chests and Cabinets * Stoves and Timepieces * Illumination
   
   ROMAN FAMILIES
   * The Household * Other Meanings of Familia * Patria Potestas * Limitations of Patria Potestas * Termination of Potestas * The Master's Authority * A Husband's Authority * Formation of New Households * Agnates * Cognates * Relatives-in-Law * The Family Cult * Adoption * The Clan
   
   ROMAN NAMES
   * The Triple Name * Order of Names * Praenomen * Nomen * Cognomen * Additional Names * Confusion of Names * Names of Women * Names of Slaves * Names of Freedmen * Naturalized Citizens
   
   MARRIAGE CUSTOMS AND ROMAN WOMEN
   * Early Marriage Customs * Usus * Coemptio * Jus Conubii * Legal Marriages * Betrothal * Dowries * The Essential Consent * Choosing the Wedding Day * Preparations for a Wedding * Forms of Wedding Ceremonies * Confarreate Ceremony * Ceremony of Coemptio * Usus and Ceremonies * Wedding Dinner * Bridal Procession * Arrival at the New Home * A Roman Matron * Changes in Customs
   
   ROMAN CHILDREN
   * Legal Status of Children * Acknowledging a Child * Birthdays * Early Days * Bullae * Children's Nurses * Toys, Pets, and Games * Home Training * Father and Son * End of Childhood * Coming-of-Age Ceremonies
   
   EDUCATION
   * The First Schools * Schoolrooms * Schools and Democracy * Teachers * Paedagogi * School Days and Holidays * Discipline * Elementary Schools * Grammar Schools * Schools of Rhetoric * Foreign Study * Professional Training
   
   SLAVERY
   * Growth of Slavery * Numbers of Slaves * Sources of Supply * Sales of Slaves * Price of Slaves * Public Slaves * Private Slaves * Industrial Employment * City Slaves * Personal Slaves * Slaves of the Highest Class * Legal Status of Slaves * Treatment of Slaves * Food and Clothing * Difficulties of Escape * Slaves' Property * Punishments * Manumission
   
   CLIENTES AND HOSPITES
   * Clients---Old and New * Old Clients * Mutual Obligations * New Clients * Duties and Rewards * Hospites and Hospitium * Obligations of Hospitium
   
   CLOTHING OF MEN AND BOYS
   * Roman Clothing * Underwear * No Trousers * Tunics * Roman Togas * Early Togas * Togas of Classical Times * Special Kinds of Togas * Cloaks * Sandals * Shoes * Head Coverings * Styles of Hair and Beards * Jewelry * Manufacture and Cleaning of Clothing
   
   CLOTHING OF WOMEN AND GIRLS
   * Women's Tunics * Stola and Palla * Girls' Wearing Apparel * Footwear * Hairdressing * Accessories * Jewelry * Fabrics * Colors
   
   ROMAN FOOD
   * Italy's Soil and Climate * Foods of Early Days * Fruits * Garden Produce * Meats the Romans Ate * Fowl and Game * Fish of All Kinds * Dairy Products, Honey, and Salt * Cereals * Preparation of Grain * Grinding the Grain * Porridge to Bread * Breadmaking * Kinds of Bread * The Useful Olive * Roman Beverages
   
   MEALS OF THE DAY
   * Simple Fare * Luxurious Living * Hours for Meals * Breakfast * Luncheon * Supper * Formal Dinners * Dining Couches * Seating Guests * Places of Honor * The Curved Couch * Furniture and Tableware * From Egg to Apples * Bills of Fare * Late Dinner * Serving the Dinner * Comissatio * Master of the Revels * Drinking Healths * Banquets of the Vulgar Rich
   
   GAMES, EXERCISE, AND BATHS
   * Sports of the Campus Martius * Ball Games * Games of Chance * Knucklebones * Dice * Bathing * Public Baths * Management * Essentials of the Bath * Heating the Bathhouse * Caldarium * Frigidarium * Unctorium * Bathing Hours * Accommodations for Women * Thermae * A Private Bathhouse * The Baths of Diocletian
   
   THEATERS AND PLAYS
   * Public Spectacles * Dramatic Performances * Staging a Play * The Early Theater * The Later Theater * Plan of a Theater
   
   CIRCUSES AND RACES
   * Roman Circuses * Plan of a Circus * Arena * Carceres * Stalls * Spina dn Metae * Seats in the Circus * Racing Companies * Rival Teams * Racing Drivers * Famous Aurigae * Other Shows in the Circus
   
   AMPHITHEATERS AND GLADIATORS
   * Gladiatorial Combats * Popularity of the Combats * Sources of Supply * Schools for Gladiators * Barracks * Places of Exhibition * Amphitheaters at Rome * The Amphitheater at Pompeii * The Colosseum * Styles of Fighting * Weapons and Armor * Announcements of Shows * The Fight Itself * The Rewards * Other Shows in the Amphitheater
   
   TRAVEL AND CORRESPONDENCE
   * Interest in Travel * Correspondence * Travel by Water * Travel by Land * Vehicles in Rome * Litters * Carriages * Raedae and Cisia * Ancient Inns * Speed of Travel * Sending Letters * Writing Letters * Sealing and Opening of Letters
   
   BOOKS AND LIBRARIES
   * Papyrus Rools * Roman Paper * Pens and Ink * Making the Roll * Care of Rolls * Size of the Rolls * Making Books at Home * Commercial Publication * Rapidity and Cost of Publication * Libraries
   
   ROADS, AQUEDUCTS, AND SEWERS
   * Extent of Roman Highways * Highway Engineering * Water Supply * Drains and Sewers
   
   ROMAN RELIGION
   * Early Religion * The Coming of Foreign Gods * The Religion of Numa * Priestly Colleges * Religion of the Family * Family Devotions * The Religion of the State * A Religious Revival * Religion in the Imperial Age
   
   THE ROMANS AND THEIR DEAD
   * Importance of Ceremonial Rites * Burial and Cremation * Hadrian's Mausoleum * Places of Burial * Kinds of Tombs * Middle-and Lower-Class Burials * Potter's Field * Tombs and Their Grounds * The Mausoleum of Augustus * Columbaria * Burial Societies * Funeral Ceremonies * Rites in the Home * The Funeral Procession * The Funeral Oration * At the Tomb * Subsequent Ceremonies
   
   AUXILIA
   
   BIBLIOGRAPHY
   
   PERIODS OF HISTORY
   
   GLOSSARY
   
   ILLUSTRATIONS
   
   INDEX
   
   ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
   
   "THIS IS THE ROMAN LIFE, NEVER END SHOWING UP."

No comments about Incredible Horse Tales (Incredible Tales).

2 comments about Puppy Care & Training: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet.

1. This addition to Howell's "Your Happy Healthy Pet" series is filled with information, advice, and full-color photographs to help the new puppy owner take proper care of his or her pet. It covers such topics as What Your Puppy Needs, Puppy-Proofing Your Home, Keeping Your Puppy Healthy, Training Your Puppy, and much more.



2. Before I adopted my puppy, I bought several puppy care books, including this one. This book was by far the best. In the section covering "what to expect from your growing pup" the author tells us what to expect from our puppy at different ages throughout puppyhood. She was right on point. I lived by this book when my puppy was growing, and referred back to it when I adopted my second dog. There is also a wonderful section about healthcare and first aid which helps us deal with day to day healthcare issues, and helps identify which matters require a vet's care and which ones can be taken care of at home. I refer back to this book quite often. I have also purchased this book as a gift for several friends and family members as each took a puppy into their family. This book is an indispensible tool in raising a puppy.

No comments about Bears of the World.