Sykes, Bryan
Summary: Reveals how all dogs share a common ancestry with a small group of domesticated wolves and how the vast range of canine breeds were created by a few gene mutations.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 636.7 SYKFrydenborg, Kay
Summary: Explores the connection between dogs and humans from hunter-gatherer partners to modern day pets, focusing on how humans have influenced dogs' evolution and raising new questions about the species' shared future.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 636.7 FRYDerr, Mark.
Summary: Describes the early cooperative relationships between Ice Age humans and dogs as well as human society's later efforts to domesticate and control dog species through reproduction, revealing how dogs and humans impacted each other's evolution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Duckworth 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.709 DERGoodman, Susan E.
Summary: A whimsically illustrated guide to the inner life of dogs shares lighthearted insights into dog evolution and behavior while profiling common breeds and explaining what a dog experiences while looking at a sunset and smelling the ground.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.7 GOOCameron, W. Bruce
Summary: "Set against the most dramatic time in our species' history, The Dog Master tells the story of one tribe's struggle for survival and one extraordinary man's bond with a wolf-a friendship that changed mankind forever... Thirty thousand years ago, ice was storming the planet. Among the species forced out of the trees and onto the steppes by the advancing cold was modern man, who was both predator...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAMGrossman, Loyd.
Summary: Explores the extraordinary relationship between man and dog examining some of the social, economic, religious and psychological aspects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Books 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 GROHare, Brian
Summary: "Brian Hare, dog researcher, evolutionary anthropologist, and founder of the Duke Canine Cognition Center, and Vanessa Woods offer revolutionary new insights into dog intelligence and the interior lives of our smartest pets. In the past decade, we have learned more about how dogs think than in the last century. Breakthroughs in cognitive science, pioneered by Brian Hare have proven dogs have a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 HARMillan, Cesar.
Summary: In this book the author, a well-known dog trainer takes on the topic of training for the first time, by explaining the importance of balance as the foundation for a healthy relationship between you and your dog. In order to provide a variety of training options, he calls upon some of the foremost experts in the field to offer their advice so that you can find the perfect approach that works for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Archetype 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 636.7 MILBraun, Eric
Summary: An interactive Revolutionary War adventure where the reader determines their role during a critical time in the fight for independence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC BRALuke, Melinda
Summary: Discusses the evolution of dogs, the acuteness of their senses, their ability to learn new tasks, and the many ways that they are helpful to humans, such as serving as helpers for disabled persons and working as police dogs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2001
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR BLUE LUKO'Neill, Amanda.
Summary: Introduces the physical characteristics and evolution of dogs and describes different kinds of dogs and how to care for a dog as a pet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kingfisher 1999