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Summary: Describes how the author rescued and fell in love with a neglected donkey who proved a loyal listener and companion, prompting the author to confront personal challenges and learn new lessons about compassion.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 636 KATKatz, Jon.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Trade Paperbacks 2005
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 KATKatz, Jon.
Summary: Relates the author's relationship with a quiet, sensitive artist named Maria Wulf and his campaign to win over Maria's fiercely protective dog, Frieda, a Rottweiler-shepherd mix who resisted all efforts to tame her.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 KATCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 KATKatz, Jon.
Summary: As trained hospice volunteers visiting homes and nursing facilities, Katz and Izzy bring comfort to people who most need it. As Izzy bonds with patients and Katz focuses on their families, the author begins to come to terms with his own life, discovering dark realities he has never confronted. Meanwhile, Lenore arrives at Bedlam. Her genial personality and boundless capacity for affection steer...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 636.737 KATKatz, Jon.
Summary: Relates the author's relationship with a quiet, sensitive artist named Maria Wulf and his campaign to win over Maria's fiercely protective dog, Frieda, a Rottweiler-shepherd mix who resisted all efforts to tame her.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 636.7 KATKatz, Jon.
Summary: In a portrait of one remarkable dog, the author recalls Orson, a troubled border collie that turned the author's world upside down, following the dog through its various incarnations as untamable wild beast, lovable lunatic, and beloved companion.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Villard Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.737 KATKatz, Jon.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thomson/Gale 2007
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 636.737 KATKatz, Jon.
Summary: Katz presents the story of two dogs that profoundly affected his life and work. Skittish border collie Izzy pushes him into rewarding work with Hospice. And black lab Lenore's gentle spirit helps remind him why he wanted to work with animals in the first place.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Villard 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.737 KATKatz, Jon.
Summary: In Dog Days, Jon Katz, the squire of Bedlam Farm, allows us to live our dreams of leaving the city for the country, and shares the unpredictable adventure of farm life. The border collies, the sheep, the chickens, the cat, the ram, and one surprisingly sociable steer named Elvis all contribute to the hum (and occasional roar) of Bedlam. On timeless summer days and in punishing winter storms,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Trade Paperbacks 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.0092 KATKatz, Jon.
Summary: Katz learns that living with four dogs on a rural New York farm is one thing. But what happens when you add a couple cows, four donkeys, a growing flock of sheep, a few hens, a temperamental rooster, and even Mother (a barn cat) to the mix?
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2007
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 636.0092 KATKatz, Jon.
Summary: Katz presents the story of two dogs that profoundly affected his life and work. Skittish border collie Izzy pushes him into rewarding work with Hospice. And black lab Lenore's gentle spirit helps remind him why he wanted to work with animals in the first place.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 636.737 KATKatz, Jon.
Summary: The squire of Bedlam Farm shares the unpredictable adventure of farm life. From little Jesus, the newborn donkey who becomes the farm mascot, to the sociable steer Elvis and his enormous sweetheart Luna, the creatures at Bedlam Farm find new ways to challenge Katz. Riding herd on the place is Rose, the workaholic border collie. Not even Rupert the ram can intimidate her. The sheep, the chickens...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Villard 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.0092 KATKatz, Jon.
Summary: The author describes the experiences he and his dogs had as they adjusted to the newest member of their family: Devon, a two-year-old border collie with a temperament completely opposite his own.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House House Trade Paperbacks 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 KATKatz, Jon.
Summary: The author describes the experiences he and his dogs had as they adjusted to the newest member of their family: Devon, a two-year-old border collie with a temperament completely opposite his own.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House House Trade Paperbacks 2003
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 636.7 Katz,Katz, Jon.
Summary: The author recounts his experiences over the course of a winter spent with his three border collies in an aging farmhouse with four decrepit barns, as he made new discoveries about the relationship between dogs and humans.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Villard Books 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 KATKatz, Jon.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Villard 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 KATKleinman, Paul
Summary: Presents an introduction to philosophy, covering the origins of the discipline, some of the major figures of the past, and philosophical issues which still continue to be debated in the present day.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2013