For Animal Lovers

Whether you prefer dogs or cats, we have you covered in the New Adult Nonfiction.

Dog Gone by Pauls Toutonghi is the story of the Marshall family and, in particular, Fielding Marshall and his beloved pet, a six year old Golden Retriever mix named Gonker.  When he bolts away from his owner while hiking on the Appalachian Trial, the Marshall family is under a time limit.  Gonker has Addison's Disease and must be found within 23 days to get his monthly injection of the medicine that keeps him alive.

The story follows the Marshalls and their other dog, Uli, as they pull together not only themselves, but also their community, to bring Gonker home.

The other book is The True Tales of Baker and Taylor by Jan Louch with Lisa Rogak.

In 1982, the brand-new Douglas County library in Nebraska had a problem:  mice.  The new building was built on an alfalfa field and where there's alfalfa, there's an abundance of mice.  Because mice have an unfortunate love  for the taste of bookbinding glue, the librarians had to take steps to protect the new library's books. This included a pair of Scottish Fold cats brought in as mousers - and named after the library wholesaler, Baker & Taylor.

Neither the humans nor the cats had any idea where the need for mouse control would take them. This photogenic pair of cats first gained notice on a poster advertising their library before reaching a world-wide audience on the posters and ads of the same company for which they were named.

Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Mrs. Murphy's Mysteries!

If you are a fan of Rita Mae Brown, I am sure you have eagerly anticipated the next installment in her "Mrs. Murphy" mystery series which are co-written by her cat, Sneaky Pie Brown! The Big Cat Nap is the Brown's latest collaboration and it is as charming and fun a read as the rest of the series.  Since this story is the twentieth one in the series, the action, plot, characters and story are well developed and fun!  These cozies star Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen and her pet dog TeeTucker (corgi), Mrs. Murphy (tiger cat) and Pewter (overweight gray cat), her husband, Fair, DVM, and a host of their friends in Crozet, Virginia.  Harry was the postmistress of Crozet until she quit to take up farming on her family's land and has had some success growing ginseng, hay, grapes and sunflowers.  All is well in Harry's world until several of her friends have vehicular mishaps and Harry discovers a murdered mechanic in a local repair shop. Despite numerous warnings from her animals and friends, Harry decides to conduct her own investigation when other mechanics start dying and ends up involved in her own deadly chase!  A self-professed "motorhead," Harry enjoys discovering things about cars, and her love of vehicles is reflected in this book. If you are "put off" by animal characters in books, don't be afraid of this series--the animals do talk to each other and interact with humans, but only in ways that are normal behavior for cats and dogs.  Rita Mae Brown lives in Afton, Virginia and is the author of this series as well as the Sister Jane, a new canine mystery series and several other novels.  She is also an emmy-nominated screenwriter and poet and can be reached at www.ritamaebrown.com.