by Bryan Bailey

4.3 stars – 75 reviews

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Are dogs four-legged humans?

Some time ago, dogs became as interwoven in the American culture as baseball, apple pie and the Fourth of July. In fact, most dogs have trumped evolution itself and jumped straight to being four legged humans where they are adorned with human names, designer outfits and fed diets that would confound even the best nutritionist. In most cases, we’ve granted them our human intelligence and our sacred human emotions as well. They are no longer dogs to us, they’re family! Yet, for all that man has done to carve the wolf from the wild to create a surrogate human, today’s dog is still a wolf at heart and the accompanying instincts borne from such ancestry defines how the dog approaches its world.

The most damaging problem associated with dog ownership today

The ontogeny of anthropomorphism, where we attach our human traits to our pets, is the most damaging and paralytic problem associated with dog ownership today. Believing in a fairy tale world where dogs possess the same moral consciousness and sense of altruism as attributed to humans has led to a drastic increase in leash laws, dogs being outlawed in a rising number of city and national parks, some breeds being banned in several states, an alarming escalation of aggression to humans, a rising cost of homeowner and business insurance, and a record number of clinically maladaptive dogs.

The control you always dreamed of

This book is not a training book. It does not cover obedience topics such as heel, sit, down, stay, and come. Instead, it’s about righting the ship of American dog ownership by changing our perception of our dogs. It is about the author growing up in the Alaskan wild under the tutelage and guardianship of a Special Forces survival instructor who introduced him to the ways of wolves and the similarities they shared with dogs. It is about the wisdom and splendor of nature and the many life lessons she provides. Mostly, it’s about developing a deep understanding of the authors of your dog’s behavior; nature and the wolf. In doing so, you will truly learn who and what your dog really is and the why and how of its behavior.

In this book, you will learn the tools that nature gave them to survive and coexist in both the mountains and in our homes. You will learn how activating and deactivating natural impulses and mechanisms in your dog will lead to the harmonious existence and the control you always dreamed of.

Embrace the wild in your dog

Most of all, you will come to embrace the wild in your dog as well as the grace and the peace that comes with this acceptance.

by Dylan Steel

3.9 stars – 26 reviews

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Raising loyal citizens. One child at a time. Sage Indarra’s childhood is forever changed when tragedy strikes and she’s forced to enroll in Eprah’s Institution—a cold, unfeeling place determined to make her forget everything good about her old life. It doesn’t take long for Sage to learn that her new home is not as perfect as they would have her believe. Unsure who to trust, she’s forced to build her new life on a lie. And she begins to question everything she’s ever known. She has to play along if she has any hope of escaping. But the Institution is hiding some dark secrets. And they won’t let her leave. Can Sage keep up the ruse she’s begun?

by Wendell Mettey

4.3 stars – 8 reviews

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The Valley of Elah chronicles the incredible journey of Harry Keller, a man who beat the odds again and again, endured and survived an unbelievable medical procedure, taking down his giant in his own personal Valley of Elah. A description of the surgical procedure ultimately needed to save his life is still met with disbelief when his
story is told. For 16 years he fought the good fight. This is his story…

by Carla Acheson

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From the best-selling author of, ‘The Last Gift,’ comes a third novel of hidden secrets and the mysterious death of an orphaned twin, brought to life in this heart-breaking tale.

TWO SISTERS

ONE TRAGEDY

1881 – Five year old Pixie Reinhart suffers a tragic accident in her family home. She is sent away to an orphanage and barely mentioned again. 1905 – Annie is determined to find out the truth about her twin sister’s sad fate and why no-one is willing to talk about it. But secrets can sometimes stretch far and wide and after discovering a diary, she begins to wonder who is hiding the truth… and can a mother’s bond with her child really be destroyed forever?

by Better Hero Army

4.1 stars – 124 reviews

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Book 1 of the Plagued States of America series. When Tom, the son of a powerful Senator, becomes stranded in the Plagued States while searching for his lost sister, his only hope of survival rests in the hands of a few grizzled veteran zombie hunters and a mysterious half-breed zombie woman he thinks may know where to find his sister… In the aftermath of the zombie apocalypse, the humans won by creating a moat surrounding the Plagued States of America. Now zombies roam freely and only the most fearless of hunters venture in, but they don’t hunt to kill. Zombie labor is too valuable a commodity. That’s why Tom has come to one of only three sanctioned outposts along the Moaning Coast, to check their sales records in the hopes of finding his lost sister. What he finds instead is a mysterious half-breed zombie woman who may know where she is. When the township is overrun by zombies, Tom, the half-breed, and a group of grizzled zombie hunters must fend for themselves in order to survive not only the zombie horde, but the military gunships trying to wipe out the infection.

by Ivy Smoak

4.4 stars – 558 reviews

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Indulge in the temptation in the breakout series The Hunted by Ivy Smoak. When Penny runs into a handsome stranger in a coffee shop, she believes her luck has finally changed. After having her confidence unwound by her ex, she falls hard for a true gentleman. But once she realizes that her crush is her communications professor, her world is turned upside down. Haunted by dreams of the alluring Professor Hunter, Penny can’t seem to dismiss her fantasies and the temptation to have him grows deeper. Will the excitement, danger, and mystery surrounding Professor Hunter bring her to her knees?