Animals

I COULD PEE ON THIS
Author:Francesco Marciuliano

In this book of tongue-in-cheek poetry, cats get help explaining their behavior.

LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT JASPER ...
Author:Dana Perino

Reflections on dogs — especially her Vizsla, Jasper — and politics, by the co-host of Fox News’s “The Five,” a former press secretary to President George W. Bush.

H IS FOR HAWK
Author:Helen Macdonald

A grief-stricken British woman decides to raise a goshawk, a fierce bird that is notoriously difficult to tame.

THE SOUL OF AN OCTOPUS
Author:Sy Montgomery

The complex intelligence, emotional capacities, playfulness and spirit of the octopus, by a naturalist who counts several as friends.

THE EIGHTY-DOLLAR CHAMPION
Author:Elizabeth Letts

The story of Snowman the horse, the extraordinary jumper and national celebrity.

THE GENIUS OF BIRDS
Author:Jennifer Ackerman

Research reveals that many birds rival primates and even humans in their complex forms of intelligence.

THE LION IN THE LIVING ROOM
Author:Abigail Tucker

The evolutionary science, natural history and biology of house cats.

RESCUE ME
Author:Richard Phibbs

Dog adoption portraits and stories from New York City.

A STREET CAT NAMED BOB
Author:James Bowen

A London busker befriends an injured cat, and the two become inseparable.

REALLY IMPORTANT STUFF MY DOG HAS TAUGHT ME
Author:Cynthia L Copeland

A photographic tribute to dogs in motion celebrates lessons of living in the present, such as play, sleep, and scratching where it itches.