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American Water Spaniel (Comprehensive Owner's Guide) - $7.98	Irish Water Spaniel (Comprehensive Owner's Guide) - $14.16 The curly liver locks and distinctive topknot of the Irish Water Spaniel have won the breed admirers on both sides of the pond, not the least of whom is author and long-time breeder and fancier Marion Hopkins. This multi-talented gundog is obedient and biddable, regarded as a superb family companion and an enduring and proficient field worker. A well-bred Irish Water Spaniel is a hardy, resilient retriever that enjoys athletic activities with his owner—on land and water. Blessed with a real Irish sense of humor, the canine clown endears himself to all those who win a place in his inner circle. Written by the breed authority in the US, with wit, wisdom and no small heaping of common sense, this Special Rare-Breed Edition offers everything an Irish Water Spaniel owner needs to know about selection of a puppy, everyday care and training, safety, health and much more. The author details the breed’s history in its homeland of Ireland as well as in England and the United States. The text is illustrated by beautiful color photographs by Irish Water Spaniel breeder and professional photographer Tara Darling, making this new guide a very special addition to the breed literature indeed. The author shares her many years of experience in her insightful chapter about the breed’s character, told in special stories and photographs. A health chapter by world-famous veterinarian and author Dr. Lowell Ackerman presents excellent up-to-date information about vaccinations, parasite control, spaying/neutering and much more.
Gun-Dog Training Spaniels and Retrievers - $15.56 "This is the first book to give specific information on training retrievers for upland work. no gimmicks, tricks or shortcuts, just a sensible program for the hunter who wants to train his own dog and do it right." --Sports Afield "Gun-Dog Training Spaniels and Retrievers by Ken Roebuck is well worth consideration by a new dog owner who is facing up to training a springer spaniel, a Labrador retriever or one of the other flushing and fetching breeds." --Dave Duffey, Gun Dog Classic now available as a PB and ebook The first gun dog book devoted exclusively to the flushing breeds The first gun-dog book to cover training retrievers for upland game work	Family Dog: A Simple and Time-Proven Method - $14.45 Widely recognized as one of the great dog trainers of his time, Richard Wolters's tested techniques continue to endure. Family Dog was the first book written for any member of the family, from age six to sixty, who wants to train a dog fast. By following the book's simple instructions, anyone can have a well-trained dog in just sixteen weeks. In Family Dog Wolters teaches: * How to choose the right dog for your family and lifestyle * The benefits of play and relaxation * Talking with your dog-- it's not what you say, but how you say it * All the fundamentals of training-- house-breaking, basic commands, and tricks * Tips on grooming * The best dog diet in the world * First-aid and medical advice, and much more More than 200 all-new pictures in chronological, step-by-step sequence illustrate exactly what to do with your pet in a way that takes the frustration out of training and works for all breeds and any age.
Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus - $22.96 This new edition of the Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus is more exceptional than ever, solidifying its place as the one thesaurus every writer (or aspiring writer) will want to have. It provides more than 300,000 synonyms and 10,000 antonyms, with copious real-life example sentences and careful selection and ordering of the most relevant synonyms. Additional features include notes on American English usage and word spectrums showing the shades of meaning between polar opposites. The text is enhanced with thoughtful mini-essays on favorite words by ten noted contemporary writers--David Auburn, Michael Dirda, David Lehman, Erin McKean, Stephin Merritt, Francine Prose, Zadie Smith, Jean Strouse, David Foster Wallace, and Simon Winchester. This new edition has been updated and enhanced, including a new foreword by award-winning author Rick Moody. Additionally, the second edition introduces new Word Toolkits, which use an exciting visual display of information to demonstrate the nuances in meaning and use of closely related words. Also new to this edition is a center section including thematic word lists, as well as a comprehensive language guide with writing tips. The new features are based on findings from Oxford's groundbreaking language research program and the Oxford English Corpus. The Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus is truly (surely, certainly, unquestionably) the perfect tool for discriminating writers of all varieties looking for the perfect word. Praise for the first edition: "The best new array of synonyms around." --William Safire, The New York Times Magazine "The only problem in consulting this book could be that the original purpose soon is lost while the reader becomes immersed in one fascinating passage after another." --Richmond Times Dispatch "Practice writing sharper essays with just the right words from the new Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus."-Parade "A person looking up a word may continue reading for another 15 minutes or so just out of interestThis is probably the best thesaurus yet."--Desert News "Written by writers for writers, this innovative thesaurus truly advances the time-honored word source."--American Libraries "A title that breathes fresh life into a genre very much in need of CPR. This work breaks away from the traditional format of simple lists of synonyms and antonyms by offering a number of ingenious and helpful features set within boxes in the text.... Highly recommended."--Library Journal (Starred Review) "In the jargon of sportscasters The Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus is a triple threat: It's a freshly conceived guide to finding just the right word, it's published by the greatest name in English reference books, and it offers thoughtful, amusing and provocative mini-essays on 240 favorite words by nine distinguished contemporary writers." --Michael Dirda, Pulitzer Prize winning critic and longtime journalist for The Washington Post "This very readable reference will help writers find the most precise word for their needs.... Current, thoughtful, and attractively formatted, this is an indispensable tool for writers." --School Library Journal (Starred Review) "Perhaps the thesaurus's most fascinating feature is lengthy lists of words that link opposites--fat and thin, comic and tragic, interesting and boring. With this book close at hand, no one will call you the thesaurus's ultimate synonym for writer: a hack." --Village Voice	Hunting with Spaniels: Training Your Flushing Dog (Country Dog) - $8.49 One of Kennel Club Books' Country Dog titles, Hunting with Spaniels covers everything you need to know about selecting, training, and caring for flushing spaniels, including basic first aid. Lessons include basic training, using birds and bumpers, commands, obedience, field training, using whistles, retrieving, acclimating to the sound of gunfire, retrieving in water, marking the object, and quartering a field. Includes a section on The American Kennel Club (AKC) Spaniel Hunt Test program.

American Water Spaniel Books

American Water Spaniel (Comprehensive Owner's Guide) - $7.98

Irish Water Spaniel (Comprehensive Owner's Guide) - $14.16

The curly liver locks and distinctive topknot of the Irish Water Spaniel have won the breed admirers on both sides of the pond, not the least of whom is author and long-time breeder and fancier Marion Hopkins. This multi-talented gundog is obedient and biddable, regarded as a superb family companion and an enduring and proficient field worker. A well-bred Irish Water Spaniel is a hardy, resilient retriever that enjoys athletic activities with his owner—on land and water. Blessed with a real Irish sense of humor, the canine clown endears himself to all those who win a place in his inner circle. Written by the breed authority in the US, with wit, wisdom and no small heaping of common sense, this Special Rare-Breed Edition offers everything an Irish Water Spaniel owner needs to know about selection of a puppy, everyday care and training, safety, health and much more. The author details the breed’s history in its homeland of Ireland as well as in England and the United States. The text is illustrated by beautiful color photographs by Irish Water Spaniel breeder and professional photographer Tara Darling, making this new guide a very special addition to the breed literature indeed. The author shares her many years of experience in her insightful chapter about the breed’s character, told in special stories and photographs. A health chapter by world-famous veterinarian and author Dr. Lowell Ackerman presents excellent up-to-date information about vaccinations, parasite control, spaying/neutering and much more.

Gun-Dog Training Spaniels and Retrievers - $15.56

"This is the first book to give specific information on training retrievers for upland work. no gimmicks, tricks or shortcuts, just a sensible program for the hunter who wants to train his own dog and do it right." --Sports Afield

"Gun-Dog Training Spaniels and Retrievers by Ken Roebuck is well worth consideration by a new dog owner who is facing up to training a springer spaniel, a Labrador retriever or one of the other flushing and fetching breeds." --Dave Duffey, Gun Dog

Classic now available as a PB and ebook

The first gun dog book devoted exclusively to the flushing breeds

The first gun-dog book to cover training retrievers for upland game work

Family Dog: A Simple and Time-Proven Method - $14.45

Widely recognized as one of the great dog trainers of his time, Richard Wolters's tested techniques continue to endure. Family Dog was the first book written for any member of the family, from age six to sixty, who wants to train a dog fast. By following the book's simple instructions, anyone can have a well-trained dog in just sixteen weeks. In Family Dog Wolters teaches: * How to choose the right dog for your family and lifestyle
* The benefits of play and relaxation
* Talking with your dog-- it's not what you say, but how you say it
* All the fundamentals of training-- house-breaking, basic commands, and tricks
* Tips on grooming
* The best dog diet in the world
* First-aid and medical advice, and much more

More than 200 all-new pictures in chronological, step-by-step sequence illustrate exactly what to do with your pet in a way that takes the frustration out of training and works for all breeds and any age.

Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus - $22.96

This new edition of the Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus is more exceptional than ever, solidifying its place as the one thesaurus every writer (or aspiring writer) will want to have. It provides more than 300,000 synonyms and 10,000 antonyms, with copious real-life example sentences and careful selection and ordering of the most relevant synonyms. Additional features include notes on American English usage and word spectrums showing the shades of meaning between polar opposites. The text is enhanced with thoughtful mini-essays on favorite words by ten noted contemporary writers--David Auburn, Michael Dirda, David Lehman, Erin McKean, Stephin Merritt, Francine Prose, Zadie Smith, Jean Strouse, David Foster Wallace, and Simon Winchester.
This new edition has been updated and enhanced, including a new foreword by award-winning author Rick Moody. Additionally, the second edition introduces new Word Toolkits, which use an exciting visual display of information to demonstrate the nuances in meaning and use of closely related words. Also new to this edition is a center section including thematic word lists, as well as a comprehensive language guide with writing tips. The new features are based on findings from Oxford's groundbreaking language research program and the Oxford English Corpus.
The Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus is truly (surely, certainly, unquestionably) the perfect tool for discriminating writers of all varieties looking for the perfect word.

Praise for the first edition:

"The best new array of synonyms around."
--William Safire, The New York Times Magazine

"The only problem in consulting this book could be that the original purpose soon is lost while the reader becomes immersed in one fascinating passage after another." --Richmond Times Dispatch

"Practice writing sharper essays with just the right words from the new Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus."-Parade

"A person looking up a word may continue reading for another 15 minutes or so just out of interestThis is probably the best thesaurus yet."--Desert News

"Written by writers for writers, this innovative thesaurus truly advances the time-honored word source."--American Libraries

"A title that breathes fresh life into a genre very much in need of CPR. This work breaks away from the traditional format of simple lists of synonyms and antonyms by offering a number of ingenious and helpful features set within boxes in the text.... Highly recommended."--Library Journal (Starred Review)

"In the jargon of sportscasters The Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus is a triple threat: It's a freshly conceived guide to finding just the right word, it's published by the greatest name in English reference books, and it offers thoughtful, amusing and provocative mini-essays on 240 favorite words by nine distinguished contemporary writers."
--Michael Dirda, Pulitzer Prize winning critic and longtime journalist for The Washington Post

"This very readable reference will help writers find the most precise word for their needs.... Current, thoughtful, and attractively formatted, this is an indispensable tool for writers."
--School Library Journal (Starred Review)

"Perhaps the thesaurus's most fascinating feature is lengthy lists of words that link opposites--fat and thin, comic and tragic, interesting and boring. With this book close at hand, no one will call you the thesaurus's ultimate synonym for writer: a hack."
--Village Voice

Hunting with Spaniels: Training Your Flushing Dog (Country Dog) - $8.49

One of Kennel Club Books' Country Dog titles, Hunting with Spaniels covers everything you need to know about selecting, training, and caring for flushing spaniels, including basic first aid. Lessons include basic training, using birds and bumpers, commands, obedience, field training, using whistles, retrieving, acclimating to the sound of gunfire, retrieving in water, marking the object, and quartering a field. Includes a section on The American Kennel Club (AKC) Spaniel Hunt Test program.