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Have you ever wished your garden felt more alive… filled with color, movement, and birdsong? Smart Bird Feeding is your practical, easy-to-follow guide to attracting beautiful, healthy birds while avoiding the costly mistakes most beginners make. This isn’t just about putting seeds in a feeder.

Bringing home a small pet is exciting, but knowing how to properly care for them can feel overwhelming. Rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, and gerbils may be small, yet their needs are very specific. The Small Pet Handbook is a practical, beginner-friendly guide that helps you confidently provide safe feeding, daily care, and a healthy environment from day one. This easy-to-follow guide breaks down everything you need to know about small pet nutrition, habitat setup, and daily maintenance routines.

Bringing a bird into your home is an exciting and rewarding experience. These intelligent, affectionate companions can form deep bonds with their owners, fill your home with cheerful sounds, and bring incredible personality into everyday life.

The fourth volume of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC and Channel 5 series All Creatures Great and Small. Finally home from London after his wartime service in the RAF, James Herriot is settling back into life as a country vet. While the world has changed after the war, the blunt...

The second collection of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC and Channel 5 series All Creatures Great and Small. Now settled into the sleepy Yorkshire village of Darrowby, and married to Helen the farmer’s daughter, James Herriot thinks he’s finally got himself sorted. But life as a...

If you're a first-time dog owner or simply want a calmer, better-behaved companion, this practical guide shows you exactly how to raise a happy, confident dog without confusion, stress, or complicated training systems.

Bird Care Made Simple is a complete beginner's guide to raising a happy, healthy, and well-behaved pet bird without stress, guesswork, or overwhelming advice. Whether you're a first-time bird owner or looking to improve your care routine, this step-by-step guide shows you exactly how to feed, train, bond with, and understand your bird with confidence.

This audio edition is read by Nicholas Ralph, known for his role as James Herriot in the All Creatures Great and Small TV series. ** Now a major TV series on Channel 5 ** Training as an RAF pilot in the smoke and bustle of wartime London is a far cry from James Herriot’s day job as a country...

When Monty Don's golden retriever Nigel became the surprise star of BBC Gardeners' World inspiring huge interest, fan mail and even his own social media accounts, Monty Don wanted to explore what makes us connect with animals quite so deeply. In many respects Nigel is a very ordinary dog...

The third collection of memoirs from the author who inspired the TV series All Creatures Great and Small. Training as an RAF pilot in the smoke and bustle of wartime London is a far cry from James Herriot’s day job as a country vet in the Yorkshire Dales. And whilst he is keen to serve King...

He's not kept a diary for decades but here, in Dog Days, Andrew Cotter draws inspiration from the great Samuel Pepys; like him, he bears witness to the extraordinary everyday as the world tilts on its axis in our own unsettling era. And so, with Olive and Mabel at his side - actually, dawdling in the long grass or sleeping upside down - Andrew takes a clear-eyed, often hilarious walk through a year that encompasses all of life from the crushingly mundane to the decidedly odd.

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE INSTANT NO. 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the social media superstar behind @SimonSits, Isabel Klee - known for her heartwarming tales of dog rescue - comes an utterly winning memoir about a twentysomething woman's search for true love in New York City...

Successful training needs adaptability, attentive observation, and a readiness to adjust tactics. The emphasis should be less on adhering to rigorous procedures and more on cultivating an instinctual grasp of the individual dog's behavior. Furthermore, the commitment of time is a key part. Puppies gain from regular daily interaction to reinforce what they have learned. In general, short, frequent training sessions are more advantageous than long, taxing ones. When learning is integrated into daily activities instead of being limited to structure training sessions, it happens at its best.

Discover the Heartwarming Truth of Dog Companionship; Find Your Soul's Best Friend Forever, without the fear of being misunderstood. Do you long for heartfelt stories that celebrate the love and loyalty dogs bring into our lives? Are you searching for comfort and understanding as you grieve the loss of a beloved dog? Or perhaps you're about to embark on the rewarding journey of adoption, seeking wisdom on forming a lasting bond?

The perfect listen for fans of All Creatures Great and Small, this is a charming collection of classic stories from James Herriot’s much-loved books, with insights into his life and work from his children Rosie and Jim. With astute observations and boundless humour, country vet Herriot...

Olive and Mabel are the Labradors that broke the internet. With more than 50 million views on social media, Andrew Cotter's brilliant commentaries on videos of his Labradors have resonated with dog owners and sports fans around the world, giving us all something to smile about in this most testing of years, as Olive and Mabel entertained us with their dinner contest, Game of Bones, Zoom meeting, online dating, and more over the last six months.

The fourth volume of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC and Channel 5 series All Creatures Great and Small. This audio edition is read by Nicholas Ralph, known for his role as James Herriot in the All Creatures Great and Small TV series. Finally home from London after his wartime...

** Now a major TV series on Channel 5 ** This audio edition is read by Nicholas Ralph, known for his role as James Herriot in the All Creatures Great and Small TV series. Now settled into the sleepy Yorkshire village of Darrowby, and married to Helen the farmer’s daughter, James Herriot thinks...

Does your dog bark at everyone he sees? Are you trying hard to settle your dog on frantic, noisy walks? Do you live with canine reactivity and wish you could turn things around? Are you looking for a solution and guidance to properly help your worried best friend? From this audiobook, you will learn: what your dog is trying to tell you, how to communicate in a way that you both understand, how to ensure you are fully meeting your dog’s needs, why your dog acts up and why he can’t help it, and much more.

The uplifting Sunday Times No.1 bestselling memoir from Professor Noel Fitzpatrick, the Supervet. It has been 35 years since Noel Fitzpatrick graduated as a veterinary surgeon, and that 22-year-old from Ballyfin, Ireland, is now one of the leading veterinary surgeons in the world. The journey to...