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Book Recommendations

Veterinary books Fiction Non Fiction

 

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Professional (veterinary) books:

Name Author Comments
The Merck Veterinary Manual (8th Ed) Susan E. Aiello the new 1998 edition
Baillere's Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary Baillieres a must for every veterinary student
Saunders Manual of Small Animal Practice Stephen J. Birchard, Robert G. Sherding (Editor) a very good book for starting veterinarians
Current Techniques in Small Animal Surgery M. Joseph Bojrab
Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents: Clinical Medicine and Surgery Elizabeth V. Hillyer  
Dr. Pitcairn's Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs & Cats Richard H. Pitcairn & Susan Hubble Pitcairn  
Veterinary Drug Handbook Donald C. Plumb
Handbook of Veterinary Procedures & Emergency Treatment Stephen I. Bistner, Richard B. Ford, Robert Warren Kirk
Bsava Manual of Psittacine Birds Peter H. Beynon (Editor), Neil A. Forbes (Editor), Martin P. C. Lawton
Herbs for Pets Mary L. Wulff-Tilford  
Four Paws Five Directions: A Guide to Chinese Medicine for Cats and Dogs Cheryl Schwartz  
The Wolf: The Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species David Mech  
Home-Prepared Dog & Cat Diets: the Healthful Alternative Donald R. Strombeck  
Give Your Dog A Bone (GYDAB) Dr. Ian Billinghurst Feeding BARF (Bones and Raw Food) has almost become a religion, and this book is the bible. Not available from Amazon unfortunately, I got mine from www.dogwise.com
Grow Your Pup With Bones (GYPWB) Dr. Ian Billinghurst The sequel to GYDAB, helpful for breeders. If you have to choose just one of them, get GYDAB and ask someone (you can ask me!) for the patty recipe which is in GYPWB. Again, available from www.dogwise.com

 

Recreational books:

fiction:

Name Author Comments
In the Country of Last Things Paul Auster
The Mistress of Spices Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Arranged Marriage : Stories Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Cyberville: Clicks, Culture and the Creation of an Online town Stacy Horn
Esau Meir Shalev Barbara Harshav (Translator) Excellent book! (I read it in hebrew)
Noah's Ark Barbara Trapido
The Men and the Girls Joanna Trollope
Exodus Leon Uris
Cat's Cradle Kurt Vonnegut
Galapagos Kurt Vonnegut
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater Kurt Vonnegut in my opinion, this is Mr Vonnegut's best book. 
Welcome to the Monkey House Kurt Vonnegut short stories
Jumping the Queue Mary Wesley
Lying on the Couch Irvin D. Yalom
When Nietzsche Wept/a Novel of Obsession Irvin D. Yalom
Good Bones and Simple Murders Margaret Atwood
Dancing Girls and Other Stories Margaret Atwood Delightful! I love short stories, and Margaret Atwood is an amazing writer...
The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood A 'futuristic' story... I was told it's sci-fi but... I don't like sci-fi and I LOVED this book... :)
Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur S. Golden 

 

non fiction:

Name Author Comments
Hitler's Willing Executioners : Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust Daniel Jonah Goldhagen ...
Modern Times : The World from the Twenties to the Nineties Paul Johnson
A History of the Jews Paul Johnson
The Autobiography of Malcolm X Malcolm X, Alex Haley
Creating Killer Web Sites, Second Edition David S. Siegel If I applied everything he teaches in this book, this site would be wowing you right now (but it takes some work... and I'm lazy :) ).
Adobe Photoshop 5 Classroom in a Book Adobe Development Team
Wake Up, I'm Fat! Camryn Manheim Excellent book by an excellent actress.