The Cat Encyclopedia

$24.99 NZD

Category: Pets

Jane Brown: Cats by Jane Bown

$16.99 NZD

$39.99 (57% off)

Category: Pets

Jane Bown is a legendary Observer photographer best-known for her portraits of icons from Samuel Beckett to Bjork. This is a charming collection of 100 black-and-white pictures of felines that reveals the same sympathetic eye and wit as her portraits. She captures the cats sprawling, prowling, lolling, playing, feeding and lounging. House cats, alley cats, show cats and kittens trip and gambol across these pages making this the perfect photographic treat for cat-lovers. ...Show more

How to Walk a Dog (PB) by Mike White; Sharon Murdoch (Illustrator)

$24.99 NZD

Category: Pets

The highs and lows, joy and heartache of owning a dog are told in this beautifully written story of life in and around a dog park. 'The book of the year. THE book on dogs. And people.' Andrew Dickens, Newstalk ZB

Choosing & Looking After Your Horse by Catherine Austen, Nicola Jane Swinney

$12.99 NZD

$24.99 (48% off)

Category: Pets | Series: Handy Petcare Guides

A comprehensive and accessible guide to choosing and caring for your horse. Discover the horse throughout history and culture, its uses, anatomy, appearance and behaviour, and take in a wealth of practical advice on how to choose and buy a horse, care, health, breeding, tack and equipment, riding and tr aining, and competing. Helpful statistics and icons provide essential information at a glance. ...Show more

Life Hacks for Cats by Grant Hamilton Ross Dyson

$19.99 NZD

Category: Pets

'Listen up, all you toms and tabbies. I'm Bean the Tonkinese, a pretty smart cat, if I do say so myself. In my time roaming the neighbourhood I've learnt a fair bit about humans (you know, those odd hairless two-legged species that consider themselves our owners?). I figured it was about time I shared s ome of that wisdom with all of you . . .' ...Show more

Death by Pet - A Hilariously History of Misguided Pets by Cider Mill Cider Mill Press; Rebecca Pry (Illustrator)

$24.99 NZD

Category: Pets

Learn about the most hilarious (and regrettable) pet choices that led to less-than-happy endings with Death by Pet. Killed by a cassowary, run through by a red deer, and hacked down by a once-huggable hippo named Humphrey: as much as we love animals, some things are better left in the wild. Learn about the most hilarious (and regrettable) pet choices that led to less-than-happy endings with Death by Pet. Playful illustrations turn these regrettable pets into hilarious anecdotes perfect for fans of dark humor. Humorous language and hilarious asides keep each profile lighthearted enough for even the biggest pet lovers. From wolves to wildebeests, camels to cats, find out why everyone is better off with a pet rock. ...Show more

Old Dogs by Sally Muir

$22.99 NZD

Category: Pets

Following the success of A Dog a Day, Sally Muir returns with a sea of new, but crucially, old, faces. Several years ago Sally Muir began a Facebook project, A Dog a Day, posting dog art daily. Through the project she was introduced to endless people and their dogs and the distinct personalities and co mplex emotions that owners attribute to them. More recently, Sally's project changed focus slightly to look specifically at portraying older dogs and they are collected here for the first time. Sally Muir is well known for her portrayal of dogs, with her artwork Elderly Dog featuring in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 2018 and Hound following up in the Summer Exhibition in 2019. The popularity of Elderly Dog has fueled Sally's desire to continue to paint older dogs and celebrate the aging process of our favorite pets in grace and style. From loose sketches and lithographs, to potato prints and oil paintings, Old Dogs includes a range of mediums that Sally has become known for and embraces dogs of all shapes and sizes (big, small, pedigree, cross breed). ...Show more

Big Dog, Little Dog by Seth Casteel

$48.00 NZD

Category: Pets

From the bestselling photographer behind Underwater Dogs and Underwater Puppies, a new irresistibly cute concept featuring tiny dogs and giant dogs side by side.   A collection of stunning photographs, each featuring two dogs: one big, one small. These unexpected pairs are utterly adorable, making thi s book the perfect gift for the biggest (or littlest) dog lover in your life, or the perfect coffee-table book for anyone who loves cute pups. ...Show more

Dog's Best Friend: A Brief History of an Unbreakable Bond by Simon Garfield

$37.99 NZD

Category: Pets

A charming meditation on the relationship between humans and dogs, drawing upon science, history, art, and personal experience to illuminate a magical bond that has endured millennia--from the New York Times bestselling author of Just My Type. "Ludo is now an elderly gentleman, and we would do almost anything to ensure his continued happiness. We schedule our days around his needs--his mealtimes, his walks, the delivery of his life-saving medication (he has epilepsy, poor love). We spend a bizarrely large amount of our disposable income on him, and he never sends a card of thanks. When he's not with us for a few days, the house feels extraordinarily empty. I feel so fortunate to know him." Ludo is a dog--Simon Garfield's beloved black Labrador retriever, one of millions of canines who have become integral parts of human lives. But how did the dog become top dog? How did these faithful animals come to assist us not only in hunting, but in bomb disposal and cancer detection--and ultimately become our closest companions? Dog's Best Friend examines how this bond developed over the centuries, and how it has transformed countless lives, both human and canine. Garfield begins with the earliest visual representations--dogs depicted in ancient rock art--and ends at the laboratory that first sequenced the canine genome. Along the way, he offers lively portraits of the legendary Corgis of Buckingham Palace, the dogs of the Soviet space program, the world's first labradoodle, a border collie that can identify more than a thousand different plush toys, and modern First Dogs, including Millie Bush and Bo Obama. Garfield introduces us to the best dog trainers who share their secrets, surveys the wild world of dog breeding and dog shows, and unearths the deep psychological roots of the human-dog link. Charmingly, Ludo pops his snout in from time to time as well. A celebration of this deep interspecies connection, delivered in Simon Garfield's inimitable, disarmingly witty British style, Dog's Best Friend offers delights and insights for every dog and animal lover. ...Show more

Choosing & Looking After Your Dog by Sean O'Meara, Michael Hayward

$12.99 NZD

$30.00 (56% off)

Category: Pets | Series: Handy Petcare Guides

A comprehensive and accessible guide to choosing and caring for your dog. Discover the dog throughout history and culture, its uses and status, anatomy, appearance and behaviour, and take in a wealth of practical advice on how to choose a dog, care, health, breeding, training and showing your dog. Helpf ul statistics and icons provide essential information at a glance. ...Show more

A Dog's Guide to Art by Joy Fitzsimmons

$24.99 NZD

Category: Pets

A light-hearted look at art through canine eyes. Join dachshunds Ned and Henry for an energetic romp through the world of art, encountering famous paintings and sculptures from a four-legged perspective. Watch them lead their gang of hounds - including schnauzers, jack russells, greyhounds, border terr iers and labradors - on an eventful trip through the gallery, taking in modernist masterpieces and much-loved Old Masters. On their way they encounter Whistler's Mother, Picasso's The Dream, Matisse's The Fall of Icarus, Magritte's Lab and a Dachshund Pollock - all culminating in a doggy version of Campbell's Soup, Warhol's Squirrel Soup for dogs! Illustrator Joy FitzSimmons shows us beloved works of art playfully re-imagined by man's best friend. From Rousseau to Riley, Hokusai to Hockney, this canine homage takes us across the globe from Tate to the Prado to MoMA, to the British Museum and beyond. ...Show more

In Praise of Famous Horses by Sean Magee

$49.99 NZD

Category: Pets

Horses is an A-Z companion to perhaps the most loved of all domesticated animals. The book's entries include a wealth of unexpected, fascinating and serendipitous information, from horse-slang phrases to horses in British pub signs, and from the horse in advertising to the horse as a food item. Themes s uch as the horse in warfare and the horse in folklore abound. These features add up to a richly satisfying accumulation of information about the horse's role in human culture and society over two millennia. Horses will not only be a helpful reference source and congenial bedside book for those who work with or enjoy horses, but also a satisfying and browsable companion for the inquisitive general reader. ...Show more