4 The Love of Animals » books http://4theloveofanimals.com/blog Celebrating the bonds between people and animals! Tue, 22 May 2012 02:06:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Animal Shelter Portraits http://4theloveofanimals.com/blog/2012/03/29/animal-shelter-portraits/ http://4theloveofanimals.com/blog/2012/03/29/animal-shelter-portraits/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:09:26 +0000 Aimee http://4theloveofanimals.com/blog/?p=3741 Continue reading →]]> Photographer Mark Ross has captured some truly beautiful, and touching, photos of animals abandoned at kill shelters. The book, Animal Shelter Portraits, captures just a small glimpse of what our furry friends experience in shelter situations. The photos in the book made me want to reach out and save each one of them.

The faces say it all, the sadness of being at a shelter, the hope that maybe there will be a second chance for a happily ever after. From dogs to cats, kittens, and even birds and rabbits, there are all kinds of animals to be found at shelters. The book is a great reminder that our decision to adopt them is the difference between life and death.

I have 4 copies of Animal Shelter Portraits to share with 4 lucky readers. If you would like a chance to win a copy, just leave a comment on this post before midnight on April 6th. The winners will be contacted by email.

]]> http://4theloveofanimals.com/blog/2012/03/29/animal-shelter-portraits/feed/ 11 The Great Animal Orchestra http://4theloveofanimals.com/blog/2012/03/19/the-great-animal-orchestra/ http://4theloveofanimals.com/blog/2012/03/19/the-great-animal-orchestra/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:59:23 +0000 Aimee http://4theloveofanimals.com/blog/?p=3722 Continue reading →]]> Have you ever wondered about the origins of music? If you love nature, maybe you have noticed that a lot of animals, and other parts of nature like rivers, make sounds that seem musical.

In his recently released book, The Great Animal Orchestra: Finding the Origins of Music in the World’s Wild Places, Bernie Krause explores the sounds of the natural world all over the globe. Bernie is one of the world’s experts in natural sound, and the book is a truly wonderful read. We get to travel along with him as he discovers sounds in our world.

THE GREAT ANIMAL ORCHESTRA also explains Krause’s discoveries in the world of “biophony”. We learn why animals sound as they do, how they have influenced our own music and health, and what is happening to their species as we introduce other noises into their ecosystems. It’s a fascinating read that might just change the way you hear the world around you.

Would you like to take a listen? Click here to hear all kinds of wonderful “music” from the natural world.

About the Author:
During the 1950s and ‘60s, Bernie Krause devoted himself to music and replaced Pete Seeger as the guitarist in the Weavers. After moving to California to audit music courses in electronic music at Mills College in the mid-1960s, he met Paul Beaver and the two of them began performing as Beaver and Krause, putting out five albums of their own and performing sound effects for scores of feature films. After being commissioned to do a series of albums for Warner Brothers in 1968 (the first of which, In a Wild Sanctuary, would be the earliest musical piece to use a long section of wild sound as components of orchestration, and also the first to feature ecology as its theme), Krause made his first attempts at recording wild sound, and the experience changed him forever.

You can learn more about Bernie Krause and THE GREAT ANIMAL ORCHESTRA on Facebook.com/TheGreatAnimalOrchestra or Twitter @BernieKrause.

]]> http://4theloveofanimals.com/blog/2012/03/19/the-great-animal-orchestra/feed/ 1 Giveaway: The Dog Trainer’s Complete Guide to a Happy, Well-Behaved Pet http://4theloveofanimals.com/blog/2011/11/12/giveaway-the-dog-trainer%e2%80%99s-complete-guide-to-a-happy-well-behaved-pet/ http://4theloveofanimals.com/blog/2011/11/12/giveaway-the-dog-trainer%e2%80%99s-complete-guide-to-a-happy-well-behaved-pet/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2011 23:22:36 +0000 Aimee http://4theloveofanimals.com/blog/?p=3248 Continue reading →]]> If you want to raise a happy dog who loves to cuddle – but still comes when called and doesn’t chew up your shoes – you need Jolanta Benal’s The Dog Trainer’s Complete Guide to a Happy, Well-Behaved Pet.

As a Certified Professional Dog Trainer and the host of The Dog Trainer’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Teaching and Caring for Your Pet (which iTunes named a top podcast of 2009) Jolanta will teach you how to do everything from housetraining your dog for good to reading their body language.

So whether you’ve just welcomed a new puppy into your life or are facing some struggles with an already beloved family member, this is a must-have for your puppy library!

We have a copy to giveaway to one lucky reader! If you would like a chance to enter just leave a comment on this post before midnight on November 20th, 2011. Tell us why you need to win!

The winner will be chosen at random after the giveaway ends and then contacted by email. The winner will then have 3 days to respond, otherwise a new winner will be chosen. Thank you!

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