To Tame a Wolf
Title | To Tame a Wolf PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Krinard |
Publisher | HQN Books |
Pages | 400 |
Release | 2011-04-18 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1459207378 |
Her innocence destroyed, young widow Tally Bernard swore that she would never trust a man again. But when her brother disappears, she has little choice but to make a pact with the devil. Though he wants nothing more than to live a quiet life on a ranch of his own, Simeon Kavanaugh can’t escape the legacy of his werewolf father. The animal instincts that keep him from being fully human also make him a brilliant tracker, forced to survive on the desperation of people in need. The attraction between these two wounded souls is immediate, primal—and dangerous. And if Simeon has any hope of saving Tally, he must do what he has always resisted and merge both man and beast within him. But if she cannot accept what he becomes, his choice may cost Simeon the only thing worth having—Tally’s love....
How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog)
Title | How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog) PDF eBook |
Author | Lee Alan Dugatkin |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 237 |
Release | 2019-04-14 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 022659971X |
Tucked away in Siberia, there are furry, four-legged creatures with wagging tails and floppy ears that are as docile and friendly as any lapdog. But, despite appearances, these are not dogs—they are foxes. They are the result of the most astonishing experiment in breeding ever undertaken—imagine speeding up thousands of years of evolution into a few decades. In 1959, biologists Dmitri Belyaev and Lyudmila Trut set out to do just that, by starting with a few dozen silver foxes from fox farms in the USSR and attempting to recreate the evolution of wolves into dogs in real time in order to witness the process of domestication. This is the extraordinary, untold story of this remarkable undertaking. Most accounts of the natural evolution of wolves place it over a span of about 15,000 years, but within a decade, Belyaev and Trut’s fox breeding experiments had resulted in puppy-like foxes with floppy ears, piebald spots, and curly tails. Along with these physical changes came genetic and behavioral changes, as well. The foxes were bred using selection criteria for tameness, and with each generation, they became increasingly interested in human companionship. Trut has been there the whole time, and has been the lead scientist on this work since Belyaev’s death in 1985, and with Lee Dugatkin, biologist and science writer, she tells the story of the adventure, science, politics, and love behind it all. In How to Tame a Fox, Dugatkin and Trut take us inside this path-breaking experiment in the midst of the brutal winters of Siberia to reveal how scientific history is made and continues to be made today. To date, fifty-six generations of foxes have been domesticated, and we continue to learn significant lessons from them about the genetic and behavioral evolution of domesticated animals. How to Tame a Fox offers an incredible tale of scientists at work, while also celebrating the deep attachments that have brought humans and animals together throughout time.
Part Wild
Title | Part Wild PDF eBook |
Author | Ceiridwen Terrill |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 295 |
Release | 2012-11-13 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 145163482X |
Traces the author's four-year relationship with a wolf-dog hybrid named Inyo, recounting their shared journeys in the snow, her battles with fearful neighbors, and the wolfdog's ultimate inability to be domesticated.
The Wolf Wilder
Title | The Wolf Wilder PDF eBook |
Author | Katherine Rundell |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2016-09-06 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1481419439 |
“Fairy tale and history merge seamlessly” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) in this enchanting and lyrical novel about love and resilience from the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner, Katherine Rundell. Feo’s life is extraordinary. Her mother trains domesticated wolves to be able to fend for themselves in the snowy wilderness of Russia, and Feo is following in her footsteps to become a wolf wilder. She loves taking care of the wolves, especially the three who stay at the house because they refuse to leave Feo, even though they’ve already been wilded. But not everyone is enamored with the wolves, or with the fact that Feo and her mother are turning them wild. And when her mother is taken captive, Feo must travel through the cold, harsh woods to save her—and learn from her wolves how to survive.
Inferno (the Wolf Pack Series)
Title | Inferno (the Wolf Pack Series) PDF eBook |
Author | Maureen Smith |
Publisher | |
Pages | 346 |
Release | 2012-02-02 |
Genre | Adultery |
ISBN | 9780615599588 |
Can their love survive the inferno?High school sweethearts Stan and Prissy Wolf have been happily married for fifteen years. They have everything they could ever want-a beautiful home, five children that they adore, rewarding careers and a sizzling chemistry that hasn't diminished over the years. But, lately, Prissy has noticed a change in her sexy firefighter husband. She doesn't want to believe the worst-that he's having an affair. But his recent behavior is too suspicious to ignore. As a silent chasm grows between them, Prissy fears that Stan's secret will soon destroy the life they have built together.... Bonus Novella: TreacherousSterling and Celeste Wolf have been married for sixteen years. Although Sterling is the ideal husband and father, he can't give Celeste the material trappings she secretly craves. And then she meets Grant Rutherford-a sexy, brilliant surgeon at the hospital where she works. Grant is everything Celeste has ever wanted in a man, and the sizzling chemistry between them takes her breath away. But she loves her husband and children, and the last thing she wants to do is hurt them. But when she and Grant succumb to their mutual attraction one night, Celeste is forced to make a heartbreaking choice between the life she and Sterling have built-and the life she has always yearned for.... "Maureen Smith has a special gift with words"-Brenda Jackson, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author
I Am Not a Wolf
Title | I Am Not a Wolf PDF eBook |
Author | Dan Sheehan |
Publisher | Andrews McMeel Publishing |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 2021-05-04 |
Genre | Humor |
ISBN | 1524871699 |
One of the Best Humor Books of 2021! (Vulture) You are a HUMAN MAN navigating every day life, dating, bus etiquette, and other important human concerns. You are definitely NOT A WOLF. Life is good. You have a job, an apartment in a nice part of town, and an online dating profile that’s recently yielded as many as three matches. From the outside, it would appear you’re a human man that has all the pieces of a stable and functional life. But you also have a horrible secret. You’re not a human man at all. You're a WOLF. Based on the immensely popular Twitter account @SickOfWolves, this interactive story follows you, (who, if anyone asks, is NOT A WOLF) as you go about normal life, making choices that will either reveal your true identity or allow you to keep your cover. Each choice is crucial to your survival and, more importantly, your burgeoning graphic design career. Will you navigate water cooler gossip without arousing suspicion? Can you go on a date without bringing up how much you love ham? Or is it perhaps time to throw this human world to the wind and return to the woods from whence you came?
Taming Samantha
Title | Taming Samantha PDF eBook |
Author | Jenny Penn |
Publisher | Siren Publishing |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2008-11 |
Genre | Werewolves |
ISBN | 9781606011973 |
TAMING SAMANTHA [Sea Island Wolves 2] Samantha Hark is running from one werewolf when she ends up in the arms of two. Can she overcome her fears and insecurities to trust in the love they offer her or will her time run out as her past closes in with deadly intent? JD and Caleb McBane aren't about to let anything or anyone stop them from claiming their mate, even if that person is Samantha herself. The mating musk may render their feisty mate pliant to their commands, but when it wears off, Samantha is back in fighting mode. Can JD and Caleb tame Samantha before her enemies strike the killing blow? *** "I love werewolf stories and menages, so I combined the two! What I most loved about this story is the concept of the mating musk. It acts as the ultimate aphrodisiac. While it may render Samantha pliant to the commands of her two Alpha mates, it doesn't take away from her feisty nature!" Jenny