Susannah Charleson | Scent of the Missing: Love and Partnership with a Search-and-Rescue Dog
Susannah Charleson’s Scent of the Missing explores the complex relationship she shares with her search-and-rescue (SAR) dog, a feisty golden retriever named Puzzle. It begins as they as they train to certify together as a canine SAR team, and follows them as they join the Metro Area Rescue K9 unit in Dallas, Texas, and track missing children, strayed Alzheimer’s patients, drowning victims, and pieces of the downed Columbia shuttle. Kirkus Reviews calls the book, “An inspiring collection of rescue tales ideal for dog lovers and armchair detectives.”

Alexandra Horowitz | Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know
Alexandra Horowitz holds a Ph.D. in Cognitive Science from the University of California and has spent years studying the cognition of humans, rhinoceroses, bonobos. and dogs. In her New York Times bestselling book, Inside of a Dog, she offers insight into the unique worldview of man’s best friend, by considering the world from a dog's-eye view.

Michael Schaffer | One Nation Under Dog: Adventures in the New World of Prozac-Popping Puppies, Dog-Park Politics, and Organic Pet Food
Did you know Americans spend more than $40 billion a year on their pets? A sympathetic insider (with a depressed St. Bernard to prove it) author Michael Schaffer reflects on modern dog life in One Nation Under Dog, covering everything from Chihuahua social networking, hypoallergenic-kitty breeders, leash-law political activists, chew-toy industrialists, pet-bereavement counselors, and more from every corner of our pet-crazed country. Jonathan Yardley in the Washington Post calls the book, "informative, entertaining, and sobering. As the man says in this terrific book, it's not about the dogs, it’s about the people."