Living With Goats

Author : Thomas Thwaites
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1616894938
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book GoatMan written by Thomas Thwaites and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dazzling success of The Toaster Project, including TV appearances and an international book tour, leaves Thomas Thwaites in a slump. His friends increasingly behave like adults, while Thwaites still lives at home, "stuck in a big, dark hole." Luckily, a research grant offers the perfect out: a chance to take a holiday from the complications of being human—by transforming himself into a goat. What ensues is a hilarious and surreal journey through engineering, design, and psychology, as Thwaites interviews neuroscientists, animal behaviorists, prosthetists, goat sanctuary workers, and goatherds. From this, he builds a goat exoskeleton—artificial legs, helmet, chest protector, raincoat from his mum, and a prosthetic goat stomach to digest grass (with help from a pressure cooker and campfire)—before setting off across the Alps on four legs with a herd of his fellow creatures. Will he make it? Do Thwaites and his readers discover what it truly means to be human? GoatMan tells all in Thwaites's inimitable style, which NPR extols as "a laugh-out- loud-funny but thoughtful guide through his own adventures."

Author : Soraya Hirth
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1452159882
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Happy Little Goats written by Soraya Hirth and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brighten your day with these priceless photos of goats having fun! Cats and dogs don’t have a monopoly on cuteness—behold the goat! Happy Little Goats features photos of adorable goats living the good life and getting into trouble on a beautiful farm. Too cute to blame for eating all the oranges off the tree or climbing onto the roof, these endearing creatures will show you what a carefree life really looks like. With hilariously clueless captions from the cutest goats you’ve ever seen, this book will melt your heart, give you a good chuckle, and maybe even make you want a pet goat of your own.

Author : Jennifer McGaha
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1492655392
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flat Broke with Two Goats written by Jennifer McGaha and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When life gets your goat, bring in the herd Jennifer McGaha never expected to own a goat named Merle. Or to be setting Merle up on dates and naming his doeling Merlene. She didn't expect to be buying organic yogurt for her chickens. She never thought she would be pulling camouflage carpet off her ceiling or rescuing opossums from her barn and calling it "date night." Most importantly, Jennifer never thought she would only have $4.57 in her bank account. When Jennifer discovered that she and her husband owed back taxes—a lot of back taxes—her world changed. Now desperate to save money, they foreclosed on their beloved suburban home and moved their family to a one-hundred-year-old cabin in a North Carolina holler. Soon enough, Jennifer's life began to more closely resemble her Appalachian ancestors than her upper-middle-class upbringing. But what started as a last-ditch effort to settle debts became a journey that revealed both the joys and challenges of living close to the land. Told with bold wit, unflinching honesty, and a firm foot in the traditions of Appalachia, Flat Broke with Two Goats blends stories of homesteading with the journey of two people rediscovering the true meaning of home.

Author : Margaret Hathaway
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0762793074
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living with Goats written by Margaret Hathaway and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-02-27 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the newest addition to the successful “Living With” series, Hathaway and Schatz let readers in on everything they need to know about how to raise one – or twenty – goats in their own backyards. Readers will discover how to raise goats either for milk, meat, or companionship, and how to shelter and care for their pets depending on the breed (whether they’re eventually going to eat them or invite them into their family circle). Between the friendly advice, first-hand wisdom, and hilarious stories, Living With Goats reassures readers that raising goats is a rewarding and sustainable endeavor well worth their while.

Author : Leanne Lauricella
Publisher : Rock Point Gift & Stationery
ISBN 13 : 1631062859
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Goats of Anarchy written by Leanne Lauricella and published by Rock Point Gift & Stationery. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the book Goats of Anarchy, Leanne shares adorable photos of her goats with descriptions of their personalities, touching rescue stories, and funny anecdotes about their antics.

Author : Jennie Grant
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 1594857008
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book City Goats written by Jennie Grant and published by Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2012-10-03 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CLICK HERE to download the chapter called "Legalizing Goats In Your City" from City Goats Time Magazine calls author Jennie Grant the, "godmother of goat lovers." * Explains the how-to and benefits of keeping and raising milking goats on your city lot * Get a healthy source of milk, as well as a hobby that will change your life * Longtime urban goat keeper Jennie Grant is an experienced city goat farmer and Goat Justice activist JENNIE GRANT is your average 40-something mother with a bungalow in Seattle's leafy Madrona neighborhood, a happy middle-school child, a tolerant husband, and a pug named Eddie. She also happens to keep chickens and two milking goats, Snowflake and Eloise, and is regionally known as the passionate founder of the Goat Justice League. Since Grant began keeping milking goats several years ago, she has learned firsthand the remarkable benefits and beauty of keeping goats -- how much healthier and easier to maintain a yard with goats can be, the tolerance levels of neighbors, the health benefits of non-industrial foods, and how interacting with goats inspires a connection with nature. City Goats: The Goat Justice League's Guide to Urban Goat Keeping is her step-by-step guide to raising a pair of dairy goats in your urban or suburban backyard, from learning city zoning requirements and selecting goats to setting up your yard, building a goat shed, feeding and caring, kidding, and milking. Practical and at times comical (just like a goat!), connected both to nature and the city, and slightly rebellious -- City Goats: The Goat Justice League's Guide to Urban Goat Keeping is a book for gardeners, people committed to eating locally, and anyone who has ever pondered joining the backyard goat revolution.

Author : Brad Kessler
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416560998
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Goat Song written by Brad Kessler and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-06-23 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a novelist, describes his life as he and his wife moved to a farm in Vermont, becoming a goatherd and cheesemaker.

Author : Linda Fink
Publisher : Linda Fink
ISBN 13 : 9780965704816
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life in the Goat Lane written by Linda Fink and published by Linda Fink. This book was released on 1991 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sellers Publishing Inc., Staff
Publisher : Sellers Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781416246442
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Don't Let Life Get Your Goat written by Sellers Publishing Inc., Staff and published by Sellers Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-14 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don't Let Life Get Your Goat, with its wooly wisdom and charming photos of goats, teaches us how to keep our chin up when life's chaotic moments keep pulling us down. We all could use a lift, so pick up this delightful gift book, read it yourself, or give it to a friend. See how an unlikely barnyard animal can encourage us to be more positive in life. Come on, you goat this!

Author : Perumal Murugan
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 0802147526
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of a Goat written by Perumal Murugan and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Fantastical . . . Through the thoughts of a rare black goat and the couple who adopt it, readers witness famines, death, and moments of beauty.” —National Geographic Longlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature As he did in the award-winning One Part Woman, Perumal Murugan explores a side of India that is rarely considered in the West: the rural lives of the country’s farming community. He paints a bucolic yet sometimes menacing portrait, showing movingly how danger and deception can threaten the lives of the weakest through the story of a helpless young animal lost in a world it naively misunderstands. As the novel opens, a mysterious stranger offers a farmer in Tamil Nadu a black goat kid who is the runt of the litter, surely too frail to survive. The farmer and his wife take care of the young she-goat, whom they name Poonachi, and soon the little goat is bounding with joy and growing at a rate they think miraculous for such a small animal. Intoxicating passages from the goat’s perspective offer a bawdy and earthy view of what it means to be an animal and a refreshing portrayal of the natural world. But Poonachi’s life is not destined to be a rural idyll—dangers can lurk around every corner, and may sometimes come from surprising places, including a government that is supposed to protect the weak and needy. Is this little goat too humble a creature to survive such a hostile world? “The title character of Murugan’s elegant new novel is indeed a joy . . . through Poonachi’s tale we are reminded how much bonds us with the animal world.” —USA Today