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Jon Katz has written eighteen books–six novels and twelve works of nonfiction–including Izzy & Lenore, Dog Days, A Good Dog, A Dog Year, The Dogs of Bedlam Farm, The New Work of Dogs, and Katz on Dogs. A two-time finalist for the National Magazine Award, he writes columns about dogs and rural life for the online magazine Slate, and has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, GQ, and the AKC Gazette. Katz is also a photographer, a member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers, and co-host of the radio show Dog Talk on Northeast... Read More
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Soul of a Dog
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: August 18, 2009
Price: $24.00
Do animals have souls? Some of our greatest thinkers–Aristotle, Plato, Thomas Aquinas–and countless animal lovers have been obsessed with this question for thousands of years. Now New York Times bestselling author Jon Katz looks for an answer and finds even more questions as he recounts the lives and stories of the... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: August 18, 2009
Price: $24.00
Do animals have souls? Some of our greatest thinkers–Aristotle, Plato, Thomas Aquinas–and countless animal lovers have been obsessed with this question for thousands of years. Now New York Times bestselling author Jon Katz looks for an answer and finds even more questions as he recounts the lives and stories of the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Izzy & Lenore
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: August 18, 2009
Price: $15.00
In this wonderful book, Jon Katz, the owner of Bedlam Farm, learns once again about the unexpected places animals can take us. As trained hospice volunteers visiting homes and nursing facilities in upstate New York, Katz and his affectionate and intuitive border collie Izzy bring comfort and canine companionship to people... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: August 18, 2009
Price: $15.00
In this wonderful book, Jon Katz, the owner of Bedlam Farm, learns once again about the unexpected places animals can take us. As trained hospice volunteers visiting homes and nursing facilities in upstate New York, Katz and his affectionate and intuitive border collie Izzy bring comfort and canine companionship to people... Read more >
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A Dog Year
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2003
Price: $12.95
Sometimes, change comes on four legs.
In his popular and widely praised Running to the Mountain, Jon Katz wrote of the strength and support he found in the massive forms of his two yellow Labrador retrievers, Julius and Stanley. When the Labs were six and seven, a breeder who’d read his book... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2003
Price: $12.95
Sometimes, change comes on four legs.
In his popular and widely praised Running to the Mountain, Jon Katz wrote of the strength and support he found in the massive forms of his two yellow Labrador retrievers, Julius and Stanley. When the Labs were six and seven, a breeder who’d read his book... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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A Good Dog
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: June 26, 2007
Price: $13.95
“People who love dogs often talk about a ‘lifetime’ dog. I’d heard the phrase a dozen times before I came to recognize its significance. Lifetime dogs are dogs we love in especially powerful, sometimes inexplicable ways.”–Jon Katz
In this gripping and deeply touching book, bestselling author Jon Katz tells the story of... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: June 26, 2007
Price: $13.95
“People who love dogs often talk about a ‘lifetime’ dog. I’d heard the phrase a dozen times before I came to recognize its significance. Lifetime dogs are dogs we love in especially powerful, sometimes inexplicable ways.”–Jon Katz
In this gripping and deeply touching book, bestselling author Jon Katz tells the story of... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Dogs of Bedlam Farm
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2005
Price: $15.00
“Dogs are blameless, devoid of calculation, neither blessed nor cursed with human motives. They can’t really be held responsible for what they do. But we can.”
–from The Dogs of Bedlam Farm
When Jon Katz adopted a border collie named Orson, his whole world changed. Gone were the two yellow Labs he wrote... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2005
Price: $15.00
“Dogs are blameless, devoid of calculation, neither blessed nor cursed with human motives. They can’t really be held responsible for what they do. But we can.”
–from The Dogs of Bedlam Farm
When Jon Katz adopted a border collie named Orson, his whole world changed. Gone were the two yellow Labs he wrote... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Dog Days
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: September 23, 2008
Price: $14.00
In Dog Days, Jon Katz, the squire of Bedlam Farm, allows us to live our dreams of leaving the city for the country, and shares the unpredictable adventure of farm life. The border collies, the sheep, the chickens, the cat, the ram, and one surprisingly sociable steer named Elvis all contribute... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: September 23, 2008
Price: $14.00
In Dog Days, Jon Katz, the squire of Bedlam Farm, allows us to live our dreams of leaving the city for the country, and shares the unpredictable adventure of farm life. The border collies, the sheep, the chickens, the cat, the ram, and one surprisingly sociable steer named Elvis all contribute... Read more >
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Katz on Dogs
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: September 26, 2006
Price: $13.95
In a nation where our love of dogs keeps growing and dog ownership has reached an all-time high, confusion about dogs and their behavioral problems is skyrocketing. Many dogs are out of control, untrained, chewing up furniture, taking medication for anxiety, and biting millions of people a year.
Now, in this groundbreaking... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: September 26, 2006
Price: $13.95
In a nation where our love of dogs keeps growing and dog ownership has reached an all-time high, confusion about dogs and their behavioral problems is skyrocketing. Many dogs are out of control, untrained, chewing up furniture, taking medication for anxiety, and biting millions of people a year.
Now, in this groundbreaking... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Running to the Mountain
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2000
Price: $13.95
Jon Katz, a respected journalist, father, and husband, was turning fifty. His writing career had taken a dubious turn, his wife had a demanding career of her own, his daughter was preparing to leave home for college, and he had become used to a sedentary lifestyle. Wonderfully witty and insightful, Running... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2000
Price: $13.95
Jon Katz, a respected journalist, father, and husband, was turning fifty. His writing career had taken a dubious turn, his wife had a demanding career of her own, his daughter was preparing to leave home for college, and he had become used to a sedentary lifestyle. Wonderfully witty and insightful, Running... Read more >
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The New Work of Dogs
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: June 8, 2004
Price: $13.95
In an increasingly fragmented and disconnected society, dogs are often treated not as pets, but as family members and human surrogates. The New Work of Dogs profiles a dozen such relationships in a New Jersey town, like the story of Harry, a Welsh corgi who provides sustaining emotional strength for a... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: June 8, 2004
Price: $13.95
In an increasingly fragmented and disconnected society, dogs are often treated not as pets, but as family members and human surrogates. The New Work of Dogs profiles a dozen such relationships in a New Jersey town, like the story of Harry, a Welsh corgi who provides sustaining emotional strength for a... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Geeks
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: February 20, 2001
Price: $14.95
Jesse and Eric were geeks: suspicious of authority figures, proud of their status as outsiders, fervent in their belief in the positive power of technology. High school had been an unbearable experience and their small-town Idaho families had been torn apart by hard times. On the fringe of society, they had... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: February 20, 2001
Price: $14.95
Jesse and Eric were geeks: suspicious of authority figures, proud of their status as outsiders, fervent in their belief in the positive power of technology. High school had been an unbearable experience and their small-town Idaho families had been torn apart by hard times. On the fringe of society, they had... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Izzy & Lenore
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: September 23, 2008
Price: $24.00
In his previous books, New York Times bestselling author Jon Katz introduced us to the delightful menagerie at Bedlam Farm, including Izzy, the unforgettable border collie rescue. Now, in Izzy & Lenore, Katz delves deeper into his connection with the beautiful, once-abandoned dog, learning yet again about the unexpected places animals... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: September 23, 2008
Price: $24.00
In his previous books, New York Times bestselling author Jon Katz introduced us to the delightful menagerie at Bedlam Farm, including Izzy, the unforgettable border collie rescue. Now, in Izzy & Lenore, Katz delves deeper into his connection with the beautiful, once-abandoned dog, learning yet again about the unexpected places animals... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Dog Days
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: June 26, 2007
Price: $23.95
In Dog Days, Jon Katz, the squire of Bedlam Farm, allows us to live our dreams of leaving the city for the country, and shares the unpredictable adventure of farm life. The border collies, the sheep, the chickens, the cat, the ram, and one surprisingly sociable steer named Elvis all contribute... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: June 26, 2007
Price: $23.95
In Dog Days, Jon Katz, the squire of Bedlam Farm, allows us to live our dreams of leaving the city for the country, and shares the unpredictable adventure of farm life. The border collies, the sheep, the chickens, the cat, the ram, and one surprisingly sociable steer named Elvis all contribute... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Katz on Dogs
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.95
In a nation where our love of dogs keeps growing and dog ownership has reached an all-time high, confusion about dogs and their behavioral problems is skyrocketing. Many dogs are out of control, untrained, chewing up furniture, taking medication for anxiety, and biting millions of people a year.
Now, in this groundbreaking... Read more >
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.95
In a nation where our love of dogs keeps growing and dog ownership has reached an all-time high, confusion about dogs and their behavioral problems is skyrocketing. Many dogs are out of control, untrained, chewing up furniture, taking medication for anxiety, and biting millions of people a year.
Now, in this groundbreaking... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Dog Days
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 26, 2007
Price: $14.00
In Dog Days, Jon Katz, the squire of Bedlam Farm, allows us to live our dreams of leaving the city for the country, and shares the unpredictable adventure of farm life. The border collies, the sheep, the chickens, the cat, the ram, and one surprisingly sociable steer named Elvis all contribute... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 26, 2007
Price: $14.00
In Dog Days, Jon Katz, the squire of Bedlam Farm, allows us to live our dreams of leaving the city for the country, and shares the unpredictable adventure of farm life. The border collies, the sheep, the chickens, the cat, the ram, and one surprisingly sociable steer named Elvis all contribute... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Izzy & Lenore
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 23, 2008
Price: $15.00
In his previous books, New York Times bestselling author Jon Katz introduced us to the delightful menagerie at Bedlam Farm, including Izzy, the unforgettable border collie rescue. Now, in Izzy & Lenore, Katz delves deeper into his connection with the beautiful, once-abandoned dog, learning yet again about the unexpected places animals... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 23, 2008
Price: $15.00
In his previous books, New York Times bestselling author Jon Katz introduced us to the delightful menagerie at Bedlam Farm, including Izzy, the unforgettable border collie rescue. Now, in Izzy & Lenore, Katz delves deeper into his connection with the beautiful, once-abandoned dog, learning yet again about the unexpected places animals... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Soul of a Dog
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: August 18, 2009
Price: $24.00
Do animals have souls? Some of our greatest thinkers–Aristotle, Plato, Thomas Aquinas–and countless animal lovers have been obsessed with this question for thousands of years. Now New York Times bestselling author Jon Katz looks for an answer and finds even more questions as he recounts the lives and stories of the... Read more >
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: August 18, 2009
Price: $24.00
Do animals have souls? Some of our greatest thinkers–Aristotle, Plato, Thomas Aquinas–and countless animal lovers have been obsessed with this question for thousands of years. Now New York Times bestselling author Jon Katz looks for an answer and finds even more questions as he recounts the lives and stories of the... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
Geeks
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 18, 2000
Price: $14.95
Jesse and Eric were roommates in the tiny town of Caldwell, Idaho, nineteen-year-old working class kids eking out a living with their seven-dollar-an-hour jobs selling and fixing computers. College was never in the cards. Their families had been torn apart by divorce and hard times, separation and illness. They had almost... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 18, 2000
Price: $14.95
Jesse and Eric were roommates in the tiny town of Caldwell, Idaho, nineteen-year-old working class kids eking out a living with their seven-dollar-an-hour jobs selling and fixing computers. College was never in the cards. Their families had been torn apart by divorce and hard times, separation and illness. They had almost... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Soul of a Dog
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: May 4, 2010
Price: $14.00
Do animals have souls? Some of our greatest thinkers–Aristotle, Plato, Thomas Aquinas–and countless animal lovers have been obsessed with this question for thousands of years. Now New York Times bestselling author Jon Katz looks for an answer and finds even more questions as he recounts the lives and stories of the... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: May 4, 2010
Price: $14.00
Do animals have souls? Some of our greatest thinkers–Aristotle, Plato, Thomas Aquinas–and countless animal lovers have been obsessed with this question for thousands of years. Now New York Times bestselling author Jon Katz looks for an answer and finds even more questions as he recounts the lives and stories of the... Read more >
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A Dog Year
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 19, 2002
Price: $12.95
“Change loves me, defines and stalks me like a laser-guided smart bomb. It comes at me in all forms, suddenly and with enormous impact, from making shifts in work to having and raising a kid to buying a cabin on a distant mountaintop. Sometimes, change comes on four legs.”
In his... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 19, 2002
Price: $12.95
“Change loves me, defines and stalks me like a laser-guided smart bomb. It comes at me in all forms, suddenly and with enormous impact, from making shifts in work to having and raising a kid to buying a cabin on a distant mountaintop. Sometimes, change comes on four legs.”
In his... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The New Work of Dogs
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 6, 2003
Price: $13.95
“Sometimes human-dog relationships are simple, unrelated to the emotional lives and histories of either species. But often people acquire and love dogs with little awareness that they might have complex and revealing reasons for choosing the dog or pet they choose, loving it the way they do.”
Writing about his own dogs... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 6, 2003
Price: $13.95
“Sometimes human-dog relationships are simple, unrelated to the emotional lives and histories of either species. But often people acquire and love dogs with little awareness that they might have complex and revealing reasons for choosing the dog or pet they choose, loving it the way they do.”
Writing about his own dogs... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Dogs of Bedlam Farm
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 5, 2004
Price: $15.00
“Dogs are blameless, devoid of calculation, neither blessed nor cursed with human motives. They can’t really be held responsible for what they do. But we can.”
–from The Dogs of Bedlam Farm
When Jon Katz adopted a border collie named Orson, his whole world changed. Gone were the two yellow Labs he wrote... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 5, 2004
Price: $15.00
“Dogs are blameless, devoid of calculation, neither blessed nor cursed with human motives. They can’t really be held responsible for what they do. But we can.”
–from The Dogs of Bedlam Farm
When Jon Katz adopted a border collie named Orson, his whole world changed. Gone were the two yellow Labs he wrote... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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A Good Dog
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 28, 2006
Price: $13.95
“People who love dogs often talk about a ‘lifetime’ dog. I’d heard the phrase a dozen times before I came to recognize its significance. Lifetime dogs are dogs we love in especially powerful, sometimes inexplicable ways.”–Jon Katz
In this gripping and deeply touching book, bestselling author Jon Katz tells the story of... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 28, 2006
Price: $13.95
“People who love dogs often talk about a ‘lifetime’ dog. I’d heard the phrase a dozen times before I came to recognize its significance. Lifetime dogs are dogs we love in especially powerful, sometimes inexplicable ways.”–Jon Katz
In this gripping and deeply touching book, bestselling author Jon Katz tells the story of... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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