Kim LaFave's Books

The Dog Merchants

Inside the Big Business of Breeders, Pet Stores, and Rescuers

By: Kim Kavin

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The Dog Merchants

Inside the Big Business of Breeders, Pet Stores, and Rescuers

By: Kim Kavin

In what promises to become an "Omnivore's Dilemma" for dog lovers—breed devotees and adoption advocates alike—The Dog Merchants is the first book to explain the complex and often surprisingly similar business practices that extend from the American Kennel Club to local shelters, from Westminster champions to dog auctions.Without judging dog lovers of any stripe, The Dog Merchants makes it clear that money spent among these dog merchants has real-world effects on people and canines. Kavin reveals how dog merchants create markets for dogs, often in defiance of the usual rules of supply and demand. She takes an investigative approach and meets breeders and rescuers at all levels, shedding much-needed light on an industry that most people don't even realize is an industry.Kavin’s goal is to advance the conversation about how all dogs are treated, from puppy mills to high-kill shelters. She shows that a great deal can be improved by understanding the business practices behind selling dogs of all kinds. Instead of pitting rescue and purebred people against each other, The Dog Merchants shows how all dog lovers can come together, with one voice as consumers, on behalf of all our beloved companions.

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227

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Simon and Schuster

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1681771705

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9781681771700

Ben Says Goodbye

By: Sarah Ellis,Kim La Fave

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Ben Says Goodbye

By: Sarah Ellis,Kim La Fave

When Ben’s best friend Peter moves away, Ben decides that he will move, too—into a “cave” under the kitchen table. Caveman Ben doesn’t need any friends except his tame (stuffed) lion. He hunts for his food (thoughtfully left on a plate by Mom and Dad) and communicates in grunts. And in the safety of his cave he can imagine a world where friends control their own destinies and distance is no obstacle. Award-winning author-illustrator team Sarah Ellis and Kim La Fave have produced yet another book in which they gently guide Ben through an experience that is both familiar and daunting to preschoolers everywhere. Ellis’ text deftly taps into the thoughts and feelings of a young child, while La Fave’s endearing art captures both the depths of Ben’s dismay and the warmth of the family members who support him through his crisis. Young readers and listeners will celebrate with Ben as, having been given the space to work through his difficult feelings, he emerges from his cave ready to rejoin his family and look forward to new friendships.

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Pajama Press Inc.

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1927485797

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9781927485798

Piece to Text on the Monument and One: Letters with the International Body Managers

By: Kiyoung Kim

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Piece to Text on the Monument and One: Letters with the International Body Managers

By: Kiyoung Kim

The aims of this book is clear and straightforward. It was motivated to convert an inhumane or insipid experience with the various sources of global ranking into the kind of humanly and cultural experience within our daily lifestyle. Their outlook from presentation is masked with the number purely and perhaps through a myriad of complicated data or ranking information. The concept or self-identification within the experience or exposure would be less substantial or hard to get palpable. My attempt to improve this aspect of contemporary practice certainly will fall short, but you can sense in some paragraphs or titles. I wrote this small piece of book in the end to take care of human integrity and stories for advancing the inherence and liveliness of interested actors or consumers despite all the wind-heads from the turf of existing ranking sources.

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152

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Lulu.com

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0359011233

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9780359011230

Structural Investigation for Reinforcing Congestion Alleviation in Concrete Members and Connections

By: Yu Huang,Thomas Kang,Woosuk Kim

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Structural Investigation for Reinforcing Congestion Alleviation in Concrete Members and Connections

By: Yu Huang,Thomas Kang,Woosuk Kim

In this book, three potential solutions to the issue of steel congestion in reinforced concrete (RC) structures are researched. The first method examines RC mixed with steel fibers. The use of steel fibers instead of stirrups results in the reduction of reinforcing congestion in a manner which is both effective in reducing the effects of congestion and practical to implement. In the second method, reinforcing congestion in RC or prestressed concrete (PC) structures is effectively reduced by t ...

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145

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1443855251

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9781443855259

Protecting the U. S. Perimeter

Border Searches Under the Fourth Amendment

By: Yule Kim

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Protecting the U. S. Perimeter

Border Searches Under the Fourth Amendment

By: Yule Kim

The 4th Amend. requires that a search or seizure conducted by a governmental agent be reasonable and supported by probable cause. Few exceptions to the presumptive warrant and probable cause requirements are more firmly rooted than the ¿border search¿ exception. This allows officials to inspect incoming individuals and their belongings and to interdict incoming contraband without having to inform a magistrate before the search. This report first outlines the statutes authorizing certain fed. officers to conduct warrantless searches. It then addresses the scope of the gov¿t. constitutional authority to search and seize persons and property at the border. It also describes the levels of suspicion generally required for each type of border search.

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DIANE Publishing

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1437920543

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9781437920543

Canadian Garbage Collectors

By: Paulette Bourgeois,Kim LaFave

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Canadian Garbage Collectors

By: Paulette Bourgeois,Kim LaFave

Refuse collectors, refuse disposal - fiction.

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1550740407

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9781550740400

Canadian Postal Workers

By: Paulette Bourgeois,Kim LaFave

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Canadian Postal Workers

By: Paulette Bourgeois,Kim LaFave

Follow a letter across the country from mailbox to doorstep. Young children are introduced to Canadian postal workers with this unique Canadian picture book. It offers an engaging story and factual details, so kids learn what these community workers actually do.

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