Adult Fiction/Non-Fiction
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Call Number: Clemens PR6058.A245 C87 2003Publication Date: 2003
What the dog saw and other adventures by Call Number: Alcuin PN4874.G398 A25 2009Publication Date: 2009
Walkin' the Dog by Call Number: Alcuin PS3563.O88456 W35 1999ISBN: 9780316966207Publication Date: 1999
Cesar's way : the natural, everyday guide to understanding and correcting common dog problems by Call Number: Alcuin SF433 .M554 2006Publication Date: 2006
Alpha dogs : the Americans who turned political spin into a global business by Call Number: Alcuin JK2281 .H365 2008Publication Date: 2008
Dog Days of Summer
What are the "Dog Days of Summer"?
According to the Almanac, "The term “Dog Days” traditionally refers to a period of particularly hot and humid weather occurring during the summer months of July and August in the Northern Hemisphere. In ancient Greece and Rome, the Dog Days were believed to be a time of drought, bad luck, and unrest, when dogs and men alike would be driven mad by the extreme heat. Today, the phrase doesn’t conjure up such bad imagery. Instead, the Dog Days are associated purely with the time of summer’s peak temperatures and humidity." (https://www.almanac.com/content/what-are-dog-days-summer)
Check out our selection of books and movies with "dog" in the title!
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Movies
- The DogIn 1972, John Wojtowicz attempted to rob a Brooklyn bank to pay for his male lover's sex change operation. Three years later Al Pacino portrayed his crime in Dog day afternoon. We gain a historic perspective on New York's gay liberation movement, in which Wojtowicz played an active role.
- Wag the DogWhen the President is caught in a sex scandal less than 2 weeks before the election, "Mr. Fix-it" decides they need a war to distract the public's attention and he calls on Hollywood's top producer to create it.
- A dog yearJon Katz is a writer at a mid-life crossroads who decides to adopt and train a high-strung border collie named Devon, only to discover it's he himself who has the real lessons to learn. Based on a true story.
- A Cheonggyecheon dogIn telling the story of a man and his contemplative walk along the river that divides Seoul, director Kim Kyung-Mook is using his setting of the Cheonggyecheon River; so notoriously polluted since the Japanese occupation but recently recovered enough to constitute a tourist attraction; to speak for South Korea's shifting and alternating identity between the old and the new Seoul.
- Norainu = Stray dogA bad day gets worse for rookie detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo's sweltering streets for the thief, whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, the cop and the criminal's lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami's own dark side.
- George Crumb : Bad dog!.A film celebrating the life and music of American composer George Crumb. It features performances by the George Crumb Ensemble.
- A Boy and His DogThis 1975 science-fiction thriller, based on Harlan Ellison's classic short story, failed commercially but has become a cult classic. It tells the story of a young man in a post-apocalyptic landscape who survives with the help of a telepathic dog.
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Children's Books
Diary of a Wimpy Kid # 4 - Dog Days by Call Number: Clemens Juvenile PS3611.I64 D538 2009Publication Date: 2009
