The Pig Book

The Pig Book
Author: Citizens Against Government Waste
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2013-09-17
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 146685314X

The federal government wastes your tax dollars worse than a drunken sailor on shore leave. The 1984 Grace Commission uncovered that the Department of Defense spent $640 for a toilet seat and $436 for a hammer. Twenty years later things weren't much better. In 2004, Congress spent a record-breaking $22.9 billion dollars of your money on 10,656 of their pork-barrel projects. The war on terror has a lot to do with the record $413 billion in deficit spending, but it's also the result of pork over the last 18 years the likes of: - $50 million for an indoor rain forest in Iowa - $102 million to study screwworms which were long ago eradicated from American soil - $273,000 to combat goth culture in Missouri - $2.2 million to renovate the North Pole (Lucky for Santa!) - $50,000 for a tattoo removal program in California - $1 million for ornamental fish research Funny in some instances and jaw-droppingly stupid and wasteful in others, The Pig Book proves one thing about Capitol Hill: pork is king!

A Normal Pig

A Normal Pig
Author: K-Fai Steele
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2020-06-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0063055813

This charming picture book celebrates all our differences while questioning the idea that there is only one way to be “normal.” Pip is a normal pig who does normal stuff: cooking, painting, and dreaming of what she’ll be when she grows up. But one day a new pig comes to school and starts pointing out all the ways in which Pip is different. Suddenly she doesn’t like any of the same things she used to...the things that made her Pip. A wonderful springboard for conversations with children, at home and in the classroom, about diversity and difference.

Pigs in the Pantry

Pigs in the Pantry
Author: Amy Axelrod
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780613194211

Mr. Pig and the piglets try to cook Mrs. Pig's favorite dish to cheer her up when she's sick. Includes a recipe for chili

Happily Ever Esther

Happily Ever Esther
Author: Steve Jenkins
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2018-07-10
Genre: Pets
ISBN: 1538728125

From the New York Times bestselling authors and loving owners of Esther the Wonder Pig, comes a memoir about their new life on the Happily Ever Esther Farm Sanctuary, which is anything but boring. Steve Jenkins and Derek Walter, had their lives turned upside down when they adopted their pig-daughter Esther--the so-called micro pig who turned out to be a full-sized commercial pig growing to a whopping 600 pounds--as they describe in their bestselling memoir Esther the Wonder Pig. The book ends with them moving to a new farm, and starting a new wonderful life where they will live on the Happily Ever Esther Farm Sanctuary to care for other animals and just live happily ever after... Or so they thought. People often think about giving it all up and just moving to a farm. In theory it sure does sound great. But as Derek and Steve quickly realized, the realities of being a farmer--especially when you have never lived on a farm let alone outside of the city--can be frantic, crazy, and even insane. Not only are they adjusting to farm life and dutifully taking care of their pig-daughter Esther (who by the way lives in the master bedroom of their house), but before they knew it their sanctuary grew to as many as 42 animals, including: pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits, chickens, cows, roosters, a peacock, a duck, a horse, a donkey, and a barn cat named Willma Ferrell. Written with joy and humor, and filled with delicious Esther-approved recipes dispersed throughout the book, this charming memoir captures an emotional journey of one little family advocating for animals everywhere.

Mini Pig Training Handbook

Mini Pig Training Handbook
Author: Kimberly Chronister
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2016-10-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9781539658184

One of the keys to a long and successful relationship with your mini pig is training and enrichment. Pigs are incredibly intelligent animals. Highly trainable and they thrive when their minds are stimulated and challenged. A well trained pig is a happy pig. Every time you train with your mini pig, you are improving your communication and strengthening your bond. Training teaches your mini pig the skills she needs to be a well behaved member of the family. Training also gives her the tools she needs to communicate with you.

We Are Best Friends: Animals in Society

We Are Best Friends: Animals in Society
Author: Leslie Irvine
Publisher: MDPI
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2019-10-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3039215361

Friendships between humans and non-human animals were once dismissed as sentimental anthropomorphism. After decades of research on the emotional and cognitive capacities of animals, we now recognize human–animal friendships as true reciprocal relationships. Friendships with animals have many of the same characteristics as friendships between humans. Both parties enjoy the shared presence that friendship entails along with the pleasures that come with knowing another being. Both friends develop ways of communicating apart from, or in addition to, spoken language.

Pig

Pig
Author: Brett Mizelle
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2012-01-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1861899904

Known as much for their pink curly tails and pudgy snouts as their low-brow choice of diet and habitat, pigs are prevalent in popular culture—from the Three Little Pigs to Miss Piggy to Babe. Today there are more than one billion pigs on the planet, and there are countless representations of pigs and piggishness throughout the world’s cultures. In Pig, Brett Mizelle provides a richly illustrated and compelling look at the long, complicated relationship between humans and these highly intelligent, sociable animals. Mizelle traces the natural and cultural history of the pig, focusing on the contradictions between our imaginative representation of pigs and the real-world truth of the ways in which pigs are prized for their meat, used as subjects in medical research, and killed in order to make hundreds of consumer products. Pig begins with the evolution of the suidae, animals that were domesticated in multiple regions 9,000 years ago, and points toward a future where pigs and humans are even more closely intertwined as a result of biomedical breakthroughs. Pig both examines the widespread art, entertainment, and literature that imagines human kinship with pigs and the development of modern industrial pork production. In charting how humans have shaped the pig and how the pig has shaped us, Mizelle focuses on the unresolved contradictions between the fiction and the reality of our relations with pigs.

Show Swine Competition Planner

Show Swine Competition Planner
Author: Gypsyrvtravels
Publisher:
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2019-08-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9781088504086

This Show Animal Competition Planner will help keep all your efforts organized. Whether you or your son, daughter, grandson, or granddaughter shows swine, steers, lambs, goats, chickens, or rabbits this is the book for you. This book is more than just a journal it includes pages for your animal's identification information, healthcare record, as well as weight and feed logs. You can plan and record your expenses, take notes, and keep a record of production cost, income from the animal, and an overall performance record. Planner includes: 2019/2020 Calendars Types of Breeds Swine Healthcare Record Total Production Cost, Income & Performance Record Weight Record Ration Record Expenses Feed Log Plenty of Note-taking pages

New Every Morning: The Day Battle Plan

New Every Morning: The Day Battle Plan
Author: Zion Willingham
Publisher: Zion Willingham
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2021-01-20
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

The Bible exhorts us to dwell in the secret place of the most high. We can then dwell under the shadow of the almighty. It is only at that point that we need not fear the arrows that fly by day. Have you been the recipient of too many day arrows? Join Zion Willingham, in this second installment of the Battle Plan series, as she explores ways to enjoy the mercy of God, that is new every morning.

Party Pigs!

Party Pigs!
Author: Eric Seltzer
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2019-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1534428801

Put on your party hat because these pigs have a plan, and it’s a plan filled with big, pig fun. This Pre-Level 1 Ready-to-Read is perfect for beginning readers who like a side of silly with their stories! Pigs slurp. Pigs chomp. Pigs burp. Pigs romp. In this sweet, silly rhymed story a pack of adventurous pigs throws a big, pig party!